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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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Musicians
Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine

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