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TH1RT3EN

Wrecker

TH1RT3EN
2011

Duration: 3:51

Track number: 10

Times played live: 0

Writers

Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine

Music by: Dave Mustaine

Theme

A heavy-handed condemnation of a destructive woman, the **'Home wrecker'**. The lyrics use intense metaphors like 'Poison ivy in your touch' and 'Deadly venom in your kiss' to describe a person who brings inevitable ruin to every aspect of the narrator's life, implying a relationship that is fundamentally toxic and disastrous.

Lyrics
It doesn’t matter what car you drive, she’ll wreck it It doesn’t matter where you sleep at night, she’ll wreck it It doesn’t matter where you go to work Doesn’t matter where you go to church Doesn’t matter just bad it hurts, she’ll wreck it My bleached bones in the desert, it’s all that’s left of me Poison ivy in your touch, being with you destroyed so much Home wrecker Deadly venom in your kiss, hell can’t be worse than this Home wrecker It doesn’t matter what you pretend, she’ll wreck it It doesn’t matter what you defend, she’ll wreck it It doesn’t matter how you live your life Doesn’t matter anymore to your wife Doesn’t matter even how you die, she’ll wreck that too Like a vulture picking my bones clean, it’s all that’s left of me Poison ivy in your touch, being with you destroyed so much Home wrecker Deadly venom in your kiss, hell can’t be worse than this Home wrecker.
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Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine

Vocals and rhythm guitar

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