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Released: November 1, 1994

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Now one day I started telling everyone that
"Killing Is My Business" and I was hung like a martyr
For "Looking Down the Cross", my "Skull Beneath the Skin"
Prophesied "Last Rites, Loved to Death", my friends
Then I started seeing "Bad Omens" in my head
"Good Mourning, Black Friday", will I "Wake Up Dead"?
If "I Ain't Superstitious", then this won't mean a thing
But some crazy shit has happened since "The Conjuring"

[Pre-Chorus]
Not even close, not even close
Not even close to overdose!

[Chorus]
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory

[Verse 2]
Came "Anarchy" to "Set the World Afire"
Pain of "Hook in Mouth", "In My Darkest Hour"
Corruption of the world, "Peace Sells, nobody's Buying"
Ignorant religion, "Holy Wars", and the dying
"Tornado" nearly got me by the "Skin o' My Teeth"
"This Was My Life", "Foreclosure of My Dreams"
May the past "Rust in Peace" in "Hangar 18"
And "Countdown to Extinction" just be a bad dream
"Lucretia" said

[Pre-Chorus]
Not even close, not even close
Not even close to overdose!

[Chorus]
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]
Not even close, not even close
Not even close to overdose!

[Chorus]
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory

[Chorus]
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory
Had fingers in my eyes, had needles in my veins
A knife right through my heart, I am a victory

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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