Lyrical interpretation of a metallica song?!
Question: what is "the thing that should not be"? its pretty clear that its a mythological creature (or perhaps not mythological) that lives in the sea, but which one? nothing that ive read comes to mind except maybe the kraken. anyone else think of something different?
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/m/metallic... for the lyrics
Answers: what is "the thing that should not be"? its pretty clear that its a mythological creature (or perhaps not mythological) that lives in the sea, but which one? nothing that ive read comes to mind except maybe the kraken. anyone else think of something different?
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/m/metallic... for the lyrics
by Mastiff66 on 04-24-2002 @ 07:18:31 PM
Readers of H.P. Lovecraft will recognize the referrences to the Cthonian mythos. The thing which should not be is Cthulu, and Apocolyptic elder God lying in a dream state within his sunken kingdom of R'lyeh.
hope that helps =D
Looking at the lyrics it seems like it is about a mythological creature. A Kraken to be exact.