1. Sleepwalker
[Music & Lyric Dave Mustaine]
I should be calling collect from jail For the things I commit each night in my head Like last night in my sleep I got to snuff you But then I woke up again, safe in my little bed
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
I get to force your untimely disappearance Each night in my dreams, when I'm fast asleep I close my eyes and you just vanish soon as I Lay down my head when I'm dead to the whole wide world
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life And then I wake up and it was all just a dream And everything is the same
Sleepwalker - Did I give you concrete shoes? And throw you off of a bridge Sleepwalker - When I lay down to sleep Pray your soul's mine to keep, I feel you near me Go to sleep, Sleepwalker
Just taking a stroll; don't go to sleep! Here's some toothpicks for your eyes!
You always make an excellent cadaver I roll your body up in a carpet to make music in the Trunk of my limousine, wrapped up in a rug A fitting end, is that I send you up the river like a punk
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life
The angel of death is pissed off at me again Just because I got to put you out of my misery It doesn't matter, I am without fear Now you're dead, I won't shed another bloody tear for you
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life I'm calling down the thunder, then you'll sleep with the fishes The answer to all of my wishes
Sleepwalker - Did I tell you I was in movies? Then dump you garroted, lying naked in a ditch Sleepwalker - Everyday, another way, I know you can hear me
[Solo - Mustaine] [Solo - Drover]
I think you'd look nice in a Colombian necktie Should stop your tongue from wagging the dog No more stupidity from you, as I pull your tongue through For a smile from ear to ear, now there's nothing to hear
No one is safe when I close my eyes; I come to take your life And then I wake up and it was all just a dream And everything is still the same
Sleepwalker - Did I give you concrete shoes? And throw your body off of a bridge Sleepwalker - When I lay down to sleep Pray your soul is mine to keep, I feel you near me
Sleepwalker - Or did I tell you I was in movies? Then dump you garroted, lying naked in a ditch Sleepwalker - Everyday, another way, I know you can hear me
Sleepwalker - Did I buy you the farm? Put a horse head in your bed Sleepwalker - When I lay down to sleep Pray your soul is mine to keep, I feel you near me
Sleepwalker - Everyday Everyday another way Sleepwalker - When I lay down to sleep Pray your soul is mine to keep, I know you can hear me
[Repeat Choruses]
2. Washington Is Next
The quiet war has begun with silent weapons And the new slavery is to keep the people Poor and stupid, "Novus Ordo Seclorum"
How can there be any logic in biological war? We all know this is wrong, but the New World Order's Beating down the door, oh something needs to be done
There was a King, an evil King, Who dreamt the wickedest of dreams An ancient mystery, no prophet could interpret Of seven years of famine, the wolf is at my door As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more
The word predicts the future and tells the truth about the past Of how the world leaders will hail the new Pharaoh The eighth false king to the throne: Washington is Next!
Disengage their minds, sabotage their health Promote sex and war and violence in the kindergartens Blame the parents and teachers; it's their fault, "Annuit Coeptis" Attack the church dynamic, attack the family Keep the public undisciplined 'til nothing left is sacred and The "have-not's" get hooked and have to go to the "have's" just to cop a fix
I am the King (an evil king), Who dreams the wickedest of dreams An ancient mystery, nobody could interpret Of seven empires falling, the wolf is at my door As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more
The word predicts my future and tells the truth about my past Of how the world's leaders are waiting to usher in The eighth world power of modern Rome: Washington is Next!
There was a King, an evil king, Who dreamt the wickedest of dreams An ancient mystery, no prophet could interpret Of seven empires falling, the wolf is at my door As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more
I am a King, and I dream the wildest dreams Nobody could interpret Seven empires falling, the wolf is at my door Oh, that that was, that is, that is no more
There's something at my door, some ancient mystery The future tells the truth about my past And I'm the eighth false king to the throne I've got you in my crosshairs, now, ain't that a bitch?
Washington, you're next!
3. Never Walk Alone
Hiding in then the door way and then the shadow any place where danger waits to kill my time there is one who loves and waits to seal your fate I'm sure as you live and die Live and die Live and die
When you feel that something wrong I'll shelter you and keep you warm I'll never let you walk alone I loved you when you still hated me I'm coming and it wont be long Time to reap what I have sewn Never ever let you walk alone I know your enemy it once was me
Let me wrap my arms all around you suffer the trespasses that you made I will drink your pain away forever and a day if you just call out my name If you just call call my name if you just call Even whisper it
When you feel that something wrong Ill shelter you and keep you warm Ill never let you walk alone I loved you when you still hated me I'm coming and it wont be long Time to reap what I have sewn Never ever let you walk alone I know your enemy it once was me
SOLO!!!!!!!
When you feel that something wrong I'll shelter you and keep you warm I'll never let you walk alone I loved you when you still hated me I'm coming and it wont be long Time to reap what I have sewn Never ever let you walk alone I know your enemy it once was me
When you feel that something wrong I'll shelter you and keep you warm I'll never let you walk alone I loved you when you still hated me I'm coming and it wont be long Time to reap what I have sewn Never ever let you walk alone I know your enemy it once was me
4. United Abominations
[Music and Lyrics Dave Mustaine]
Within striking distance from Ground Zero sits a smoldering international cauldron, the United "Abominations" as it were. Born to prevent wars, it froze in the face of disaster and stood silent while terrorization to hostage of the world In a mire of hypocrisy, the U.N. ignores sex crimes by its "blue helmets", and enables terrorism; so in the end it's failed and the U.N. is where our so-called friends get to stab us in the back and we pay 22% of their tab to host our enemies here at home.
Ambassadors from countries enjoy otherwise known as a catastrophe, enjoy Diplomatic immunity living in Manhattan, while their children are turned into prostitutes It's a complete and utter disgrace, a blot on the face of humanity, and they get away with it.
Poverty in their kitchens Held hostage by oil-for-food Yet their own plates are full off the fat of their lands There's no blood on their hands, right Kojo? They promised to tell the truth Without leaving a fingerprint, They will lose the U.N. one way or another The victim, I fear will be us, sisters and brothers
The U.N. is right; you can't be any more "un" Than you are right now, the U.N. is undone Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun The threat is real, the Locust King has come Don't tell me the truth; I don't like what they've done It's payback time at the United Abominations
A grave and gathering danger The decision to attack Based on secret intelligence it'll take years I fear to undo the failings in Iraq, Iran, and Korea You may bury the bodies
But you can't bury the crimes only Fools stand up and really lay down their arms No, not me, not when Death lasts forever
The U.N. is right; you can't be any more "un" Than you are right now, the U.N. is undone Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun The threat is real, the Locust King has come Don't tell me the truth; I don't like what they've done It's payback time at the United Abominations
"The U.N. writes resolution after resolution and has become irrelevant through inaction and totalitarian paralysis," "Order, Order!!!" "Ha! There is no such thing as order" "Larry, it's true, reports confirm today that the United Nations has officially closed its doors forever," "Well, I just don't see what all the fuss is, because they don't do anything anyway, do they?"
The U.N. is right; you can't be any more "un" Than you are right now, the U.N. is undone Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun The threat is real, the Locust King has come Don't tell me the truth; I don't like what they've done It's payback time at the United Abominations
NATO invaded Yugoslavia to end ethnic cleansing, there was no U.N. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan after 9/11, there was no U.N. Saddam Hussein violated 17 U.N. resolutions; The U.N. was asked to join the war in Iraq. The U.S. invaded, Ha! there was no U.N. Libya bombed a discotheque in Berlin killing Americans, there was no U.N. Iran funds Hamas, and attacked the U.S. in the seventies, there was no stinking U.N. Facing War without end, looking into the future, there was no more U.N.
5. Gears Of War
Ethnic cleansing with no defending These acts of genocide A fatal ending with no surrendering To cover up the crimes and lie
Smart bombs, precision guided armament A more sophisticated way to end up dead Still we search and invent such intelligent weapons That kill each other like the Gears of War Hoo-rah!!!
If you ride with thieves, then you die with thieves Cross my heart and hope that you die, that you die! When the smoke has cleared, the devil's in the mirror And you see his warheads paint the sky, now you die!
Smart bombs, precision guided armament A more sophisticated way to end up dead Still we search and invent such intelligent weapons That kill each other like the Gears of War Hoo-rah!!!
6. Blessed Are The Dead
A great sign appeared Under the stars and the moon Sounds of galloping horses On clouds of lightning and thunder
A dark gathering storm To scorch the earth for many generations A nuclear winter Worse than any cold or holy war
A white horse on the clouds of death A red warhorse to end all wars A pale horse and pestilence led by a Black horse with famine and scales
The doctrine of hatred Nation will rise against nation Wash me in blood and let me be The firstborn of the dead
A crowned rider with arrows and bow A red rider with a great firey sword Flames come from the one called death Horror and apocalypse follows
(RIDE!) Won't you four horsemen ride again Before this kingdom is blown to kingdom come
I hold fast to what I believe Till I see my name in stone
Blessed are the dead
A white horse on the clouds of death A red warhorse to end all wars A pale horse and pestilence led by a Black horse with famine and scales
The synagogue of Satan Nation will rise against nation Wash me in blood and let me be The firstborn of the dead
A crowned rider with arrows and bow A red rider with a great firey sword Flames come from the one called death Horror and apocalypse follows
(RIDE!) Won't you four horsemen ride again Before this kingdom is blown to kingdom come I hold fast to what I believe Till I see my name in stone
Blessed are the dead
7. Play For Blood
Anybody searching for action Anything to fill the emptiness inside Any place that the streets are empty Any takers wanna pour out their lives With fire and lightning shooting from my hand And desolation written across my eyes My itchy finger on the hairpin trigger My tempers hot and my patience's taken flight
Inside the abattoir The cover charge is somebody's gotta die Now, I hear you screaming out for mercy Last man that's standing wins the fight Too late, I see your end zero in on you Even mortal enemies, they can't deny Let me help you up again The wings of god surround me I live to play because I know I'll never die
If I win again, I'm still the champion And if you win, ha, that's just impossible I don't play for keeps; I don't play for your soul I don't play to win; I don't play for it all I play for blood
I don't play for keeps, I play for blood I don't play for your soul, I play for blood I don't play to win, I play for blood I don't play for it all, I play for blood I play for blood
8. A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)
[feat. Cristina Scabbia]
Don't remember where I was I realized life was a game The more seriously I took things The harder the rules became I had no idea what it'd cost My life passed before my eyes When I found out how little I accomplished All my plans denied
So as you read this know my friends I'd love to stay with you all Smile when you think of me My body's gone that's all
A tout le monde (To all the world) A tout mes amis (To all my friends) Je vous aime (I love you) Je dois partir (I have to leave) These are the last words I'll ever speak And they'll set me free
If my heart was still alive I know it would surely break And my memories left with you There's nothing more to say
Moving on is a simple thing What it leaves behind is hard You know the sleeping feel no more pain And the living are scarred
A tout le monde (To all the world) A tout mes amis (To all my friends) Je vous aime (I love you) Je dois partir (I have to leave) These are the last words I'll ever speak And they'll set me free
So as you read this know my friends I'd love to stay with you all Please smile, smile when you think about me My body's gone that's all
A tout le monde (To all the world) A tout mes amis (To all my friends) Je vous aime (I love you) Je dois partir (I have to leave) These are the last words I'll ever speak And they'll set me free [2x]
These are the last words I'll ever speak And they'll set me free
9. Amerikhastan
Recruiting the ill-fated for "The War" A legion of uneducated, bankrupt souls With a lust for revenge, answering the call From New Yorqatar to Califarabia
Desperation provides fertile ground for religious extremism This glorious brainwashing where prejudice lies Like a crouching tiger Tormenting peasants till they erect an army Under everyone's nose In the end propaganda destroys their DNA, God help them
[Solo - Drover] [Solo - Mustaine]
All that they envisioned of what things would come to be Turned into a pink mist when they blew to smithereens We are just a war away from Amerikhastan When God versus God;the undoing of man
Promising a vapor, in the end they become one
[Solo - Drover]
No rules of engagement, this enemy hides Amongst women and children
And to beat violence, you must ignore the focus groups You must send in the Mossad, turn of the BBC, CNN And don't look back Rest assured there'll be no more Middle Eastern crisis, hell! There'll be no more Middle East! These are your people Liberty Pull up your dress today And tattooed is "property of The USA A subsidiary of Halliburton" Surprise?! But a roaring lion is about to be on earth Hey, Jihad Joe? Guess what? We're coming to get you!
[Solo - Drover] [Solo - Mustaine]
All that you envisioned of what things will come to be Turns into a death knell when you look behind the scenes We are just a war away from Amerikhastan When God versus God, the undoing of man
[Solo - Drover] [Solo - Mustaine] [Solo - Drover] [Solo - Mustaine]
10. You're Dead
When someone becomes nothing to anyone Wilts feelings have died Anyone would know it They set out stick and stones They say they crossed my bones I say I don’t get mad I get even before they do.
Spoils go to the victor I’m dead on time Your time is going to come
One day I’ll dance on your graves Even if you’re buried at sea Till then till when I exact my revenge I’ll tell them you’re dead to me
We’re all just trying to hold on to anything You’d think they’d know that’s what we’re trying to do These wounds are invisible
Underneath the dirt I still see the scars But then when things got bad we spread our wings and fly away
You’ll take all your riches in the back of a hearse Your time is going to come
One day I’ll dance on your graves Even if you’re buried at sea Till then till when I exact my revenge I’ll tell them you’re dead to me
One day I’ll dance on your grave Even if you’re buried at sea Till then till when I exact my revenge
One day I’ll dance on your graves Even if you’re buried at sea Till then till when I exact my revenge I’ll tell them you’re dead to me
11. Burnt Ice
[Solo - Mustaine]
He said he'd try just a little bit
[Solo - Mustaine]
He didn't want to end up like them
[Solo - Drover]
And now he blames the voices of a toothless wonder
[Solo - Mustaine]
Pounding on the door to make the next score
[Solo - Drover]
Anything for a hit, any sin to pay for it For that next bowl, he'd sell his soul
Spiral to destruction, it's too late to break the spell He wants the ride to stop on the freight train straight to hell Without the truth he'll never find in a dungeon of his lies His cause of death... high speed on burnt ice
[Solo - Mustaine]
Always looking at the ground, a broken, beaten man Memories of his family are calling after him He can hardly think, hardly walk Phone keeps ringing, he can't talk With just one hit the pain would go away But he's dead if he does
[Solo - Drover] [Solo - Mustaine] [Solo - Drover]
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia grows
[Solo - Mustaine]
12. Out On The Tiles
[Bonus track for Japanese release]
[Led Zeppelin cover, originally from the album "Led Zeppelin III" composed by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham. Copyright to SuperHype Music Inc., ASCAP, 1970.]
As I walk down the highway, all I do is sing this song And a train that's passing my way helps the rhythm move along There is no doubt about the words, they're clear The voice is strong, it's oh-so strong
I am just a simple guy, I live from day to day A ray of sunshine melts my frown and blows my blues away There's nothing more that I can say, but on a day like today I pass the time away and walk a quiet mile with you
All I need from you, is all your love All you gotta give to me, is all your love All I need from you, is all your love All you gotta give to me, is all your love
I'm so glad I'm living, gonna tell the world that I am I got me a fine woman and she says that I'm her man One thing that I know for sure, gonna give her all the loving like nobody can
Standing in the noonday sun, trying to flag a ride People go and people come, see my rider right by my side It's a total disgrace that they set the pace, it must be a race And the best thing I can do is run
All I need from you, is all your love All you gotta give to me, is all your love All I need from you, is all your love All you gotta give to me, is all your love
13. Black Swan
[special edition track]
[composed by Dave Mustaine and Megadeth]
I thought at this hour, any pleasure, could never really be a sin in vain One hundred and one shots of opportunity, I'd gladly take them all again and again, and again
My angel's left me, sorrows are my own Now I'm here, with the Devil on my own Just like a churchyard shadow, creeping after me It's only there to terrify my mind, a black swan keeps haunting me
I promised on my soul, not to get carried away It always starts out psychedelic, and then it turns to black My head starts swaying, I forgot what it was that I was saying I don't know where I am, and I'll never, never make it back
I sealed my fate, and I paid my debt I fell from grace with deep regret
My angel's left me, sorrows are my own And now I'm here, with the Devil on my own Just like a churchyard shadow, creeping after me It's only there to terrify my mind, a black swan keeps haunting me Just like a churchyard shadow, there's nothing left to see It's only there to terrify my mind, a black swan keeps haunting me
My angel's left me, sorrows are my own Now I'm here, with the Devil on my own, on my own Just like a churchyard shadow, creeping after me It's only there to terrify my mind, a black swan keeps haunting me Just like a churchyard shadow, there's nothing left to see It's only there to terrify my mind, a black swan keeps haunting me
Just like a churchyard shadow, creeping after me There's nothing left to see, There's nothing left of me
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