Do Heavy Metal

A música - o Metal em especial - é muito importante na minha vida. Na verdade, até já foi mais. Sinal que estou envelhecendo, talvez vocês pensem. Mas o fato é que sempre tive a sensação que o Metal nunca sairia da minha vida, desde adolescente. E eu estava certo. Ainda que eu tenha trocado as revistas Rock Brigade pelos livros de Direito, Filosofia, Finanças e outros mais, escutar Metal é uma emoção sempre forte e que não dá para ser colocada em palavras. Está bem, as letras nem sempre são aquilo que poderia ser chamado de primazia literária, mas a energia da música me influencia de forma ímpar; não há outra coisa igual.

Mas essas palavras não farão sentido para alguns de vocês. "It doesn't matter anyway, because you wouldn't understand", como diz a letra da música abaixo. Mas eu sei que outros irão entender perfeitamente. Como Ingrid, Rômulo e João, pessoas a quem dedico esse texto. Pois nunca vai ser suficiente. Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh.

lml

MEGADETH - The System Has Failed (2004)
"Back In The Day"

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 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

Live 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
[Solo - Poland]

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
[Solo - Poland]
Higher
[Solo - Mustaine]
Higher
[Solo - Poland]
Higher
[Solo - Mustaine]
Back in the day
[Solo - Mustaine]
You weren't there
[Solo - Mustaine]
It doesn't matter
[Solo - Mustaine]
Because you wouldn't understand

This is our way of life
A life that was born free
To fellow orders how to live
Was never meant to be
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

Peals of thunder, sheets of lightening
The power hits the stage
The music was exciting
The mania raged
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

We all had the fever
Our ears started to ring
Feeding the wildfire
Consuming everything
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

Metals king back then
Still to this day
Others imitate or challenge
But it never goes away
Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh