Rust in Peace
The lyrics on the album are about many topics, such as religion, politics, war, Mustaine's trouble with drugs and alcohol abuse, UFO theories, and the Punisher. The first song on the album, "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due", is inspired by The Troubles. Mustaine has said that when he was at a concert in Antrim, he found fake Megadeth shirts being sold. However, when he was told that the money from the shirts was going to "The Cause", he allowed the fake shirts to continue to be sold. This was because he was told "The Cause" was a group of people that were keeping peace. Mustaine played "Anarchy in the U.K." in support of it. This made the people at the show start rioting. The band had to travel in a bulletproof bus after the show. These events gave Mustaine the idea to make the song.