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 



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 

Higher 

Higher 

Higher 

Back in the day 

You weren't there 

It doesn't matter 

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