1. To die, especially by suicide.
2. To exit.
Origins: The fadeout at the end of motion pictures. Popularized in the 80's, as a term for suicide, by the band Metallica in the song "Fade To Black".
Some days I feel so bad, I just want to fade to black.
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In live theatre, where all the lights are dimmed to a complete wordblackout/word
Standby, fade to black
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One of the best ballad metal song of all time.
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Metallica's best song along with "one"
fade to black is one of the most depressing songs i ever heard
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A classic way to end a scene in cinema editing in which the screen image becomes increasingly obscured until it turns black. It has the advantage of being less abrupt than a simple cut.
The scene where it fades to black while they're kissing - you know what happened next!
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one of the greatest metallica songs ever!!!
"life it seems, will fade away
drifting further every day...."
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A song by the band Metallica, from the album "Ride the Lightening".
"Fade to Black is fucking great."
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