Megadeth

Released: August 31, 1999

Songwriter: David Ellefson Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Father time, I'm running late
I'm winding down, I'm growing tired
Seconds drift into the night
The clock just ticks 'til my time expires
You were once my friend
Now I know I can't tie your hands

[Verse 2]
The days I saved I couldn't spend
They fell like sand through the hourglass
No time to lose, no time to choose

[Chorus]
Time taking time, it's taken mine
Scenes of my life seem so unkind
Time chasing time creeps up behind
I can't run forever
And time waits for no one
Not even me

[Verse 3]
An enemy I can't defend
My final days, a deadly end
Life is just a speck in space
Dreams of an eternal resting place
I can't get any younger
Time has brutal hunger

[Chorus]
Time taking time, it's taken mine
Scenes of my life seem so unkind
Time chasing time creeps up behind
I can't run forever
And time waits for no one
Waits for no one
Not even me

After being kicked out of Metallica, Dave Mustaine decided to form a Thrash Metal band that not only rivaled his former band, but played faster, more technical Metal. Along with bassist David ‘Junior’ Ellefson and a revolving door of guitarists and drummers, Mustaine set the world afire as Megadeth became known as the world’s state-of-the-art Speed Metal band throughout the 80s and the early 90s. One of the Big Four of Thrash Metal, Megadeth remains one of Metal’s most popular acts today.

However, Dave Mustaine’s fledgling band got off to a shaky start. Initially unable to find like-minded individuals, it was not until an altercation with his (underage) downstairs neighbours Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt, that led to him buying them beer and forming the first incarnation of the band with drummer Dijon Carruthers in 1983.

The band was named after a political pamphlet that referred to a “megadeath” (one million deaths by nuclear explosion):

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