Megadeth

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[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 back.", I hear them shout

[Verse 2]
Welcome to my hideaway, my secret place
How I arrived, I can't explain
You're welcome, too, if you wanna stay
But everyone just runs away

[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 back.", I hear them shout

[Verse 3]
Let me in, get me out
Can't do more than twist and shout
Lost my soul without a trace
Found it again in my secret place
Let me in, get me out
Can't do more than twist and shout
Lost my soul without a trace
In disgrace

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
I hide from those that try to find me
Scary things that's right behind me
I lost myself, I must confess
I can't explain how I got this mess

[Verse 2]
Welcome to my hideaway, my secret place
How I arrived, I can't explain
You're welcome, too, if you wanna stay
But everyone just runs away

[Outro]
My secret place (there's a secret place)
My secret place (there's a secret place, I like to go)
My secret place (there's a secret place)
Just runs away, my secret place

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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