Death From Within
Dystopia
2016
Duration: 4:49
Track number: 4
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A song about internal betrayal and the failure to recognize a domestic enemy. Using the metaphor of the **'Trojan horse'**, it describes a catastrophic event where the downfall of a nation or group is orchestrated by an **'enemy inside the belly of the beast'**. The lyrics emphasize that the most dangerous form of collapse is **'death comes from within'**, due to ignored warnings and the presence of 'hardened deceivers' who entered through 'open gates.'
Lyrics
The **heat is raging** from the **rising fires of war**
**Embers of avarice** soon begin to soar
**Vengeance breeding greater vengeance**, **two eyes for one eye**
**Crowning burning hatred** that’s lying **deep inside**
A **token gift**, **destroyers deep within its hold**
**Revenge of patient men is sweet and best served cold**
The **enemy inside the belly of the beast**
A mighty **Trojan horse**, tonight the **sentries sleep**
On the **march**... **No place to run**
**Time has come**... **No where to hide**
The **moon is red**... **No one is safe**
From **spilling blood**... **no living thing survives**
**Here they fight**... **regretting nothing**
**Here you die**... the **walls are caving in**
**Nothing left**... a **lethal encounter**
Its **judgment time**... when **death comes from within**
**Warning signs ignored**, they have all but been denied
**Prophets and messengers, mocked and vilified**
**Final destination** lying deep inside their court
Their **first line of defense soon became their last resort**
**Hardened deceivers entered through their open gates**
**Silent trained assassins**, lying still, in wait
You look so **perfect**, but everybody knows
Their **petrified to say the emperor has no clothes**
So **bloody perfect**, but everybody knows
Their just so **petrified**, the **emperor has no clothes**
**Death from within...**
