Megadeth

Released: August 30, 1999

Songwriter: David Ellefson Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Full of greed, you sell your soul
Full of pride, a heavy load
You eat yourself, gluttony
Resent yourself, you envy me
Everything turns into wrath
You lust yourself to death

[Chorus]
Deep fears that drive us
Hid beneath disguises
Judge the world within
Forgive my deadly sins

[Verse 2]
Procrastination, always giving up
Something better comes to interrupt
Cast your verdict down to me
Spare me your bleeding sympathy
Only care how you appear
Clearly see you can't see clear

[Chorus]
Deep fears that drive us
Hid beneath disguises
Judge the world within
Forgive my deadly sins
Deep fears that drive us
Hid beneath disguises
Judge the world within
Forgive my deadly sins

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Greed, gluttony, pride, envy
Wrath, sloth, lust
Deadly seven
Seven deadly sins of mine

[Outro]
On every street and corner lie
Seven deadly sins of mine
On every street and corner lie
Seven deadly sins of mine
On every street and corner lie
Seven deadly sins
On every street and corner lie
These seven deadly sins of mine
On every street (greed)
And corner lie (pride)
These seven (gluttony) deadly sins
The seven deadly sins of mine
On every street (envy)
And corner lie (wrath)
These seven (sloth)
Deadly (lust) sins of mine
Deadly sins of mine
Seven deadly sins...
These deadly sins of mine...
Deadly sins of mine

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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