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This song is about people becoming dumber because of their computers.
It’s very anti-computer and I’m very computer literate. A lot of it has to do with the deprogramming of people who get in front of their computers and they turn in to imbeciles.
—Dave Mustaine
[Verse 1]
Anonymous existence
Rendered useless to mankind
Destroy the logic volume
In the confines of the mind
Enmassed and purposeless
Marching in a perfect line
Neo-neuro torture
Mental meltdown, a heinous crime
[Chorus]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
Mastermind
[Verse 2]
Invade the core of souls
To wipe the lives away
Design vacant beings
Welcome the inhuman race
Encrypted horror codes
Directive psyche overwrite
Processing brains to pabulum
Delete and format living drives
[Chorus]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
Mastermind, I tell you what's real
[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]
[Verse 3]
Hail to the power age
Lest the viral hour comes
Raise the flag of voltage
Bow to circuitry unknown
Kneel before the processor
Lords of static laugh
Electrons in submission
You must know who I am
[Bridge]
I tell you what to think
I don't care what you thought
I tell you what to get
I don't care what you got
I tell you what to think
I don't care what you thought
I tell you what to get
I don't care, I don't care what you got
[Outro]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
(I don't care what you got)
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
(I don't care, I don't care what you got)
Mastermind, subject!
Mastermind was written by Dave Mustaine.
Mastermind was produced by Dann Huff & Dave Mustaine.
Megadeth released Mastermind on Tue Jun 17 1997.