Released: June 17, 1997
Songwriter: Dave Mustaine Marty Friedman
Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine
[Intro]
I saw her today, I saw her face
Was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray-ay
That they'd go away
But still they begin...
Needles and pins
Needles and pins
Needles and pins...
[Verse 1]
I heard somebody fixed today
There was no last goodbyes to say
His will to live ran out
I heard somebody turned to dust
Looking back at what he left
A list of plans and photographs
Songs that never will be sung
These are the things he won't get done
The things he won't get done...
[Chorus 1]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the gutter on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
[Verse 2]
Just one shot to say goodbye
One last taste to mourn and cry
Scores and shoots, the lights go dim
Just one shot to do him in
He hangs his head and wonders why
Why the monkey only lies, lies, lies...
But pay the pauper, he did choose
He hung his head inside the noose
He hung his head inside the noose, oh...
[Chorus 2]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the coffin on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
Cryptic writing on the wall
The beginning of the end
I've seen myself use the needle
Seen the needle in my hand
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the coffin on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen myself use the needle
Seen the needle in my hand
In my hand, in my hand
In my hand!
I saw her today, I saw her face
Was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray-ay
That they'd go away
But still they begin...
Needles and pins
Needles and pins
Needles and pins...
[Verse 1]
I heard somebody fixed today
There was no last goodbyes to say
His will to live ran out
I heard somebody turned to dust
Looking back at what he left
A list of plans and photographs
Songs that never will be sung
These are the things he won't get done
The things he won't get done...
[Chorus 1]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the gutter on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
[Verse 2]
Just one shot to say goodbye
One last taste to mourn and cry
Scores and shoots, the lights go dim
Just one shot to do him in
He hangs his head and wonders why
Why the monkey only lies, lies, lies...
But pay the pauper, he did choose
He hung his head inside the noose
He hung his head inside the noose, oh...
[Chorus 2]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the coffin on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
Cryptic writing on the wall
The beginning of the end
I've seen myself use the needle
Seen the needle in my hand
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the coffin on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen myself use the needle
Seen the needle in my hand
In my hand, in my hand
In my hand!
Warchest
- Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Ashes In Your Mouth (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco)
- High Speed Dirt (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI, 23/5/92)
- Skin o’ My Teeth (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin 5/23/92)
- Architecture of Aggression (Demo)
- Keeping Score... (Interview)
- Five Magics (Demo)
- Tornado of Souls (Demo)
- Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (Casey McMakin Demo)
- Dark Themes... (Interview)
- Anarchy/Problems (Session Take)
- Never Say Die (Live)
- Duke Nukem Theme
- Coming Home
- One Thing
- Sweating Bullets (Live from the Cow Palace, San Francisco)
- Breakpoint (Session Take)
- Strange Ways
- Anarchy In The U.K. (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Black Friday (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Peace Sells (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Take No Prisoners (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Devil’s Island (Live at Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Lucretia (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- In My Darkest Hour (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- The Conjuring (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- The Skull Beneath The Skin (Live from Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Hook in Mouth (Live from the Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Hangar 18 (Live at the Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Wake Up Dead (Live at the Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Intro/Rattlehead (Live at Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- A Secret Place (Live at Woodstock, New York, 25/7/99)
- It’s Electric (Live at Wembley Arena, London, England, October 14, 1990)
- Into the Lungs of Hell
- Hangar 18
- The Killing Road
- Train of Consequences
- Reckoning Day
- Foreclosure of a Dream
- Symphony of Destruction
- À Tout le Monde
- Hook in Mouth
- Liar
- In My Darkest Hour
- Set the World Afire
- Devils Island
- Peace Sells
- Wake Up Dead
- The Skull Beneath the Skin
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Go to Hell
- Angry Again
- Kill the King
- Of Mice and Men
- Kick the Chair
- Dread and the Fugitive Mind
- 1000 Times Goodbye
- Moto Psycho
- Crush ’Em
- Insomnia
- She-Wolf
- Use the Man
- Almost Honest
- Trust
- Diadems
- Paranoid
- Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
- Cryptic Writings (1997)
- Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000)
- Warchest (2007)
- Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
- À Tout le Monde
- Tornado of Souls
- Symphony of Destruction
- Peace Sells
- In My Darkest Hour
- Sweating Bullets
- Hangar 18
- Rust in Peace... Polaris
- Five Magics
- Mechanix
- Take No Prisoners
- Dystopia
- Trust
- The Conjuring
- Hook in Mouth
- Countdown to Extinction
- Lucretia
- Good Mourning/Black Friday
- Set the World Afire
- Angry Again
- Wake Up Dead
- Dawn Patrol
- Conquer or Die!