Megadeth

Released: November 1, 1994

Songwriter: Marty Friedman Dave Mustaine

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Hey, look around you
Everything's helter-skelter
Listen up, I warn you
Run for cover, run
Bang, it happened
Time's up, Armageddon
Fire, meltdown
The sky is crumbling in

[Chorus]
Black curtains, never-ending
Black curtains

[Verse 2]
Escape, you're joking
Can't find no place to run
Hair is burning
My flesh is bubbling up
Blood is boiling
Taste copper on my tongue
Fate is coming
Welcome it with a smile

[Chorus]
Black curtains, never-ending
Black curtains fall
Black curtains, never-ending
Black curtains

[Spoken]
Something's under my skin
Something's very strange
Playing with my mind
Tempting me to do you in

[Bridge]
Am I dreaming? My heart pounds my chest
Held for ransom in a spider's web
Suffocating, no one hears my calls
Never-ending, 'til the black curtain falls

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Snakes surround me
Offering their death kiss to me
Down, I'm drowning
How long? I hold my breath
Dogs are chasing
My legs are paralyzed
Pray, don't find me
My life is fading fast

[Chorus]
Black curtains, never-ending
Black curtains fall
Black curtains, never-ending
Black curtains

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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