 Genius Lyrics
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Megadeth – Psychotron
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Dave Mustaine has stated that this song is about the Marvel Comics cyborg Deathlok.
Mustaine has written about Marvel characters on other albums too.
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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 – 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 – 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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Megadeth – Architecture of Aggression
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This song was inspired by the massive bombing of Iraq on January 16, 1991 that initiated Operation Desert Storm. The sound samples at the end of the song are the voices of CNN
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Megadeth – Skin o' My Teeth
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This song talks about escaping death. It covers the many crazy things that happen to rockstars that nearly kills them such as drug overdose and automobile accidents.
Dave Mustaine
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Megadeth – Breakpoint
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Make the rules for me to live by / Rules you break and just let it slide / You try to find you inside of me / Be as great as you want me to be
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Megadeth – Go to Hell
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This song was originally written for the 1991 movie Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey and was later released on the Hidden Treasures album along with a couple of other Megadeth songs from
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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 – Countdown to Extinction
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The title track is about animals being hunted until gradually there is only one of their kind left.
The idea and title came from a Time magazine story that drummer Nick Menza had
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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 – 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 – Captive Honour
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This song is mainly about the horrible living conditions in modern US prisons and how anyone who is incarcerated can potentially be turned into a sex slave once inside. The band
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Megadeth – High Speed Dirt
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This is a skydiving song. Dave Mustaine has talked about skydiving in many interviews and official video releases, and was filmed on a jump for MTV. The footage was included with
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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 – This Was My Life
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This song is about Mustaine having wanted to kill someone he had an affair with, but didn’t because he knew he’d then go to jail. This is a confession of the madness he felt at the
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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 – 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 – Symphony of Destruction
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The lead single from Countdown to Extinction, peaked on the UK Charts at #15, and initially had heavy rotation on MTV (before the video was pulled and edited because of controversy
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Megadeth – Sweating Bullets
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“Sweating Bullets” is the third single from the album, Countdown to Extinction. The song lyrics are from a first-person outlook of someone suffering from schizophrenia and being
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