# Help me to ID a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962 "2002-03-13T01:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blind\_Guardian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Blind\_Guardian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blind_Guardian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/1 "2002-03-13T01:20:36Z")
Well, this is a long shot, but… One the cover art for one of my Iron Maiden CDs (I believe it’s “Live After Death”), there is a tombstone enscribed with a quote from H.P. Lovecraft: “In stranger aeons even death may die.” When I noticed this a while back, I was immediately reminded of a song by another band that used that exact same line in a song. And while I can hear the way the line is sung and the music in the background with exceeding clarity, I can’t remember the song or the band. This has been driving me nuts for months. It doesn’t help that my brother will occasionally ask me if I’ve figured out where the quote is from just to irritate me. I realize that I’m not giving you much to go on, and I apologize for not being more helpful. I don’t have the first idea how to communicate the melody in this forum, however. I’m just hoping that someone, somewhere will know what I’m talking about. I know I’m not hallucinating this song, even if I can’t remember more than a 2 or 3 second snippet of it. Does anybody know what I’m talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/2 "2002-03-13T03:34:28Z")
“The Call of Ktulu” by Metallica. I don’t actually know anything about their music. I just did a search and the name came right up. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/3 "2002-03-13T04:16:26Z")
Can’t be “Call of Ktulu;” it’s an instrumental. ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/4 "2002-03-13T07:23:31Z")
The Thing That Should Not Be - Metallica, Master of Puppets. The only song on that album that I loathe, by the way ! ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/5 "2002-03-13T07:25:40Z")
The Lyrics to aforementioned song: > [@](#): > > 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 > great Old One > forbidden site > He searches > 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 ---
**Author:** ![Blind\_Guardian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Blind\_Guardian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blind_Guardian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/6 "2002-03-13T22:20:05Z")
Thanks a million, **Lockfist**! I own MoP, and I can’t believe that I couldn’t figure that out myself. Of course, like Lockfist , I can’t stand the song and almost always skip over the track. This place rocks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lockfist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/838e76/32.png) [@Lockfist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockfist)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/7 "2002-03-14T03:53:35Z")
Glad I could help, **Theological Ninja**. I have actually been spinning this disk all week on my commute and decided _not_ to skip the song today on account of this thread. I realized that the song has GOT to be a filler track, thrown on at the last minute. For one, I own a 4-disk Metallica “demo” album and this track is not on there, indicating that they didnt spend much time on it. In addition, its just plain _boring_ the same few chords repeated over and over and over with some unemotional vox thrown in. There are several metalheads floating around these boards so dont hestiate if you have another question. Rock on, Lockfist ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-to-id-a-song/97962/8 "2002-03-14T03:59:14Z")
Heh. My actual copy of MoP was lent to a friend before I moved to college and I still haven’t gotten it back, so the only way I know this song is by listening to S&M. If anybody can understand a word of what Hetfield’s mumble/growling about in half the songs on S&M, they’ve got better listening skills than I. 🙂