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Elysian FieldsMegadeth

Released: November 1, 1994

Songwriter: David Ellefson Dave Mustaine

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Uneasy feeling, burning out my eyes
I hope the end is less painful than my life
I stand on trial before the gods on Judgement Day
A blink of an eye between the cradle and the grave

[Pre-Chorus]
One last look at visions of flesh
The last best hope of man on earth
Pontius Pilate still washin' his hands
The world don't want to be saved, only left alone

[Chorus]
(Elysian fields) We are storming the heavens
(Elysian fields) To raise the swords and shields
(Elysian fields) We ascend to our destiny
(Elysian fields) To the Elysian fields

[Verse 2]
Soaring to the sun with blood upon their wings
Superstitious dust left twisting in the wind
Man still has one belief, one decree that stands alone
The laying down of arms is like cancer to their bones

[Pre-Chorus]
One last look at visions of flesh
The last blessed hope of man on earth
Pontius Pilate still washin' his hands
The world don't want to be saved, only left alone

[Chorus]
(Elysian fields) We are storming the heavens
(Elysian fields) To raise the swords and shields
(Elysian fields) We ascend to our destiny
(Elysian fields) To the Elysian fields
(Elysian fields) We are storming the heavens
(Elysian fields) To raise the swords and shields
(Elysian fields) We ascend to our destiny
(Elysian fields) To the Elysian fields

[Outro]
(Elysian fields) We are storming the heavens
(We are storming the heavens)
(Elysian fields) To raise the swords and shields
(To raise the swords and shields)
(Elysian fields) We ascend to our destiny
(We ascend to our destiny)
(Elysian fields) To the Elysian fields

Megadeth

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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