Megadeth

Released: June 4, 2013

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine Shawn Drover Chris Broderick

Producer: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

[Intro]
Built for war!
What do you think your fists are for?
Built for war!

[Verse 1]
Listen, I didn't start this
Believe me, I will finish it... (built for war)
You called down the thunder
Too late now there's no way out... (built for war)
Nothing is gonna stop me
Until then better watch your back... (built for war)

[Chorus]
Built for war!
What do you think your fists are for?
Built for war!

[Verse 2]
There is no retreating
I will cut you down to size... (built for war)
You will beg for mercy
A bad seed, you're as good as dead... (built for war)
Yield to a new dimension
Hell's coming, better say your prayers... (built for war)

[Chorus]
Built for war!
What do you think your fists are for?
Built for war!

[Post-Chorus]
Built for war!
Are you looking at me, you want some more?
What do you think your fists are for?

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
One day you will face me
And see the terror trapped inside... (built for war)
Final retribution
Torture and pure punishment... (built for war)
Vengeance running so deep
A dungeon of agony awaits... (built for war)
Fear not as death surrounds you
Bitch all you want, but here it comes... (built for war)

[Chorus]
Built for war!
What do you think your fists are for?
Built for war!

[Outro]
Built for war!
Are you looking at me, you want some more?
What do you think your fists are for?

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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