MEGADETH LYRICS

1. Last Rites

[D. Mustaine]

2. Loved To Death

[D. Mustaine]

Your body's empty now
As I hold you
Now your're gone I miss you
But I told you
I remember bad times
More than good
There's no coming back
Even if we could

I loved you to death
I loved you to death

If I can't have you
Than no one will
And since I won't
I'll have to kill
My only love, something
I've never felt
Now you've gone to heaven
And I'll burn in hell

I loved you to death
I loved you to death
I loved you to death
I loved you to death

[Solo: Mustaine]

And now I'm down below
What do I see?
You didn't go to heaven
You're down in hell with me
And now you're coming back
Baby, take me, please!
I really think I would
If you weren't such a sleaze
I loved you once before
You kept me on a string
I'd rather go without
Than take what you would bring!

I loved you to death

3. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!

[D. Mustaine]

I am a sniper
Always hit the mark
Paid assassin
Working after dark

Looking through the night
Using infra-red
Target's on you
Aimed at your head

$10.000 up front
$10.000 when I'm through
And I know just what to do
And ya know I'll do it too
Then I'm coming back for you
Back for you!

I do the "getting rid of"
Don't tell me why
Don't need to hear the truth
Don't need the lies

Now, pay me quickly
And now we're through
It brings me great pleasure
To say my next job is you

Don't you know that
Killing is my business?
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good
Killing is my business
And business is good

You'd better believe it

[Solo: Poland]

4. The Skull Beneath The Skin

[D. Mustaine]

[Solo: Mustaine]

Mean and infectious
The evil prophets rise
Dance of the macabre
As witches streak the sky
Decadent worship of
Black magic and sorcery
In the womb of the devil's dungeon
Trapped without a plea

[Solo: Mustaine]

See thing in agony
Necrosis is the fate
Pins sticking through the skin
The venom now sedates
Locked in a pillory
Nowhere to be found
Screaming for your life
No-one hears a sound

Help me

Prepare the patient's scalp
To peel away
Metal caps his ears
He'll hear not what we say
Solid steel visor
Riveted cross his eyes
Iron staples close his jaws
So no one hears his cries

The skull beneath the skin
The skull beneath

Now you're drawn and quartered
Your bones will make the X
Symbol stands for poison
And it's chained to your head
And as we fold your arms
To make the holy cross
We cross the crucifix
Religion has been lost

The skull beneath the skin
The skull beneath the skin
The skull beneath the skin

[Solo: Mustaine]

5. These Boots

[L. Hazelwood – D. Mustaine]

[Solo: Poland]

You keep saying you got something for me
Something you call love, but I call sex
You've been kissing when you ought to be screwing
And now someone else can kiss your ass

These boots are made for walking
That's just what they'll do
And one of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

[Solo: Poland]

You've been lying and there ain't no believing
And you keep saying when you ought to be into bed
You've been staying when you ought to be a-leaving
Now what's right is right but you ain't been right yet

These boots are made for walking
That's just what they'll do
And one of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

[Solo: Poland]

You've keep dressing ways you shouldn't be dressing
And you keep thinking that you'll never get burned ha!
I just found me a brand new box spring mattress
What you know bitch you got a lot to learn

These boots are made for walking
That's just what they'll do
And one of these days these boots
Are gonna stomp all over you

You

Are you ready boots?
Are you ready boots?
Are you ready boots?
Start walking

[Solo: Poland]

And you think I'm kidding, don't ya?!

6. Rattlehead

[D. Mustaine]

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 fucking care

[Solo: Poland]

Rattlehead
A dose of metal you need
To bang your head til you bleed
It's time for snapping some neck
Slashing, thrashing to Megadeth

[Solo: Poland]

Rattlehead
You, your head is pounding with pain
You shake loose parts of your brain
Winning, sinning, beginning
Feeding, the needing for bleeding
Bashing, smashing, crashing
Frying, annihilating you!

[Solo: Poland]

There's someone back in the shadows
You feel though you can't see his eyes
He'll bash your head if you cross him
Ain't quite your average guy
Don't wear no leather to "fitting"
Don't wear no spikes to be "cool"
Don't want no woman beside him
Just make it fast, loud and rude
Rattlehead

[Solo: Mustaine]

I'm a rattle head
Rattle your goddamn head!

7. Chosen Ones

[D. Mustaine]

You doubt your strength or courage
Don't come to join with me
For death surely waits you
With sharp and pointy teeth

An animal so vicious
No others fought and won
So on the field of battle
We are the chosen ones

Human bones blanket the dirt
Of the heathen's lair
That we must pass this den of death
The only path from here

But I walk in the light
The time to die has come
No-one shall take my life
I'm of the chosen ones

Black shadows fill the sky
As the creature's eyes grow near
Raise the shield of the holy pilgrims
High into the air

Heavens powers fill my arms
Onward now to fight I'm sent
Oh the beast is coming
To put you to the test

[Solo: Mustaine]

Lookout!
Now this land is mine to pillage
Rape, and steal, and take at will
Never let you cross this path
I reign for now I stay I stay to kill

You doubt your strength or courage
Don't come to join with me
For death surely waits you
With sharp and pointy teeth

An animal so vicious
No others fought and won
So on the field of battle
We are the chosen ones

8. Looking Down The Cross

[D. Mustaine]

[Solo: Mustaine]

Now before they take me
And my blessed life
Now you'll know why death
Was summoned here tonight
I'll recall my perils
They'll kill me in pride
No, I can't run away
There's no place to hide
Though too much to live for

I owe enough to die
Ask not for salvation
My death shall mean their lives
Hatred and guilt the alter they've built
High priests of sin
Destiny, fate the wicked ones gate
Beckoning you in

Beckoning you in

Down the walkways
Through the blood stained town
Looking down the cross
Bleeding from the crown
Led to slay
To die besides the thieves
Kill the king of the world to be

And now to you, this will come
A putrefying pestilence
More noxious than the serpent's breath
Malevolently destined
More corrupt than the malice of Choronzon
More disease than the wind of the moonlight sun

Putrefaction you've caused
No need for confession
Now you wish you had a god
To stop your demolition
Crushing the bones of the hundred folds
Swinging the judgement hammer
Man, woman, child no-one is safe
The heads of the dead are the banner

And this was all you got
So down these broken wings
Sands of time run out
Bells of Hades ring
Is this a nightmare
To unhallow thy name
Smell of brimstone
Dancing in the flames

No help now
As you fulfill his task
Chief of evil
Has got you by the ass
Set me free
To sit upon the throne
Just a dream?
You're weeping all alone

[Solo: Mustaine]

Looking down the cross
(Speak no evil)
I'm looking down the cross
(Speak no evil)

9. Mechanix

[D. Mustaine]

Imagine you were at my station
And you brought your motor to me
You're a burner yeah a real motor car

Said you wanna get your order filled
Made me shiver when I put it in
Pumping just won't do ya know luckily for you

Whoever though you'd be better
At turning a screw than me
I do it for my life
Made my drive shaft crank
Made my pistons bulge
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat

We were shifting hard when we took off
Put tonight all four on the floor
When we hit top end ya know it feels too slow

Said you wanna get your order filled
Made me shiver when I put it in
Pumping just won't do ya know luckily for you

Whoever though you'd be better
At turning a screw than me
I do it for my life
Made my drive shaft crank
Made my pistons bulge
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat

I'm giving you my room service
And ya know it's more than enough
Oh one more time ya know I'm in love

Said you wanna get your order filled
Made me shiver when I put it in
Pumping just won't do ya know luckily for you

Whoever though you'd be better
At turning a screw than me
I do it for my life
Made my drive shaft crank
Made my pistons bulge
Made my ball bearings melt from the heat

[Solo: Mustaine]







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