Megadeth

Released: June 4, 2013

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
I've got a sickening feeling
My life is standing still
It's clear that fate is closing in
But this is the life I choose
I've got so much time to kill
Born to lose, I'll die to win

[Chorus]
Burn, baby burn... 'cause it feels so good

[Verse 2]
I'm getting on my own nerves
And I get no satisfaction
Till I light it up and burn it down
One match lights my fire
And it starts a chain reaction
That burns my crooked past to the ground

[Chorus]
Burn, baby burn... 'cause it feels so good
Burn, baby burn... like I knew it would

[Post-Chorus]
Fire, I've got the fire
Fire, burning desire... my desire to burn

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I hear the darkness call
The sirens are growing near
It's time I make my great escape
The flames are getting tall
Inside my rear view mirror
Just a spark is all it takes

[Chorus]
Burn, baby burn... 'cause it feels so good
Burn, baby burn... like I knew it would

[Post-Chorus]
Fire, I've got the fire
Fire, burning desire
I've got the fire, burning desire
And it burns, yeah, baby it burns
It burns; yeah, it burns, hotter than hell

[Verse 4]
Sifting the damage done
I'm burning up all the proof
I won't be going down in flames
At large, I'm on the run
They're tightening up the noose
It's too late; I need to get away

[Chorus]
Burn, baby burn... 'cause it feels so good
Burn, baby burn... like I knew it would

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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