El siempre carismatico Dave Mustaine es el que se encarga de las composiciones de Megadeth, llegando a temas de política, guerra y una visión del mundo post-apocalíptico.
Algunas letras de sus canciones:
Symphony of Destruction - Countdown To Extinction
You take a mortal man,
and put him in control
watch him become a god,
watch peoples heads a'roll
a'roll...
Chorus
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...
The earth starts to rumble
world powers fall
a'warring for the heavens,
a peaceful man stands tall
tall...
Addicted to Chaos - Youthanasia
Only yesterday they told me you were gone
all these normal people, will i find another one?
monkey on my back, aching in my bones
i forgot you said "one day you'll walk alone"
i said i need you, does that make me wrong?
am i a weak man? are you feeling strong?
my heart was blackened, it's bloody red
a hole in my heart, a hole in my head
Who will help me up?
where's the helping hand?
will you turn on me?
is this my final stand?
In a dream i connot see
tangled abstract fallacy
random turmoil builds in me
i'm addicted to chaos
Light shined on my path, turn bad days into good
turn breakdowns into blocks, smashed them 'cause i could
my brain was labored, my head would spin
don't let me down, don't give up, don't give in
the rain comes down, the cold wind blows
the plans we made are back up on the road
turn up my collar, welcome the unknown
remember that you said "one day you'll walk alone"
Who will help me up?
where's the helping hand?
will you turn on me?
is this my final stand?
In a dream i connot see
tangled abstract fallacy
random turmoil builds in me
i'm addicted to chaos
Who will help me up?
where's the helping hand?
will you turn on me?
is this my final stand?
In a dream i connot see, in a dream i connot see
tangled abstract fallacy, tangled abstract fallacy
random turmoil builds in me, random turmoil builds in me
oh, it builds and builds and builds
In a dream i connot see, in a dream i connot see
tangled abstract fallacy, tangled abstract fallacy
random turmoil builds in me, random turmoil builds in me
i'm addicted to the, i'm addicted to the chaos
addicted to chaos
Black Friday - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Killer, intruder, homicidal man.
if you see me coming, run as fast as you can.
a blood thirsty demon who's stalking the street.
i hack up my victims like pieces of meat.
blood thirsty demon, sinister fiend,
bludgeonous slaughters, my evil deeds.
My hammer's a cold piece of blood-lethal steel.
i grin while you writhe with the pain that i deal.
swinging the hammer, i hack through their heads,
deviant defilers, you're next to be dead.
i unleash my hammer with sadistic intent.
pounding, surrounding, slamming through your head. yeah!
Their bodies convulse, in agony, and, pain.
i mangle their faces, till no features remain.
a blade for the butchering, i cut them to shreds.
first take out the organs, then cut off the head.
the remains of flesh now sop under my feet.
one more bloody massacre, the murders' complete.
i seek to dismember, a sadist fiend.
and, blood baths are my way of getting clean.
i lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill.
i have no remorse for the blood that i spill
a merciless butcher who lives underground.
i'm out to destroy you and ,i will, cut you down.
i see you, and, i'm waiting ,for black friday.
Killer, intruder, homicidal man.
if you see me coming, run as fast as you can.
a blood thirsty demon who's stalking the street.
i hack up my victims like pieces of meat.
i lurk in the alleys, wait for the kill.
i have no remorse for the blood that i spill
a merciless butcher who lives underground.
i'm out to destroy you and ,i will, cut you down.
It's black friday, paint the devil on the wall.
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due - Rust In Peace
Brother will kill brother
Spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion
Something I don't understand
Fools like me, who cross the sea
And come to foreign lands
Ask the sheep, for their beliefs
Do you kill on God's command?
A country that's divided
Surely will not stand
My past erased, no more disgrace
No foolish naive stand
The end is near, it's crystal clear
Part of the master plan
Don't look now to Israel
It might be your homeland
Holy wars
Upon my podium, as the
Know it all scholar
Down in my seat of judgement
Gavel's bang, uphold the law
Up on my soapbox, a leader
Out to change the world
Down in my pulpit as the holier
Than-thou-could-be-messenger of God
Wage the war on organized crime
Sneak attacks, repel down the rocks
Behind the lines
Some people risk to employ me
Some people live to destroy me
Either way they die. they die
They killed my wife and my baby,
With hopes to enslave me
First mistake... last mistake
Paid by the alliance, to slay all the giants
Next mistake... no more mistakes!
Fill the cracks in, with judicial granite
Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't
Thinkin' it.
Next thing you know, they'll take my thoughts away
I know what I said, now I must scream of the overdose
And the lack of mercy killings.
mercy killings
mercy killings
killings!!
killings!!
killings!!
next thing you know
they'll take my thoughts away!