The Threat Is Real
Dystopia
2016
Duration: 4:22
Track number: 1
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A song driven by **paranoia and political commentary**, centered on the idea that the danger (**'the threat is real'**) comes from within the system. It critiques 'backroom meetings,' 'cover-ups,' 'violent conditioning,' and a **'culture made of cover-ups,'** suggesting that a lack of vision and a deep-seated 'cancer' of malice are destroying the society.
Lyrics
**Justified obliteration**, no one cares anymore
The **Messiah or mass murderer**
No controlling who comes through the door
A **culture made of cover ups**
Where **leprosy touch their flesh**
Fall back with meetings and rendezvous
The **vultures have come home to nest**
The **clock runs out**, the **weakest link**
A **deadly strike**, the **threat is real!**
Seen the **bird** as images of
A **crest fallen nation** sea
**Violence conditioning**, cause the nature of the **enemy**
Your **terminal lack of vision**
**Blinded**, I see no lights
A **quiet lack of perspective**
Their **cancer now eats us alive**
A **fatal shot**, a **lust for blood**
The **final act**, the **threat is real!**
**Justified obliteration**, no one cares anymore
The **Messiah or mass murderer**
No controlling who comes through the door
A **culture made of cover ups**
Where **leprosy touch their flesh**
Fall back with meetings and rendezvous
The **vultures have come home to nest**
The **clock runs out**, the **weakest link**
A **deadly strike**, the **threat is real!**
A **fatal shot**, a **lust for blood**
The **final act**, the **threat is real!**
