Megadeth

Released: August 30, 1999

Songwriter: Marty Friedman Bud Prager Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Ain't got no job, ain't got no smoke
Ain't got a car, his life's a joke
Living on the skids, thinks the world's just fine
Forgot what he did, dancin' on the breadline

[Pre-Chorus]
No one there to bind him
Nothin' to remind him
Nowhere left to find him

[Chorus]
Ooh, about to lose his lifeline
He's dancin' on the breadline

[Verse 2]
Forgot who he is, forgot who he was
Used to call the shots, now he can't connect the dots
A mover and shaker, getting closer to his maker
Lower than a hemline, dancin' on the breadline

[Pre-Chorus]
No one there to bind him
Nothin' to remind him
Nowhere left to find him
Nowhere...

[Chorus]
Ooh, about to lose his lifeline
He's lookin' for a headline
Ooh, sniffin' up the white lines
He's dancin' on the breadline
He's dancin' on the breadline

[Bridge]
Watch him dance on the breadline
Watch him dance

[Chorus]
Ooh, about to lose his lifeline
He's lookin' for a headline
Ooh, sniffin' up the white lines
He's dancin' on the breadline
Ooh, about to lose his lifeline
He's dancin' on the breadline
Yeah...

[Outro]
No one, nothing, nowhere
Dancin' on the breadline
Dancin' on the breadline
He forgot and he ain't got nothin'

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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