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MEGADETH LYRICS
"Megadeth EP" (2004 EP)
1. Die Dead Enough
2. Blackmail the Universe
3. Kick the Chair
1. Die Dead Enough
It's twilight and I wake up hot
My body’s soaked in a cold, cold sweat
I re-enact 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
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!
2. Blackmail the Universe
"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 principles 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 tension's mounting
People, lift up your fists in revenge
The stage is set - Who'll 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
Well, what runs in mine is death
This is your 5 minute warning
Burn all 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 communiqués
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
3. Kick the Chair
Dawn breaks evenly today on the truth and the lie
All rise, court's in session, we're hanging 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 up 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 somebody'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
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