Looking Down the Cross
Megadeth * Track #7 On Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
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Looking Down the Cross by Megadeth
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Performed by
MegadethProduced by
Karat Faye & Dave MustaineWrited by
Dave MustaineAbout
This song is about the last thoughts of Jesus Christ before being crucified.
Explanations of the content of this song frequently reference the controversial Martin Scorcese film The Last Temptation of Christ, and it is possible the song and movie were inspired by the same novel. The book and the mo...
Looking Down the Cross Lyrics
[Guitar Solo]
[Intro]
Woah-oh, yeah
Now before they take me and my blessed life
Now you'll know why Deth was summoned here tonight
I'll recall my perils; they'll kill me in pride
No, I can't run away; there's no place to hide
Whoa-oh...
[Verse 1]
Though too much to live for, I owe enough to die
Ask not for salvation, my death shall mean their lives
Hatred and guilt, the altar they've built; high priests of sin
Destiny, fate, the wicked one's gate beckoning you in
Beckoning you in
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 2]
Down the walkways, through the blood-stained town
Looking down the cross, bleeding from the crown
Led to stay, to die beside the thieves
Kill the king of the world to be
[Verse 3]
And now to you, this will come a putrefying pestilence
More noxious than the serpent's breath, malevolently destined
More corrupt than the malice of Choronzon
More disease than the wind of the moonlight sun
Putrefaction you have caused, no need for confession
[Verse 4]
Now you wish you had a god to stop your demolition
Crushing the bones of the hundred-folds
Swinging the judgement hammer
Man, woman, child, no one is safe
The heads of the dead are the banner
[Verse 5]
And this was all you got, so don these broken wings
The sands of time run out, bells of Hades ring
Is this a nightmare to unhallow thy name?
Smell of brimstone dancing in the flames
No help now as you fulfill his task
Chief of evil has got you by the ass
Set free to sit upon the throne
Just a dream? You're weeping all alone!
[Guitar Solo]
[Outro]
Looking down the cross, speak no evil
I'm looking down the cross, speak no evil
Looking down the cross, speak no evil
I'm looking down the cross, speak no evil
Whoa-oh-oh...
Looking Down the Cross Q&A
Who wrote Looking Down the Cross's ?
Looking Down the Cross was written by Dave Mustaine.
Who produced Looking Down the Cross's ?
Looking Down the Cross was produced by Karat Faye & Dave Mustaine.
When did Megadeth release Looking Down the Cross?
Megadeth released Looking Down the Cross on Wed Jun 12 1985.
What did Megadeth say about "Looking Down the Cross"?
This song was what I imagined might possibly have been the last words of Christ. Similar to the movie, The Last Temptation of Christ. I have my own interpretation of what it may have been like to have been Jesus and what he may have been thinking at the time of his death. I know this could be interp...
What has David Ellefson said about the song?
This was one of my favorite songs that Dave was working on when I first met him. It originally had a working title of “Speak No Evil” and was played at a real slow menacing tempo. The whole fingerboard tapping advent was in full swing at that time but Dave had an original approach in that he would a...