Megadeth

Released: March 19, 2002

Songwriter: Nick Menza David Ellefson Marty Friedman Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dave Mustaine Bill Kennedy

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
People have round shoulders from bearing heavy loads
And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads
Sorrow paid for valour is too much to recall
Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall

[Short Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords
Shun words of the Bible, we need implements of war
Chalklines and red puddles of those who have been slain
Destiny, that crooked schemer, says the dead shall rise again!

[Short Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 1]
Where do we go from hеre?
And should we really carе?
The end is finally here
God have mercy!

[Verse 3]
Now we've rewritten history
The one thing we've found out
Sweet taste of vindication
It turns to ashes in your mouth

[Chorus 1]
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy!

[Bridge]
If you're fighting to live
It's okay to die
The answer to your question is:
"Welcome to tomorrow."

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 2]
Where do we go from here?
God have mercy!

[Short Instrumental Break]

[Chorus 1]
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy!

[Chorus 1]
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy!

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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