The Right to Go Insane
Endgame
2009
Duration: 4:20
Track number: 11
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A direct social commentary that deals with the mental and economic stress following the **2008 financial crisis/recession**. The narrator describes being pushed to the breaking point by losing their home, money, and life savings, to the point of feeling they have earned the **'right to go insane'**. The song contrasts this personal collapse with the optimistic, misleading statements from authorities ('The recession is over...'), suggesting betrayal and inevitable breakdown.
Lyrics
I barely get to the **graveyard shift** on time
After pulling another grueling **nine to five**
I live from **credit card to check**
The **paper money's whirling by**
And I hardly just, just barely
Only just **survive**
I'm **living on the edge**
**Reality is teetering**
My mind is on the **brink**
How will I face the day tomorrow
If I can't make it through today?
I've got nothing left to lose
But my **sanity**
And the right to **go insane**
I've got nothing left to lose
But my **mind**
I've got nothing left to choose
So I think I'll **go insane!**
My stomach aches
**Insufficient funds**
My cheeks are **gaunt**
And my guts are **overdrawn**
My head pounds
**Starvation's giving me the shakes**
Too much **squalor**, too much **pressure**
Now I'm getting pissed!
I'm **living on the edge**
**Reality is teetering**
My mind is on the **brink**
How will I face the day tomorrow
If I can't make it through today?
I've got nothing left to lose
But my **sanity**
And the right to **go insane**
I've got nothing left to lose
But my **mind**
I've got nothing left to choose
So I think I'll **go insane!**
