The Thing That Should Not Be (Live Seattle 8/29/89) lyrics
by Metallica
[Intro]
All right, how's everybody doing? All right, mate?
Shh-, I'm having a f*cking good time tonight, I tell you that right now
It's f*ckin' happening, man, very happy
Ah, we're going to go back to the Master of Puppets album
And do something we just started doing a little bit ago, a few days ago
So, just kind of hang out with us, will you?
The f*cking heaviest number known to mankind
Big fat mother f*cker called "The Thing That Should Not Be"
[Verse 1]
Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light
Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for Father, roaming free
[Chorus]
Fearless wretch, insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea
Great Old One, forbidden site
He searches, hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
[Verse 2]
Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned twisted sound
Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death
[Chorus]
Fearless wretch, insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea
Timeless sleep has been upset
He awakens, hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness you dwell
Yeah!
[Guitar Solo]
In madness you dwell
[Grunts]
[Verse 3]
Not dead, which eternal lie
Stranger eons death may die
Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be
[Chorus]
Fearless wretch, insanity
He watches, lurking beneath the sea
Great Old One, forbidden site
He awakens, hunter of the shadows is rising
Immortal
In madness we dwell
Yea-heh!
Face the thing that should not be