Elysian Fields
Youthanasia
1994
Duration: 4:02
Track number: 5
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman
Theme
A mythological and spiritual track referencing the **Elysian Fields** (paradise in Greek mythology). The lyrics explore themes of judgment, the pain of life, and the final journey toward a peaceful afterlife, contrasting the hope of heaven with the despair and corruption of the Earth ('Pontius Pilate still washing his hands').
Lyrics
Uneasy feeling, burning out my eyes
I hope the end is less painful than my life
I stand on trial before the gods
On Judgment Day
A blink of an eye between
The cradle and the grave
One last look at visions of flesh
The last best hope of man on earth
Pontius Pilate still washing his hands
The world don't want to be saved
Only left alone
**Elysian Fields**...
We are storming the heavens
To raise our swords and shields
We ascend to our destiny
To the **Elysian Fields**
Soaring to the sun
With blood upon their wings
Superstitious dust left twisting in the wind
Man still has one belief,
One decree that stands alone
The laying down of arms
Is like cancer to their bones
