All Megadeth Lyrics (en) Total 184
Megadeth - Delivering the Goods{Verse 1} Feeling like we're ready to kick tonight No hesitating, my body's aching Looking for some action, satisfaction all right Charging, vein faced, as
Megadeth - Promises [Unplugged in Boston]{Verse 1} Two hearts that shouldn't Talk to each other become close In a town much like a prison cell People speak our names On the street in hushed tones
Megadeth - Almost Honest [Unplugged in Boston]{Verse 1} I lied just a little When I said "I need you" You stretched the truth When you said that you knew Just can't believe it There's
Megadeth - Holy Wars... The Punishment Due [Unplugged in Boston]{Verse 1} Wage the war on organized crime Sneak attacks, rappel down the rocks, behind the lines Some people risk to employ me Some people live to destroy me Either
Megadeth - Use the Man [Unplugged in Boston]{Verse 1} I heard somebody fixed today There was no last goodbyes to say His will to live ran out I heard somebody turned to dust Looking back at what he left
Megadeth - Time: The Beginning [Unplugged in Boston]{Verse 1} Father time, I'm running late I'm winding down, I'm growing tired Seconds drift into the night The clock just ticks 'til my time expires
Megadeth - Dread and the Fugitive Mind [Unplugged in Boston]{Verse 1} Let me introduce myself I'm a social disease I’ve come for your wealth Leave you on your knees No time for feeling sorry I got here on my own
Megadeth - Skin 'o My Teeth{Instrumental Intro} {Verse 1} I had wrists donning slits Flowing constantly My broken body in a wreck Wrapped around a tree A crosswalk
Megadeth - Melt The Ice AwayMelt the ice away That's what they say Say it, say it, say it's safe Don't you breakdown under hailstone Yeah, you can do what you want You can be what you
Megadeth - Out on the Tiles{Verse 1} As I walk down the highway All I do is sing a song And a train that's passin' my way Helps the rhythm move along There is no doubt about the
Megadeth - Angry Again{Verse 1} The more of you that I inspect The more of me I see reflect The more I try to read your lips The more the mask you're wearing rips But when I
Megadeth - Reckoning Day / Peace SellsI: Reckoning Day {Verse 1} What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"? I talk to him every day What do you mean, "I don't support your
Megadeth - BullprickPounding in my teeth Hydraulics on the move Kicking in my face Savage bucking mule Pummeling my soul 100 tons of lead Trampled under foot Steamrollers in my
Megadeth - Evil That's WithinThere once was a familiar face Battle scars in disarray A simple man, power drunk No worries of dying, no more anything Deep inside I've seen it rise Bastards
Megadeth - School's OutWell, we got no choice All the girls and boys Makin' all that noise 'Cause they found new toys Well, we can't salute ya Can't find a flag If that
Megadeth - Never Say Die{Verse 1} People going nowhere, taken for a ride Looking for the answers that they know inside Searching for a reason, looking for a rhyme Snow White's mirror said
Megadeth - Black Friday{Instrumental Intro} Good mourning {Instrumental Break} Hey, I don't feel so good Something's not right Something's coming
Megadeth - Intro/RattleheadWell, here I come Stand up and plant your feet Listen, I'm letting off steam Now throw your hands in the air Let it loose, I don't fuckin' care {Short
Megadeth - Strange Ways{Verse 1} Well, it's a strange way The way you look at me And it's a hard time Time you been giving me Come on and open up Open up to me So you
Megadeth - Keeping Score...I try my best to pretend that I'm not home Because I think you're better to forget And then I hear the rocks against my window And I know you're a mistake I won't
Megadeth - Holy Wars...The Punishment DueBrother will kill brother Spilling blood across the land Killing for your god Something I don't understand Fools like me, who cross the sea And come for foreign lands
Megadeth - Anarchy/ProblemsRight now I am an Antichrist I am an anarchist I know what I want and I know how to get it I wanna destroy passerby 'Cause I wanna be anarchy In the
Megadeth - It's ElectricI'm gonna be a rock and roll star Gonna groove from night to day Gonna blow my honey jar Gonna blow my blues away I'm gonna make a stand Gonna make a million
Megadeth - One Thing{Instrumental Intro} One thing that I got for you Is the one thing that you never do One thing makes you feel brand new Is the one thing that you're coming
Megadeth - The Threat Is RealJustified obliteration, no one cares anymore The Messiah or mass murderer No controlling who comes through the door A culture made of cover ups Will leprosy touch their flesh
Megadeth - All I WantIn a filthy barroom She was shooting pool with friends I sent someone over and I watched her shake her head, she said If I wanted to meet her I had to come at least
Megadeth - My Creation"It's alive!" {Instrumental Intro} I will give you life You'll serve only me And my will to kill You will kill for me All that I
Megadeth - Dawn Patrol{Verse 1} Thermal count is rising In perpetual writhing The primordial ooze And the sanity they lose Awakened in the morning To more air pollution warnings
Megadeth - Poison Was the Cure{Instrumental Intro} {Verse 1} I miss the warm embrace I felt First time you touched me Secure and safe in open arms I should have known you'd
Megadeth - Five Magics{Instrumental Intro} {Verse 1} Bestow upon me knowledge Wizard, all-knowing, all-wise I want to rule this kingdom Make sweet the breeze, now
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):
The arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to
After a few line-up changes, including Slayer guitarist Kerry King, the band settled on the first stable Megadeth line-up of the two Daves (Mustaine and Ellefson), guitarist Chris Poland, and drummer Gar Samuelson. Together they released 1985’s Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good and 1986’s well-received Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?, which both featured band mascot Vic Rattlehead (a homage to both Eddie the Head and Snaggletooth) on the front cover. Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? included political themes, which in addition to the technical guitar work on display, became a staple of future Megadeth. Ironically, given the circumstances around Mustaine’s Metallica firing, both Poland and Samuelson were fired soon after Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? for excessive drug (heroin) abuse.
1988’s So Far, So Good… So What! continued in a similar vein both lyrically and musically, but was less cohesive than Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?, perhaps due to the line-up change, questionable mixing/engineering and alcohol/drug addiction. The subsequent firing of Jeff Young and Chuck Behler and newfound sobriety of Mustaine, led to the classic Megadeth line-up: the two Daves, Nick Menza on drums, and Marty Friedman on guitars. They started with great success, producing the Grammy-nominated and definitive Thrash Metal album, Rust in Peace, with the popular singles “Holy Wars… the Punishment Due” and “Hangar 18”.
This classic line-up stayed together throughout the 90s, receiving six consecutive Grammy nominations (losing twice to Metallica and twice to Nine Inch Nails), however the frustration of not achieving the same success as Metallica led Megadeth to progressively eschew their signature fast-paced Thrash Metal sound for a more traditional Heavy Metal and Hard Rock sound, culminating in the 1999’s incredibly poorly-received Risk. An attempt to right ship, with The World Needs a Hero was unsuccessful and following a nerve injury to Mustaine’s left arm, he disbanded Megadeth.
With a comeback album, The System has Failed in 2004, that saw a return to Megadeth’s Thrash Metal and Speed Metal roots, the band begun to regain the popularity it had lost in the late 90s, with increasing acclaim with each subsequent album. 2007’s United Abominations was the band’s highest-charting album since 1994’s Youthanasia and was voted Metal album of the year by Guitar World. 2009’s Endgame contained Grammy-nominated single “Head Crusher”, and 2011’s TH1RT3EN contained three Grammy-nominated singles (and the return of Dave Ellefson to the band).
This increase in popularity was evident when the band’s fourteenth album Super Collider debuted at number six on the Billboard chart in 2013. Dystopia, their fifteenth album, was expected to be released on October 2nd, 2015, but was eventually delayed to January 22nd, 2016.
Following Mustaine’s Throat Cancer diagnosis and recovery, the Band reconvened to work on their next album under the working title of The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, due to release in 2021.
Band Members Current Dave Mustaine – vocals, guitars (1983–2002; 2004–present)
Kiko Loureiro – guitars (2015–present)
Dirk Verbeuren – drums (2016–present)
Former David Ellefson – bass (1983–2002; 2010–2021)
Greg Handevidt – guitars (1983)
Dijon Carruthers – drums (1983)
Lee Rausch – drums (1984)
Chris Poland – guitars (1984–1987)
Gar Samuelson – drums (1984–1987)
Jeff Young – guitars (1987–1989)
Chuck Behler – drums (1987–1989)
Nick Menza – drums (1989–1998)
Marty Friedman – guitars (1990–2000)
Jimmy DeGrasso – drums (1998–2002)
Al Pitrelli – guitars (2000–2002)
Glen Drover – guitars (2004–2008)
Shawn Drover – drums (2004–2014)
James MacDonough – bass (2004–2006)
James LoMenzo – bass (2006–2010)
Chris Broderick – guitars (2008–2014)
Touring Kerry King – guitars (1984)
Mike Albert – guitars (1985)
Chris Adler – drums (2015–2016)
Tony Laureano – drums (2015–2016)
James LoMenzo – bass (2021–present)
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):
The arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to
After a few line-up changes, including Slayer guitarist Kerry King, the band settled on the first stable Megadeth line-up of the two Daves (Mustaine and Ellefson), guitarist Chris Poland, and drummer Gar Samuelson. Together they released 1985’s Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good and 1986’s well-received Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?, which both featured band mascot Vic Rattlehead (a homage to both Eddie the Head and Snaggletooth) on the front cover. Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? included political themes, which in addition to the technical guitar work on display, became a staple of future Megadeth. Ironically, given the circumstances around Mustaine’s Metallica firing, both Poland and Samuelson were fired soon after Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? for excessive drug (heroin) abuse.
1988’s So Far, So Good… So What! continued in a similar vein both lyrically and musically, but was less cohesive than Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?, perhaps due to the line-up change, questionable mixing/engineering and alcohol/drug addiction. The subsequent firing of Jeff Young and Chuck Behler and newfound sobriety of Mustaine, led to the classic Megadeth line-up: the two Daves, Nick Menza on drums, and Marty Friedman on guitars. They started with great success, producing the Grammy-nominated and definitive Thrash Metal album, Rust in Peace, with the popular singles “Holy Wars… the Punishment Due” and “Hangar 18”.
This classic line-up stayed together throughout the 90s, receiving six consecutive Grammy nominations (losing twice to Metallica and twice to Nine Inch Nails), however the frustration of not achieving the same success as Metallica led Megadeth to progressively eschew their signature fast-paced Thrash Metal sound for a more traditional Heavy Metal and Hard Rock sound, culminating in the 1999’s incredibly poorly-received Risk. An attempt to right ship, with The World Needs a Hero was unsuccessful and following a nerve injury to Mustaine’s left arm, he disbanded Megadeth.
With a comeback album, The System has Failed in 2004, that saw a return to Megadeth’s Thrash Metal and Speed Metal roots, the band begun to regain the popularity it had lost in the late 90s, with increasing acclaim with each subsequent album. 2007’s United Abominations was the band’s highest-charting album since 1994’s Youthanasia and was voted Metal album of the year by Guitar World. 2009’s Endgame contained Grammy-nominated single “Head Crusher”, and 2011’s TH1RT3EN contained three Grammy-nominated singles (and the return of Dave Ellefson to the band).
This increase in popularity was evident when the band’s fourteenth album Super Collider debuted at number six on the Billboard chart in 2013. Dystopia, their fifteenth album, was expected to be released on October 2nd, 2015, but was eventually delayed to January 22nd, 2016.
Following Mustaine’s Throat Cancer diagnosis and recovery, the Band reconvened to work on their next album under the working title of The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, due to release in 2021.
Band Members Current Dave Mustaine – vocals, guitars (1983–2002; 2004–present)
Kiko Loureiro – guitars (2015–present)
Dirk Verbeuren – drums (2016–present)
Former David Ellefson – bass (1983–2002; 2010–2021)
Greg Handevidt – guitars (1983)
Dijon Carruthers – drums (1983)
Lee Rausch – drums (1984)
Chris Poland – guitars (1984–1987)
Gar Samuelson – drums (1984–1987)
Jeff Young – guitars (1987–1989)
Chuck Behler – drums (1987–1989)
Nick Menza – drums (1989–1998)
Marty Friedman – guitars (1990–2000)
Jimmy DeGrasso – drums (1998–2002)
Al Pitrelli – guitars (2000–2002)
Glen Drover – guitars (2004–2008)
Shawn Drover – drums (2004–2014)
James MacDonough – bass (2004–2006)
James LoMenzo – bass (2006–2010)
Chris Broderick – guitars (2008–2014)
Touring Kerry King – guitars (1984)
Mike Albert – guitars (1985)
Chris Adler – drums (2015–2016)
Tony Laureano – drums (2015–2016)
James LoMenzo – bass (2021–present)