The fifth track from Metallica’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct, “Dream No More” continues the band’s tradition of drawing from Lovecraftian horror Mythos, this time dealing with Cthulhu himself and the horrors he brings to Earth. This is the fourth Metallica song inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos, followi...
[Verse 1]
He sleeps under black seas waiting
Lies dreaming in death
He sleeps under cosmos shaking
Stars granting his breath
[Verse 2]
He wakes as the world dies screaming
All horrors arrive
He wakes giving Earth its bleeding
Pure madness alive
[Pre-Chorus]
And He haunts you
And He binds your soul
And He loathes you
And reclaims it all
[Chorus]
You turn to stone
Can't look away
You turn to stone
Madness, they say
[Post-Chorus]
Cthulhu, awaken
[Verse 3]
He sways in abyss returning
Inhaling black skies
He shakes with a torture burning
All lost in his eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
And He haunts you
And He binds your soul
And He loathes you
And reclaims it all
[Chorus]
You turn to stone
Can't look away
You turn to stone
Madness, they say
[Post-Chorus]
Cthulhu, awaken
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
You turn to stone
Can't look away
You turn to stone
Madness, they say
[Bridge]
Sanity taken
Seething damnation
Cthulhu awaken
(Wake) Winged Salvation
Death by creation
Cthulhu, awaken
(Wake) Dreaming no more
[Outro]
Cthulhu, awaken
(Wake) Dreaming no more
Cthulhu, awaken
(Wake) Dreaming no more
Dream No More was written by James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich.
Dream No More was produced by Greg Fidelman & James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich.
Metallica released Dream No More on Fri Nov 18 2016.
It’s a great riff, especially that chorus, the “turn to stone.” You know, when you were just saying those words, it’s kind of like the media. You’re sitting [there], you can’t look away, you’re looking at the horror, you’re looking at the horrible stuff going on, and you can’t look away and then you...