"Frantic" is the opening track and second single by heavy metal band Metallica off their 2003 album St. Anger. This song, like many others on St. Anger, is about the band's past struggles with addictions, particularly lead singer James Hetfield's alcohol problem, for which he spent many months in rehab. The lyrics also draw on zen axioms, most notably the Buddhist concept of dukkha brought up by Kirk Hammett: "Birth is pain. Life is pain. Death is pain." During the 2003 live show in Orlando James Hetfield said about Frantic: "This song's about life. Like right fucking now." This show is available as a free download on livemetallica.com. In the DVD "Some Kind of Monster" Lars reveals he wanted to name the album St Anger, as Frantic.