Intro

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 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

 In denim and leather we were all part of one force
 Knocked Rock and Roll on its ass and put Metal on course

 Higher! Higher! Higher! Higher!

 Back in the day... you weren't there...
 It doesn't matter... because you wouldn't understand...

 This 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, te 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 to this day
 Others imitate or challenge, but it never goes away
 Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh