COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION
Released in 1992
Dave Mustaine - Nick Menza - David Ellefson - Marty Friedman
SKIN O' MY TEETH
I had wrists donning slits
Flowing constantly
My broken body in a wreck
I'm wrapped around a tree
A crosswalk hit and run
The finish line for me
People clutter in the gutter
Take a look and see
No escaping pain
You belong to me
Clinging on the life
By the skin of my teeth
My blood flows through the streets
Deluge from the wounds
Empty jar of sleeping pill
On the dresser in my room
My wet brain neighbor cranes
His neck to see in time
The white lights, a train
Bearing down on me
I won't feel the hurt
I'm not trapped any longer
That that doesn't kill me
Only makes me stronger
I need a ride to the morgue
That's what 911 is for
So tag my toe and don't forget to
Close the door
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SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION
You take a mortal man
And put him in control
Watch him become a god
Watch people's heads a'roll
Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like marionettes
Swaying to the Symphony of Destruction
Acting like a robot
Its metal brain corrodes
You try to take its pulse
Before the head explodes
The earth starts to rumble
World powers fall
Warring for the heavens
A peaceful man stands tall
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ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION
Born from the dark
In the black cloak of night
To envelope its prey below
Deliver to the light
To eliminate your enemy
Hit them in their sleep
And when all is won and lost
The spoils of war are yours to keep
Great nations built from the bones of the dead
With mud and straw, blood and sweat
You know your worth when your enemies
Praise your architecture of aggression
Ensuing power vacuum
A toppled leader dies
His body fuels the power fire
And the flames rise to the sky
One side of his face a kiss
The other genocide
Time to pay with your ass
A world-wide suicide
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FORECLOSURE OF A DREAM
Rise so high, yet so far to fall
A plan of dignity and balance for all
Political breakthrough, euphoria's high
More borrowed money, more borrowed time
Backed in a corner, caught up in the race
Means to an end ended in disgrace
Perspective is lost in the spirit of the chase
Foreclosure of a dream
Those visions never seen
Until all is lost
Personal Holocaust
Foreclosure of a dream
Barren lands that once filled a need
Are worthless now, dead without a deed
Slipping away from an iron grip
Nature's scales are forced to tip
The heartland cries, loss of all pride
To leave ain't believing, so try and be tried
Insufficient funds, insanity, and suicide
Now with new hope some will be proud
This is no hoax, no one pushed out
Recieve a reprieve and be a pioneer
Breaking new ground on a new frontier
New ideas will surely get by
No deed or dividend, some may ask 'why?'
You'll find the solution, the answer's in the sky
...Holocaust...
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SWEATING BULLETS
Hello me, meet the real me
And my misfit's way of life
A dark black past in my most valued possession
Hindsight is always 20-20
Looking back it's still a bit fuzzy
Speak of mutually assured destruction
Nice story, tell it to Reader's Digest!
Feeling paranoid
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me and my air is getting thin
I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet
I'm chomping at the bit and my palms are getting wet
Sweating bullets!
Hello me, it's me again
You can subdue but never tame me
It gives me a migrain headache
Thinking down to your level
Yeah, just keep thinking it's my fault
And stay an inch or two out of kicking distance
Mankind has got to know his limitations
Feeling claustrophobic like the walls are closing in
Blood stains on my hands and I don't know where I've been
I'm in trouble for the things I haven't got to yet
I'm sharpening the axe and my palms are getting wet
Sweating bullets!
Well me, it's nice talking to myself
A credit to dimentia
Someday you too will know my pain
And smile its black-toothed grin
If the war inside my head won't take a day off I'll be dead
My icy fingers claw your back
Here I come again!
Feeling paranoid
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me and my air is getting thin
Feeling claustrophobic like the walls are closing in
Blood stains on my hands and I don't know where I've been
Once you committed me
Now you've acquitted me
Claiming validity for your stupidity
I'm chomping at the bit, I'm sharpening the axe
Here I come again, whoa...
Sweating bullets!
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THIS WAS MY LIFE
It was just another day
It was just another fight
It was words strung into sentences
It was doomed to not be right
There is something wrong with me
There is something wrong with you
There is nothign left of us
There is one thing I can do
Lying on your bed, examining my head
This is the part of me that hates
Paybacks are a bitch, I throw the switch
Somewhere the electric chair awaits
Hey! This was my life
Hey! This was my fate
This was the wrong thing to do
This was the wrong one to be doing
This was the road to diestiny
This was the road to my ruin
Now there's motives for the suspect
Now there's nothing left to say
Now there's method to the madness
Now there's society to pay
In our life there's if
In our beliefs there's lie
In our business there's sin
In our bodies there's die
This was my life
This was my fate
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COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION
Endangered species, caged in fright
Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight
The stage is set, now pay the price
And ego boost, don't think twice
Technology, the battle's unfair
You pull the hammer without a care
Squeeze the trigger that makes you man
Pseudo-safari, the hunt is canned
All are gone now but one
No contest, nowhere to run
No more left, only one
This is it, this is the countdown to extinction
Tell the truth, you wouldn't dare
The skin and trophy, oh so rare
Silence speaks louder than words
Ignore the guilt and take your turn
'Liars' anagram is 'lairs'
Man you were never even there
Killed a few feet from the cages
Point blank, you're so courageous
One hour from now, another species of life form will disappear
from the face of the planet forever, and the rate is
accelerating.
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HIGH SPEED DIRT
Do it if you dare
Leaping form the sky
Hurling through the air
Exhilarating high
See the earth below
Soon to make a crater
Blue sky, black death
I'm off to meet my maker
Energy of the gods, adrenalin surge
Won't stop 'til I hit the ground, I'm on my way for sure
Up here in the air, this will never hurt
I'm on my way to impact, taste the high speed dirt
Paralyzed with fear, feel velocity gain
Entering a near catatonic state
Pressure of the sound roaring through my head
Crash into the ground, damned if I'll be dead
Jump or die!
Dropping all my weight
Going down full throttle
The pale horse awaits
Like a genie in a bottle
Fire in my veins
Faster as I go
I forgot my name
I'm a dirt torpedo
High speed dirt...
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PSYCHOTRON
Psychotron!
Assassin in stealth
Assailant from Hell
Impervious to damage
Computer on board
Engaged in war
Non-stop combatant
Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man
Part bionic
And organic
Not a cyborg
Call him Psychotron
Burning inside
Godspeed in glide
Battle plan running
A killing machine
Just downright mean
And forever gunning
Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man
Target to destroy
Arms in employ
Full assault fire threat
Sensors indicate
You will terminate
Life systems disconnect
Psychotron
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CAPTIVE HONOUR
Madness comes and madness goes
An insane place with insane moves
Battles without for battles within
Where evil lives and evil rules
Breaking them up just breaking them in
Quickest way out, quickest relief wins
Never disclose, never betray
Cease to speak or cease to breathe!
And when you kill a man, you're a murderer
Kill many, and you're a conqueror
Kill them all...Oh, you're a god!
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a
verdict?"
"Yes we have you honor, we find the defendant guilty on all
counts for crimes against all humanity."
"By virtue of the jury's decision and the power vested in me
by the state, I hereby sentence you to be incarcerated with no
possibility of parole, for life."
"Life? Whadda' ya' mean life? I ain't got a life!"
"Boy, your soul better belong to Jesus, Hmmm-mmm, 'cause
your ass belongs to me!"
Captive honour, ain't no honour
No time for questions
No time for games
Start kicking ass and taking down the names
A long shit list
A shorter fuse
He is untouchable and guarantees you'll lose
Inside the bighouse his nightmare unfolds
Before he got there his manpusy was sold
Black blanket welcome
This tough guy's now a bitch
Praying for death
It can't be worse than this!
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ASHES IN YOUR MOUTH
People have round
shoulders from fairing heavy loads
And the soldiers liberate them, laying mines along their roads
Sorrow paid for valor is too much to recall
Of the countless corpses piled up along the wailing wall
Melting down all metals, turning plows and shears to swords
Shun words from the Bible, we need implements of war
Chalklines and red puddles of those who have been slain
Destiny, that crooked schemer, says the dead shall rise again
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy!
Now we've rewritten history
The one thing we've found out
Sweet taste of vindication
It turns to ashes in your mouth
If you're fighting to live it's okay to die
The answer to your question is: welcome to tomorrow!