Sudden Death Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Nethero 

Cover art for Sudden Death lyrics by Megadeth

Don't you guys realizing this song is a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne? It's pretty obvious

"His evil highness born from disaster"

Ozzy's band, Black Sabbath, used to be a blues band called Earth, but then he turned evil and formed the first metal band in existence.

"Set free from beneath the depths of hell"

Ozzy is the Prince Of Darkness after all. In fact Prince Of Darkness is another song that Dave wrote as a Homage to Ozzy, so you can tell this isn't the first time he wrote a song like this

"The beast is genetically programmed"

Normal people would be dead by the time they hit Ozzy's age due to all the drugs and alcohol he's had, but Ozzy is strangely still alive. This is Dave's theory for why that is.

"Now death descends upon you Like a bloody white dove"

I'm sure we all remember that time Ozzy bit the head of a Dove.

Now that I've cleared up the meaning of this song, I'm sure you are all ever so greatful. I'll be modest though, because I only explain these things to people because I can. Your welcome!

(Or maybe I just made all of that up :P)

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