Released: September 24, 1990  

• Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

  Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  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
  
  Up on 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, rappel down the rocks
  Behind the lines
  Some people risk to employ me
  Some people live to destroy me
  Either way they die, they die
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  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!
  
  Solo - Friedman
  Solo - Mustaine
  
  Fill the cracks in with judicial granite
  Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinking 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

• Hangar 18

  Hangar 18

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Welcome to our fortress tall
  I'll take some time to show you around
  Impossible to break these walls
  For you see the steel is much too strong
  Computer banks to rule the world
  Instruments to sight the stars
  
  Possibly I've seen too much
  Hangar 18 I know too much
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Foreign life forms inventory
  Suspended state of cryogenics
  Selective amnesia's the story
  Believed foretold but who'd suspect
  Military intelligence
  Two words combined that can't make sense
  
  Possibly I've seen too much
  Hangar 18 I know too much
  
  Solo - Friedman
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Solo - Mustaine
  Solo - Friedman
  Solo - Mustaine
  Solo - Friedman
  Solo - Mustaine

• Take No Prisoners

  Take No Prisoners

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Got one chance, infiltrate them
  Get it right, terminate them
  The Panzers will permeate them
  Break their pride, denigrate them
  And their people, retrograde them
  Typhus, deteriorate them
  Epidemic, devastate them
  Take no prisoners, cremate them
  Burn!
  
  Going to war, give them hell
  D-Day, next stop Normandy
  Beginning of the end
  We know how to and sure as shit we'll win
  War is peace, sure man
  A retreat for the damned
  A playground for the demented
  A haven for those who walk this world
  Bereft of heart and soul
  
  Love and war, they say all is fair
  Take his life but won't take his hair
  Your body has parts, your country spares
  By the way son, here's your wheelchair
  
  He once had to be all he could be
  Now he's nothing for no one, nowhere to see
  Funny thing, he's like you and me
  It's a funny thing, funny thing
  
  Tears streak his solemn stare
  Abandoned for wreckage, nobody cares
  No one knew what would happen there
  No one spoke, no one even dared
  
  Don't ask what you can do for your country
  Ask what your country can do for you
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Take no prisoners, take no shit!

• Five Magics

  Five Magics

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Solo - Mustaine
  
  Bestow upon me magic
  Wizard, all knowing, all wise
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  I want to rule my kingdom
  Make sweet the breeze that was defiled
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Dethrone the evil prince's iron fists
  In velvet gloves of sin
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Parade the gray robed monks
  The vestal virgins, wheel the wyverns in
  
  Solo - Friedman
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Let the ceremony consecrate the marriage
  Let me be the protege of five magics
  
  Give me alchemy, give me sorcery
  Give me wizardry, thermatology
  Electricity, master all of these
  Magic if you please, bring him to his knees
  
  I master five magics, I master five magics
  I master five magics, I master five magics
  
  Possessed with hellish torment, possessed with hellish torment
  I master magics five, I master magics five
  Hunting the abyss lord, hunting the abyss lord
  Only one will stay alive, only one will stay alive
  He who lives by the sword, he who lives by the sword
  Will surely also die, will surely also die
  He who lives in sin, he who lives in sin
  Will surely live the lie
  
  Solo - Mustaine

• Poison Was the Cure

  Poison Was the Cure

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  I miss the warm embrace I felt
  First time you touched me
  Secure and safe in open arms
  I should have known you'd crush me
  
  A snake you were when we met
  I loved you anyway
  Pulling out your poisoned fangs
  The venom never goes away
  
  Serpent swims free in my blood
  Dragons sleeping in my veins
  Jackal speaking with tongue
  Roach egg-laying in my brain
  
  Once stalked beneath your shadow
  Sleepwalking to the gallows
  I'm the sun that beats your brow in
  Till I finally threw the towel in
  
  Never knowing if I'd wake up in a
  Whirlpool got redundant
  My brain was just some driftwood
  In a cesspool I became dead
  From a rock star to a desk fool
  Was my destiny someone said
  Life's a tide pool
  Taste the waters life's abundant
  Taste me
  
  Solo - Mustaine
  Solo - Friedman

• Lucretia

  Lucretia

  Music By Mustaine/Ellefson
  Lyrics By Mustaine

  Sitting up late at night
  I tiptoe through the darkness
  Cold as hell, black as spades
  Aware of my immediate surroundings
  In my place, I escape
  Up into my hideout
  Hiding from everyone
  My friends all say
  Dave you're mental anyway, hey!
  Drift into a deeper state
  I stalk the cobwebbed stairways
  Dirt grits beneath my feet
  The stair creaks, I precariously sneak, yeah!
  
  Hypnosis guides my hand
  I slip-side through the walkways
  Sit in Granny's rocking chair
  Memories are whirling by, yeah!
  Reminiscing in the attic
  Lucretia waits impatiently
  Cobwebs make me squint
  The cobra so eloquently glints
  Moonbeams surge through the sky
  The crystal ball is energized
  Surely that, like the cat
  Waiting, Lucretia rocks away
  
  Solo - Friedman
  Solo - Mustaine

• Tornado of Souls

  Tornado of Souls

  Music by: Mustaine
  Lyrics by: Mustaine/Ellefson

  This morning I made the call
  The one that ends it all
  Hanging up I wanted to cry
  But dammit this well's gone dry
  Not for the money, not for the fame
  Not for the power, just no more games
  
  But, now I'm safe in the eye of the tornado
  I can't replace the lies that let a thousand days go
  No more living trapped inside
  In her way I'll surely die
  In the eye of the tornado, blow me away
  
  You'll grow to loathe my name
  You'll hate me just the same
  You won't need your breath
  And soon you'll meet your death
  Not from the years, not from the use
  Not from the tears, just self-abuse
  
  But, now I'm safe in the eye of the tornado
  I can't replace the lies that let a thousand days go
  No more living trapped inside
  In her way I'll surely die
  In the eye of the tornado, blow me away
  
  Who's to say what's for me to say
  Who's to say what's for me to be
  Who's to say what's for me to do
  Cause a big nothing it'll be for me
  
  The land of opportunity
  The golden chance for me
  My future looks so bright
  Now, I think I've seen the light
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Can't say what's on my mind
  Can't do what I really feel
  In this bed I made for me
  Is where I sleep, I really feel
  
  I warn you of the fate, proven true to late
  Your tongue twist perverse, come drink now of this curse
  And now I fill your brain, I spin you round again
  My poison fills your head as I tuck you into bed
  You feel my fingertips, you won't forget my lips
  You'll feel my cold breath; it's the kiss of death
  

• Dawn Patrol

  Dawn Patrol

  Music by: Ellefson
  Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Thermal count is rising
  In perpetual writhing
  The primordial ooze
  And the sanity they lose
  
  Awakened in the morning
  To more air pollution warnings
  Still we sleepwalk off to work
  While our nervous systems jerk
  
  Pretending not to notice
  How history had forebode us
  With the greenhouse in effect
  Our environment was wrecked
  
  Now, I can only laugh
  As I read our epitaph
  We end our lives as moles
  In the dark of dawn patrol

• Rust in Peace...Polaris

  Rust in Peace...Polaris

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Tremble you weaklings, cower in fear
  I am your ruler land, sea and air
  Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall
  I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris
  Ready to pounce at the touch of a button
  My systems locked in to military gluttons
  I rule on land, air and sea
  Pass judgement on humanity
  Winds blow from the bowels of hell
  Will we give warning, only time will tell
  Satan rears his ugly head, to spit into the wind
  
  I spread disease like a dog
  Discharge my payload a mile high
  Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
  
  Launch the Polaris
  The end doesn't scare us
  When will this cease?
  The warheads will all rust in peace
  
  Bomb shelters filled to the brim
  Survival is such a silly whim
  World leaders sell missiles cheap
  Your stomach turns, your flesh creeps
  I rule on land, air and sea
  Pass judgement on humanity
  Winds blow from the bowels of hell
  Will we give warning, only time will tell
  
  I spread disease like a dog
  Discharge my payload a mile high
  Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
  
  Launch the Polaris
  The end doesn't scare us
  When will this cease?
  The warheads will all rust in peace
  
  High priest of holocaust, fire from the sea
  Nuclear winter spreading disease
  The day of final conflict all pay the price
  The third world war rapes peace, takes life
  Back to the start, talk of the part
  When the earth was cold as ice
  Total dismay as the sun passed away
  And the days were black as night
  
  I spread disease like a dog
  Discharge my payload a mile high
  Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
  
  Launch the Polaris
  The end doesn't scare us
  When will this cease?
  The warheads will all rust in peace
  
  Eradication of Earth's population loves
  Polaris
  
  Solo - Friedman
  
  Eradication of Earth's population loves
  Polaris

• My Creation [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  My Creation [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Music by: Mustaine/Menza
  Lyrics by: Mustaine

  I will give you life
  You'll serve only me
  And my will to kill
  You will kill for me
  
  All that I desire
  All that I command
  You are here for me
  I'm your Master
  
  Solo - Mustaine
  
  My creation
  
  Solo - Mustaine
  
  I will make for you
  A soul mate to love
  Unlike your love for me
  And you will take my name
  
  She will be your bride
  She will serve me too
  And I will introduce you to
  The Bride of Frankenstein

• Rust in Peace...Polaris (Demo) [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Rust in Peace...Polaris (Demo) [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Tremble you weaklings, cower in fear
  I am your ruler land, sea and air
  Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall
  I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris
  Ready to pounce at the touch of a button
  My systems stockpiled for military gluttons
  I rule on land, air and sea
  Pass judgement on humanity
  Winds blow from the bowels of hell
  Will we give warning, only time will tell
  Satan rears his ugly head, to spit into the wind
  
  I spread disease like a dog
  Discharge my payload a mile high
  Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
  
  Launch the Polaris
  The end doesn't scare us
  When will this cease?
  The warheads will all rust in peace
  
  Bomb shelters filled to the brim
  Survival is such a silly whim
  World leaders sell missiles cheap
  Your stomach turns, my flesh creeps
  I rule on land, air and sea
  Pass judgement on humanity
  Winds blow from the bowels of hell
  Will we give warning, only time will tell
  
  I spread disease like a dog
  Discharge my payload a mile high
  Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
  
  Launch the Polaris
  The end doesn't scare us
  When will this cease?
  The warheads will all rust in peace
  
  High priest of holocaust, fire from the sea
  Nuclear winter spreading disease
  The day of final conflict all pay the price
  The third world war rapes peace, takes life
  Back to the start, talk of the part
  When the earth was cold as ice
  Total dismay as the sun passed away
  And the days were black as night
  
  I spread disease like a dog
  Discharge my payload a mile high
  Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
  
  Launch the Polaris
  The end doesn't scare us
  When will this cease?
  The warheads will all rust in peace
  
  Eradication of Earth's population loves
  Polaris
  
  Solo - Poland
  
  Eradication of Earth's population loves
  Polaris

• Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Demo) [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Demo) [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  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
  
  Down on 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
  In my pulpit as the holier-than-thou
  Could-be-messenger of God
  
  Wage the war on organized crime
  Sneak attacks, rappel down the rocks
  Behind the lines
  Some people risk to employ me
  Some people live to destroy me
  Either way they die, they die
  
  Solo - Poland
  
  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!
  
  Solo - Poland
  Solo - Mustaine
  
  Fill the cracks in with judicial granite
  Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinking 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

• Take No Prisoners (Demo) [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Take No Prisoners (Demo) [2004 Reissue Bonus Track]

  Music & Lyrics by: Mustaine

  Got one chance, infiltrate them
  Get it right, terminate them
  The Panzers will permeate them
  Break their pride, denigrate them
  And their people, retrograde them
  Typhus, deteriorate them
  Epidemic, devastate them
  Take no prisoners, cremate them
  Burn!
  
  Going to war, give them hell
  D-Day, next stop Normandy
  Beginning of the end
  We know how to and sure as shit we'll win
  War is peace, sure man
  A retreat for the damned
  A playground for the demented
  A haven for those who walk this world
  Bereft of heart and soul
  
  Love and war, they say all is fair
  Take his life but won't take his hair
  Your body has parts, your country spares
  Son, here's your wheelchair
  
  He once had to be all he could be
  Now he's nothing for no one, nowhere to see
  Funny thing, he's like you and me
  It's a funny thing, funny thing
  
  Tears streak his solemn stare
  Abandoned for wreckage, nobody cares
  No one knew what would happen there
  No one spoke, no one even dared
  
  Don't ask what you can do for your country
  Ask what your country can do for you
  
  Solo - Poland
  
  Take no prisoners, take no shit!