Cryptic Writings
Megadeth
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Trust
05 : 13
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Almost Honest
04 : 04
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Use the Man
04 : 37
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Mastermind
03 : 50
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The Disintegrators
02 : 52
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I’ll Get Even
04 : 25
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Sin
03 : 08
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A Secret Place
05 : 31
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Have Cool, Will Travel
03 : 30
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She‐Wolf
03 : 38
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Vortex
03 : 40
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FFF
02 : 38
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Track Lyrics
Use the Man Lyrics
[Intro]
I saw her today, I saw her face
Was the face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray-ay
That they'd go away
But still they begin...
Needles and pins
Needles and pins
Needles and pins...
[Verse 1]
I heard somebody fixed today
There was no last goodbyes to say
His will to live ran out
I heard somebody turned to dust
Looking back at what he left
A list of plans and photographs
Songs that never will be sung
These are the things he won't get done
The things he won't get done
[Chorus]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the gutter on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
[Verse 2]
Just one shot to say goodbye
One last taste to mourn and cry
Scores and shoots, the lights go dim
Just one shot to do him in
He hangs his head and wonders why
Why the monkey only lies, lies, lies...
But pay the pauper, he did choose
He hung his head inside the noose
He hung his head inside the noose, oh...
[Chorus]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the coffin on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle in his hands
Cryptic writing on the wall
The beginning of the end
I've seen myself use the needle
Seen the needle in my hand
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
I've seen the man use the needle
Seen the needle use the man
I've seen them crawl from the cradle
To the coffin on their hands
They fight a war but it's fatal
It's so hard to understand
I've seen myself use the needle
Seen the needle in my hand
In my hand, in my hand
In my hand!
Mastermind Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Anonymous existence
Rendered useless to mankind
Destroy the logic volume
In the confines of the mind
Enmassed and purposeless
Marching in a perfect line
Neo-neuro torture
Mental meltdown, a heinous crime
[Chorus]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
Mastermind
[Verse 2]
Invade the core of souls
To wipe the lives away
Design vacant beings
Welcome the inhuman race
Encrypted horror codes
Directive psyche overwrite
Processing brains to pabulum
Delete and format living drives
[Chorus]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
Mastermind, I tell you what's real
[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]
[Verse 3]
Hail to the power age
Lest the viral hour comes
Raise the flag of voltage
Bow to circuitry unknown
Kneel before the processor
Lords of static laugh
Electrons in submission
You must know who I am
[Bridge]
I tell you what to think
I don't care what you thought
I tell you what to get
I don't care what you got
I tell you what to think
I don't care what you thought
I tell you what to get
I don't care, I don't care what you got
[Outro]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
(I don't care what you got)
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
(I don't care, I don't care what you got)
Mastermind, subject!
The Disintegrators Lyrics
[Verse]
The slayer's arrived
On a black horse of steel
Trouble is coming
Hell on two wheels
Hide in the shadows
Awaiting defeat
Or live by the sword
And choose to be free
[Pre-Chorus]
We say "retribution"
We say "vengeance is bliss"
We say "revolution"
With a cast iron fist
[Chorus]
Coming down the road
Watching every move
Kicking in the doors
Taking what we choose
Anarchy's coming to town
A fiery invader
Burning it down to the ground
The Disintegrators
[Pre-Chorus]
We say "retribution"
We say "vengeance is bliss"
We say "revolution"
With a cast iron fist
[Chorus]
Coming down the road
Watching every move
Kicking in the doors
Taking what we choose
Anarchy's coming to town
A fiery invader
Burning it down to the ground
The Disintegrators
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Anarchy's coming to town
A fiery invader
Burning it down to the ground
The Disintegrators
Anarchy's coming
Here it comes!
Burning it down to the ground
The Disintegrators
Sin Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He had an unfamiliar face
Complete life in disarray
A simple man, power drunk
No worries of living, no more anything
[Chorus]
Deep inside, I've seen it rise
Actions progress to no end
Mirror, mirror, please look inside
Do you see the reasons that we sin?
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]
[Verse 2]
I'm not one to be forgot
Spoiled rotten, or so they say
Once burned, forever marked
Hurt by just a few, but so many have to pay
[Chorus]
Deep inside, I've seen it rise
Actions progress to no end
Mirror, mirror, please look inside
Can you see the reasons that we sin?
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]
[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]
[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]
[Bridge]
Pressure coming down
Down on me, gonna break
Broken fingernails
Digging in, scratch my face
Nervous, like a cat
Gonna jump through my skin
Shadows on the wall
Stretching out, grope for me
[Outro]
(Reasons) Deep in me
(Reasons) Let me be
(Reasons) Let me bleed
(Reasons) Set me free
(Reasons) Set me free
(Reasons) Set me free
(Reasons) Set me free
(Reasons) The reasons that we sin
Have Cool, Will Travel Lyrics
[Remastered Intro]
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
[Verse 1]
Mamas pack their lunches, kiddies pack their guns
Wishing it will go away, but nothing's getting done
A shot heard 'round the world, when a mother's baby dies
We the people, point our fingers, blame, and wonder why
[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, hey
Hey
[Verse 2]
Shhh, face it and fight, or turn high tail and run
'Til it comes back again, just like the rising sun
Say they do "all they can", it's just another lie
The answer's plain to see, nobody wants to try (Nobody)
[Pre-Chorus]
Hey, hey
Hey
[Chorus]
Ooh, there's no recess and no rules in the school of life
If you listen very closely, you'll see what it's like
Have cool, will travel
[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]
[Chorus]
Ooh, there's no recess and no rules in the school of life
And if you listen very closely, you'll see what it's like
Tell myself it ain't true, they just cannot see
Grown up or sewn up, the medicine's worse than the disease
[Outro]
I have cool, will travel, ah
Here we go, have cool, will travel
Have cool, will travel
[Remastered Outro]
Hehehe, the wheels on the bus...
She‐Wolf Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The mother of all that is evil
Her lips are poisonous venom
Wicked temptress knows how to please
Priestess roars, "Get down on your knees"
Ow!
[Verse 2]
The rite of the praying mantis
Kiss the bones of the enchantress
Spellbound, searching through the night
A howling man surrenders the fight
The fight
[Chorus]
One look in her lusting eyes
Savage fear in you will rise
Teeth of terror sinking in
The bite of the she-wolf
One look in her lusting eyes
Savage fear in you will rise
Teeth of terror sinking in
The bite of the she-wolf
[Verse 3]
My desires of flesh obey me
The lioness will enslave me
Another heartbeat than my own
The sound of claws on cobblestone
I'm stoned
[Chorus]
One look in her lusting eyes
Savage fear in you will rise
Teeth of terror sinking in
The bite of the she-wolf
One look in her lusting eyes
Savage fear in you will rise
Teeth of terror sinking in
The bite of the she-wolf
[Post-Chorus]
Beware what stalks you in the night
Beware the she-wolf and her bite
Her mystic lips tell only lies
Beware what stalks you in the night
Beware the she-wolf and her bite
Her hidden will to kill in disguise
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]