Back in the Day lyrics

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

New York 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

Live to die

Die to play

Every day and place

Leave a path of metal

Across a 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 a one for all-all for one force

Knocked rock n roll on it's ass

And put metal on the course

Back in the day

If you weren't there

It doesn't matter

Cause 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

Hints of thunder, seeds of lightning

The power hits the stage

The music was exciting

The mania raged

We all had the fever

Our ears started to ring

Feeding this wildfire

Consuming everything

Metal's king back then

And still is to this day

Others imitate or challenge

But it never goes away

• Artist:Megadeth
• Album:The System Has Failed (2004)