Megadeth

Released: May 15, 2007

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Andy Sneap Jeff Balding Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Recruiting the ill-fated for "The War"
A legion of uneducated, bankrupt souls
With a lust for revenge, answering the call
From New Yorqatar to Califarabia
Desperation provides fertile ground for religious extremism
This glorious brainwashing
Where prejudice lies like a crouching tiger
Tormenting peasants till they erect an army
Under everyone's nose
In the end, propaganda destroys their DNA
God help them

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
All that they envisioned of what things would come to be
Turned into a pink mist when they blew to smithereens
We are just a war away from Amerikhastan
When God versus God, the undoing of man

[Post-Chorus]
Promising a vapor
In the end they become one

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
No rules of engagement
This enemy hides amongst women and children
And to beat violence, you must ignore the focus groups
You must send in the Mossad
Turn off the BBC, CNN and don't look back
Rest assured there'll be no more Middle Eastern crisis
Hell, there'll be no more Middle East
These are your people, Lady Liberty
Pull up your dress today
And tattooed is "property of the USA
A subsidiary of Halliburton"
Surprise?
But a roaring lion is about to be unleashed on earth
Hey, Jihad Joe! Guess what?
We're coming to get you!

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
All that you envisioned of what things will come to be
Turns into a death knell when you look behind the scenes
We are just a war away from Amerikhastan
When God versus God, the undoing of man

[Instrumental Outro]

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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