When
The World Needs a Hero
2001
Duration: 9:14
Track number: 12
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
The longest track on the album, dealing with **apocalyptic visions** and the end of the world. The lyrics detail a series of catastrophic events—the moon bleeding, the sun going out, the dead rising—and the subsequent despair and chaos **'when'** these events occur.
Lyrics
No one hears a word I say
And my prayers are never answered
But you'll never see the pain inside of me
Stabbing me over and over and over
I trusted you and I loved you
And you spit back in my face
How could you do this to me?
When will you stop trying to hurt me?
I've walked a minefield for you
A career in hell with you
I have made it through the things
Others would surely die just watching
And the oath I take on this day
Is to know that you will be repaid
One day the sun will die and the night will crawl
Until then, until I see your world implode
I wish you **death and suffering**
Misery to spare
Time to release your pain
Face the last enemy
I am the last thing you will know
The last thing you will see
I see your death surrounding me
I know you, yes, I do
I know you
When no words are spoken and please are ignored
Your tears go unnoticed, will you say enough?
When prayers are unanswered and your calls are unheard
The pain cuts right through you, have you seen enough?
It all seems so deceitful and the verdict is lies
A black cloud of indecision compromised your life
When judgement has failed you
When your own heart's impaled you
Your wandering mind has destroyed you
Will you ever know when?
When you give everything and the feeling is gone
All the giving is fake, did you fake enough?
When you take everything and you stay too long
When there's nothing left, did you take enough?





