Megadeth

Released: September 15, 2009

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Andy Sneap Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
This thing called "Life" goes by so quickly
On day you're here and then you're gone
This is the moment I've lived my whole life for
And I'll never give up; I've waited too long

[Pre-Chorus]
I've waited, waited too long
I've waited too long

[Chorus]
And all along the road
All the bodies left behind
May all have been good friends
Just not good friends of mine

[Verse 2]
I've been kicked out and said I quit
Then I said, "I've had enough" and "This is it"
All I wanted was just one more show for the road
Cause it was over last time before I could blink, I could blink

[Pre-Chorus]
I've waited, waited too long
I've waited too long

[Chorus]
And all along the road
All the bodies left behind
May all have been good friends
Just not good friends of mine

[Post-Chorus]
Their bodies left behind

[Instrumental Outro]

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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