Rust In Peace...Polaris

Rust In Peace...Polaris
Rust In Peace...PolarisThis song is written from the perspective of a nuclear weapon. Polaris was a nuclear missile in the United States' arsenal. Dave Mustaine of Megadeth got the idea for the song after he went skydiving, and on the way home noticed a bumper sticker reading "May all of your warheads rust in peace." According to Mustaine, the dialog in the song is the missile speaking, saying things like "Tremble you weaklings, cower in fear." Said Mustaine: "As soon as the f--king thing detonates, it discharges nuclear fallout. People think they can go underground and get away from it, but what happens when you come up. It's still there. There is no safety."

Also,The final song on Rust In Peace, this track is intended to be the climax, or as Mustaine calls it, the "grand finale" of the album. There is no guitar solo on the track, just a few quick lead guitar notes in the beginning to set the mood.

Lyrics
Tremble you weaklings,cower in fear

I am your ruler,land,sea and air

Immense in my girth,erect I stand tall

I am a nuclear murderer I am Polaris

Ready to pounce at the touch of a button

My system locked in on military gluttons

I rule on land,air and sea

Pass judgment on humanity

Winds blow from the bowels of hell

Will we give warning,only time will tell

Satan rears his ugly head,to spit into the wind

I spread disease like a dog

Discharge my payload a mile high

Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils

Launch the Polaris,the end doesn't scare us

When will this cease

The warheads will all rust in peace

Bomb shelters filled to the brim

Survival such a silly whim

World leaders sell missiles cheap

Your stomach turns,your flesh creep

High priest of holocaust,fire from the sea

Nuclear winter spreading disease

The day of final conflict

All pay the price

The third world war

Rapes peace,takes life

Back to the start,talk of the part

When the earth was cold as ice

Total dismay as the sun passed away

And the days where black as night

Eradication of earth's

Population loves Polaris