Megadeth

Released: June 4, 2013

Songwriter: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

Producer: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
We all know about the hate you're breeding
And we pay for the machine you're feeding
You can never shut up, you can never shut down
This house divided, this house divided
(We all know, we all know)
This house divided
(Something's wrong, we all know)

[Verse 2]
Something's wrong about the way you're thinking
The rats are jumping, and your ship is sinking
You can never get on, you can never get off
This house divided

[Verse 3]
We all hear about the case you're pleading
Your demands have gone beyond conceding
You can never get in, you can never get out
This house divided

[Verse 4]
This is a sad day for violence
When speech results in silence
I'm supposed to hate you
You're supposed to hate me
We can never agree

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
Now we've become so desperate
Don't you forget you asked for it!
I'm supposed to hate you
You're supposed to hate me
We never agree

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
We all know about the hate you're breeding
And we pay for the machine you're feeding
A house divided, a house divided
A house divided, a house divided

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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