Dystopia
Dystopia
2016
Duration: 5:00
Track number: 2
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
The title track, which won the band a Grammy, paints a bleak picture of a **dystopian society** where people are controlled by fear and misinformation (**'What you don't know, the legend goes: Can't hurt you'**). It critiques the suppression of truth, the outlawing of questions, and the ultimate response to tyranny: **'tyrannicide'** (the killing of a tyrant) as the only way to destroy the 'cancer at its root.'
Lyrics
What you don't know the **legend ghost can hurt you**
If you only want to **live and die in fear**
They tell us to believe just **half of what we see**
And **absolutely nothing that we hear**
**Resist the twist the truth no matter what the cost**
So plant the **rights for wrongs inside our heads**
**Outlawing all the questions** to the answers
That no one likes but someone answer did
**Dystopia**
What you don't know the **legend ghost can hurt you**
If you only want to **live and die in a cage**
There's **panic and there's chaos, ramping in the streets**
Where **useless thoughts of peace are met with rage**
**Demoralize the know for master people think**
The **quickest way to end the war is lose**
**Dictatorship and starting with to run aside**
You must **destroy the cancer at it's roots**
**Dystopia**
