Yeah that was cool, I thought they would have definitely taken it out when the posted it on livemetallica.com. Keep in mind though the song isn't exactly complete yet. It could go through a lot of changes by the time it comes for the band to record it for the album; but at least it gives us fans a chance to hear the early version of it.
Well from what you've managed to translate of them so far, they sound very dark. Its as almost as if James is talking about his past addictions in reference to how he has "done his time" and "paid the toll, told the tale"
Do you know if the song is in better quality on the livemetallica releases or is it still the same bootleg audio quality? I'd imagine the audio would be improved a bit though.