Megadeth

Released: May 15, 2007

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Jeff Balding Andy Sneap Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
When someone becomes nothing to anyone
Whilst feelings have died, anyone would know it
They set out stick and stones
They say they'd crush my bones
I say, I don't get mad, I get even, before they do

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Spoils go to the victor and dead on time
Your time is going to come

[Chorus]
One day I'll dance on your graves
Even if you're buried at sea
Till then, till when I exact my revenge
I'll tell them, "You're dead to me"

[Verse 2]
We're all just trying to hold on to innocence
You'd think they'd know that's what we're trying to do
These wounds are invisible
Underneath the dirt I still see the scars
Back then when things got bad
And we spread our wings and fly away

[Pre-Chorus 2]
You'll take all of your riches in the back of a hearse
Your time is going to come

[Chorus]
One day I'll dance on your graves
Even if you're buried at sea
Till then, till when I exact my revenge
I'll tell them, "You're dead to me"

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
One day I'll dance on your graves
Even if you're buried at sea
Till then, till when I exact my revenge
One day I'll dance on your graves
Even if you're buried at sea
Till then, till when I exact my revenge
I'll tell them, "You're dead to me"

[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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