My Kingdom
The System Has Failed
2004
Duration: 3:05
Track number: 12
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A powerful closing track about **reclamation and personal redemption**. The narrator, who once abandoned his 'kingdom' (his true self, career, or music style), triumphantly reclaims it, aligning his quest with moral truth and a spiritual rebirth. It serves as a statement of intent for the revitalized band.
Lyrics
The flag that i once planted
as a king i abandoned
and now i reclaim this **banner** by god,
my sword, and my name
in a truce sealed by **blood**
within this metal skin and all that i own
blood, bone, and **courage** in my veins,
and the heart that pumps it
**drink from the chalice and be reborn**
and the land with me,
it will change and transform
a fighting man sworn to the **quest**
it is the doom of man that they **forget**
i have awoken the **dragon**
and all around me the mist of his breath
**good and evil**, there never is one
without the other, his brother
always there where i least expect it,
it will burn me to cinders
the futures taken root in the present sun
don't look into my heart, least of all your own
[solo - poland]
no man who is **false** can win
in combat against the **truth**
when he lies he murders some part of the world, we must find what was lost
**hearth and home, wife and child were not for me**, i was not yet done
i never knew how **empty my soul** was
until it was refilled
mad distemper strikes both beggars and kings
the **necromancer's hard teachings** of war and quest
i am given the right to bear arms
and power to meet **justice**
i have lived through others for far too long,
and carried my guilt, my causes, my sins
i hope in the **hereafter** when
i owe no more to the future
that i can be **just a man**





