Risk

Produced by Dann Huff
Co-produced by Dave Mustaine
Mixed and engineered by Jeff Balding
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
Art direction: Tommy Steele
Design: Andy Engel, Eric Heintz
Photography: Myriam Santos-Kayda

1999 - Capitol Records

Dave Mustaine - guitar
Marty Friedman - guitar
David Ellefson - bass guitar
Jimmy DeGrasso - drums

1. Insomnia
2. Prince Of Darkness
3. Enter The Arena
4. Crush 'em
5. Breadline
6. The Doctor Is Calling
7. I'll Be There
8. Wanderlust
9. Ecstasy
10. Seven
11. Time: The Beginning
12. Time: The End

INSOMNIA
(D. Mustaine)

Insomni omni omni omni omni nia

I’m runnin in quicksand
Something’s haunting me
The guilty past I’ve buried
my mind won’t let me sleep

I’ll do anything for peace
(I keep waking up)
A solemn oath i make

Cross my heart please let me sleep
(I keep waking up)
How much more do I take?

My head's talking to me
I don’t know what it means
But the loudest voice
Is the one you heed

Insomnia
My swollen bloodshot eyes
Insomnia
Awake til morning light
Insomnia
Stirring deep inside
Insomnia
Somebody turn out the lights

I, I, I cant sleep
I, I, insomnia

I’m twisting and turning
(I keep waking up)
The madness I must tame
My candle is burning
(I keep waking up)
Both ends again today

The whole house is creaking
They're out there
Things kept from sight
Under the shadows
I can’t sleep

Insomnia
Footsteps on the walkwalk
Insomnia
I hear someone knock
Insomnia
I wish it was a dream
Insomnia
Can you hear me scream?
Argh!!!

Aaahhh I cant sleep

Insomnia
My swollen bloodshot eyes
Insomnia
Awake morning light
Insomnia
Staring deep inside
Insomnia
Somebody turn out the lights

Insomnia (reapeated)
I, I cant sleep (repeat)

Omni omni omni omni

PRINCE OF DARKNESS
(D. Mustaine/ M. Friedman)

My victims are rich or poor, young or old, strong or weak
I’ve caused millions of accidents, I am cancer in your bones
I fathered the lie, twist what you say
Speak not the truth
I am insidious, impartial, deep inside your chromosomes
I take what you love, and leave you in tears
I imprison your soul, your hopes are my gain
I strip you of pride, my promise is in vain
While you burn at the steak, I dance with the flames
I bring poverty, sickness and death
The worthless and sick
The slickest beast, I steal your wealth
I answer your prayers for greed and lust
More than evil, I laugh at your trust

I am more powerful than all the armies of the world
I am more violent than violence, more deadly than death
I have destroyed more men, than all the nations wars
I am relentless, unpredictable, waiting for your last breath

(EVIL)
More evil than violent
(VIOLENT)
More violent than death
(DEADLY)
More deadly than mad
(I AM)
Yeah yeah, I’m evil, I am

My kingdom come
And when it descends
Your fancy wrath I buy in ten
I heard your prayer
I wallow in sin
Let the nightmare begin

Prince of darkness
Your satanic highness
Prince of darkness
The devils servant the devil lucifer
Prince of darkness

I take what you love
And leave you in tears
(leave you, in tears)
Imprison your soul
Your hopes are my gains
(your hopes, my gains)
I strip you of pride
My promises in vain
(promise, in vain)
While you burn at the stake
I dance with the flames

(repeat prechorus)

Prince of darkness
Your pathetic highness
Prince of darkness
The devils servant the devil lucifer
Prince of darkness

(solo)

Prince of darkness
Your satanic highness
Prince of darkness
The most beautiful angel
Prince of darkness
The devilish serpent
Prince of darkness
Unpredictable the prince of darkness

CRUSH ‘EM
(D. Mustaine/ B. Prager/ M. Friedman)

Into the arena, beneath the lights
Step up now, you’re in for a ride
This is war, ain’t no fun and games
When we get it up, you go down in flames

Now is the time, goin down
You better not mess us around
The stakes are lit get a little steep
The price is fat someone’s gonna pay

Heads I win, tails you lose
Outta my way I’m comin through
Roll the dice, don’t think twice
We crush, crush em

Lookin for trouble well you found it
You’re a drum, and were gonna pound it
Last one standing wins the fight
Hear us scream and shout all night
Down on the floor and eat the grit
This is gonna hurt a little bit

repeat prechorus and chorus

Now we lay you down to rest
You’ll never be more than second best
Step inside you’re in for a ride
And we crush – crush em

(interlude)

Crush (again and again)

(rap)

Don’t need ninjas, don’t mind names
It’s just a job though and what a shame
Step aside let me explain the name of the game is pain
Now we found you we’re gonna pound you
We’re gonna maim you, were gonna brain you
Were gonna bust you, were gonna crush you
We’re gonna, crush ‘em

(repeat prechorus and chorus)
Now we’ll lay you, down to rest
You’ll never never be more than second best
Step inside you’re in for a ride
And we crush – crush em

Crush – crush – crush – crush em

Oh boy, here we go, it’s time, to crush em, yeah me and you
Wheres your tears, its gonna hurt, no not here, not tonight, it’s a knockdown, were gonna crush em

Crush (over and over)

BREADLINE
(D. Mustaine/ B. Prager/ M. Friedman)

Ain’t got no job, ain’t got no smoke
Ain’t got no car, this life’s a joke
Livin’ on the skids, makes the worlds just fine
Forgot what he did, dancin’ on the breadline

Noone there to bind him
Nothing to remind him
Nowhere left to find him

Oo about to lose his lifeline
Hes, dancin’ on a breadline

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Forgot who he is, forgot who he was
Used to call the shots, now he can’t connect the dots
Oo a mover and a shaker, getting closer to his maker
Lower than a hairline, danicin on the breadline

Noone there to find him
Nothin to remind him
Nowhere left to find him

Oo! Nowhere

Oo about to lose his lifeline
Hes, lookin for a headline
Oo sniffin up the white lines
He’s, danicin’ on the breadline
He’s dancin’ on the breadline

(Solo)

Watch him dance

Oo about to lose his lifeline
He’s lookin’ for a headline
Oo sniffin’ up the white lines
He’s dancin’ on a breadline

(repeat)

(solo)

nowhere – nothing – nowhere
dancin’ on a breadline
dancin’ on a breadline
he forgot – and he aint got nothin

THE DOCTOR IS CALLING
(D. Mustaine/ B. Prager/ M. Friedman)

Daddy? Daddy? The doctor is calling……..

Ahhh ahhh ahhh ahhh (repeat)

The doctor is calling
The doctor is calling
Something’s going wrong
Nowhere do I belong
I listen to the voices in the dark room

Somethings going down
But I can’t make a sound
Lookin past the part of my mind

The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling

Ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh ahh

Always sharing tricks
Remove me from your list
Deciding on me still
And never go away

One too many tantrums
Deviated symptoms
Better lock the phantom away

The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling
I see the chalkline crawling
I hear the doctor calling…… me….. away

(sample noises, voices and what not)

This place is my home
My mind still runs for me
The doctors perscription less for you and more for me

Oo na na na na na na na na na na na na na

(solo) (this solo sounds like george lynch from dokken fame)

Ooo the coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling
Oo oh
I see the chalkline crawling
I hear the doctor calling
(I hear the doctor calling)
A mythical embalming
(the crest is falling)

I hear (I hear)
I hear (I hear)
Them calling me away

I'LL BE THERE
(D. Mustaine/ B. Prager/ M. Friedman)

I heard the voice of redemption, for me there is no exemption
I started praying

I heard the voice of satisfaction, moving me for benefaction
I started pleading

I heard the bells begin to chime, warning me oh oo oh
Don’t let this be my time
Don’t let this be my time

Ill be there for you – when you walk through the fire
Ill be there for you - When the flames get higher
When nothing fits and nothing seems right
til the very last breath of my life
I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there

You saw me slide, you saw me fall
You kept upright through it all
We started screaming
When skies are dark no sun shines through
I know I’ve seen the light in you
We stopped dreaming
And started believing

Ill be there for you – when you walk through the fire
Ill be there for you – when the flames get higher
When nothing fits and nothing seems right –
til the very last breath of my life
ill be there for you
I’ll be there

In my hour of need
You were there, always
but now its time for me to be there for you too, always

oh oh – oh oo oh oh

I’ll be there
I’ll be there for you

I’ll be there (be there)
I’ll be there

You saw me slide, you saw me fall
You kept upright through it all

When skies are dark
No sun shines through
I’ll be there
I’ll be there for you
oh oh oh oh

I’ll be there
I’ve seen the light in you

WANDERLUST
(D. Mustaine/ M. Friedman)

This hero and his song
Rises in the east
Where the gunmen will come
Seeking my defeat

Oh the pierced the snake (WRONG)
Lies unearthed quiet and still
Where the fog comes from the west
angel of death pull a body in

I’m an outcast, riding it down below
I got wanderlust, better tease the vagabond
Im an outcast – riding it down below
Got a lust for wandering – ran deeper than the bone

(incoherent brambling)

Ride into the sunset, take another town
They can boil me in vats, but I just cant settle down
I just cant settle down

Just cook my (????) outfit
Seen a dozen towns
Doesn’t seem down, another person frowns

Repeat chorus

A drum beats for me
beats louder everyday
the cadence tells me
I soon will meet
My judgement day (repeat)

A drum beats for me
It Gets louder every day
The cadence tells me
That soon..
I’ll meet my judgement day

Lifes another showdown
Never knowing when they’ll come

I sleep with one eye open
And I wear my smokin gun
My smokin gun

(solo)

(chorus)

the game ive played has caused a lot of grief
they were dying for faith
so I let some bleed
dying for faith
I am past this unbelief

(reaeat chorus)

I’m an outcast with lightnin’ in my hand
Ive got wanderlust, lost in no mans land
Ive got a lust for wanderin, lost in no mans land
I’ve got wanderlust

ECSTASY
(D. Mustaine/ M. Friedman)

You live in a world of fantasy
You live in a web of deceit
You want it all including me
You like it all to be neat
I come to you when shadows fall
I leave as the dawn arrives

Hide the truth
To deceive them all
And my good intention climbs

Try to silence your suspicions
Feeding verbs of inhibitions
We can never let anyone see
The sin I bring called ecstacy
The sin I bring
Ecstacy

You see the reasons that we hide
The gates of the neck would see
The price, always foolish pride
But it costs more than morality
And we hide the truth – to deceive them all
And were made of what will never be

(repeat chorus twice)
mm mm hmm mm hmm hmm

(chorus repeated)

SEVEN
(D. Mustaine/ D. Ellefson)

For greed, you sell your soul
For the pride a heavy load
You weed yourself
Grow up to me
Resent yourself
You (?!?!?!?!?)

Everything turns into wrath…
You love yourself to death

Deep fears that drive us
Hidden ‘neath disguises
Judge the world within
Or forgive my deadly sins

The road across the nation
Always giving up
Something better
Comes to interrupt
Cast your verdict
Looked down to me
Sparing me
You bleed in sympathy

Oh we cant you a pair
Clemency you cant declare

Repeat chorus twice

(solo)

Greed…….
Gluttony…
Pride……
Envy…….
Wrath….

Death…… The deadly seven
Seven deadly sins of mine

on every street and corner light seven deadly sins of mine
(repeat)

deadly sins of mine – deadly sins of mine

TIME: The beginning
(D. Mustaine/ M. Friedman)

Father time – running race
I’m winding down – I’m growing tired
Seconds drift - into the night
A conciousness til my time expires
You were once my friend
Now I know I can’t tie your hands

But days I seige – I
They fell like sand – through the houglass
No time to lose – no time to choose –

Time taking time – death taking mine

Seems so unkind
Time chasding time – creaps up behind
I cant learn forever
Time waits for noone – not even me

An enemy – I cant defend
My final plea – a deadly end
.. – space
dreams of an eternal resting place
I cant get any younger - ….hunger

Time taking time - earth taking mine
Sins of my life – seems so unkind
Time chasing time – creaps up behind
I cant run forever – and time waits for noone
Waits for noone- not even me

Time: The end
(D. Mustaine)

I see chronos – his eyes are on fire
He holds my life and I feekl my time expire
Beat the clock (repeat)

Ive been sucked up in

I cant let time win