Genius Lyrics
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Megadeth – Foreclosure of a Dream
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The second of four singles released from the smash hit Countdown to Extinction, “Foreclosure of a Dream” tackles themes of government waste, harsh economic realities and political
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Megadeth – Foreclosure of a Dream (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Trust (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Lost in a dream, nothing's what it seems / Searching my head for the words that you said / Tears filled my eyes as we said our last goodbyes
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Megadeth – Public Enemy (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Verse 1] / Public enemy number one / Jailbreak and a smoking gun / You won't believe the things I've done / And the killing is just for fun / Public enemy number one / A stolen
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Megadeth – Hangar 18 (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Welcome to our fortress tall / I'll take some time to show you around / Impossible to break these walls / For, you see, the steel is much too
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Megadeth – High Speed Dirt (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Verse 1] / Do it if you dare, leaping from the sky / Hurling through the air, exhilarating high / See the Earth below, soon to make a crater / Blue sky, black death, I'm off to
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Megadeth – Architecture of Aggression (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Psychotron (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Intro] / Psychotron... / [Verse 1] / Assassin in stealth, assailant from Hell / Impervious to damage / Computer on-board, engaged in a war / Non-stop combatant / [Pre-Chorus
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Megadeth – Ashes In Your Mouth (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / People have round shoulders from bearing heavy loads / And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads / Sorrow paid for valor is
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Megadeth – Skin o’ My Teeth (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Peace Sells (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Sweating Bullets (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Hello me, meet the real me and my misfits way of life / A dark, black past is my most valued possession / Hindsight is always 20-20 / But looking
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Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Verse 1] / Endangered species, caged in fright / Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight / The stage is set, now pay the price / An ego boost, don't think twice / Technology, the
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Megadeth – This Was My Life (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / It was just another day / It was just another fight / It was words strung into sentences / It was doomed to not be right / There is something
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Megadeth – Symphony of Destruction (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / You take a mortal man / And put him in control / Watch him become a god / Watch people's heads a'roll / A'roll, a'roll... / [Chorus 1] / Just
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Megadeth – She-Wolf (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Intro] / The mother of all that is evil / Her lips are poisonous venom / Wicked temptress knows how to please / Priestess roars, "Get down on your knees" / [Verse 1] / The rite of
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Megadeth – Victory
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This song is about Dave Mustaine’s struggle with drugs and the moment he finally beat them, a victory.
The lyrics mainly reference song titles from previous Megadeth albums.
Dave
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Megadeth – Captive Honour (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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[Verse 1] / Madness comes and madness goes / An insane place with insane moves / Battles without, for battles within / Where evil lives and evil rules / [Verse 2] / Breaking them
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Megadeth – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (Countdown to Extinction: Live)
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Part 1: Holy Wars / [Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Brother will kill brother, spilling blood across the land / Killing for religion, something I don't understand / Fools like
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Megadeth – High Speed Dirt (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Do it if you dare, leaping from the sky / Hurling through the air, exhilarating high / See the Earth below, soon to make a crater / Blue sky, black death, I'm off to
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Megadeth – Crown of Worms
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As a huge Diamond Head fan, I jumped at the chance to work with a band that influenced me and my old bandmates as much as they did. I met with Sean Harris and Brian Tatler (guitar
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Megadeth – Ashes in Your Mouth
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This song is about general hopelessness for the future of humanity. The song says that since man has always turned to war in the past, war is the only thing that we can expect in
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