Obey The Call
Megadeth
2026
Duration: 4:21
Track number: 8
Times played live: 0
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari, Dirk Verbeuren
Theme
A dark exploration of socio-political manipulation and blind fanaticism. The track uses industrial and mechanical imagery—ghosts in the gears and blood-leaking war machines—to describe how empires are built on 'molten lead' and 'coded lies'. It serves as a stark warning about the inevitability of collapse when reason is replaced by unquestioning obedience to false crusaders.
Lyrics
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
A cracked horizon
And silent screams
There's burned-out cities
That haunt my dreams
And there's ghosts in the gears
Of the war machine
It feeds on faith
But it bleeds gasoline
[Chorus]
And the pawns will rise
And empires fall
As the days unwind
Obey the call
[Verse 2]
False crusaders
Dressed in red
And they write their laws
With molten lead
Frostbitten prayers
And coded lies
As we march down the path
Where all reason dies
[Chorus]
And the pawns will rise
And empires fall
As the days unwind
Obey the call
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
And the pawns will rise
And empires fall
As the days unwind
Obey the call
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Obey the call!
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