99 Ways to Die
Hidden Treasures
1995
Duration: 3:58
Track number: 5
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
Written for *The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience* compilation album (1993), **'99 Ways to Die'** is a darkly humorous track focused on **suicide and depression**, but treated with the ironic detachment of a failed attempt. The lyrics explore the nihilistic perspective of someone constantly facing fatalistic outcomes, only to be rejected by death itself.
Lyrics
If I see the **morning hours**
I'll have **one more yesterday**
**Take life from tomorrow**
'Cause I've **burned out my today**
If I get up to the **top, I know**
I'll just **go back downhill**
Gotta' **terminal future**
And it's time to **write my will**
**Down another glass of courage**
And a shot of **Thorazine**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**99 ways to die**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
Gotta' **short between the earphones**
**Wringing my hands in dismay**
A **more efficient maniac**
With **two feet in the grave**
**Ain't got no last words to say**
**Yellow streak right up my spine**
The **gun in my mouth was real**
And the **taste blew my mind**
In a **black tie and straight jacket**
Man, I'm gonna **try again**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**99 ways to die**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**99 ways to die**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**Demitasse of arsenic**
**Try on this tie**
**Never mind the tree**
There is only **death and danger**
In the **sockets of my eyes**
A **playground of illusion**
**No one plays, they only die**
There's a **prison in my mind**
And the **bars are gonna break**
I'm as **mad as a hatter**
And **strung out just the same**
**Taunting rigor mortis**
I feel it **draw me in**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**99 ways to die**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**99 ways to die**
**We're not ready to see you yet**
**We're not ready**
**We're not ready**
**We're not ready**
**99**
