“Rust in Peace… Polaris” is the closing and titular track from Rust in Peace. At first, called “Child Saint,” it was written by Dave Mustaine before 1983, long before he had even formed Megadeth.The lyrics are from the point of view of a nuclear missile called Polaris. When the missile is launched, it will destroy many lives and maybe even terminate humanity, but the lyrics ultimately predict that there will be peace with the aphorism, “The warheads will all rust in peace”.Mustaine intended the song to be the “grand finale” of the album, so there is no guitar solo on the track, just a few quick lead guitar notes in the beginning to set the mood.
Lyrics of Polaris
Tremble you weaklings, cower in fear
I am your ruler, land, sea and air
Immense in my girth, erect, I stand tall
I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris
Ready to pounce at the touch of a button
My systems locked in on military gluttons
I rule on land, air, and sea
Pass judgment on humanity
Winds blow from the bowels of hell
Will we get warning? Only time will tell
Satan rears his ugly head to spit into the wind
I spread disease like a dog
Discharge my payload a mile high
Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
Launch the Polaris, the end doesn't scare us
When will this cease?
The warheads will all rust in peace!
Bomb shelters filled to the brim
Survival such a silly whim
World leaders sell missiles cheap
Your stomach turns, your flesh creeps
High priest of holocaust, fire from the sea
Nuclear winter spreading disease
The day of final conflict all will pay the price
The third world war rapes peace, takes life
Back to the start, talk of the part
When the earth was cold as ice
Total dismay as the sun passed away
And the days were black as night
Eradication of Earth's population loves Polaris