The Last Note
Megadeth
2026
Duration: 5:31
Track number: 10
Times played live: 0
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari
Theme
A deeply emotional and definitive farewell that serves as the spiritual closure of the album. It reflects on the wear and tear of a lifetime spent on the road, where the roar of the crowd begins to fade into a quiet, introspective silence. The song frames Mustaine's legacy not through gold records, but through the visceral connection of a final, resonating chord that refuses to die even after he disappears from the stage.
Lyrics
[Intro]
One more spotlight (One more spotlight)
Starts to fade to black (Starts to fade to black)
One more winding road (One more winding road)
That I won't come back (That I won't come back)
The roar I lived for (The roar I lived for)
It starts to die (It starts to die)
And now it's time for me (And now it's time for me)
To say the long goodbye (To say the long goodbye)
[Verse 1]
Each mile, the road has worn me thin
Each song has got beneath my skin
The strings and amps still scream and cry
And I can't outrun the spinning hands of time
[Pre-Chorus]
One last night before the silence falls
One last chord to echo through these walls
[Chorus]
The final curtain falls, a quiet end to it all
Now it's just memories in my mind
Just fading lights and names, if I ever play again
Then let this last note never die
[Verse 2]
I burned up my youth almost every night
Each show became a battle and a fight
Raised on chaos, fed by the crowd
The guitar got heavy, time to lay it down
[Pre-Chorus]
One last night before the silence falls
One last chord to echo through these walls
[Chorus]
The final curtain falls, a quiet end to it all
Now it's just memories in my mind
Just fading lights and names, if I ever play again
Then let this last note never die
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
The final curtain falls, a quiet end to it all
Now it's just memories in my mind
Just fading lights and names, if I ever play again
Then let this last note never die
The final curtain falls, a quiet end to it all
Now it's just memories in my mind
Just fading lights and names, if I ever play again
Then let this last note never die, never die
[Outro]
They gave me gold
They gave me a name
But every deal
Was signed in blood and flames
So here's my last will
My final testament, my sneer
I came, I ruled
Now I disappear
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