Don't tread on me
Said, "Don't tread on me"

Liberty or death
What we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her
Rattling of her tail
Never begins it
Never, but once engaged
Never surrenders
Showing the fangs of rage

Said, "Don't tread on me"

So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it, settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore

Don't tread on me

Love it or leave it
She with the deadly bite
Quick is the blue tongue
Forked as a lightning strike
Shining with brightness
Always on surveillance
The eyes, they never close
Emblem of vigilance

Ooh, no, no, no
Said, "Don't tread on me"

So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it, settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore

Don't tread on me

So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war

Liberty or Death
What we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her
Rattling of her tail

Woah
So be it, threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it, settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you will hear evermore

Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): James Alan Hetfield, Lars Ulrich