The Thing That Should Not Be

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Kirk Hammett

Total Performances

First Performed Live

Most Recent Performance

June 13, 2019

Lyrics

                        Messenger of fear in sight
Dark deception kills the light

Hybrid children watch the sea
Pray for father, roaming free

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

Crawling chaos, underground
Cult has summoned, twisted sound

Out from ruins once possessed
Fallen city, living death

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

Not dead which eternal lie
Stranger eons death may die

Drain you of your sanity
Face the thing that should not be

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

© 1986 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

June 13, 2019

Cologne, Germany

RheinEnergieStadion

May 10, 2019

Zurich, Switzerland

Letzigrund Stadion

May 5, 2019

Barcelona, Spain

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

March 2, 2013

Adelaide, Australia

Soundwave Festival @ Bonython Park

December 9, 2011

San Francisco, CA, United States

The Fillmore

November 21, 2010

Melbourne, Australia

Rod Laver Arena

November 13, 2010

Sydney, Australia

Acer Arena

October 19, 2010

Brisbane, Australia

Brisbane Entertainment Centre

March 3, 2010

Monterrey, Mexico

Estadio Universitario

July 28, 2009

Copenhagen, Denmark

Forum København

March 30, 2009

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Ahoy

January 29, 2009

Uniondale, NY, United States

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum