Megadeth

Released: March 19, 2002

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dave Mustaine Bill Kennedy

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
You give up on yourself
Somehow you got betrayed again
Thin ice and luck runs out
Who will you blame it on this time?

[Pre-Chorus]
Due to a lack of interest in you
The light at the end of the tunnel was turned off
And something I noticed
Beating you is thrilling me
I've got a secret for you

[Chorus]
If you took your own direction
If only you practice what you preach
If you follow your advice
You wouldn't be burning bridges all the time

[Verse 2]
Don't close your eyes to injustice
Listen, being brave ain't chicken shit
A man without any valor
Has nothing worth living for

[Pre-Chorus]
Due to a lack of interest in you
The light at the end of the tunnel was turned off
And something I noticed
Beating you is thrilling me
I've got a secret for you

[Chorus]
If you took your own direction
If only you practice what you preach
If you follow your advice
You wouldn't be burning bridges all the time

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
If you took your own direction
If only you practice what you preach
If you follow your advice
You wouldn't be burning bridges all the time

[Chorus]
If you took your own direction
If only you practice what you preach
If you follow your advice
You wouldn't be burning bridges all the time

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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