Credits
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Megadeth
Künstler:in
Dave Mustaine
Gitarre
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Dave Mustaine
Komponist:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Dave Mustaine
Produzent:in
Jeff Balding
Produzent:in
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
"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"
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
Nuclear battlefields energized
Cold wars are heating up again
The tension's mounting
People lift up your fists in revenge
[Verse 4]
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
[Instrumental]
Solo: Poland
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
"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!"
[Verse 7]
"The will of good men can not counter the terrible strain of war"
[Instrumental]
Solo: Poland
Solo: Mustaine
[Verse 8]
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
[Instrumental]
Solo: Mustaine
[Verse 9]
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
Written by: Dave Mustaine
