Something That I'm Not
The System Has Failed
2004
Duration: 5:07
Track number: 8
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A highly personal song widely interpreted as a direct criticism of former band members (particularly David Ellefson) or industry figures who compromised their art for commercial gain (a 'sellout'). The narrator draws a sharp distinction between his uncompromising integrity and the other person's calculated betrayal.
Lyrics
Your mind tells you that you've lost your **confidence**
You're drifting and ya don't believe in anyone
To lose what little you have left to be proud of
Afraid you can't do this again, ah!
You said that nothing come in-between us
The way of getting things we wanted done
Then **enissophobia** held you under its influence
Until you compromised your style
Everything about you has been one big **charade**
What will you do now that the well's run dry? Cry?
To sell out all your friends and stab them in the back
It's **something that you are**; it's **something that I'm not**
When you forced me into doing what you love
Mark my words no one loves you very much, yeah mark em'
And when you tried to change me and tried to replace me
I couldn't help but end just hating you, hmm!
Being a **fraud** can only last so long, you should know
Till what ya sensed as a child returns, you little baby
To choke out the voice that told ya “money and the fame”
Would fill the crater that you dug for yourself
Unlike you I'm no vision to myself, lest you forget
You didn't ever make **metal**, buddy; **metal made you**
To crush and run over everyone along the way
It's **something that you are**; it's **something that I'm not**
A stranger to yourself, ha! ya pissed me off again
I won't be driven by your needs anymore
What you'd become to do or be is clear to see for me
It's **something that you are**; **something that I'm not**
It makes me sick to hear you say you “love me”
I know you only love what I can do for you
If you were the one that was leading the charge
Would you notice if I missed a day or two? But that's impossible!
We all laughed at the parodies that you'd become
Now your pain slowly paid back has begun
So, accept my **resignation**, or in your words “betrayal”
Before it gets much worse, end this self-sabotage
**Something that I'm not**, **something that you are**, **something I'm not**
**Something that I'm not**, **something that you are**, **something I'm not**
**Something that you are**, **something I'm not**, yet
