Megadeth-Behind the songs

The meaning of the songs by the band Megadeth

                     The world needs a heroe

Disconnect-about having a double life and when things don't go right.

The world needs a heroe-about the world needing a musical hero.

Moto Psycho-man who gets up and goes to work and then comes home.

1000 times goodbye-about man who says goodbye to somebody and don't know if he will see him again.

Burning bridges-about burning all the bad things that man was doing.

Promises-about prejudiced relationships.

Recipe for hate/Warhorse-about tasting recipe for hate.

Losing my senses-when the truth has weight and liars are in hopelessness. 

Dread and the fugitive mind-about judgement.

Silent scorn-instrumental.

Return to hangar-sequel to Hangar 18.

When-about a loyal man.

                        Cryptic writings 

Trust-about a toxic relationship.

Almost honest-about dishonesty within a relationship.

Use the man-the song is Mustaine's expert look what it's like to be an addict.

Mastermind-about people becoming dumber because of their computers.

The disintegrators-about annihilating all the terrible drivers.

I will get even-it could be about record company, manager, MTV.

Sin-about man who has nothing to lose. 

A secret place-about getting lost inside a secret place in the mind.

Have cool, will travel-about violence in schools.

She,wolf-about man who got divorced and then went back to his old wife.

Vortex-about man who lives in a typical fear.

FFF-about trade-off between freedom and security.

                 Countdown to extinction

Skin o' my teeth-song talks about escaping death.

Symphony of destruction-about how power corrupts people when people have too much of it. They can use it to cause great problems and destruction.

Architecture of aggression-song was inspired by the massive bombing of Iraq on January 16, 1991. That initiated operation Desert Storm.

Foreclosure of a dream-about government waste, harsh economic realities, political lies.

Sweating bullets-about schizophrenic man who lives inside his head.

This was my life-about Mustaine having wanted to kill someone he had an affair with.
But didn't because he knew he did then go to jail.

Countdown to extinction-about animals being hunted until gradually there is only one of their kind left.

High speed dirt-about skydiving.

Psychotron-Dave Mustaine has stated that this song is about the Marvel Comics cyborg Dethlok.

Captive honour-about horrible conditions in prisons and how any tough guy will be turned into a bitch in there.

Ashes in your mouth-song is about general hopelessness for the future of mankind when war will come.

            Peace sells...but who's buying?

Wake up dead-about man who has been cheating on his wife and is sneaking into his house.

The conjuring-song is about a rituals and devil.

Peace sells...but who's buying?-about Mustaine's way of dispelling many of the stereotypes about the band and metal fans in general.

Devil's island-about prisoner who has been executed on Devil's island.

Good mourning/Black Friday-about drummer named Dijon Caruthers.

Bad omen-about people worshipping the devil.

I ain't superstitious-about man who don't believe in superstitions.

My last words-about the game of "Russian roulette".

                             Rust in peace

Holy wars/the punishments due-about religious conflict in Northern Ireland in the year 1960.

Hangar 18-about the story of an Air Force base in Dayton Ohio, where some people believe that alien bodies were taken when UFO supposedly crashed in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947.

Take no prisoners-antiwar anthem that highlights the irony and double standards of war.

Five magics-song is inspired by the 1980 fantasy novel Master of the Five magics by Lyndon Hardy.

Poison was the cure-about Mustaine's former heroin addiction and about relationship he was in with a fellow addict.

Lucretia-about a ghost named Lucretia.

Tornado of souls-about aliens, magic, war.

Dawn patrol-intro to next song.

Rust in peace...Polaris-about nuclear missile called Polaris. That is destroying mankind. Aphorism about song is"the warheads will all rust in peace".

                            Youthanasia

Reckoning day-song is about retribution. About being paid back for the evil deeds that you have done in your life.

Train of consequences-about being on a losing streak while gambling.

Addicted to chaos-about man who is losing someone very close to him.

A tout le monde-about having problems and overcoming them.

Elysian fields-about God and man, heaven and Earth, life and death. In Greek mythology place where virtuous mortals went after death.

The killing road-about the rigors of constant touring.

Blood of heroes-about world that despite all the bad things that have happened.

Family tree-about familial abuse.

Youthanasia-about how the next generation is being screwed by the previous one.

I thought I knew it all-about the thought that everything happens for a reason.

Black curtains-about nuclear Armageddon. Wild animals in post apocalyptic world are hunting people down.

Victory-about what Megadeth has done up to this point and promise that the band would continue well in future.

                  So far, so good, so what!

Into the lungs of hell-about being inside hell. Instrumental song.

Set the world afire-about nuclear holocaust.

Anarchy in the UK-cover song by Sex Pistols.

Mary Jane-song tells the story of a witch who was buried alive by her father near the Loon Lake Cemetery in Minnesota.

502-about driving cars fast, while under the influence.

In my darkest hour-about Mustaine's former girlfriend who didn't pay enough attention to him.

Liar-about typical liar. 

Hook in mouth-about censorship.