Countdown to Extinction Lyrics Album by Megadeth
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1. 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 to life by the skin of my teeth
No escaping pain, you belong to me
Clinging on to life by the skin of my teeth
And my blood flows through the streets, deluge from the wounds
Empty jars of sleeping pills on the dresser in my room
And my wet brain neighbor cranes his neck to see
In time the white light’s a train bearing down on me
No escaping pain, you belong to me
Clinging on to life by the skin of my teeth
No escaping pain, you belong to me
Clinging on to life by the skin of my teeth
I won’t feel the hurt, I’m not trash any longer
You know that it doesn’t kill me, it 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, uh to close the drawer
No escaping pain, you belong to me
Clinging on to life by the skin of my teeth
No escaping pain, you belong to me
Clinging on to life by the skin of my teeth
2. Symphony of Destruction
You take a mortal man
And put him in control
Watch him become a god
Watch peoples heads a ‘roll, a ‘roll, 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, explodes, explodes argh
Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like marionettes
Swaying to the symphony, swaying to the symphony of destruction
The earth starts to rumble
World powers fall
A warring for the heavens
A peaceful man stands tall, tall, tall
Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like marionettes
Swaying to the symphony
Just like the Pied Piper
Led rats through the streets
We dance like marionettes
Swaying to the symphony, swaying to the symphony of destruction
3. Architecture of Aggression
Born from the dark in the black cloak of night
To envelop 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 wars are yours to keep augh
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
Praise your architecture of aggression ah…
Huh! 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 worldwide suicide
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
Born from the dark in the black cloak of night
To envelop 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
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 ah…
4. 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 land 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
Foreclosure of a dream
Those visions never seen
Until all is lost, personal Holocaust
Foreclosure of a dream
The congress will push me to raise the taxes and I’ll say
“No, read my lips…”
Now with new hope some will be proud
This is no hoax, no one pushed out
Receive a reprieve and be a pioneer
Break new ground of a new frontier
New ideas will surely get by
No deed or dividend, some may ask, “Why?”
You’ll find the solution, the answers in the sky
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
Foreclosure of a dream
Those visions never seen
Until all is lost, personal Holocaust
Foreclosure of a dream
Foreclosure of a dream
Those visions never seen
Until all is lost, personal Holocaust
Foreclosure of a dream
Holocaust
5. Sweating Bullets
Hello me, meet the real me
And my misfits way of life
A dark black past is my
Most valued possession
Hindsight is always 20-20
But 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 migraine headache
Thinking down to your level
Yeah, just keep on thinking it’s my fault
And stay an inch or two outta 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 ax and my palms are getting wet, sweating bullets
I hear it in hear…
Blood stains on my… hands agh…
The big axe…
Hahahaha… Sweating…
Well, me, it’s nice talking to myself
A credit to dementia
Some day you too will know my pain
And smile its black tooth 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 (committed me)
Now you’ve acquitted me (acquitted me)
Claiming validity (validity)
For your stupidity (stupidity)
I’m chomping at the bit
I’m sharpening the ax
Oh, were I come again, woah
Sweating bullets
6. This Was My Life
It’s just another day
It was just another fight
It was words strung into sentences
It was doomed to not be right
There’s something wrong with me
There’s something wrong with you
And there is nothing left of us
And 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 an 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 destiny
And this was the road to my ruin
Now there’s motives for the suspects
Now there’s nothing left to say
And now there’s method to the madness
And now there’s society to pay
Lying on your bed, examining my head
This is the part of me that hates
Paybacks are a bitch, I throw the switch
Somewhere an electric chair awaits
Hey, this was my life
Hey, this was my fate
In our life there’s if
In our beliefs there’s lie
In our business there’s s-s-sin
In our bodies there’s die
This was my life
This was my fate
This was my life
This was my fate
7. 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
The hunt is canned
All are gone, all 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
So courageous
All are gone, all but one
No contest, nowhere to run
No more left, only one
This is it, this is the countdown to extinction
One hour from now
Another species of life form
Will disappear off the face of the planet
Forever and the rate is accelerating
All are gone, all but one
No contest, nowhere to run
No more left, only one
This is it, this is the countdown to extinction
8. High Speed Dirt
Do it if you dare, leaping from 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 till 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
Energy of the Gods, adrenalin surge
Won’t stop till 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
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, high speed dirt
High speed dirt, high speed dirt
High speed dirt, high speed dirt
High speed dirt, high speed dirt
Shit!
9. Psychotron
Assassin in stealth, assailant from Hell, impervious to damage
Computer onboard engaged in a war, non-stop combatant
Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
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
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Call him Psychotron
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Call him Psychotron
Target to destroy, arms in employ, full assault fire threat
Sensors indicate, you will terminate, life systems disconnect
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Call him Psychotron
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic, not a cyborg
Call him Psychotron
Psychotron!
10. Captive Honour
Madness comes, 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, uoh you’re a God
-Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, have you reached a verdict?
-Yes, we have “Your 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? What do you mean life? I ain’t got a life
-Boy! Your soul better belong to Jesus
Hmm mm ‘cause your ass belongs to me ahahaha…
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
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 to lose
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
Inside the big house his nightmare unfolds
Before he got there his man pussy was sold
Black blanket welcome, this tough guy’s now a bitch
Praying for death, it can’t be worse than this
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
Captive honor, ain’t no honor
11. 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 of the bible, we need implements of war
Chalk lines and red puddles of those who have been slain
Destiny, that crooked a 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
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy
If you’re fighting to live
It’s ok to die
The answer to your question is
“Welcome to tomorrow”
Where do we go from here?
God have mercy
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy
Where do we go from here?
And should we really care?
The end is finally here
God have mercy
Mercy…
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