Head Crusher
Endgame
2009
Duration: 3:26
Track number: 9
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A gruesome song describing a medieval **torture device** called the **'Head Crusher'** (o 'aplasta cabezas'). The lyrics focus on the horrifying physical details of the device slowly crushing the victim's skull, shattering their teeth and causing excruciating pain, used typically during a forced interrogation.
Lyrics
It's time to take your **last walk in this world**
Before your journey begins **underground**
Not before we **torment** you
From your cell straight to **hell**
With a short detour in-between
**Begging for mercy** all alone
Unable to handle the **pressure**
Before his **mortification**
Now let the **torture begin!**
Death by the **head crusher**
**Head crusher!**
Death by the **head crusher!**
Wow!
The horrific **torture device**
For those who fail **interrogation**
The most **painful technique** ever known
People thirst for the worst
The **skull's disintegration**
Beaten, broken, in **bloody rags**
Adding **insult to injury**
He recants but it's much too late
Now let the **torture begin!**
Death by the **head crusher**
**Head crusher!**
Death by the **head crusher!**
(On your knees prisoners take your positions)
(Place your chin forward into the restraint)
(Your head slowly caves in from the compression)
(You'll faint to black out from the infernal pain)
**Twisting**
**Turning the giant screw**
Your **teeth are breaking loose**
Crushed and splintering into your mouth
**Winding down**
**Cutting through**
Like **broken glass being chewed**
Your **fragmented skull** and **shattering bones**
There's nothing you can do!
