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Where were you when it happened, where could you be found?

Were you at the front of the stage or in the underground?

From S.F out to Old Brit, New York to L.A

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, 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

Higher! Higher! Higher! Higher!

Ah!

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

Ah ah oh oh oh

Hints of thunder, seeds of lightning, the power hits the stage

The music was exciting, the mania raged

Ah ah oh oh oh

We all had a fever, our ears started to ring

Feeding this wildfire, consuming everything

Ah ah oh oh oh

Metal’s king back then and still is to this day

Others imitate or challenge, but it never goes away

Ah ah oh oh