I am a snyper 
Always hit the mark 
Paid assassin 
Working after dark 
Looking through the night 
Using infra-red 
My target on you 
Aimed at your head 
$10,000 up front 
$10,000 when I'm through 
And I know just what to do 
And you know I'll do it too 
Then I'm coming back for you 
Back for you! 
I do the 'getting rid of?
Don't tell me why 
Don't need to hear the truth 
Don't need the lies 
Now pay me quickly 
And now we're through 
It brings me great pleasure 
To say my next job is you 

Don't you know that 
Killing is my business?
And business is good (Repeat title 7 times) 
Solo * Poland (after 3rd repeat) 

You'd better believe it! 
				

Solo * Mustaine 

Mean and infectious 
The evil Prophets rise 
Dance of the Macabre 
As witches Streak the sky 
Decadent worship of 
Black Magic sorcery 
In the womb of the Devil's Dungeon 
Trapped without a plea 

Solo * Mustaine 

See thing in agony 
Necrosis is the fate 
Pins sticking through the skin 
The venom now sedates 
Locked in a pillory 
Nowhere to be found 
Screaming for your life 
But no one hears a sound 
Hellpp Mmmeeeeee 
Prepare the patients scalp 
To peel away 
Metal caps his ears 
He'll hear not what we say 
Solid steel visor 
Riveted cross his eyes 
Iron staples close his jaws 
So no one hears his cries 

The skull beneath the skin 

Now your drawn and quartered 
Your bones will make the X 
Symbol stands for poison 
And it's chained to your head 
And as we fold your arms 
To make the holy cross 
We cross the crucifix 
Religion has been lost 

The skull beneath the skin 

Solo * Mustaine 
				

What do you mean, “I don't believe in God”?
I talk to him every day. 
What do you mean, “I don‘t support your system”?
I go to court when I have to. 
What do you mean, “I can't get to work on time”?
I got nothing better to do 
And, what do you mean, “I don't pay my bills”?
Why do you think I'm broke' Huh?

Chorus 
If there's a new way, 
I'll be the first in line. 
But, it better work this time. 

What do you mean, “I hurt your feelings”?
I didn't know you had any feelings. 
What do you mean, “I ain't kind”?
I'm just not your kind. 
What do you mean, “I couldn't be president, of the United States of America”?
Tell me something, it's still “We the people,” right?

Chorus 

Can you put a price on peace?
Peace, 
Peace sells' 
Peace, 
Peace sells' 
Peace sells' but who's buying?
Peace sells' but who's buying?
Peace sells' but who's buying?
Peace sells' but who's buying?
No, peace sells'
				

I sneak in my own house 
It's four in the morning 
I had too much to drink 
Said I was out with the boys 
I creep in my bedroom 
I slip into bed, 
I know if I wake her, 
I'll wake up dead 

I wonder, will she find out, 
About the other, other lover. 
Diana. 

Wake up dead, you die 
Wake up dead, and buried. 
Wake up dead, you die 
Wake up dead
				

The light that fills my lonely cell, 
Is blocked out by the key, 
That locks the door to this hell, 
The place they wanted me. 
Time's racing like the wind, 
Execution's near, 
Oh lord, I wait for death, 
And, yes, I have no fear. 
I recall that night, my every breath, 
And, step along the way. 
Closed my eyes, walking, 
As danger paved the way. 
The devil, and the darkness 
Let her evil wander free 
And, here on Devil's Island, 
The final stop for me. 

Chorus 
Devil's Island, Devil's Island. 

Oh, there is no escape, 
The sea is full of sharks. 
The tide takes you away, and 
Smashes you on the rocks. 
The sun is shining, 
But feel not today, 
It's warmth, it's dying, 
And fading away. 

Chorus 

Oh, hear the call, 
From the grave beyond. 
Oh, so pernicious, 
Her soul it creates song. 
As there is no man, that is 
Here upon the earth, 
Able to terminate our 
Noisome will since birth. 

The priest that reads the sermons, 
Is walking next to me, 
To the stake, my last request, 
To have her burn with me. 
But, so it did, the heavens opened, 
Rain began to fall. 
The final judgement came, and 
Was spread before you all. 
Final judgement. 

Old, weak, and feeble, 
But the lesson taught to me, 
To stay away from evil, 
She doesn't care for me. 
She haunts me in my sleep, 
Though I tore that page away. 
And, here on Devil's Island, 
I'll always have to stay. 

Chorus 
Here I am. 

Chorus (Repeat) 
				

Red flash clouds choking out the morning sky 
They said it'd never come, we knew it was a lie 
All forms of life die now the humans all succumb 
Time to kiss your ass goodbye the end has just begun 

Distorted figures walk the street, it's 1989 
Weeds once underneath your feet have grown into vines 
Bodies melted like a candle, a land without a face 
No time to change your fate, no time left, it's too late 

The arsenal of Megadeth can't be rid they said 
And if it comes, the living will envy the dead 
Racing for power, and all come in last 
No winning first stone cast 
This falsehood worldly peace 

It's treaties will soon cease 
No one will be left to prove that numbers existed 
Maybe soon the children will be born open fisted 
We all live on one planet it will all go up in smoke 

Too bad they couldn't see this lethal energy 
and now the final scene, a global darkening 

Dig deep the piles of rubble and ruins 
Towering overhead both far and wide 
There's unknown tools of World War III 
Einstein said “We'll use rocks on the other side” 
No survivors set the world afire
				

[Instrumental]
				

Right now 
I am an Anti-Christ, 
And I am an anarchist. 
Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it, 
I want to destroy, possibly. 

Cause I want to be Anarchy. No dog's body. 

Anarchy for the U.S.A. 
It's coming sometime it maybe. 
I give a wrong time, stop a traffic light. 
Your future dream is a shopping spree. 

Cause I want to be Anarchy, in the city. 

Of many ways to get what you want 
I use the best, I use the rest. 
I use the enemy, 
I use anarchy. 

Cause I want to be Anarchy, it's the only way to be. 

Is this the M.P.L.A.?
Is this the U.D.A.?
Is this the I.R.A.?
I thought it was the U.S.A., or just another country 
And other cunt-like tendencies. 
Cause I want to be Anarchy, cause I want to be Anarchy, 
You know what I mean?

Cause I want to be an Anarchist, again I'm pissed, Destroy!


Too many problems, oh why am I here?
I need to be me, 'cause you're all to clear
And I can see there's something wrong with you
And what do you expect me to do?
At least I gotta know what I wanna be
Don't come to me if you need pity
Are you lonely, you got no one
You got your body in suspension
It's a problem, problem, problem
The problem is you

Eat your heart out on a plastic tray
You don't do what you want then you'll fade away
You won't find me working nine-to-five
It's too much fun just being alive
I'm using my feet for my human machine
You won't find me living for the screen
Are you getting lonely, all needs catered
You got your brains dehydrated

Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you
Oh what you gonna do, problem, problem
Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you
Well, what you gonna do with your problem
The problem is you, problem

It ain't death trip, but it ain't automatic
You won't find me just staying ecstatic
Don't you give me any orders
To people like me, there is no order

Bet you thought you had it all worked out
Bet you thought you knew what I was about
Bet you thought you'd solved all your problems
But you are the problem

Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you
Oh, what you gonna do with your problem?
I'll leave it up to you, oh problem
The problem is you, you got a problem
Oh what you gonna do?
They know a doctor, gonna take you away
They take you away and throw away the key
They don't want you and they don't want me
You got a problem the problem is you,
Problem, well, what you gonna do?
Problem, have you got a problem?
Problem, well you got a problem.
Problem
				

A cockroach in the concrete, courthouse tan and beady eyes. 
A slouch with fallen arches, purging truths into great lies. 
A little man with a big eraser, changing history 
Procedures that he's programmed to, all he hears and sees. 

Altering the facts and figures, events and every issue. 
Make a person disappear, and no one will ever miss you. 

Rewrites every story, every poem that ever was. 
Eliminates incompetence, and those who break the laws. 
Follow the instructions of the New Ways' Evil Book of Rules. 
Replacing rights with wrongs, the files and records in the schools. 

You say you've got the answers, well who asked you anyway?
Ever think maybe it was meant to be this way?
Don't try to fool us, we know the worst is yet to come. 
I believe my kingdom will come. 

Chorus 1 
F is for fighting, R is for red, 
Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed. 
E, we elect them, E, we eject them, 
In the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 
D, for your dying, O, your overture, 
M, they will cover your grave with manure. 
This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me, 
As long as there's a P.M.R.C. 

Chorus 2 
F is for fighting, R is for red, 
Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed. 
E, we elect them, E, we eject them, 
In the land of the free and the home of the brave. 
D, for your dying, O, your overture, 
M is for money and you know what that cures. 
This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me, 
As long as there's a P.M.R.C. 

Repeat Chorus 1 

Put your hand right up my shirt, 
Pull the strings that make me work, 
Jaws will part, words fall out, 
like a fish with hook in mouth. 

Rewrites every story, every poem that ever was. 
Eliminates incompetence, and those who break the laws. 
Follow the instructions of the New Ways' Evil Book of Rules. 
Replacing rights with wrongs, the files and records in the schools. 

I'm not a fish 
I'm a man 
Hook in mouth
				

You take great pride in never having lived up to anything 
Lie, steal, cheat and kill, a real bad guy 
Your daddy is a wino, and your mommy is quite insane 
From alter boy to sewer rat, you don't give a damn 
Your sister is a junkie, gets “it” any way she can 
Your brother's a gay singer in a stud leather band 
Your girlfriend's got herpes to go with your hep and AIDS 
There ain't one person you know you ain't ripped off yet. 

Look deep in the mirror, look deep into its eyes 
Your face is replaced, a creature you despise 
But I know what you're made of, it ain't much I'm afraid 
I know you'll be lying until you dying day 

Make up your stories, truth's so hard to say 
Brain is numb and your tongue will surely dig your grave 
Your mind is sickly from Alzheimer's Disease 
And decadence and debauchery killed your memories 

You're a liar, liar, liar, everyone can see 
Liar, liar, it's all you'll ever be 
Liar, liar, liar, it's what you mean to me 
Liar, liar, lies' 

Start trouble, spread pain 
Piss and venom, in your veins 
Talk nasty, breathe fire 
Smell rotten, you're a liar 
Sweat liquor, breathe snot 
Eat garbage, spit blood 
Diseased, health hazard 
Scum bag, filthy bastard 
Greasy face, teeth decay 
Hair matted, drunk all day 
Abscessed, sunken veins 
Rot gut, scrambled brain 
Steal money, crash cars 
Rob jewelry, hock guitars 
Rot in hell, it's time you know 
To your master, off you go 

You're a liar 
A fucking liar 
Filthy liar 
Liar 
You fucking liar 
Liar 
				

In my hour of need 
Ha, no, you're not there 
And though I reached out for you 
Wouldn't lend a hand. 

Through the darkest hour 
Grace did not shine on me 
It feels so cold, very cold 
No one cares for me. 

Did you ever think I get lonely 
Did you ever think that I needed love 
Did you ever think to stop thinking 
You're the only one that I'm thinking of. 

You'll never know how hard I tried 
To find my space and satisfy you too. 

Things will be better when I'm dead and gone 
Don't try to understand, knowing you I'm probably wrong. 

But oh how I lived my life for you 
Still you'd turn away 
Now as I die for you 
My flesh still crawls as I breathe your name 
All these years I thought I was wrong 
Now I know it was you 
Raise you head, raise your face your eyes 
Tell me who you think you are 

I walk, I walk alone 
Into the promised land. 
There's a better place for me 
But it's far, far away 

Rverlasting life for me 
In a perfect world 
But I gotta die first, 
Please God send me on my way. 

Time has a way of taking time 
Loneliness is not only felt be fools 
Alone I call to ease the pain 
Yearning to be held by you, alone so alone, I'm lost 
Consumed by the pain 
The pain, the pain, the pain. 
Won't you hold me again 
You just laughed, ha ha, bitch 

My whole life is work built on the past 
The time has come when all things shall pass 
This good thing passed away.
				

I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me
I opened doors for little old ladies
I helped the blind to see

I got no friends 'cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
And I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean

No more Mister nice guy
No more Mister clean
No more Mister nice guy
They say he's sick, he's obscene

I'm not hard to get along with
I'm impossible!

My dog bit me on the leg today
My cat clawed my eye
My mom's been thrown from the social circle
My dad's had to hide
I went to church incognito
When everybody rose, the Reverend Smith
He recognized me
And punched me in the nose
He said, "No more! Nice guy!"

Not to say I was ever nice in the first place,
You know

Billion Dollars Babes
				

(Interviewer)
Megadeth songs have had dark themes to them
Is this a good representation or is this a reflection of Dave Mustaine's personality?

(Dave Mustaine)
I think it's just another facade of my insanity personal experience
It's what's life like in our everyday world
There's a lot of stuff that has to deal with death
A lot people don't like that
But to me without death, life will be meaningless
				

Brother will kill brother 
Spilling blood across the land 
Killing for religion 
Something I don't understand 

Fools like me,who cross the sea 
And come to foreign lands 
Ask the sheep, for their beliefs 
Do you kill on God's command?

A country that's divided 
Surely will not stand 
My past erased, no more disgrace 
No foolish naive stand 

The end is near, it's crystal clear 
Part of the master plan 
Don't look now to Israel 
It might be your homelands 

Holy wars 

Upon my podium, as the 
Know it all scholar 
Down in my seat of judgement 
Gavel's bang,uphold the law 
Up on my soapbox, a leader 
Out to change the world 
Down in my pulpit as the holler 
Than-thou-could-be-messenger of God





Wage the war on organized crime 
Sneak attacks, repel down the rocks 
Behind the lines 
Some people risk to employ me 
Some people live to destroy me 
Either way they die 

They killed my wife, and my baby 
With hopes to enslave me 
First mistake' last mistake! 
Paid by the alliance, to slay all the giants 
Next mistake... no more mistakes! 

Fill the cracks in,with judicial granite 
Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinkin' it 
Next thing you know, they'll take my thoughts away 
I know what I said, now I must scream of the overdose 
And the lack of mercy killings
				

This morning I made the call 
The one that ends it all 
Hanging up, I wanted to cry 
But dammit, this well's gone dry 
Not for the money, not for the fame 
Not for the power, just no more games 

Chorus 
But now I'm safe in the eye of the tornado 
I can't replace the lies, that let a 1000 days go 
No more living trapped inside 
In her way I'll surely die 
In the eye of the tornado, blow me away 

You‘ll grow to loathe my name 
You'll hate me just the same 
You won't need your breath 
And soon you'll meet your death 
Not from the years, not from the use 
Not from the tears, just self abuse 

Who's to say, what's for me to say 
Who's to say, what's for me to be 
Who's to say, what's for me to do 
Cause a big nothing it'll be for me 

The land of opportunity 
The golden chance for me 
My future looks so bright 
Now I think I've seen the light 

Can't say what's on my mind 
Can't do what I really feel 
In this bed I made for me 
Is where I sleep, I really feel 

I warn you of the fate 
Proven true too late 
Your tongue twist perverse 
Come drink now of this curse 
And now I fill your brain 
I spin you round again 
My poison fills your head 
As I tuck you into bed 
You feel my fingertips 
You won't forget my lips 
You'll feel my cold breath 
It's the kiss of death 
				

Bestow upon me knowledge 
Wizard-all knowing all wise 
I want to rule this kingdom 
Make sweet the breeze now defiled 
Dethrone the evil prince's Iron fists 
In velvet gloves of sin 
Parade the grey robed monks 
The vestal virgins,wheel the wyverns in 

Let the ceremony 
Consecrate the marriage 
Let me be the protege 
Of five magics 

Give me alchemy 
Give me wizardry 
Give me sorcery 
Thermatology 
Electricity 
Magic if you please 
Master all of these 
Bring him to his knees 
I master five magics 

Possessed with hellish torment 
I master magics “5” 
Hunting the abyss lord 
Only one will stay alive 
He who lives by the sword 
Will surely also die 
He who lives in sin 
Will surely live the lie 
				

Welcome to our fortress tall 
Take some time to show you around 
Impossible to break these walls 
For you see the steel is much too strong 
Computer banks to rule the world 
Instruments to sight the stars 

Chorus 
Possibly I've seen to much 
Hangar 18 I know too much 

Foreign life forms inventory 
Suspended state of cryogenics 
Selective amnesia's the story 
Believed foretold but who'd suspect 
The military Intelligence 
Two words combined that can't make sense 

Chorus 
				

I try my best to pretend that I'm not home
Because I think you're better to forget
And then I hear the rocks against my window
And I know you're a mistake I won't regret

But come with me on a later day
Yeah, I might get wet, but it's only rain
I know what I'm in for and nothing more
We're all placing bets
So come with me on a later day
Yeah, I might get wet, but it's only rain
I know what I'm in for and nothing more
We're all placing bets
But I'm not keeping score

Well I'm not keeping score, ooh
No, I'm not keeping score, ooh
No, I'm not keeping score, ooh
No, I'm not keeping score, ooh
No
Oh no-no

But come with me on a later day
Yeah, I might get wet, but it's only rain
I know what I'm in for and nothing more
We're all placing bets
So come with me
So come with me
But I'm not keeping score

Well I'm not keeping score, ooh
No, I'm not keeping score, ooh
No, I'm not keeping score, ooh
No, I'm not keeping score, ooh
				

You take a mortal man, 
And put him in control 
Watch him become a god, 
Watch peoples heads a'roll 
A'roll' 
A'roll' 

Chorus 
Just like the Pied Piper 
Led rats through the streets 
We dance like marionettes, 
Swaying to the Symphony' 
Of Destruction 

Acting like a robot, 
Its metal brain corrodes. 
You try to take its pulse, 
Before the head explodes. 
Explodes' 
Explodes' 

Chorus 
Solo • Marty 

The Earth starts to rumble 
World powers fall 
A'warring for the heavens, 
A peaceful man stands tall 
A tall... 
A tall... 

Chorus
				

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take

I'm not going to wake up today
They've pulled my plug the picture fades
And as my body decays
Mold begins to fill my grave
The smell of death permeates
The silk within my coffin lays

Go to hell!

As they bury me now
Six feet there my body lies
Still feel like I'm going down
I hear a distant wailing cry
God something must've gone wrong
And much too late I realize

Go to hell!

I saw my funeral that day
I know who didn't show to mourn
My judgment was life in hell
Pillars of pain and thorns
My only friend's the goat
With 666 between his horns

Go to hell!

Place all your trust here in me
Rest assured these things I know
And as Charon sails the sea
Your journey too shall end below
Ah yes, you're all sitting ducks
It's true you reap what you sow

Go to hell!

Now I lay me down to sleep
Blah, blah, blah my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
I'll go to Hell for Heaven's sake
				

Rise so high, yet so far to fall. 
A plan of dignity and balance for all. 
Political breakthrough, euphoria's high. 
More borrowed money, more borrowed time. 
Backed in a corner, caught up in the race. 
Means to an end ended in disgrace. 
Perspective is lost in the spirit of the chase. 

Chorus 
Foreclosure of a dream, 
Those visions never seen, 
Until all is lost, 
Personal Holocaust. 
Foreclosure of a dream. 

Barren land that once filled a need, 
Are worthless now, dead without a deed. 
Slipping away from an iron grip, 
Nature's scales are forced to tip, 
The heartland cries, loss of all pride. 
To leave ain't believing, so try and be tried. 
Insufficient funds, insanity and suicide. 

Chorus 
Solo • Dave 

Now with new hope some will be proud. 
This is no hoax, no one pushed out. 
Receive a reprieve and be a pioneer. 
Break new ground of a new frontier. 
New ideas will surely get by. 
No deed, or dividend. Some may ask “Why'” 
You'll find the solution, the answers in the sky. 

Solo • Marty 

Rise so high, yet so far to fall. 
A plan of dignity and balance for all. 
Political breakthrough, euphoria's high. 
More borrowed money, more borrowed time. 

Chorus 

Holocaust 
				

Born from the dark, 
In the black cloak of night. 
To envelop its prey below, 
Deliver to the light. 
To eliminate your enemy, 
Hit them in their sleep, 
And when all is won and lost, 
The spoils of wars are yours to keep. 

Chorus 
Great nations built from the bones of the dead, 
With mud and straw, blood and sweat, 
You know your worth when your enemies 
Praise your architecture of aggression. 

Solo • Marty 

Ensuing power vacuum, 
A toppled leader dies 
His body fuels the power fire, 
And the flames rise to the sky. 
One side of his face a kiss, 
The other genocide. 
Time to pay with your ass, 
A worldwide suicide. 

Chorus 
Solo • Marty 

Born from the dark, 
In the black cloak of night. 
To envelop its prey below, 
Deliver to the light. 
To eliminate your enemy, 
Hit then in their sleep, 
And when all is won and lost, 
The spoils of war are yours to keep. 

Chorus 
				

I had wrists donning slits 
Flowing constantly 
My broken body in a wreck 
Wrapped around a tree 
A crosswalk hit and run 
The finish line for me 
People clutter in the gutter 
Take a look and see 

Chorus 
No escaping pain 
You belong to me 
Clinging onto life 
By the skin o' my teeth 
(Repeat) 

My blood flows through the streets 
Deluge from the wounds 
Empty jars of sleeping pills 
On the dresser of my room 
My wet brain neighbor cranes 
His neck to see in time, 
The white lights a train 
Bearing down on me 

Chorus 
Solo • Marty 

I won't feel the hurt 
I'm not trash any longer 
That that doesn't kill me 
Only makes me stronger 
I need a ride to the morgue 
That's what 911 is for 
So, tag my toe and don't forget 
Ooh to close the drawer 

Chorus 
				

Do it if you dare 
Leaping from the sky 
Hurling thru the air 
Exhilarating high 
See the Earth below 
Soon to make a crater 
Blue sky, black death 
I'm off to meet my maker 

Chorus 
Energy of the gods, adrenalin surge 
Won't stop til I hit the ground, I'm on my way for sure 
Up here in the air, this will never hurt 
I'm on my way to impact, taste the high speed dirt 

Paralyzed with fear 
Feel velocity gain 
Entering a near 
Catatonic state 
Pressure of the sound 
Roaring thru my head 
Crash into the ground 
Damned if I'll be dead 

Chorus 

Jump or die! 

Solo • Dave 
Solo • Marty 

Dropping all my weight 
Going down full throttle 
The pale horse awaits 
Like a genie in a bottle 
Fire in my veins 
Faster as I go 
I forgot my name 
I'm a dirt torpedo 

Solo • Marty 

High speed dirt 
High speed dirt 
High speed dirt 
High speed dirt 

Solo • Dave
				

People have round shoulders from fairing heavy loads. 
And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads. 
Sorrow paid for valor is too much to recall 
Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall. 

Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords, 
Shun words of the Bible, we need implements of war. 
Chalklines and red puddles of those who have been slain 
Destiny, that crooked schemer, says the dead shall rise again 

Chorus 
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here, 
God have mercy! 

Now we've rewritten history 
The one thing we've found out, 
Sweet taste of vindication, 
It turns to ashes in your mouth. 

Chorus 

Spoken: 
If you're fighting to live 
It's O.K. to die! 
The answer to your question is: 
Welcome to tomorrow! 

Solo • Marty 

Solo • Marty 
Solo • Dave 

Harmony 

Where do we go from here?
God have mercy! 

Chorus 

Mercy'
				

Hello me' Meet the real me. 
And my misfit's way of life. 
A dark black past is my 
Most valued possession. 
Hindsight is always 20-20, 
But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy. 
Speak of mutually assured destruction?
Nice story' Tell it to Reader's Digest!!! 

Chorus 
Feeling paranoid 
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me, and 
My air is getting thin. 
I'm in trouble for the things 
I haven't got to yet. 
I'm chomping at the bit, and my 
Palms are getting wet, sweating bullets. 

Hello me' It's me again. 
You can subdue, but never tame me. 
It gives me a migraine headache 
Thinking down to your level. 
Yea, just keep on thinking it's my fault 
And stay an inch or two outta kicking distance. 
Mankind has got to know 
His limitations. 

Chorus 
Feeling claustrophobic, 
Like the walls are closing in. 
Blood stains on my hands and 
I don't know where I've been. 
I'm in trouble for the things 
I haven't got to yet. 
I'm sharpening the axe and my 
Palms are getting wet, sweating bullets. 

Solo • Dave 

Well, me' it's nice talking to myself, 
A credit to dementia. 
Some day you too will know my pain, 
And smile its blacktooth grin. 
If the war inside my head 
Won't take a day off I'll be dead. 
My icy fingers claw your back, 
Here I come again. 

Chorus 
Feeling paranoid 
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me 
And my air is getting thin 
Feeling claustrophobic, 
Like the walls are closing in. 
Blood stains on my hands and 
I don't know where I've been 
Once you committed me 
Now you've acquitted me 
Claiming validity 
For your stupidity 
I'm chomping at the bit 
I'm sharpening the axe 
Here I come again, whoa! 
Sweating bullets 
				

Make up the rules for me to live by
Rules you break and just let it slide
You try and find you inside of me
Be as great as you want me to be
Hypocrite, the word that fits
Do as you say
Not as you do

You're pushing me to a breakpoint
Pushing me to a breakpoint
Pushing me to a breakpoint
Pushing me, push, push me to a breakpoint

Self esteem you seem to lack
Point the finger
There's three pointing back
Control's the illusion with all good intent
Bad times are contagious
You laugh and infect
Criticist, the word that fits
Put me down to lift you up

Watching pain's your only pleasure
Fascination for sick disaster
Suffering since you were born
Mess with the bull and you get the horns.
Misery, the word that fits
Times are good when times are bad

"In my opinion as a professional I recommend we straight-jacket the
son of a bitch, lock him in a rubber room, sedate him, heavily, and
when he wakes up, if he wakes up, we'll see if he can be a nice boy"

"Well... I don't know... It's gonna hurt me more than it's gonna hurt
him"

"Let's do it!"

"Sedate me' Cool! a straight jacket' Hey, hey, let go of me!"

You push me to a breakpoint
Push me to a breakpoint
Push me to a breakpoint
Don't push me, you piece of shit!
				

The more of you that I inspect
The more of me I see reflect
The more I try to read your lips
The more the mask you're wearing rips

But when I seek out your voice
My ears are overcome with noise
You show and tell with greatest ease
Raving impossibilities

Engaged in crime I grasp my throat
Enraged my mind starts to smoke
Enforce a mental overload
Angry again, angry again, angry owe!

And when the story takes a twist
If folds like a contortionist
Slight of hand and quick exchange
The old tricks have been rearranged

Engaged in crime I grasp my throat
Enraged my mind starts to smoke
Enforce a mental overload
Angry again, angry again, angry

The searing of the sinew
My body fights for air
The ripping of the tissue
My lungs begin to tear
Gravity's got my bones
It pulls my flesh away
The steam finally dissipates
I make out my sweaty face

Association that I choose
Game I inevitably lose
Governed by laws set up by me
Fracture it's jaw to let me be
A cut-out cardboard condo maze
Filled with an insubordinate race
Irrational youths stop to stare
As music rubber hosed the air

Engaged in crime I grasp my throat
Enraged my mind starts to smoke
Enforce a mental overload
Angry again, angry again, angry again
And again and again, again

Engaged in crime I grasp my throat
Enraged my mind starts to smoke
Enforce a mental overload
Angry again, angry again, angry owe!
				

I'm doing you a favor 
As I'm taking all your money 
I guess I should feel sorry 
But I don't even trust me 
There's bad news creeping up 
And you feel a sudden chill 
How do you do' My name is Trouble 
I'm coming in for the kill' 
In for the kill' 
Ooh, and you know I will 

Chorus 
Set the ball a rollin 
I'll be clicking off the miles 
On the train of consequences 
My boxcar life o' style 
My thinking is derailed 
I'm tied up to the tracks 
The train of consequences 
There ain't no turning back 

No horse ever ran as fast 
As the money that you bet 
I'm blowing on my cards 
And play them to my chest 
Life's fabric is corrupt 
Shot through with corroded thread 
As for me I hocked my brains 
Packed my bags and headed west' 
I hocked my brains' 
Headed west 

Chorus 

Solo 

Chorus 
				

I like the way that I make you itch 
And all the reasons I give you to bitch 
And how I make you wanna scream in pain 
And feel your life is just a losing game 

I like the way that you let me in 
The way you look when the walls cave in 
I like the way that your stomach knots 
And how you cry for it all to stop 

I like the way that you fool yourself 
And make believe there's nobody else 
I like the way that you stand in line 
And beg salvation from the empty skies 

Chorus 
Don't want no revenge 
Ain't no pay back time 
It ain't called getting even 
Here comes the reconing day 

I like the things that you try to fake 
And your face when I see you break 
And that you say you will pray for me 
You realize you are prey for me 

I like the way you stay on attack 
No matter what, I keep coming back 
And how you try to hold me down 
But you end up driven to the ground 

Chorus 

Chorus 
				

Where have the apostles gone?
Joining hands with wicked ones
Revelation has come to pass
New world order will hold the mass

A book written by man
Used to control and command
All rights will be denied
Without the mark you shall die

No confession, all is known
New world order, you shall be shown

Monitoring all wages
New world order comes in stages
Your currency is obsolete
Feel the agony of defeat

Symbol of society today
A must-have or you shall pay
As humans' flesh leads the mind
Just a pawn, the last martyr dies

No confession, all is known
New world order, you shall be shown

Where have the apostles gone?
Joining hands with wicked ones
Revelation has come to pass
New world order will hold the mass
				

Again we stalk the stage 
At mach speed we engage 
Feeding people's rage 
The big cat's left it's cage 
Back in the bus again 
To catch another plane 
This behavior's quite insane 
But we do it for the fame, yeah 

Chorus 
I lost my mind, I lost all my money 
I lost my life to the killing road 
I lost my mind, I lost all my money 
I lost my life to the killing road 

The road will never end 
It always starts again 
Another show's around the bend 
Another long lost friend 
Faceless as the snow 
There's nothing special about the road 
It's just another haul 
It's just too damn long that's all, yeah 

Chorus 

Solo 

Chorus 
Chorus 
				

Well, it's a strange way
The way you look at me
And it's a hard time
Time you been givin' me

Come on and open up
Open up to me
So you can realize
That I could set you free

Strange ways, twisted days
Strange ways, twisted days

Well, it's a strange place
Man, you've been livin' in
And it's a strange line
You've been deliverin'

I think, I like it
But I'm not really sure
Don't wanna fight it much
Just wanna feel some more

Strange ways, twisted days
Strange ways, twisted days

Strange ways, twisted days
Strange ways, twisted days
				

Finished with my woman
'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think that I'm insane
Because I'm frowning all the time

All day long I think of things
But nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind
If I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah, hell yeah

I need someone to show me
The things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness,
I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh
And you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel
So love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words
Telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life
I wish I could but it's too late

"Nick, Nick, Nick!"
"Fuck... me... running!"
				

Sacrilege and blasphemy set the stage today
The more insatiable the sex,
The more swelled our tongues became
As prehistoric as this seems, this is now, today

Talkin' about no vision,
Talkin' about no dream
The harlot puddles for her lies
From where she speaks
I look above
And see entrails in the sky
This one ain't over
Until the fat lady dies

One man rules the earth
And rides a seven headed beast
Ten Diadems to crown them all
World religion at his feet

Dreams are told of dreams of old
This day would surely come
So run my child and hide your face
Once you've been marked you're finished, one
You've become one!
You're mine!
You're one.

I saw a new earth today,
I saw a former pass away
I saw a new earth today,
I saw a former pass away
Vengeance is mine!
Vengeance is mine!

The Netherworld and Sheol and never satisfied
So the eyes of man are never satisfied
I saw a new earth today,
I saw a former pass away
				

Don't remember where I was 
I realized life was a game 
The more seriously I took things 
The harder the rules became 
I had no idea what it'd cost 
My life passed before my eyes 
I found out how little I accomplished 
All my plans denied 

So as you read this know my friends 
I'd love to stay with you all 
Smile when you think of me 
My body's gone that's all 
  
Chorus 
A tout le monde 
A tout mes amis 
Je vous aime 
Je dois partir 
These are the last words 
I'll ever speak 
And they'll set me free 
  

If my heart was still alive 
I know it would surely break 
And my memories left with you 
There's nothing more to say 

Moving on is a simple thing 
What it leaves behind is hard 
You know the sleeping feel no more pain 
And the living are scarred 

Chorus 

Solo 

So as you read, know my friends 
I'd love to stay with you all 
Please smile, smile when you think about me 
My body's gone that's all 

Chorus 
Chorus 
				

Lost in a dream 
Nothing is what it seems 
Searching my head 
For the words that you said 

Tears filled my eyes 
As we said our last goodbyes 
The sad scene replays 
Of you walking away 

Chorus 
My body aches from mistakes 
Betrayed by lust 
We lied to each other so much 
That in nothing we trust 

Time and again 
She repeats let's be friends 
I smile and say yes 
Another truth bends, 
I must confess 

I try to let go, but I know 
We'll never end 'til we're dust 
We lied to each other again 
But I wish I could trust 

Chorus 
My body aches from mustakes 
Betrayed by lust 
We lied to each other so much 
That in nothing we trust 
God help me please, on my knees 
Betrayed by lust 
We lied to each other so much 
Now there's nothing we trust 

Spoken 
How could this be happening to me 
I'm lying when I say, “Trust me” 
I can't believe this is true 
Trust hurts 
Why does trust equal suffering?

Solo 

Chorus 

My body aches from mistakes 
Betrayed by lust 
We lied to each other so much 
That in nothing we trust 
God help me please, on my knees 
Betrayed by lust 
We lied to each other so much 

Absolutely nothing we trust 
				

I lied just a little 
When I said I need you 
You stretched the truth 
When you said that you knew 
Just can't believe it 
There's nothing to say 
I was almost honest, almost 

Chorus 
Living alone, can't stand this place 
It's four in the morning and I still see your face 

I was nearly pure 
When I said I loved you 
You were semi-sincere 
You said I'd bleed for you 
We were kind of candid 
Now you've gone away 
You were almost honest, almost 
  

Chorus 
Living alone, falling from grace 
I want to be alone, but there's just empty space 
I can't face tomorow, now you're not coming back 
Walked off in the night, and just left me the tracks 

I question your call by the tone of your voice 
I know I should hang up but I don't have a choice 
It happened that night when you told me to go 
Don't ask who's to blame, I don't know 

Solo 

Chorus 

Almost, almost honest 
Almost, I was almost honest 
(Repeat)
				

I heard somebody fixed today 
There was no last goodbyes to say 
His will to live ran out 
I heard somebody turned to dust 

Looking back at what he left 
A list of plans and photographs 
Songs that never will be sung 
These are the things he won't get done 

Chorus 
I've seen the man use the needle (seen the needle use the man) 
I've seen them crawl from the cradle (to the gutter on their hands) 
The fight a war but it's fatal (it's so hard to understand) 
I've seen the man use the needle (seen the needle use the man) 

Just one shot to say goodbye 
One last taste to mourn and cry 
Scores and shoots, the lights go dim 
Just one shot to do him in 

He hangs his head and wonders why 
Why the monkey only lies 
But pay the pauper, he did choose 
He hing his head inside the noose 

Chorus 
I've seen the man use the needle (seen the needle use the man) 
I've seen them crawl from the cradle (to the coffin on their hands) 
They fight a war but it's fatal (it's so hard to understand) 
I've seen the man use the needle (seen the needle in his hands) 
Cryptic writing on the wall (the beginning of the end) 
I've seen myself use the needle (seen the needle in my hands) 

I've seen the man use the needle (seen the needle use the man) 
I've seen them crawl from the cradle (to the coffin on their hands) 
They fight a war but it's fatal (it's so hard to understand) 
 I've seen myself use the needle (seen the needle in my hands) 

In my hands 
(Repeat twice)
				

The mother of all that is evil 
Her lips are poisonous venom 
Wicked temptress knows how to please 
The priestess roars, “Get down on your knees” 

The rite of the praying mantis 
Kiss the bones of the enchantress 
Spellbound searching through the night 
A howling man surrenders the fight 

Chorus 
One look in her lusting eyes 
Savage fear in you will rise 
Teeth of terror sinking in 
The bite of the she-wolf 
 One look in her lusting eyes 
Savage fear in you will rise 
Teeth of terror sinking in 
The bite of the she-wolf 

My desires of flesh obey me 
The lioness will enslave me 
Another heart beat than my own 
The sound of claws on cobblestone, I'm stoned 

Chorus 

Beware what stalks you in the night 
Beware the she-wolf and her bite 
Her mystic lips tell only lies 

Beware what stalks you in the night 
Beware the she-wolf and her bite 
Her hidden will to kill in disguise 
				

There's a secret place I like to go 
Everyone is there but their face don't show 
If you get inside you can't get out 
There's no coming back, I hear them shout 

Chorus 
Welcome to my hide away, my secret place 
How I arrived I can't explain 
You're welcome to, if you want to stay 
But everyone just runs away 

There's a secret place I like to go 
Everyone is there but their face don't show 
If you get inside you can't get out 
There's no coming back, I hear them shout 

Let me in, get me out 
Can't do more then twist and shout 
Lost my soul without a trace 
Found it again in my secret place 

Let me in, get me out 
Can't do more then twist and shout 
Lost my soul without a trace 
In discrace 

I hide from those that try to find me 
Scary things that's right behind me 
I lost myself, I must confess 
I can't explain how I got this mess 

Chorus 

My secret place (There's a secret place) 
My secret place (There's a secret place, I like to go) 
My secret place (There's a secret place) 
Just runs away 
My secret place 
				

One thing
That I got for you
Is the one thing
That you never do

One thing makes you feel brand new
Is the one thing that you're coming to
Just the one thing
Gets you in the mood

You call my number in the middle of the night
To tell me nothing else can make you feel alright
But it rings and rings you hang it up
And call me back again

One thing
That I got for you
Is the one thing
That you never do

One thing
That you got to choose
Is the one thing you can never lose
Just the one thing is your attitude

You call my name in the middle of the night
When your makin' love and it feels alright
But it's him not me
Can't you see a shot of reality?

I know what you do
I know what you want to do
I know when the lights go out
I know what you are gonna to do

One thing
That I got for you
Is the one thing
That you never do

Just the one thing gets you in the mood
Just the one thing its your attitude
One thing is one thing
Just the one thing
Oh
				

[Instrumental]
				

I'm running in quicksand
something's haunting me
the guilty past I've buried
my mind won't let me sleep

I'll do anything for peace - I keep waking up
a solemn oath I make
cross my heart please let me sleep - I keep waking up
how much more do I take

My head is talking to me
I don't know what it needs
but the loudest voice
is the one I heed

Insomnia, my swollen bloodshot eyes
Insomnia, awake till morning light
Insomnia, stirring deep inside
Insomnia, somebody turn out the lights
I can't sleep - insomnia

I'm twisting and turning - I keep waking up
the madness I must tame
my candle is burning - I keep waking up
both ends again today

The whole house is creaking
I know they're out there
the things kept from sight
I beg to the shadows
I can't sleep

Insomnia, footsteps on the walk
Insomnia, I hear someone knock
Insomnia, I wish it was a dream
Insomnia, can you hear me scream
				

Enter the arena and hit the lights
Step up now you're in for a ride
this is war, ain't no fun and games
we get it up, you go down in flames

Party time, going down
you better not mess us around
the stakes are rich, take a hit or stay
the price is high, someone's gonna pay

Heads I win, tails you lose
out of my way I'm coming through
roll the dice don't think twice
and we crush, crush 'em

Looking for trouble, now you've found it
you're a drum and we're gonna pound it

Last one standing wins the fight
hear us scream and shout all night
down on the floor and eat the grit
this is gonna hurt a little bit

Heads I win, tails you lose
out of my way I'm coming through
roll the dice don't think twice
and we crush, crush 'em

Now we lay you down to rest
you'll never be more than second best
step inside you're in for a ride
and we crush, crush 'em

Don't need reason, don't want names
just a John Doe to put to shame
step aside let me explain
the name of the game is pain

Now we've found you
We're gonna pound you
We're gonna beat you
Gonna defeat you
We're gonna bust you
We're gonna crush you
We're gonna crush 'em
				

Broken down, feeling naked
Leaving me unfulfilled
Promising compromise
Championing mediocrity

Time and time again
What you said ain't what you mean
Even if all my bones are broken
I will drag myself back from the edge to

Kill the King, The King is dead, Long live the King
Kill the King, The King is dead, Long live the King,
I am the King, God save the King

Kill the King, The King is dead
I am the King, Long live the King
Kill the King, The King is dead
I am the King, Long live the King

I reveal a deceiver
In the highest seat in the land
His idle hands the Devil's workshop
Generate more smoke than heat

Time and time again
What you said ain't what you mean
Even if all my bones are broken
I will drag myself back from the edge to

Kill the King, The King is dead, Long live the King
Kill the King, The King is dead, Long live the King,
I am the King, God save the King

Kill the King, The King is dead
I am the King, Long live the King
Kill the King, The King is dead
I am the King, Long live the King

A new precedent in pain, a new precedent in pain
Mankind is blown to dust, mankind is blown to dust
An explosion of the Brain, an explosion of the Brain
Spontaneously combust, spontaneously combust 

Kill the King, The King is dead, Long live the King,
I am the King
Kill the King, I, The King is dead, I am, Long live the King,
I am the King
Kill the King, I, The King is dead, I am, Long live the King,
I am the King
Kill the King, I, The King is dead, I am, Long live the King,
I am the King
				

Let me introduce myself I'm a social disease
I've come for your wealth leave you on your knees
No time for feeling sorry, I got here on my own
I won't ask for mercy, I choose to walk alone

What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
If you shake my hand better count your fingers

What if I do get caught' What if there is no judgment?
If I'm right I lose nothing, if you're right I lose it all
I ought to get caught because I'm doing something wicked
I'm guilty haunted by my fear and the only consequences
Are Dread and the Fugitive Mind

You built walls to protect you so no one will infect you
Pursued by those out there that vanish in thin air
Come a long way to find what you really left behind
You don't know when the end is but it's coming fast

What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
If you shake my hand better count your fingers

What if I do get caught' What if there is no judgment?
If I'm right I lose nothing, if you're right I lose it all
I ought to get caught because I'm doing something wicked
I'm guilty haunted by my fear and the only consequences
Are Dread and the Fugitive Mind

Solos - Mustaine, Pitrelli
				

People going nowhere, taken for a ride
Looking for the answers that they know inside
Searching for a reason, looking for a rhyme
Snow White's mirror said "partners in crime!"

Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again

Sunday's satisfaction, Monday's home and dry
Truth is on the doorstep, welcome in the lie
All dressed up in sorrow, got no place to go
Hold back, `till it's ready, taking it slow

Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again

Don't you ever say die
Don't you ever say die
Never say die

Panic, silver lining, writing's on the wall
Children get together, you can save us all
Future's on the corner, throwing us a die
Slow down, turn around, everything's fine

There's no need to have a reason
There's no need to wonder why
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die again
				

Responsibility, an anchor around my neck
Dependability, made me a nervous wreck
Accountability, I live from check to check
Volatility, neglect and no respect

Got my wheels in motion and I got a path to beat
I hit the road to "I don't know" and look for "Tough Shit Street"

Solo - Pitrelli

One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on this train
Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again

Moto Psycho
Going nowhere everybody is a
Moto Psycho move it or lose it baby
Going nowhere 100 miles an hour
Moto Psycho I'm a Moto Psycho
Moto Psycho

You know you can't resist to tell me what I mean
You gave my mind a twist said that I was unclean
The actor runs the play and ad-libs in between
You're all that I resent my thoughts were so obscene

Got my wheels in motion and I got a path to beat
I hit the road to "I don't know" and look for "Tough Shit Street"

Solo - Mustaine

One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on this train
Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again

Moto Psycho
Going nowhere everybody is a
Moto Psycho move it or lose it baby
Going nowhere 100 miles an hour
Moto Psycho I'm a Moto Psycho

One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on this train
Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again

Moto Psycho
Going nowhere everybody is a Moto Psycho
Going nowhere move it or lose it baby Moto Psycho
Going nowhere 100 miles an hour Moto Psycho
Where I'm headed I don't know but I'm shoving off and I hit the road
Going nowhere everybody is a Moto Psycho - time and time and time
again I'm a
Moto Psycho
Moto Psycho move it or lose it baby
Going nowhere 100 miles an hour
Moto Psycho I'm a Moto Psycho

Fill solos - Mustaine
				

The tides of change pulled us apart
I feel a familiar pain
It seems like years since we've loved
Or even liked and that's a lonely way to be

Drifting alone in a sea of agony
Your face I can't recognize
Don't make this hard on us
I will miss you if you just go away

I did no right you did no wrong
Nothing left but wasted days
I regret you leaving
But I will never take you back

Solo - Pitrelli

You know what' It's over
I just don't feel the same way as I used to
We've been together forever, but it's over

Goodbye 1000 times goodbye
The thought never crossed my mind
That this would be my last goodbye
Let me put pennies on your eyes
And kiss your lips one last goodbye
My love 1000 times goodbye

It seems nothing good is free
A good thing cost much more than the price
You were good but not that good
Don't kid yourself now it's time to beak up

Drifting alone in a sea of agony
Your face I can't recognize
Don't make this hard on us
I will miss you if you just go away

I did no right you did no wrong
Nothing left but wasted days
I regret you leaving
But I'll never take you back

Solo - Pitrelli

Don't call me anymore. It's just not...
I don't feel the same way about you
Its not as good as it used to be

Goodbye 1000 times goodbye
The thought never crossed my mind
That this would be my last goodbye
Let me put pennies on your eyes
And kiss your lips one last goodbye
My love 1000 times goodbye

Repeat Chorus
Solo - Mustaine

I'll always love you but just not like that
Like what?
I want to be honest with you I met someone else
You did what?
And I really, I really love him like I used to love you
Remember the time that I told you that
I was going out of town for business?
Well I went to see him
You know what' You suck!

Solo - Mustaine

Goodbye 1000 times
You'll always have a special place
In my heart you know that
It's just I can't be with you anymore it's over
Goodbye 1000 times
Things may not work out with him
Goodbye 1000 times
And if they don't
Goodbye 1000 times
Then I'll certainly call you
Goodbye 1000 times
You mean a lot to me
I still really want to be friends with you
I love you like you're my brother
				

And today, I leave you
But I'll be back someday
And as I fly away
My hope is that we'll meet again
I'm off to my home away from home
I will miss you
But I know
I know you know

I'm coming home to Arizona
I'm coming home to Arizona

I'll take you everywhere I go
I'll show you everything I see
And as we say so long
I know your tears wish me well
It won't be long till I'm back again
We will meet again
We will meet again
You will see, oh

I'm coming home to Arizona
I'm coming home
				

Kick The Chair
Dawn breaks evenly today
On the truth and the lie
All rise, court's in session
We're hanging someone high

Justice means nothing today
Now that the courts are for sale
Pick a crime from the menu; pick a sentence and defend you
And pay up the down payment called bail
The system's for sale

Kick the chair, the rope's tight
Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out
Friend or foe, I gotta hang em dead
Or they'll come back around
Kick it!

The court's wrong when it keeps track
Of victories and defeats
The press that never rest just waits
For somebody's soul they can eat

Justice means nothing today
Now that the jury's for sale
Guilty or not, the verdict's a lie
You're going to jail
The system has failed

Kick the chair, the rope's tight
Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out
Friend or foe, ya gotta hang em dead
Or they'll come back
				

The fire burns on and on
That drives me on till all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men

Back when I was just seventeen
I thought that I knew everything
I could make it in this scene
To be a rising star that only gleamed
But all the answers disagreed
With the questions held for me

I was legal now at twenty-one
I knew the way the world should run
My God just look what I had done
Simply drunk and having fun
Looked for friends, but I found none
All alone at twenty-one
Solo- Poland

The fire burns on and on
That drives me on till all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
Solo- fills Poland

At twenty-five I was surprised
That I was even half alive
Somehow I managed to survive
I felt my body's doing time
And in my back a hundred knives
From my friends at twenty-five

And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell
I'd buy your life, if you would sell
A year or two if less compelled
So live your life and live it well
There's not much left of me to tell
I just got back up each time I fell
Solo- Poland

The fire burns on and on
That drives me on till all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
Solo- fills Poland
Solo- Mustaine

The fire burns on and on
That drives me on till all is gone
Except the simple plans
Of mice and men
Solo- fills Poland
				

Well, Here I come 
Stand up and plant your feet 
Listen I'm letting off steam 
Now throw your hands in the air 
Let loose I don't fuckin care 

Solo * Poland 

Rattlehead 

A dose of metal you need 
To bang your head til you bleed 
It's time for snapping some neck 
Slashing, thrashing to Megadeth 

Solo * Poland 

Rattlehead 

You, your head, is pounding with pain 
You shake loose, while sucked out brains (UNSURE OF THIS LYRIC) 
Winning, sinning, beginning 
Feeding, the needing for bleeding 
Bashing, smashing, crashing 
Fraying, annhilating you! 

Solo * Poland 

There's someone back in the shadows 
You feel though you can't see his eyes 
He'll bash your head if you cross him 
Ain't quite your average guy 
Don't wear no leather to 'fit in?
Don't wear no spike to be 'cool?
Don't want no woman beside him 
Just make it fast, loud and rude 
Rattlehead 

Solo * Mustaine 

I'm a Rattlehead 
Rattle your Goddamn head!
				

I sneak in my own house 
It's four in the morning 
I had too much to drink 
Said I was out with the boys 
I creep in my bedroom 
I slip into bed, 
I know if I wake her, 
I'll wake up dead 

I wonder, will she find out, 
About the other, other lover. 
Diana. 

Wake up dead, you die 
Wake up dead, and buried. 
Wake up dead, you die 
Wake up dead
				

Welcome to our fortress tall 
Take some time to show you around 
Impossible to break these walls 
For you see the steel is much too strong 
Computer banks to rule the world 
Instruments to sight the stars 

Chorus 
Possibly I've seen to much 
Hangar 18 I know too much 

Foreign life forms inventory 
Suspended state of cryogenics 
Selective amnesia's the story 
Believed foretold but who'd suspect 
The military Intelligence 
Two words combined that can't make sense 

Chorus 
				

A cockroach in the concrete, courthouse tan and beady eyes. 
A slouch with fallen arches, purging truths into great lies. 
A little man with a big eraser, changing history 
Procedures that he's programmed to, all he hears and sees. 

Altering the facts and figures, events and every issue. 
Make a person disappear, and no one will ever miss you. 

Rewrites every story, every poem that ever was. 
Eliminates incompetence, and those who break the laws. 
Follow the instructions of the New Ways' Evil Book of Rules. 
Replacing rights with wrongs, the files and records in the schools. 

You say you've got the answers, well who asked you anyway?
Ever think maybe it was meant to be this way?
Don't try to fool us, we know the worst is yet to come. 
I believe my kingdom will come. 

Chorus 1 
F is for fighting, R is for red, 
Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed. 
E, we elect them, E, we eject them, 
In the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 
D, for your dying, O, your overture, 
M, they will cover your grave with manure. 
This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me, 
As long as there's a P.M.R.C. 

Chorus 2 
F is for fighting, R is for red, 
Ancestors' blood in battles they've shed. 
E, we elect them, E, we eject them, 
In the land of the free and the home of the brave. 
D, for your dying, O, your overture, 
M is for money and you know what that cures. 
This spells out freedom, it means nothing to me, 
As long as there's a P.M.R.C. 

Repeat Chorus 1 

Put your hand right up my shirt, 
Pull the strings that make me work, 
Jaws will part, words fall out, 
like a fish with hook in mouth. 

Rewrites every story, every poem that ever was. 
Eliminates incompetence, and those who break the laws. 
Follow the instructions of the New Ways' Evil Book of Rules. 
Replacing rights with wrongs, the files and records in the schools. 

I'm not a fish 
I'm a man 
Hook in mouth
				

Solo * Mustaine 

Mean and infectious 
The evil Prophets rise 
Dance of the Macabre 
As witches Streak the sky 
Decadent worship of 
Black Magic sorcery 
In the womb of the Devil's Dungeon 
Trapped without a plea 

Solo * Mustaine 

See thing in agony 
Necrosis is the fate 
Pins sticking through the skin 
The venom now sedates 
Locked in a pillory 
Nowhere to be found 
Screaming for your life 
But no one hears a sound 
Hellpp Mmmeeeeee 
Prepare the patients scalp 
To peel away 
Metal caps his ears 
He'll hear not what we say 
Solid steel visor 
Riveted cross his eyes 
Iron staples close his jaws 
So no one hears his cries 

The skull beneath the skin 

Now your drawn and quartered 
Your bones will make the X 
Symbol stands for poison 
And it's chained to your head 
And as we fold your arms 
To make the holy cross 
We cross the crucifix 
Religion has been lost 

The skull beneath the skin 

Solo * Mustaine 
				

Welcome to out sanguinary sect of worship. 
Feel at home in our black conventicle, 
As we anathematise 
All of those who oppose us. 
Don't summon the devil, 
Don't call the priests, 
If you need the strength 
The conjuring. Obey!!! 

Behold the flames rise 
From the compass' cardinal points. 
Burn the sacred oil, 
And, with the ashes you'll annoint. 

Arrange the symbols, 
Of the wizard, and, magician. 
Light the candles, 
Place the parchment paper in position. 
Between its leaves place 
The lash from a black cat's eye, 
A straw of a broom, 
Fold, and, burn, and, centralise. 

Don't summon the devil, 
Don't call the priests, 
If you need the strength, 
The conjuring. 

I am the devil's advocate, 
A salesman, if you will 
You know my name, you know my name. 

I met your father years ago, 
Gave him what he'd please. 
He called my name, you'll do the same. 

I'm claiming what is mine by right, 
It's time to close the deal. 
You're bought and sold, bought and sold. 

Come join me in my infernal depths, 
Mephisto's hall of fame. 
I've got your soul, I've got your soul. 

The conjuring. Obey!!!
				

In my hour of need 
Ha, no, you're not there 
And though I reached out for you 
Wouldn't lend a hand. 

Through the darkest hour 
Grace did not shine on me 
It feels so cold, very cold 
No one cares for me. 

Did you ever think I get lonely 
Did you ever think that I needed love 
Did you ever think to stop thinking 
You're the only one that I'm thinking of. 

You'll never know how hard I tried 
To find my space and satisfy you too. 

Things will be better when I'm dead and gone 
Don't try to understand, knowing you I'm probably wrong. 

But oh how I lived my life for you 
Still you'd turn away 
Now as I die for you 
My flesh still crawls as I breathe your name 
All these years I thought I was wrong 
Now I know it was you 
Raise you head, raise your face your eyes 
Tell me who you think you are 

I walk, I walk alone 
Into the promised land. 
There's a better place for me 
But it's far, far away 

Rverlasting life for me 
In a perfect world 
But I gotta die first, 
Please God send me on my way. 

Time has a way of taking time 
Loneliness is not only felt be fools 
Alone I call to ease the pain 
Yearning to be held by you, alone so alone, I'm lost 
Consumed by the pain 
The pain, the pain, the pain. 
Won't you hold me again 
You just laughed, ha ha, bitch 

My whole life is work built on the past 
The time has come when all things shall pass 
This good thing passed away.
				

Sitting up late at night 
I tiptoe through the darkness 
Cold as hell black as spades 
Aware of my immediate surrounding 
In my place I escape 
Up into my hideout 
Hiding from everyone 
My friends all say 
Dave your mental any way hey! 
Drift into a deeper state 
I stalk the cobwebbed stairways 
Dirt grits beneath my feet 
The stair creaks, I precariously sneak 

Hypnosis guides my hand 
I slipslide through the walkways 
Sit in granny's rockin' chair 
Memories are whirling by yeah 
Reminisce in the attic 
Lucretia waits impatiently 
Cobwebs make me squint 
The cobra so eloquently glints 
Moonbeams surge through the sky 
The crystal ball's energized 
Surely that like the cat waiting 
Lucretia rocks away 
				

The light that fills my lonely cell, 
Is blocked out by the key, 
That locks the door to this hell, 
The place they wanted me. 
Time's racing like the wind, 
Execution's near, 
Oh lord, I wait for death, 
And, yes, I have no fear. 
I recall that night, my every breath, 
And, step along the way. 
Closed my eyes, walking, 
As danger paved the way. 
The devil, and the darkness 
Let her evil wander free 
And, here on Devil's Island, 
The final stop for me. 

Chorus 
Devil's Island, Devil's Island. 

Oh, there is no escape, 
The sea is full of sharks. 
The tide takes you away, and 
Smashes you on the rocks. 
The sun is shining, 
But feel not today, 
It's warmth, it's dying, 
And fading away. 

Chorus 

Oh, hear the call, 
From the grave beyond. 
Oh, so pernicious, 
Her soul it creates song. 
As there is no man, that is 
Here upon the earth, 
Able to terminate our 
Noisome will since birth. 

The priest that reads the sermons, 
Is walking next to me, 
To the stake, my last request, 
To have her burn with me. 
But, so it did, the heavens opened, 
Rain began to fall. 
The final judgement came, and 
Was spread before you all. 
Final judgement. 

Old, weak, and feeble, 
But the lesson taught to me, 
To stay away from evil, 
She doesn't care for me. 
She haunts me in my sleep, 
Though I tore that page away. 
And, here on Devil's Island, 
I'll always have to stay. 

Chorus 
Here I am. 

Chorus (Repeat) 
				

Got one chance, infiltrate them 
Get it right, terminate them 
The Panzers will, permeate them 
Break their pride, denigrate them 
And their people, retrograde them 
Typhus, deteriate them 
Epidemic, devastate them 
Take no prisoners, cremate them 

Going to war, give 'em hell 
D-Day, next stop Normandy 
Beginning of the end 
We know how to and sure as shit we'll win 
War is peace sure man 
A retreat for the damned 
A playground for the demented 
A heaven for those who walk this world 
Bereft of heart and soul 
Love and war they say all is fair 
Take his life 
But won't take his hair 
Your body has parts your 
Country can spare 
By the way son here's 
Your wheelchair 

He once had to be all he could be 
Now he's nothing for no one nowhere to see 
Funny thing, he's like you and me 
It's a funny thing, a funny thing 
Tears streak his solemn stare 
Abandoned for wreckage nobody cares 
No one knew what would happen there 
No one spoke no one even dared 
Don't ask what you can do for your country 
Ask what your country can do for you 

Take no prisoners, take no shit 
(Repeat) 
				

What do you mean, “I don't believe in God”?
I talk to him every day. 
What do you mean, “I don‘t support your system”?
I go to court when I have to. 
What do you mean, “I can't get to work on time”?
I got nothing better to do 
And, what do you mean, “I don't pay my bills”?
Why do you think I'm broke' Huh?

Chorus 
If there's a new way, 
I'll be the first in line. 
But, it better work this time. 

What do you mean, “I hurt your feelings”?
I didn't know you had any feelings. 
What do you mean, “I ain't kind”?
I'm just not your kind. 
What do you mean, “I couldn't be president, of the United States of America”?
Tell me something, it's still “We the people,” right?

Chorus 

Can you put a price on peace?
Peace, 
Peace sells' 
Peace, 
Peace sells' 
Peace sells' but who's buying?
Peace sells' but who's buying?
Peace sells' but who's buying?
Peace sells' but who's buying?
No, peace sells'
				

Good Mourning. 

Hey, I don't feel so good. 
Something's not right, 
Something's coming over me 
What the fuck is this?
  
  

Killer, intruder, homicidal man. 
If you see me coming, run as fast as you can. 
A blood thirsty demon who's stalking the street. 
I hack up my victims like pieces of meat. 
Blood thirsty demon, sinister fiend, 
Bludgeonous slaughters, my evil deeds. 

My hammer's a cold piece of blood-lethal steel. 
I grin while you writhe with the pain that I deal. 
Swinging the hammer, I hack through their heads, 
Deviant defilers, you're next to be dead. 
I unleash my hammer with sadistic intent. 
Pounding, surrounding, slamming through your head. Yeah! 

Their bodies convulse, in agony, and, pain. 
I mangle their faces, till no features remain. 
A blade for the butchering, I cut them to shreds. 
First take out the organs, then cut off the head. 
The remains of flesh now sop under my feet. 
One more bloody massacre, the murder's complete. 
I seek to dismember, a sadist fiend. 
And, blood baths are my way of getting clean. 
I lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill. 
I have no remorse for the blood that I spill 
A merciless butcher who lives underground. 
I'm out to destroy you and ,I will, cut you down. 
I see you, and, I'm waiting ,for Black Friday. 

Killer, intruder, homicidal man. 
If you see me coming, run as fast as you can. 
A blood thirsty demon who's stalking the street. 
I hack up my victims like pieces of meat. 
I lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill. 
I have no remorse for the blood that I spill 
A merciless butcher who lives underground. 
I'm out to destroy you and ,I will, cut you down. 

It's Black Friday, paint the devil on the wall. 
(Repeat)
				

I'm gonna be a rock and roll star  
Gotta groove from night to day  
Gotta blow my crummy job  
Gonna blow my blues away  
I'm gonna make a stand  
Gonna make a million  
Gonna make it with you  
I'm gonna be wild my friend  
I gotta push it through  
  
It's electric  
It's electric  
It's electric  
It's electric  
  
I stop on red and I leave on amber  
And you face my way  
I'm gonna make it my friend  
Gonna make it today  
Gonna get the tilts from my hills  
Down the highway I go  
Gonna get the stars from my route  
Make it in a rock and roll show  
  
It's electric  
It's electric  
It's electric  
It's electric  
  
I stop on red and I leave on amber  
And you face my way  
I'm gonna make it my friend  
Gonna make it today  
Gonna get the tilts from my hills  
Down the highway I go  
Gonna get the stars from my route  
Make it in a rock and roll show  
  
It's electric  
It's electric  
It's electric  
It's electric
It's electric  
It's electric
				

Right now 
I am an Anti-Christ, 
And I am an anarchist. 
Don't know what I want, but I know how to get it, 
I want to destroy, possibly. 

Cause I want to be Anarchy. No dog's body. 

Anarchy for the U.S.A. 
It's coming sometime it maybe. 
I give a wrong time, stop a traffic light. 
Your future dream is a shopping spree. 

Cause I want to be Anarchy, in the city. 

Of many ways to get what you want 
I use the best, I use the rest. 
I use the enemy, 
I use anarchy. 

Cause I want to be Anarchy, it's the only way to be. 

Is this the M.P.L.A.?
Is this the U.D.A.?
Is this the I.R.A.?
I thought it was the U.S.A., or just another country 
And other cunt-like tendencies. 
Cause I want to be Anarchy, cause I want to be Anarchy, 
You know what I mean?

Cause I want to be an Anarchist, again I'm pissed, Destroy!
				

Brother will kill brother 
Spilling blood across the land 
Killing for religion 
Something I don't understand 

Fools like me,who cross the sea 
And come to foreign lands 
Ask the sheep, for their beliefs 
Do you kill on God's command?

A country that's divided 
Surely will not stand 
My past erased, no more disgrace 
No foolish naive stand 

The end is near, it's crystal clear 
Part of the master plan 
Don't look now to Israel 
It might be your homelands 

Holy wars 

Upon my podium, as the 
Know it all scholar 
Down in my seat of judgement 
Gavel's bang,uphold the law 
Up on my soapbox, a leader 
Out to change the world 
Down in my pulpit as the holler 
Than-thou-could-be-messenger of God





Wage the war on organized crime 
Sneak attacks, repel down the rocks 
Behind the lines 
Some people risk to employ me 
Some people live to destroy me 
Either way they die 

They killed my wife, and my baby 
With hopes to enslave me 
First mistake' last mistake! 
Paid by the alliance, to slay all the giants 
Next mistake... no more mistakes! 

Fill the cracks in,with judicial granite 
Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinkin' it 
Next thing you know, they'll take my thoughts away 
I know what I said, now I must scream of the overdose 
And the lack of mercy killings