# Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California.

## Song lyrics

All songs written by Dave Mustaine, unless noted.

### Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)

    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

### Peace Sells... but Who's Buying (1986)

    Don't summon the devil, Don't call the priests, If you need the strength, The conjuring
* The Conjuring
    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?
* Peace Sells
    Killer, intruder, homicidal man If you see me coming run as fast as you can A bloodthirsty 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.
* Good Mourning/Black Friday
    A merciless butcher who lives underground I'm out to destroy and I will cut you down.
* Good Mourning/Black Friday
    Take another drink and raise the last bets Think about my last words They might be what I just said.
* My Last Words

### So Far, So Good... So What! (1988)

    The arsenal of megadeth can't be rid they said And if it comes, the living will envy the dead
* Set The World Afire
    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
* Hook in Mouth

### Rust In Peace (1990)

    Brother will kill brother, spilling blood across the land Killing for religion, something I don't understand
* Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
    Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinkin' it Next thing you know they'll take my thoughts away
* Holy Wars... The Punishment
    Military intelligence; two words combined that can't make sense.
* Hangar 18
    Don't ask what you can do for your country Ask what your county can do for you"
* Take No Prisoners
    I rule on land, air and sea Pass judgment on humanity Winds blow from the bowels of hell Will we give warnings, only time will tell
* Rust in Peace... Polaris
    Launch the Polaris The end doesn't scare us When will this cease The warheads will all rust in peace!
* Rust in Peace... Polaris

### Countdown to Extinction (1992)

    You take a mortal man, and put him in control. Watch him become a God, watch people's heads a roll.
* Symphony of Destruction
    Hello me, meet the real me.
* Sweating Bullets
    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
    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
    And when you kill a man, you're a murderer. Kill many, and you're a conqueror. Kill them all, you're a god.
* Captive Honour (written by Ellefson & Mustaine)

### Youthanasia (1994)

    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!
* Train of Consequences
    Don't remember where I was I realized life was a game The more seriously I took things The harder the rules became
* À Tout le Monde
    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.
* À Tout le Monde
    Moving on is a simple thing What it leaves behind is hard
* À Tout le Monde

### Cryptic Writings (1997)

    Living alone, falling from grace I want to atone, but there’s just empty space I can’t face tomorrow, now you’re not coming back Walked off in the night and just left me the tracks.
* Almost Honest

### Risk (1999)

    My head is talking to me, I don't know what it needs But the loudest voice is the one that I heed
* Insomnia
    My victims are rich or poor, young or old, strong or weak I cause millions of accidents, I am cancer in your bones I fathered the lie, twist what you say, speak not the truth I am insidious, impartial, deep inside your chromosomes
* Prince of Darkness
    I am more powerful than all the armies of the world I am more violent than violence, more deadly than death I have destroyed more men than all the nation's wars I am relentless, unpredictable, waiting for your last breath
* Prince of Darkness
    I'll be there for you, when you walk through the fire I'll be there for you when the flames get higher When nothing fits, and nothing seems right To the very last breath of my life I'll be there for you
* I'll Be There (written by Mustaine & Prager}

### The World Needs a Hero (2001)

    Phantom rule, the hidden jewel who's really in control? On puppet strings, a nation swings undermined by moles
* The World Needs a Hero
    If you took your own direction If only you practice what you preach If you follow your advice You wouldn't be burning bridges all the time
* Burning Bridges

### The System Has Failed (2004)

    As I climb onto your back, I will promise not to sting I will tell you what you want to hear and not mean anything Then I treat you like a dog, as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn't know, that I am a scorpion
* The Scorpion
    This is our way of life A life that was born free To follow orders how to live Was never meant to be
* Back in the Day
    Metal's king back then And still is to this day Others imitate or challenge But it never goes away
* Back in the Day
    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
* Of Mice and Men

### United Abominations (2007)

    How can there be any logic in biological war?
* Washington is Next!
    Disengage their minds, sabotage their health Promote sex and war and violence in the kindergardens Blame the parents and teachers, it's their fault.
* Washington is Next!
    You may bury the bodies, but you cant bury the crimes only Fools stand up and really lay down their arms No not me, not when death lasts forever
* United Abominations
    The U.N. is right, you can't be anymore 'un' than you are right now, the U.N. is undone. Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun The threat is real, the locust king has come.
* United Abominations
    NATO invaded Yugoslavia to end ethnic cleansing, there was no U.N. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan after 9/11, there was no U.N. Saddam Hussein violated 17 U.N. resolutions; The U.N. was asked to join the war in Iraq. The U.S. invaded, Ha! there was no U.N. Libya bombed a discotheque in Berlin killing Americans, there was no U.N. Iran funds Hamas, and attacked the U.S. in the seventies, there was no stinking U.N. Facing War without end, looking into the future, there was no more U.N.
* United Abominations

### Endgame (2009)

    The ex-president signed a secret bill That can land a legal U.S. citizen in jail And the Patriot Act stripped away our constitutional rights They say a concentration camp just popped up. Yeah, right!
* Endgame
    Refuse the chip? Ha! Get persecute and beat by the Tyranny of mind control, for the mark of the beast All rights removed, you're punished captured, and enslaved Believe me when I say, "This is the Endgame!"
* Endgame

### Th1rt3en (2011)

    Public enemy number one Jailbreak and a smoking gun You wont believe the things I've done And the killing is just for fun
* Public Enemy No. 1 (written by Mustaine & Johnny K)
    Secret bureaucracy, it’s just a lie The devil’s henchmen, in suit and tie A sacred brotherhood; an ancient rite Politicians and the double lives they hide
* We the People (written by Mustaine & Johnny K)
    Where hath the apostles gone? Joining hands with wicked ones Revelation has come to pass New world order will hold the mass
* New World Order (written by Mustaine & Menza)
    At the start of time Many centuries ago Came the spawning of Christ And the Antichrist And darkness fell upon our people And the children, they were born faceless Without eyes they could not see Born unto themselves They lived and they died In the Millennium of the Blind
* Millennium of the Blind

### Super Collider (2013)

    You'll never see a ray of daylight So far in debt you're struggling to survive But you will break your back fighting and they'll help Before you let them break your pride
* Dance in the Rain

## External links

* Official website