Reckoning Day
Youthanasia
1994
Duration: 4:34
Track number: 1
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman
Theme
A song about divine or ultimate justice, where the narrator (acting as a higher power or the agent of fate) enjoys seeing a person face the inevitable consequences of their own destructive actions. It suggests that there's no need for revenge or payback, as the 'reckoning day' will handle it.
Lyrics
I like the way that I make you itch
And all the reasons I give you to bitch
And how I make you wanna scream in pain
And feel your life is just a losing game
I like the way that you let me in
The way you look when the walls cave in
I like the way that your stomach knots
And how you cry for it all to stop
I like the way that you fool yourself
And make believe there's nobody else
I like the way that you stand in line
And beg salvation from the empty skies
Empty skies
Don't want no revenge
Ain't no pay back time
It ain't called getting even
Here comes the **reckoning day**
Day, day, day
I like the things that you try to fake
And your face when I see you break
And that you say you will pray for me
You realize you are prey for me
I like the way you stay on attack
No matter what, I keep coming back
And how you try to hold me down
But you end up driven to the ground
Don't want no revenge
Ain't no payback time
It ain't no getting even
Here comes the reckoning
Don't want no revenge
(Don't want no revenge)
Ain't no payback time
(Ain't no payback time)
It ain't no getting even
(It ain't no getting even)
Here comes the reckoning
Here comes the **reckoning day** (day, day)
Here comes the **reckoning day**
Here comes the **reckoning day**
Here comes the **reckoning day**
Here comes the **reckoning day**
Here comes the reckoning, here comes the **reckoning day**
Oh, here it comes
It's coming to getcha
