Burnt Ice
Duration: 3:41
Track number: 11
Times played live: 79
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A raw, autobiographical track about drug addiction, specifically referencing methamphetamine (or 'ice'). The lyrics vividly describe the destructive cycle of chasing a high, the feeling of being trapped by the addiction's 'hunger', and the self-destructive realization that the 'one-way ticket down' leads to a living death.
Lyrics
He said he'd try just a little bit
He didn't want to end up like them
And now he blames the voices of a toothless wonder
Pounding on the door to make the next score
Anything for a hit, any sin to pay for it
For that next bowl, he'd sell his soul
Spiral to destruction, it's too late to break the spell
He wants the ride to stop on the freight train straight to hell
Without the truth he'll never find in a dungeon of his lies
His cause of death, high speed on burnt ice
Always looking at the ground, a broken, beaten man
Memories of his family are calling after him
He can hardly thing, hardly walk
Phone keeps ringing, he can't talk
With just one hit the pain would go away
But he's dead if he does
Shadow people follow him everywhere he goes
Looking over his shoulder, the paranoia grows
Musicians

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