 Genius Meanings
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Megadeth – Angry Again
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This was originally written for the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero and was later released on the Hidden Treasures compilation album along with a couple of other
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Megadeth – Angry Again (Live Trax)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Angry Again (Live in Buenos Aires)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Burning Bridges (Live at the Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / You give up on yourself / Somehow you got betrayed again / Thin ice and luck runs out / Who will you blame it on this time? / [Pre-Chorus] / Due
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Megadeth – Capitol Punishment
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[Samples from the other songs on the album]
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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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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 – Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
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“Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” is the opening track off Megadeth’s fourth studio album Rust in Peace. The song consists of two different parts.
The track’s first half, “Holy Wars
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Megadeth – 99 Ways to Die
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This song is against guns and the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, which protects the right to bear arms for civilian militias. Dave Mustaine has since then
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Megadeth – Never Say Die (Live)
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[Verse 1] / 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 "
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Megadeth – Kill the King
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[Verse 1] / Broken down, feeling naked / Leaving me unfulfilled / Promising compromise / Championing mediocrity / [Pre-Chorus] / Time and time again / What you said ain't what you
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Megadeth – Coming Home to Argentina (Live in Buenos Aires)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Blackmail the Universe (Live in Buenos Aires)
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[Intro] / This is breaking news / It appears air force one was shot down / Somewhere over the Middle East this morning / By a sleeper cell of rogue terrorists, firing a stinger
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Megadeth – Tornado of Souls (Live Trax)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – A Secret Place (Live at Woodstock, New York, 25/7/99)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Sweating Bullets (Live from the Cow Palace, San Francisco)
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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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Taylor Swift – Mean
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Swift wrote “Mean” in response to music critic Bob Lefsetz, who gave her a cruel review after a February 2010 performance with Stevie Nicks. Lefsetz claimed that Swift “can’t sing
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Disturbed – Down with the Sickness
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“Down with the Sickness” is one of Disturbed’s most successful songs. The song was recorded in 1999 and was released as the second single from their debut studio album, The
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Megadeth – Diadems
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This song was originally recorded during the making of the Youthanasia album. The band decided that it didn’t fit with the rest of the album, so they let it be used in the
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Megadeth – No More Mr. Nice Guy
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“No More Mr. Nice Guy” is a cover of Alice Cooper’s classic with additional lyrics. This song was recorded in 1989 for the horror movie Shocker. It was also the first Megadeth song
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Megadeth – Trust (Live in Buenos Aires)
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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 – In My Darkest Hour (Live in Buenos Aires)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / In my hour of need... / Heh, no, you're not there / And though I reached out for you / Wouldn't lend a hand / Through the darkest hour / Your
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Megadeth – Paranoid
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This song is a cover, originally performed by Black Sabbath on the 1970 album Paranoid.
The lyrics are about a band member’s feelings as a depressed teenager and him thinking he
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Megadeth – I'll Get Even
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Everyone has someone they want to get even with. It’s not about anyone in particular. It could be about a girlfriend, a manager, record company, MTV or anyone else.
-Nick Menza
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Megadeth – Strange Ways
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This was originally included on the Best Buy version of 2004’s The System Has Failed.
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Megadeth – Tornado of Souls (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Megadeth – Use the Man (Live Trax)
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[Intro] / Alright, this is another new song / This song is called "Use the Man" / Don't forget it / [Verse 1] / I heard somebody fixed today / There was no last goodbyes to say
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Elvis Presley – In the Ghetto
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This song is about the cycle of poverty and violence, using bookends to imply that the baby being born at the end of the song is going to meet the same fate as the young man who
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Megadeth – Intro/Rattlehead (Live at Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
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[Intro] / Well, here I come / [Verse 1] / Stand up and plant your feet / Listen; I'm letting off steam / Now throw your hands in the air / Let it loose, I don't fuckin' care / [
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Megadeth – Hangar 18 (Live in Buenos Aires)
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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 – Five Magics (Demo)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Bestow upon me knowledge / Wizard, all-knowing, all-wise / I want to rule this kingdom / Make sweet the breeze, now defiled / Dethrone the evil
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SiriusXM – Sirius Hard rock top 1000 list
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1000. AC/DC - It’s a long way to the top (If you wanna rock and roll) / 999. Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction / 998. Fever 333 - Walking In My Shoes / 997. Black Label Society
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Megadeth – I'll Be There (Live in Buenos Aires)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / I heard the voice of redemption / For me there is no exemption / I started praying / I heard the voice of satisfaction / Needing me for
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Megadeth – Skin 'o My Teeth (Live in Buenos Aires)
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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 – Problems
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This song is a cover, originally performed by The Sex Pistols on the 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.
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