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Go to HellMegadeth

Released: July 9, 1991

Songwriter: Marty Friedman Nick Menza David Ellefson Dave Mustaine

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Intro]
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die, before I awake
I pray the Lord my soul to take

[Verse 1]
Not gonna 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

[Refrain]
Go to Hell!

[Verse 2]
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 realise

[Refrain]
Go to Hell!

[Verse 3]
I saw my funeral that day
I know who didn't show to mourn
My judgement was life in Hell, pillars of pain and thorns
My only friend's the goat with 6-6-6 between its horns

[Refrain]
Go to Hell!

[Verse 4]
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

[Refrain]
Go to Hell!

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
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

Megadeth

After being kicked out of Metallica, Dave Mustaine decided to form a Thrash Metal band that not only rivaled his former band, but played faster, more technical Metal. Along with bassist David ‘Junior’ Ellefson and a revolving door of guitarists and drummers, Mustaine set the world afire as Megadeth became known as the world’s state-of-the-art Speed Metal band throughout the 80s and the early 90s. One of the Big Four of Thrash Metal, Megadeth remains one of Metal’s most popular acts today.

However, Dave Mustaine’s fledgling band got off to a shaky start. Initially unable to find like-minded individuals, it was not until an altercation with his (underage) downstairs neighbours Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt, that led to him buying them beer and forming the first incarnation of the band with drummer Dijon Carruthers in 1983.

The band was named after a political pamphlet that referred to a “megadeath” (one million deaths by nuclear explosion):

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