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Creeping Death Lyrics
RIDE THE LIGHTNING (1984)

(Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, Hammett)


Slaves
Hebrews born to serve, to the pharaoh
Heed
To his every word, live in fear
Faith
Of the unknown one, the deliverer
Wait
Something must be done, four hundred years

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son
I'm creeping death

Now
Let my people go, land of Goshen
Go
I will be with thee, bush of fire
Blood
Running red and strong, down the Nile
Plague
Darkness three days long, hail to fire

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son
I'm creeping death

Die- Die- Die- Die- Die-

Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man
Die by my hand
I creep across the land
Killing first born man


I
Rule the midnight air the destroyer
Born
I shall soon be there, deadly mass
I
Creep the steps and flood final darkness
Blood
Lambs blood painted door, I shall pass

So let it be written
So let it be done
I'm sent here by the chosen one
So let it be written
So let it be done
To kill the first born pharaoh son
I'm creeping death

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Jigokusabre
04-12-2002

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We all know (or should) that this was inspired by the movie "The Ten Commandments"

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hell_i_call_my_head
04-16-2002

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well obviously if u know anything about moses or the bible then its about the hebrews escaping from egypt

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cmoore
04-17-2002

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you got it the song si about exidist or how ever ya spell it

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Necroth
04-25-2002

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It's not directly based on the bible. Metallica don't believe in that shit. It is, as Jiqokusabre said, based on "The Ten Commandmenst".

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Ogre8954
05-03-2002

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They were watching TV late at nite... 10 Commandments was on, they saw the fog, and one of the guys (James I believe) was like, "Whoa, creeping death!" They thought that was cool, so they went back and got the whole movie and watched it and wrote the song--twas on Behind the music.....
Necroth.... actually, James was raised a strict Christian Scientist, he started to question much of it when it allowed his father to die of cancer I believe because Chrisian Scientists believe that the body is sacred and such, and their beliefs would not allow him to get surgery that could have saved his life... but anyhow... I've read from a few places that James, and maybe Lars as well have been "born again"... take it with a grain of salt... but James did know the story from the bible....

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King Nothing
05-16-2002

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O my God! This song fuckin rocks! When I went to see them this was the song they opened with it was awesome. You all pretty much have the meanings correct and actually it was Cliff that said it was like Creeping Death.

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I_LIKE_BEANS
05-29-2002

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good job king!! u got one :P
this is one of my favorite Metallica songs...kiks @$$

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BIG KEEN
07-10-2002

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"creeping death" is the death angel who swept through egypt as the last plague to "kill the first born son"

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I_LIKE_BEANS
07-11-2002

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dude fuck no...god dammit did u not read the rest!?!?!? its about a fucking movie...the 10 commandments. they watched it and afterwards cliff said "woah....its like creeping death". Dont put yer fucked up comments unless u read the rest and know we are correct alrdy

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Harvester of Sorrow
07-26-2002

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This song was written about the movie and the whole Cliff thing...it's a good historical song....it gets good at the "Die.." part but otherwise still a great song.......P.s. IF ANYONE HAS OR KNOWS WHERE I CAN GET A COPY OF THE DROWNING POOL VERSION OF THIS SONG THAT THEY PLAYED AT OZZFEST 2002......PLEASE LEMME KNOW....

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4saken4
08-05-2002

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Don't know how they got the theme, i just know kirk wrote the music when he was in his previous band and at the time he tranferred to metallica and gaved them the music

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EvilLawyer
10-14-2002

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This is an awesome live song. It's good on the album, but when it's live, you can just feel the energy pour down your spine. You don't have any control, and you can;t stop yourself from pumping your fist in the air and shouting "Die! Die!" when the time comes! Metallica at their best.


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RealFnShow
03-07-2003

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you guys are correct, but OGRE, james' MOM had cancer.

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RealFnShow
03-07-2003

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this song is hella hard
HARVESTER, drowning pool sucks!! their horrible rendition of this great song is on kazzaa.com

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SickOfIt
03-09-2003

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necroth... what do you mean by shit? what are you, some kind of neo nazi satanic extremist intent on killing tons of people... please at least show a little tolerance and warmth... or shall i dub thee fucking asshole, you don't go and insult other's religions just because of what you think.

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SickOfIt
03-09-2003

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whoever said metallica was aethiestic/satanic in the first place... i mean besides some of there greatest songs...

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Ogre8954
04-21-2003

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RealFnShow.... my apologies.... brainfart there... nice nick... Mr. JL good shit

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Whiplash
10-18-2004

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the meaning of this song is so straightforward there isn't even really any need to comment. I didn't know how they were inspired to write this song though so thanks for that info. Also, covers of Metallica songs piss me off because no one is better than Metallica, especially at there own songs. Drowning Pool is horrible compared to Metallica so don't ask for their shitty cover songs.

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Mr. Badguy0077
11-11-2004

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this is an obvious bible reference, but their not using it very holy like. i dont think their christian.

whats the point of living if you have no beliefs? how does one come into this world? what purpose do you serve?

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Palmu
11-13-2004

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i just L-O-V-E the part where they sing "Die! By my hand!" it really gets me going, its 6am here and im about to jump on the walls just for the kicks i get form this song :)

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metallibanger05
12-10-2004

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dis song is simply fulin mad, kirk as usual fukin hands out a killer solo. drownin pools version is ok but the guitars are fukin shit compared to kirk, james and cliff who are the best band of guitarists ive ever herd

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1/2 step down
01-30-2005

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TOUCHDOWN!!!!!! This song is the shit

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paulothemanio
02-20-2005

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The song may well have been inspired by the movie The Ten Commandments, but where the fuck do you think the story came from? THE BIBLE, FUCKTARDS.

Everybody knows the story without having seen the movie, although the title almost certainly came from the movie's respresentation of the Angel of Death.

Plus, just because they wrote about a bible story doesn't make them god-botherers. They obviously just thought it was a cool story. It's like how loads of idiots thought Iron Maiden were devil worshippers because of The Number of the Beast.

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puppetmaster
03-14-2005

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yes all of metallica's members are in fact christians.

(except maby kirk, i think he's buhdist, or how ever you spell it)

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puppetmaster
03-14-2005

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yes all of metallica's members are in fact christians.

(except maby kirk, i think he's buhdist, or how ever you spell it)

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