Dream No More – English Lyrics

• By: Metallica
• Album: Hardwired...To Self-Destruct

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the chilling depths of human desire with Metallica's "Dream No More," a song inspired by the cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft. By diving into the lyrics and themes, you'll uncover the song's exploration of obsession, surrender, and the dark side of human nature, all while experiencing Metallica's signature heavy sound.

[English]

He sleeps under black seas waiting

Lies dreaming in death

He sleeps under cosmos shaking

Stars granting his breath

He wakes as the world dies screaming

All horrors arrive

He wakes giving earth its bleeding

Pure madness alive

And He haunts you

And He blinds your soul

And He loathes you

And reclaims it all

You turn to stone

Can't look away

You turn to stone

Madness, they say

Cthulhu awaken

...

He sways in abyss returning

Inhaling black skies

He shakes with a torture burning

All lost in his eyes

And He haunts you

And He blinds your soul

And He loathes you

And reclaims it all

You turn to stone

Can't look away

You turn to stone

Madness, they say

Cthulhu awaken

...

You turn to stone

Can't look away

You turn to stone

Madness, they say

Sanity taken

Seething damnation

Cthulhu awaken

(Wake) Winged Salvation

Death by creation

Cthulhu, awaken

(Wake) Dreaming no more

Cthulhu, awaken

(Wake) Dreaming no more

Cthulhu, awaken

(Wake) Dreaming no more

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sleeps /sliːps/ A1	verb - to rest in a state of sleep
dreaming /ˈdriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to have a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep
wakes /weɪks/ A1	verb - to stop sleeping and become conscious
screaming /ˈskriːmɪŋ/ A2	verb - to utter a loud, sharp cry
horrors /ˈhɔːrərz/ B1	noun - intense fear or discomfort
bleeding /ˈbliːdɪŋ/ A2	verb - to lose blood from the body
madness /ˈmædnɪs/ B1	noun - a state of mental illness or wild behavior
haunts /hɔːnts/ B2	verb - to frequently visit or appear in a place, often in a ghostly or disturbing manner
blinds /blaɪndz/ B1	verb - to make unable to see
loathes /loʊðz/ C1	verb - to hate someone or something intensely
reclaims /riˈkleɪmz/ C1	verb - to demand or take back something
stone /stoʊn/ A1	noun - a hard, solid mineral matter
abyss /əˈbɪs/ C1	noun - a deep or bottomless chasm or void
torture /ˈtɔːrtʃər/ B2	noun - infliction of severe physical pain or mental anguish
damnation /dæmˈneɪʃən/ C1	noun - condemnation to eternal punishment
Cthulhu /kəˈthuːluː/ C2	noun - a fictional cosmic entity from H.P. Lovecraft's mythology

Key Grammar Structures

• He sleeps under black seas waiting

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses 'sleeps' + 'waiting' to describe an ongoing action, emphasizing the subject's continuous state of sleeping and waiting.

• Stars granting his breath

  ➔ Present Participle as Adjective

  ➔ 'Granting' is a present participle used as an adjective to describe the stars, showing their active role in giving breath.

• He wakes as the world dies screaming

  ➔ Simultaneous Actions with 'as'

  ➔ The conjunction 'as' is used to show that two actions happen at the same time: 'He wakes' and 'the world dies screaming'.

• And He haunts you

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The present simple tense 'haunts' is used to describe a habitual or permanent action, indicating that the haunting is ongoing.

• You turn to stone

  ➔ Present Simple Tense

  ➔ The present simple tense 'turn' is used to describe a result or a change of state, emphasizing the transformation into stone.

• Cthulhu awaken

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The imperative mood 'awaken' is used as a command or request, urging Cthulhu to wake up.

• Death by creation

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ The prepositional phrase 'by creation' acts as an adverbial modifier, explaining the cause or means of death.

• Dreaming no more

  ➔ Present Participle in Negative Form

  ➔ The present participle 'dreaming' is used in its negative form 'no more', indicating the cessation of the action.