BACK
IN THE DAY
(Music &
Lyrics - Mustaine)
Where were you when it happened?
Where could you be found?
Were you at the front of the stage?
Or in the underground
From SF out to Old Bridge
NY back to LA
The world of metal changed forever
Back in the day
Well that was back in the day
And if you weren't there
It doesn't matter anyway
Because you wouldn't understand
Lie to die and die to play
Every day and place
Leave a path of metal
Across the world from stage to stage
Well that was back in the day
And if you weren't there
It doesn't matter anyway
Because you wouldn't understand
In denim and leather
We were all part of one force
Knocked Rock and Roll on its ass
And put metal on the course
Higher!
Higher!
Higher!
Higher!
Back in the day
You weren't there
It doesn't mater
Because you wouldn't understand
This is our way of life
A life that was born free
To follow orders how to live
Was never meant to be
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Peals of thunder, sheets of lighting
The power hits the stage
The music was exciting
The mania raged
On, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
We all had the fever
Our ears started to ring
Feeding this wildfire
Consuming everything
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh
Metal's King back then
And still is this today
Others imitate or challenge
But it never goes away
On, oh-oh, oh-oh |
SOMETHING
THAT I'M NOT
(Music &
Lyrics - Mustaine)
Your mind tells you that you've lost
your confidence
You're drifting and ya don't believe
in anyone
To lose what little you have left
to be proud of
Afraid you can't do this again,
ah!
You said that nothing come in-between
us
The way of getting things we wanted
done
Then enissophobia held you under
its influence
Until you compromised your style
Everything about you has been one
big charade
What will you do now that the well's
run dry? Cry?
To sell out all your friends and
stab them in the back
It's something that you are; it's
something that I'm not
When you forced me into doing what
you love
Mark my words no one loves you very
much, yeah mark em'
And when you tried to change me
and tried to replace me
I couldn't help but end just hating
you, hmm!
Being a fraud can only last so long,
you should know
Till what ya sensed as a child returns,
you little baby
To choke out the voice that told
ya “money and the fame”
Would fill the crater that you dug
for yourself
Unlike you I'm no vision to myself,
lest you forget
You didn't ever make metal, buddy;
metal made you
To crush and run over everyone along
the way
It's something that you are; it's
something that I'm not
A stranger to yourself, ha! ya pissed
me off again
I won't be driven by your needs
anymore
What you'd become to do or be is
clear to see for me
It's something that you are; something
that I'm not
It makes me sick to hear you say
you “love me”
I know you only love what I can
do for you
If you were the one that was leading
the charge
Would you notice if I missed a day
or two? But that's impossible!
We all laughed at the parodies that
you'd become
Now your pain slowly paid back has
begun
So, accept my resignation, or in
your words “betrayal”
Before it gets much worse, end this
self-sabotage
Something that I'm not, something
that you are, something I'm not
Something that I'm not, something
that you are, something I'm not
Something that you are, something
I'm not, yet |