This song is about homelessness and poverty in America: Ain't got no job, ain't got no smoke Aint got a car, his life's a joke The subject of the song has apparently lost his job ("Used to call the shots, now he can't connect the dots"), and while he grows despondent looking for a new one, he spends what money he has left on drugs: He's about to lose his lifeline He's looking for the headlines Sniffin' up the white lines Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine could relate: He lived an itinerant youth in poverty and struggled with drug addiction.
Megadeth made a video for "Breadline" using footage of actual homeless people and their hardscrabble environments. Directed by John Richards, they debuted it on their official website, which was a technical challenge in 2000 due to bandwidth restrictions. Footage from the video was later used in a public service announcement for the National Homeless Coalition.
Megadeth did their part to help the hungry by supporting America's Second Harvest. They contributed the song "Insomnia" to a compilation called Music 4 Food that was distributed on college campuses in 1999 in exchange for food donations.
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