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{{Music Reconstruction|file=Megadeth-Wake-Up-Dead.mp3|caption=Megadeth - Wake Up Dead}}

''Wake Up Dead'' starts with an {{def|elevation||0:3.6-0:5.6}} {{def|incremented|increment|0:6.5-0:7.9}} several times.

However, this {{ref|elevation}} is quickly antagonized by, first,  descending micro-intervals that {{def|weigh|weight|0:50.1-0:51.75}} its steps down and, then, completely {{def|diverge||1:3-1:4.4}} from it by {{def|rooting|root|1:5.5-1:6.5}} it to a baseline tone.

In the next round of iterations, a {{def|counter-{{ref|weight}}|counterweight|1:46.5-1:48.2}} is virally {{def|propagated||1:56-1:58.3}} by suffixing {{ref|weight}} with {{def|proto-{{ref|elevation}}|protoelevation|2:16.28-2:17}}.

Ultimately, a {{ref|counter-{{ref|weight}}|counterweight|2:28-2:30.2}} {{ref|incrementally|increment}} {{def|leads|lead}}, despite an intervening {{ref|divergence|diverge|2:31.5-2:32.75}}, to an {{def|{{ref|elevated|elevation}} {{ref|counter-{{ref|weight}}|counterweight}}|elevated counterweight|2:33-2:34}}.

In an unexpected development, a {{ref|rooting|root|2:39.8-2:41.4}} motif then announces a {{def|synthesis||2:42-2:43.5}} of {{ref|elevation}} with {{ref|divergence|diverge}}, where {{ref|counter-{{ref|weights|weight}}|counterweight|}} (which represent {{ref|elevation}}) propagate internally within a {{ref|rooting|root}} motif. The {{def|high note||2:44-2:45.2}} of the synthetic motif finalizes both key aspects of the synthesis: it gives a cadence to the rhythmic structure of the {{ref|rooting|root}} motif, and it tonally realizes the {{ref|lead}} implied by the {{ref|counter-{{ref|weights|weight}}|counterweight|}}, bringing closure to the constant one-upmanship between {{ref|elevation}} and {{ref|divergence|diverge}}.

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