United Abominations
United Abominations
2007
Duration: 5:35
Track number: 4
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
The title track is a direct and harsh political indictment of the **United Nations (UN)**, which Mustaine renames the **'United Abominations'**. The lyrics criticize the organization for its perceived ineffectiveness ('froze in the face of disaster'), hypocrisy (ignoring crimes by its own personnel), and failure to prevent terrorism, suggesting its eventual collapse is inevitable.
Lyrics
**Poverty in their kitchens**
Held hostage by **oil for food**
Yet their own plates are full of the fat of their lands
There's no blood on their hands, right Kojo?
They promised to tell the truth
Without leaving a fingerprint
They will lose the **UN** one way or another
The victim, I fear will be us, sisters and brothers
The **UN is right**, you can't be any more **un**
Than you are right now, the **UN is undone**
Another **mushroom cloud**, another **smoking gun**
The threat is real, the **Locust King has come**
Don't tell me the truth
I don't like what they've done
It's **payback time** at the **United Abominations**
A grave and gathering danger
The decision to attack
Based on secret intelligence it'll take years
I fear to undo the failings in **Iraq**
You may bury the bodies
But you can't bury the crimes
Only fools stand up and really lay down their arms
No, not me, not when death lasts forever
The **UN is right**, you can't be any more **un**
Than you are right now, the **UN is undone**
Another **mushroom cloud**, another **smoking gun**
The threat is real, the **Locust King has come**
Don't tell me the truth
I don't like what they've done
It's **payback time**
The **UN is right**, you can't be any more **un**
Than you are right now, the **UN is undone**
Another **mushroom cloud**, another **smoking gun**
The threat is real, the **Locust King has come**
The **UN is right**, you can't be any more **un**
Than you are right now, the **UN is undone**
Another **mushroom cloud**, another **smoking gun**
The threat is real, the **Locust King has come**
Don't tell me the truth
I don't like what they've done
It's **payback time** at the **United Abominations**
