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(Mustaine)
This is breaking news It appears that Air Force One was shot down Somewhere over the Middle East this morning By a sleeper cell of rogue terrorists firing a Stinger Missile The Pilot and all passengers are unaccounted for The President's whereabouts are presently unknown and he is presumed missing The Vice President, Secretary of State, and principals of the military are assembling Our nation stands at DEFCON 3 The greatest crisis, will someone come for me? I "red, white and blew it" Unleashed revenge, my body is detained How could anybody do this? Betrayal, I peel away the days Medals are useless, Uncle Sam's forgotten me I'm not important, no one will ever come I'll never be found, God get me out of this hell Nuclear battlefields energized Cold wars are heating up again The tensions mounting People lift up your fists in revenge The stage is set Who will be the first to blink? We can't go to war Remember that "Vietnam thing" Peace at any price With a gun to your head, bang, bang Weakness runs in your family What runs in mine is death This is your 5 minute warning Burn all of your classified documents And if cooler heads don't prevail First strike from a political dead man Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive He understands only one language - action And he respects only one word - force No sign of them stopping, no time for back channel communiques We need all the help we can get, air strikes and invasions, retaliate, I say! The will of good men can not counter the terrible strain of war Blackmail the universe with the greatest of calamities Awaken those sleeping giants in the dust of the ground With their skin destroyed, unjust to innocence Lawful possessor of the world's last 24 hours Terror and ugliness reveal what death really means And in hatred you see men as they really are If chosen over heaven, Earth will have been for them All along, only another region of hell |
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| 2. |
| 4:19 |
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Its twilight and I wake up hot
My body's soaked in a cold, cold sweat I reenact the lurid scenes And clawed engravings in my head Oh, I can't punch hard enough and I run I can't kick high enough and I run I can't shoot straight enough and I run I can't hold on enough and I run Oh, I can't stay down enough and I run I can't take pain enough and I run I can't bleed fast enough I can't die dead enough The air is thick, but the oxygen's thin My heart is beating like a drum, boom! And ice is flowing through my veins Explosives on my lips and in my lungs Oh, I can't punch hard enough and I run I can't kick high enough and I run I can't shoot straight enough and I run I can't hold on enough and I run Oh, I can't stay down enough and I run I can't take pain enough and I run I can't bleed fast enough I can't die dead enough I don't know what I'm running from And I don't know where I'm running to There's something deep and strange inside of me I see I don't know what I'm running from And I don't know where I'm running to Something's compelling me to run into the dark And now I am more driven than before And now I live just to settle score And now I feel the nearness of your breath Now I introduce you to your death Solo- Poland Solo- Mustaine Solo- Poland I am more driven than before I live just to settle score I feel the nearness of your breath I introduce you to your death I can't punch hard enough I can't kick high enough I can't shoot straight enough I can't hold on enough I can't stay down enough, (die dead enough) I can't take pain enough, (die dead enough) I can't bleed fast enough, (die dead enough) I can't die dead enough, (die dead enough) |
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| 3. |
| 3:58 |
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Dawn breaks evenly today
On the truth and the lie All rise, court's in session We'll hang someone high Justice means nothing today Now that the courts are for sale Pick a crime from the menu; pick a sentence and defend you And pay the down payment called bail The system's for sale Kick the chair, the ropes tight Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out Friend or foe, i gotta hang 'em dead Or they'll come back around Kick it! The court's wrong when it keeps track Of victories and defeats The press that never rest just waits For someone's soul they can eat Justice means nothing today Now that the jury's for sale Guilty or not, the verdict's a lie You're going to jail The system has failed Kick the chair, the ropes tight Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out Friend or foe, ya gotta hang 'em dead Or they'll come back *guitar solos til end* |
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| 4. |
| 6:00 |
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My life is everything
That feeds my thirst that causes sin My wants are all I care No shame or guilt, there's nothing there Look deep into my face I sell deceit without a trace Fear not what I can do Unless you want it done to you Oh oh! As I climb onto your back, I will promise does not sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion Oh! My self I'm centered in There's nothing else, there's never been And I dream, to be left alone With the sadness, the madness of my own Look deep into my soul It's black as coal like a bullet hole Fear not, get off your knees There's no defense, you'll do what I please Oh! As I climb onto your back, I will promise does not sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion Oh! As I climb onto your back, I will promise does not sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything I will treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in 'Cause you knew all along that I am a scorpion, ya! My lies, to reach the shore I aggrandize and nothing more My hopes, to steal away All that you love, I'll soon betray Look deep into my past The pain I deal is unsurpassed I'm not a lowly scorpion I'm so much worse; I'm the fall of man (Reporter speaking) Fighting broke out overnight between rival factions along the Israeli/Syrian border. Initial reports say Israeli jet fighters bombed the guerrilla base killing at least 49 soldiers and 13 civilians A 49 year old unidentified man went berserk last night opening fire with a 12 gauge shotgun in a crowded downtown restaurant. 14 people are dead including 3 children A crackdown on laboratory experiments on animals is expected to become law today. Animal rights activists have been pushing for the bill for 9 years and have taken part in mass demonstrations throughout the nation. Police have smashed a multi million dollar drug smuggling ring. 22 pounds of heroin was seized along with a small amount of cocaine, marijuana, and hashish. 25 people have been arrested and face charges ranging from smuggling to possession for the purpose of trafficking. |
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| 5:22 |
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This may seem all too confusing
How I could walk away from something so rare But you see, it all got too demanding, yeah And I just didn't care I just didn't care if I cared If I cared Lately I've been left wanting But not wanting you Attraction that once was is no longer there And it sucks to be taken for granted When the vail is drawn and there's only air I had to walk away Give up something I loved For what I loved even more And save my tears for you everything has lost it's meaning I had to let it go To find myself, myself and start something new. Brand new Forced to look deep in the mirror and face who I really am Now it's just me Cuz I can't afford you I had to walk away Give up something I loved For what I loved even more And save my tears for you I gave up something I loved For what I loved even more And I saved my tears for you In a vial And I walked away Solo Mustaine solo Poland Solo Mustaine You are so beautiful to look upon I can see the light in your smile Your eyes were the windows into your soul Your body was heavenly just like the sky Solo Poland, Mustaine Until all your good looks betrayed you Which aint much Counting on your count of the smiles all too long Your eyes are windy windows broken The body may be here but the soul is gone I saved my tears for you in a vial From every wicked thing I hear that you said A deceptive way burried in your love So many tears in a vial now that you're gone And now that you're dead |
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| 0:40 |
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Iserved with Jack Kennedy
I knew Jack Kennedy Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine Senator, You're no Jack kennedy |
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| 7. |
| 3:28 |
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Where were you when it happened?
Where could you be found? Were you at the front of the stage? Or in the underground From SF out to Old Bridge New York back to LA The world of metal changed forever Back in the day Well that was back in the day And if you weren't there It doesn't matter anyway Because you wouldn't understand Live to die and die to play Every day and place Leave a path of metal Across the world from stage to stage Well that was back in the day And if you weren't there It doesn't matter anyway Because you wouldn't understand In denim and leather We were all part of one force Knocked Rock and Roll on its ass And put metal on the course Higher! Higher! Higher! Higher! Back in the day You weren't there It doesn't matter Because you wouldn't understand This is our way of life A life that was born free To follow orders how to live Was never meant to be Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh Peals of thunder, sheets of lighting The power hits the stage The music was exciting The mania raged On, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh We all had the fever Our ears started to ring Feeding this wildfire Consuming everything Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh Metal's King back then And still is to this day Others imitate or challenge But it never goes away Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh |
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| 9. |
| 5:40 |
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This is the first tale of death in the world
When Cain struck down Abel, a family broken Since then mankind's dominated his own kind To insult and injure, there's no such thing as peace Till death do us part, till the last Truth be told - Sin lies at the doorway Truth be told - Hell's open for business now Truth be told - The soil cries out for revenge Truth be told - And death is upon the ground All around The battle ain't over without spoils of war Just cause it is written does not make it so When you dance with the devil wait till the song's over I ask myself, how bad do I want you to live?' My anger is near, till the last Truth be told - Sin lies at the doorway Truth be told - Hell's open for business now Truth be told - The soil cries out for revenge Truth be told - And death is upon the ground All around Tribulation strikes and we're hit hard Still you just go on your way Head in the sand, ignoring the rain Just like the flood in Noah's day In his day Can't punish those ruining the earth It's suicide to some degree Because we are all guilty, guilty as sin There will be no peace, never for you and for me Before al Qaeda and Bin Laden Long before Hitler and Hussein Ever since the first murder was committed The verdict's always been the same The cursed future just repeats the past There's hell to pay and stones to cast So, there will be no peace, never be peace Till the last truth be told by you and me |
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| 4:05 |
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The fire burns on and on
That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men Back when I was just seventeen I thought that I knew everything I could make it in this scene To be a rising star that only gleamed But all the answers disagreed With the questions held for me I was legal now at twenty-one I knew the way the world should run My God just look what I had done Simply drunk and having fun Looked for friends, but I found none All alone at twenty-one The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men At twenty-five I was surprised That I was still even half alive Somehow I managed to survive I felt my body's doing time And In my back a hundred knives From friends at twenty-five And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell I'd buy your life, if you would sell A year or two, if less compelled So live your life and live it well There's not much left of me to tell I just got back up each time I fell The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men |
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| 2:15 |
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