Breakpoint
Hidden Treasures
1995
Duration: 3:29
Track number: 2
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, David Ellefson
Theme
Originally a B-side from the 'Sweating Bullets' single. **'Breakpoint'** is a high-energy track focusing on the **extreme stress and mental collapse** of an individual pushed to their limit, mixing metaphors of personal breakdown with political instability.
Lyrics
Make up the **rules for me to live by**
**Rules you break and just let it slide**
You try and **find you inside of me**
Be **as great as you want me to be**
**Hypocrite**, the word that fits
**Do as you say not as you do**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me, push**
**Push me to a breakpoint**
**Self-esteem you seem to lack**
You **point your finger, three pointing back**
So's the **illusion of old golden dance**
**Evil's contagious and life ain't that fair**
**Criticisms**, the word that fits
**Put me down to lift you up**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
**Pushing me, push**
**Push me to a breakpoint**
**Watching pain, your only pleasure**
**Fascination for sick disaster**
**Suffering since you were born**
**Mess with the bull you'll get the horn**
**Misery**, the word that fits
**Times are good when times are bad**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me to a breakpoint**
You're **pushing me**
**Pushing me**
To a **breakpoint**
In my opinion as a **professional**
I recommend we **straight-jacket**
In the **son of a bitch**
**Lock him in a rubber room**
**Sedate him heavily**
And when he wakes up, if he wakes up
We'll see if he can be a **nice boy**
**Sedate me? Ha, cool!**
**Straight jacket?**
**Hey! Hey!**
**Let go of me! Hey**
**Breakpoint**
You push me to a **breakpoint**
**Breakpoint**
You push me to a **breakpoint**
**Breakpoint**
**Don't push me**
