Released: January 21, 2016   |  Universal Music Enterprises

• The Threat Is Real

  The Threat Is Real

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Justified obliteration
  No one cares anymore
  The Messiah or mass murderer
  No controlling who comes through the door
  
  A culture made of cover-ups
  Will leprosy touch their flesh?
  For backroom meetings and rendezvous
  The vultures have come home to nest
  
  The clock runs out, the weakest link
  A deadly strike, the threat is real
  
  See the burnished images
  Of a crest fallen agency
  Violent conditioning
  Caused the nature of the enemy
  
  Your terminal lack of vision
  Blinded eyes see no light
  A chronic lack of perspective
  Their cancer now eats us alive
  
  A fatal shot, a lust for blood
  The final act, the threat is real
  
  Justified obliteration
  No one cares anymore
  The messiah or a mass murderer
  No controlling who comes through the door
  
  A culture made of cover-ups
  Will leprosy touch their flesh?
  For backroom meetings and rendezvous
  The vultures have come home to nest
  
  The clock runs out, the weakest link
  A deadly strike, the threat is real
  A fatal shot, a lust for blood
  The final act, the threat is real

• Dystopia

  Dystopia

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  "What you don't know" the legend goes "can't hurt you"
  If you only want to live and die in fear
  They tell us to believe just half of what we see
  And absolutely nothing that we hear
  
  Resist the twisted truth no matter what the cost
  Supplant the rights with wrongs inside our heads
  Outlawing all the questions to the answers
  That no one likes when someone ends up dead
  
  Dystopia
  
  "What you don't know" the legend goes "can't hurt you"
  If you only want to live and die in a cage
  There's panic and there's chaos rampant in the streets
  Where useless thoughts of peace are met with rage
  
  Demoralized and overmastered people think
  The quickest way to end a war is lose
  Dictatorship ends starting with tyrannicide
  You must destroy the cancer at its root
  
  Dystopia

• Fatal Illusion

  Fatal Illusion

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Lost inside the system, locked away without a key
  No one will ever miss a menace to society
  A gross lack of potential, bad decisions made in spite
  A touchy hairpin trigger and such a wasted life
  
  Trying to break the mold of a broken family
  Fighting damn sure failure, and living on his knees
  Guilty of the crime of nonconformity
  A hanging judge and jury handing down the penalty
  
  A lethal injection, now they watch the body jerk
  Exterminate the problem, except it didn't work
  
  No vital sign of life, they declared it wasn't there
  Coroner never checked, because he didn't fucking care
  Passing off the body, they all believe he died
  Starting up the hearse, set out for a final drive
  
  Like whistling past a graveyard, when walking by at night
  It's a fatal illusion to think that evil ever dies
  
  In a darkened mortuary, reeking of formaldehyde
  Aroused from deadly slumber, something opened up his eyes
  
  Spilling all their blood was a promise that he'd keep
  Hate so strong revived him from a deep necrotic sleep
  
  Clawing away the casket lid until his fingers bleed
  He grabbed a knife and set out on a vivisection spree
  
  A butcher, hell bent, massacring each one with his blade
  From the first one to the last, he dispatched them to the grave
  
  It's a fatal illusion
  
  Evil never dies
  It never dies

• Death from Within

  Death from Within

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  The heat is raging from the rising fires of war
  Embers of avarice soon begin to soar
  Vengeance breeding greater vengeance, two eyes for one eye
  Crowning burning hatred that's lying deep inside
  
  A token gift, destroyers deep within its hold
  Revenge of patient men is sweet and best served cold
  The enemy inside the belly of the beast
  A mighty Trojan horse, tonight the sentries sleep
  
  On the march... No place to run
  Time has come... No where to hide
  The moon is red... No one is safe
  From spilling blood... no living thing survives
  
  Here they fight... regretting nothing
  Here you die... the walls are caving in
  Nothing left... a lethal encounter
  Its judgment time... when death comes from within
  
  Warning signs ignored, they have all but been denied
  Prophets and messengers, mocked and vilified
  Final destination lying deep inside their court
  Their first line of defense soon became their last resort
  
  Hardened deceivers entered through their open gates
  Silent trained assassins, lying still, in wait
  
  Death from within...

• Bullet to the Brain

  Bullet to the Brain

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  No one knows what draws the moth to the flame
  And nothing costs as much as playing the game
  She had to know, know, know... he'd give love for sex
  He had to know, know, know... she'd give sex for love
  
  The taste, touching his tongue, sweet to his lips
  Poison, now penetrating deeper
  Betrayed by just one bite, for just one night
  To find forbidden fruit tastes sweeter
  
  Just like pressing a loaded gun to your head
  One knows only the spider can navigate its web
  She had to know, know, know... he'd get what he wants
  He had to know, know, know... she'd get what she needs
  
  Soon under the spell, emotions are high
  Mind control penetrating deeper
  The hex was cast on him, all he believes
  Now is forbidden fruit tastes sweeter
  
  She had to know, know, know... he'd win at the start
  He had to know, know, know... she'd win in the end
  
  His one last thought blew his mind, bullet to the brain
  Hot lead was penetrating deeper
  Just one reckless shot squeezed from the hand
  That knows forbidden fruit tastes sweeter

• Post American World

  Post American World

  Music by: Mustaine/Loureiro
  Lyrics by: Mustaine

  We see each other through different eyes
  Segregating ourselves by class and size
  It's me against you in everything that they do
  This planet's become one big spinning disaster
  
  If you don't like where we're going
  Then you won't like what's coming next
  
  What will we look like?
  In a post American world
  Why cower to all those
  Who oppose the American world?
  
  When you walk away from that which makes you strong
  You only fool yourself; you only weaken your cause
  There's creeping hate if you resist the false narrative
  Crushing all the dissenters who still think for themselves
  
  If you don't like where we're going
  Then you won't like what's coming next
  
  What will we look like?
  In a post American world
  Why cower to all those
  Who oppose the American world?

• Poisonous Shadows

  Poisonous Shadows

  Music by: Mustaine/Loureiro
  Lyrics by: Mustaine

  How much pain do you need to feel?
  How much shame do you have to conceal?
  There is no sunshine; just endless nights
  Nobody's there, nobody cares when you cry
  
  Is it my face you see, do I haunt you in your sleep
  On your hands and knees, when you crawl through your nightmares
  When there's no more grace, does your heartbeat start to race?
  Clawing everywhere in the dark, poisonous shadows
  
  How many secrets do you keep inside?
  How many sins do you have to hide?
  The haunting masses have blackened the sun
  You'll pay for everything you've done, one by one
  
  Is it my face you see, do I haunt you in your sleep
  On your hands and knees, when you crawl through your nightmares
  When there's no more grace, does your heartbeat start to race?
  Clawing everywhere in the dark, poisonous shadows
  
  (It's like, I woke up, and she was right there.
  I could almost touch her, although she's been gone for years now.
  I can feel her
  I can feel her watching me.)

• Look Who's Talking [iTunes/Best Buy Bonus Track]

  Look Who's Talking [iTunes/Best Buy Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  People tell me you've been talking
  I hear you've got a big mouth
  Saying things you know aren't true
  What the hell are you talking about?
  
  So, now we have a conundrum
  And the problem is clearly you
  This is the part where it gets ugly
  And the solution; getting rid of you
  
  You'll never be safe in the shadows
  I'll be waiting in the dark
  With a shovel and a bag full of lime
  I'll say the devil made me do it
  
  I look who's talking and I see
  A big nothing looking back at me
  Mine is just to do or die, it's not to reason why
  I can't let sleeping dogs that lie, lie
  
  Don't you think I have friends besides you?
  You called me out, you couldn't resist
  I'll never stop until I find you
  That's when you're gonna cease to exist
  
  How stupid do you have to be?
  To think the trail of evidence that you've left
  Won't boomerang back in your face
  To your moth-eaten brain by meth
  
  Like the wolf that does not howl
  Concealed and ready to attack
  It's time to pay with your flesh
  And you'll never stop me
  
  I look who's talking and I see
  A big nothing looking back at me
  Mine is just to do or die, it's not to reason why
  I can't let sleeping dogs that lie, lie
  
  The dogs that bark the loudest are the dogs that have no teeth
  
  I look who's talking and I see
  A big nothing looking back at me
  Mine is just to do or die, it's not to reason why
  I can't let sleeping dogs that lie, lie
  
  Look at you!
  Look who's talking, a big nothing looking back at me
  Would you look at you?
  Look who's talking, a big nothing, that's all I see
  Won't you look at you?
  Look who's talking, a big nothing, it's what you mean to me
  Oh, but you're never gonna be anything anyway
  Now roll over and play dead

• Conquer or Die!

  Conquer or Die!

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Et erunt homines se ipsos amantes, cupidi, elati, superbi, blasphemi, parentibus inoboedientes, ingrate, scelesti.

• Lying in State

  Lying in State

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  What we are witnessing is the decline of western civilization
  Crushing our potential and piling it on, how will history portray us?
  Attack the family, attack their faith and dreams
  Attack the body and the head will fall
  
  A lasting legacy or ruin brought in haste?
  The enemy of truth is lying there in state
  
  Another day, another manufactured crisis keeping the people distracted
  There's no one playing by the rules anymore, how will history portray us?
  A broken backbone with nothing left to lose?
  That hate the sight of all the ones that do?
  
  A lasting legacy or ruin brought in haste?
  The enemy of truth is lying there in state
  
  A shiny new agenda, birthed from a depraved mind
  Of failing us on purpose, to culturally sanitize
  Its opiates for the masses under cloak as hope and change
  The "new normal" or just more of the same?
  
  The perfect plan
  Must have an alibi
  And the perfect pawn
  To spew the party line
  Of the perfect falsehood
  Spoke a thousand times
  The perfect words
  Cover the greatest crime
  
  Hell is turning itself inside out
  To lead its path up to meet us
  And we deliberately take
  A step, one foot closer to the grave

• The Emperor

  The Emperor

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Come here... closer
  
  Who do you... who do you think you are?
  Some kind of superstar? We'll see!
  Where do you... where do you think you are?
  That shit won't get you far with me
  
  You're just so dashing, you marvel at the sound
  Of your own voice, as you crash into the ground
  
  You look so perfect, but everybody knows
  They're petrified to say the emperor has no clothes
  So bloody perfect, but everybody knows
  They're just so petrified, the emperor has no clothes
  
  Just so you know, that's how it goes!
  
  You're bad... you're bad for my health
  Because you make me sick, you prick
  Don't you know... don't you know who I am?
  You know I like your face, to kick
  
  If your lips are moving, I know you must be lying
  You even suck the life out of dying
  
  You look so perfect, but everybody knows
  They're petrified to say the emperor has no clothes
  So bloody perfect, but everybody knows
  They're just so petrified, the emperor has no clothes
  
  The house of cards a' falling, luck is running thin
  Father forgive him, being a punk is not a sin
  
  You look so perfect, but everybody knows
  They're petrified to say the emperor has no clothes
  So bloody perfect, but everybody knows
  They're just so petrified, the emperor has no clothes
  
  You look so perfect, perfect, the emperor has no clothes
  So bloody perfect, perfect, the emperor has no clothes
  And everybody knows... except you

• Last Dying Wish [iTunes/Best Buy Bonus Track]

  Last Dying Wish [iTunes/Best Buy Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Here it comes; this is finally your time
  It's what you've been waiting for
  All the blood, sweat, and tears getting ready
  For this one moment, for this one shot
  
  All eyes are focused on you
  Everyone is now watching, waiting
  It seems the world has stopped turning
  The clock's spinning, and you better not blow it
  
  This is the deciding factor
  Your personal "come to Jesus" moment
  Where they separate winners and losers
  Ask yourself; do I really want this bad enough?
  
  I've got to prove myself
  I'll turn the night a' light
  I'll set this place on fire
  I know tonight's the night
  
  There are millions of reasons you should give up
  Each one just waiting for you to wash out
  This is a once in a lifetime opportunity
  Soldier on and drown out the sounds of defeat
  
  The world is yours to take, abandon your "plan B"
  Seize everything you've ever wanted
  Because for those who think winning comes easy
  Luck will be their last dying wish
  
  I've got to prove myself
  I'll turn the night a' light
  I'll set this place on fire
  I know tonight's the night

• Foreign Policy

  Foreign Policy

  Music & Lyrics by: Lee Ving

  Eliminate the incompetents!
  Differences don't exist in harmony!
  Survival is superiority
  We don't need no hands across the sea!
  We've got...
  
  Foreign policy
  
  The lines are drawn!
  Establish the new order!
  Suspect everyone
  Know your enemies!
  We've got...
  
  Foreign policy
  
  Hatred is purity!
  Weakness is disease!
  Where we bury you
  It's manifest destiny!
  We've got...
  
  Foreign policy

• Melt the Ice Away [Spotify Bonus Track]

  Melt the Ice Away [Spotify Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Tony Bourge/Burke Shelley

  Melt the ice away
  That's what they say
  Say it, say it, say it's safe
  
  Don't you breakdown under hailstone
  Yeah, you can do what you want, you can be what you want
  Your bad, bad words, yes, you know they can hurt
  Cause I'm the same as you, I need loving too
  
  Cold winds are blowing
  I think it's time I was going
  Sad, sad city
  
  When you're giving for a living
  Yeah, you can have it with me, it's a perfect dream
  You can be here too, there's a lot you can do
  By the way you appear in the eyes of the world, take my word
  
  You can see the sign coming from afar
  You can see the sign coming from afar
  Can you see it there?
  Oh, oh, melt the ice away
  
  When we're attacking, red lights flashing
  Oh, you can burn out a wire, it's a crazy desire
  You can go with the wind, you can be my friend
  You don't need a hand, take to the Promised Land
  
  You can see the sign coming from afar
  You can see the sign oh yeah it's there
  Oh, oh, melt the ice away
  Melt the ice away

• Me Hate You [Japan Bonus Track]

  Me Hate You [Japan Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  I know I should have seen the writings
  That everything about you is fake
  How could I be in such denial?
  That all you wanna do is make me hate
  
  You build me up so you can
  Cut me down, if you're
  Trying to make me hate you... it's working
  
  You may believe this is
  Gonna make me better, if you're
  Trying to make me hate you... it's working
  
  Each word you said my veins grew harder
  I ignored the warnings in my face
  My black heart is turning into stone
  Cause all you wanna do is make me hate
  
  You are the only thing you
  Want to talk about, if you're
  Trying to make me hate you... it's working
  
  You disagree till I don't mind
  And you don't matter, if you're
  Trying to make me hate you... it's working