Megadeth

Released: November 1, 1994

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Only yesterday they told me you were gone
All these normal people, will I find another one?
Monkey on my back, aching in my bones
I forgot you said "One day you'll walk alone."
I said I need you, does that make me wrong?
Am I a weak man, are you feeling strong?
My heart was blackened, it's bloody red
A hole in my heart, a hole in my head

[Pre-Chorus]
Who will help me up?
Where's the helping hand?
Will you turn on me?
Is this my final stand?

[Chorus]
In a dream I cannot see
Tangled abstract fallacy
Random turmoil builds in me
I'm addicted, addicted to chaos

[Verse 2]
Lights shined on my path, turn bad days into good
Turn breakdowns into blocks, smashed 'cause I could
My brain was laboured, my head would spin
Don't let me down, don't give up, don't give in
The rain comes down, cold wind blows
The plans we made are back up on the road
Turn up my collar, welcome the unknown
Remember that you said "One day you'll walk alone."

[Pre-Chorus]
Who will help me up?
Where's the helping hand?
Will you turn on me?
Is this my final stand?
Oh...

[Chorus]
In a dream I cannot see
Tangled abstract fallacy
Random turmoil builds in me
I'm addicted to chaos

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
Who will help me up?
Where's the helping hand?
Will you turn on me?
Is this my final stand?
Stand...

[Chorus]
In a dream I cannot see (in a dream I cannot see)
Tangled abstract fallacy (tangled abstract fallacy)
Random turmoil builds in me (random turmoil builds in me)
Builds, it builds, it builds
In a dream I cannot see (in a dream I cannot see)
Tangled abstract fallacy (tangled abstract fallacy)
Random turmoil builds in me (random turmoil builds in me)
I'm addicted to the, I'm addicted, addicted to chaos

[Outro]
Addicted
Addicted to chaos, chaos
Addicted to chaos
Chaos, chaos

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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