[This song is] about how we all try hard to stay young. Time is relentless. Sometimes people age overnight. Some time ago I met a girl I used to know. She had been incredibly beautiful and young back then. I was completely shocked as I saw her again, because she had become old and wrinkled, and she...
[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
Time: The Beginning was written by David Ellefson & Dave Mustaine.
Time: The Beginning was produced by Dann Huff & Dave Mustaine.
Megadeth released Time: The Beginning on Tue Aug 31 1999.