Sitting up, late at night
I tiptoe through the darkness
Cold as hell, black as spades
Aware of my immediate surrounding
In my place I escape up into my hideout
Hiding from everyone
My friends all say,
"Dave you're mental anyway" hey!
Drift into a deeper state
I stalk the cobwebbed stairways
Dirt grits between my feet
The stair creaks, I precariously sneak
Hypnosis guides my hand
I slipside through the walkways
Sit in granny's rockin' chair
Memories are whirling by, yeah
Reminisce in the attic
Lucretia waits impatiently
Cobwebs make me squint
The cobra so eloquently glints
Moonbeams surge through the sky
The crystal ball's energized
Surely that like the cat waiting
Lucretia rocks away
I tiptoe through the darkness
Cold as hell, black as spades
Aware of my immediate surrounding
Hiding from everyone
My friends all say,
"Dave you're mental anyway" hey!
I stalk the cobwebbed stairways
Dirt grits between my feet
The stair creaks, I precariously sneak
I slipside through the walkways
Sit in granny's rockin' chair
Memories are whirling by, yeah
Lucretia waits impatiently
Cobwebs make me squint
The cobra so eloquently glints
The crystal ball's energized
Surely that like the cat waiting
Lucretia rocks away
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Lucretia is a ghost that lives in Dave Mustaines attic that Dave hangs around with sometimes. He sneaks up late at night so no-one thinks he's crazy.
Megadeth's intros fucking rule, and this song's intro is one of the best. Goddamn, when I'm in my car listening to RIP, I can't help but turning it up at this part.
Um. This is kinda weird, because my middle name is Lucretia. Same spelling and everything.
The crystal ball's energized Surely that like the cat waiting
this peace reminds me of a witch witches and ghost are in the same catagory, so i still go with CJF. interesting though is that i am only starting to find out the meanings behind songs now that i play song, and in the meanwhile read the lyrics i'm not englis, so it helps a lot:)
Yeah Cause He's friends all say "Dave ur mental anyway"..!! HEY..
2 comment????!!!!! whaa? HOW???? this is one of the few great songs where Marty Friedman, thrash legend, showcases his full potential. Not to mention the vocals, which is pretty catchy, but really hard to understand
I just wonder if mustaine's serious about this 'ghost' thing...
maybe he's all fucked up on drugs when he wrote this song? it is so Dave you know
So, someone pegs the true meaning and the others just throw it out the window because Dave did drugs? What a social cliche. CJF has it perfect. Are you people on so many drugs you can't see that? Nevermind, I already know the answer to that.
I love the 'hey' !! So great....
This is my favorite song off of RIP!