Bite the Hand
Endgame
2009
Duration: 4:02
Track number: 5
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A fierce critique of the financial and political elite who exploit the common people. The song inverts the proverb 'Don't **bite the hand** that feeds you' by suggesting that if the feeding hand is corrupt and 'rotten, diseased, and dead,' it must be fought. It is a powerful anthem about economic injustice and the impending revolt of the people against the 'fat cats' who profit from their suffering.
Lyrics
They **ball-gagged Lady Justice**
And blindfolded her so she can't see
The **erosion of the peoples' trust**
Of what will come to be
An **FDIC Assisted Suicide**
The depression of a **depression**
**Worldwide suicide for the economy**
Caused by the **dialectic chaos**
When the **Mob on Wall Street**
Took **We the People** for a ride
When its **dog eat dog**, you are what you eat
Just like the **mad dog that bites the hand that feeds**
(Like the mad dog that bites the hand that feeds)
Just like the mad dog that bites the hand that feeds
They took everything and anything
As long as it once belonged to me
The **rats got all the money**
The **roaches licked the cupboards clean**
Of TV dinners and beer
This **never-ending nightmare**
Of the dreams I'll never, ever get to see
And just **one silver-bullet to your head**
It will **set me free**
From all the life I wasted trusting you
When its **dog eat dog**, you are what you eat
Just like the **mad dog that bites the hand that feeds**
(Like the mad dog that bites the hand that feeds)
When its **dog eat dog**, you are what you eat
(Like the mad dog that bites the hand that feeds)
Just like the mad dog you bite the hand that feeds
