Megadeth - Sweating Bullets (Original Version)

Artist: Megadeth
Song: Sweating Bullets
Album: Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Genre/ Style: Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Groove Metal
Label: Capitol Records
Producer: Max Norman and Dave Mustaine
Released: July 14, 1992
Recorded: January 6 – April 28, 1992
Studio: The Enterprise in Burbank, California

Countdown to Extinction is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on July 14, 1992, through Capitol Records. It was the group's second studio release to feature the "classic" lineup of Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, David Ellefson and Nick Menza, with all of them contributing to songwriting on the album. The album features some of the band's best known songs such as "Symphony of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets", and "Skin o' My Teeth", which enjoyed significant chart success and made a great musical impact

Megadeth:
Dave Mustaine – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, producer
David Ellefson – bass, backing vocals
Marty Friedman – lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Nick Menza – drums, backing vocals

Production:
Max Norman – producer, mixing, engineering
Fred Kelly, Jr. – engineering, mixing
Micajah Ryan – additional engineer

Artwork:
Hugh Syme – art direction, design
Tommy steele – creative direction
Cameron Wong – photography of cover elements
Chris Cufarro – band photography
John Taylor Dismukes – logo rendering

Management
Laffitte Entertainment Division – management
Andy Somers – US booking agent
ICM – UK booking agency
Ziffren, Brittenham & Branca – Legal
Siegel & Feldstein – business management


Lyrics:
Hello me, meet the real me
And my misfit's way of life
A dark, black past is my
Most valued possession

Hindsight is always 20-20
But looking back, it's still a bit fuzzy
Speak of mutually assured destruction?
Nice story, tell it to Reader's Digest!

Feeling paranoid
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me
And my air is getting thin

I'm in trouble for the things
I haven't got to yet
I'm chomping at the bit
And my palms are getting wet
Sweating bullets

Hello me, it's me again
You can subdue, but never tame me
It gives me a migraine headache
Sinking down to your level

Yeah, just keep on thinking it's my fault
And stay an inch or two outta kicking distance
Mankind has got to know
His limitations

Feeling claustrophobic
Like the walls are closing in
Blood stains on my hands
And I don't know where I've been

I'm in trouble for the things
I haven't got to yet
I'm sharpening the axe
And my palms are getting wet
Sweating bullets

I hear it in here...
Blood stains on my...
The big axe...

Sweating, sweating, sweating, sweating, sweating, sweating

Well me, it's nice talking to myself
A credit to dementia
Some day you too will know my pain
And smile its "black-tooth grin"

If the war inside my head
Won't take a day off I'll be dead
My icy fingers claw your back
Here I come again

Feeling paranoid
True enemy or false friend?
Anxiety's attacking me
And my air is getting thin

Feeling claustrophobic
Like the walls are closing in
Blood stains on my hands
And I don't know where I've been

Once you committed me
Now you've acquitted me
Claiming validity
For your stupidity

I'm chomping at the bit
I'm sharpening the axe
Here I come again, whoa!
Sweating bullets

Songwriters: D. Mustaine

Megadeth - Sweating Bullets © Mustaine Music, Capitol Records