“Deadly Nightshade” features a groovy menacing main-riff, originally written during the sessions in the mid-1990s by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine.
The “deadly nightshade” is a poisonous flowering plant that has a long history as a medicine, cosmetic, and poison. It is also known as “belladonna”...
[Verse 1]
Come now my lovely, won't you
Take a midnight stroll with me?
Through the misty air the things
I keep I shouldn't dare
My garden's so inviting, and its
Deadly blooms are hiding
Be careful what you touch
Lest the grave is what you lust
[Chorus]
Draw the blinds, you're getting tired
Paralyzed, don't close your eyes
Gripped with fear, your dreams become nightmares
From the deadly nightshade
[Verse 2]
Each night at midnight
Dating back into the fog of time
Another victim falls
The things I've done, the voices call
The hourglass runs out on us
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
The killers must be fed, the soil is red
Now that you're dead
[Chorus]
Draw the blinds, you're getting tired
Paralyzed, don't close your eyes
Gripped with fear, your dreams become nightmares
From the deadly nightshade
Draw the blinds, you're getting tired
Paralyzed, don't close your eyes
Gripped with fear, your dreams become nightmares
From the deadly nightshade
[Bridge]
(Delirium) Your burning throat
(Mania) Your heart rate soars
(Hallucination) Losing your mind
(Suffocation) Cannot breathe
You're going blind
[Spoken]
"I don't know what is come over me
All of a sudden, I feel like I need to lie down."
[Chorus]
Draw the blinds, you're getting tired
Paralyzed, don't close your eyes
Gripped with fear, your dreams become nightmares
From the deadly nightshade
Draw the blinds, you're getting tired
Paralyzed, don't close your eyes
Gripped with fear, your dreams become nightmares
From the deadly nightshade
[Outro]
Deadly nightshade
Deadly nightshade
Nightshade
Nightshade
Deadly Nightshade was written by Dave Mustaine.
Deadly Nightshade was produced by Johnny K & Dave Mustaine.
Megadeth released Deadly Nightshade on Tue Nov 01 2011.