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Megadeth

Breadline

Release date: 30th August 1999

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‘Breadline’ by Megadeth is a 1999 track from the album ‘Risk’. The lyrics sketch a bleak street-level portrait of someone without work, money or direction, living “on the skids” while pretending everything is fine. There is a sense of drift and disconnection, with no one to keep them tethered and nothing left to hold on to, as the wording circles back to being poised at the edge. The chorus opens with an urgent, breathless lift, before the song returns to the image of life stretched thin, spent on the breadline.

"Breadline" is a track by Megadeth, from the album Risk, released 30th August 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

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Megadeth

Megadeth

Lyrics

Breadline

[Verse 1]

Ain't got no job, ain't got no smoke

Ain't got a car, his life's a joke

Living on the skids, thinks the world's just fine

Forgot what he did, dancin' on the breadline

[Pre-Chorus]

No one there to bind him

Nothin' to remind him

Nowhere left to find him

[Chorus]

Ooh, about to lose his lifeline

He's dancin' on the breadline

[Verse 2]

Forgot who he is, forgot who he was

Used to call the shots, now he can't connect the dots

Mmm, a mover and shaker, getting closer to his maker

Lower than a hemline, dancin' on the breadline

[Pre-Chorus]

No one there to bind him

Nothin' to remind him

Nowhere left to find him

Nowhere...

[Chorus]

Ooh, about to lose his lifeline

He's lookin' for a headline

Ooh, sniffin' up the white lines

He's dancin' on the breadline

He's dancin' on the breadline

[Bridge]

Watch him dance on the breadline

Watch him dance

[Chorus]

Ooh, about to lose his lifeline

He's lookin' for a headline

Ooh, sniffin' up the white lines

He's dancin' on the breadline

Ooh, about to lose his lifeline

He's dancin' on the breadline

Yeah...

[Outro]

No one, nothing, nowhere

Dancin' on the breadline

Dancin' on the breadline

He forgot and he ain't got nothin'

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Track details

From Risk

1999
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Risk
Risk
Megadeth
18th August 1999
Release year
1999
  1. —Duke Nukem Theme
  2. —Ecstasy
  3. —Enter the Arena
  4. —Seven
  5. —The Doctor Is Calling
  6. —Time: The Beginning
  7. —Time: The End
  8. —Wanderlust
  9. —Breadline
  10. —I'll Be There
  11. —Prince of Darkness

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Writer
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Drums
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