A dedicated METALLICA fan calculated the most frequently used words in their lyrics and shared the results as a graph on Reddit.
The Top Ten are . . .
1. Never . . . 146 times.
2. One . . . 127 times.
3. See . . . 124 times.
4. Away . . . 95 times.
5. Take . . . 92 times.
6. Life . . . 89 times.
7. Let/back . . . 87 times.
8. Time . . . 84 times.
9. Way . . . 78 times.
10. Feel . . . 71 times.
What IS surprising though is James Hetfield says "Yeah" ONLY 68 times.