Remember early Metallica? " For Whom the Bell Tolls "? I loved that shit. The image is of storm clouds vaguely in the shape of a monster. This song is the Existential Dreadniks at their most potent: highlighting existential dread! It's like " Something Wicked This Way Comes " but it's Something Large [that's] Drawing Near . A shadow blots the ancient sun The ground begins to quake, undone A distant roar, a growing dread Something ancient rears its head Very Lovecraftian - although I'm glad that it's not Howard on vocals. Something large, the stars shall bend Something we cannot comprehend Something the mind cannot contain When it leaves, will we be sane? After experiencing that? Seems unlikely...