Back in the Day

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

Well that was back in the day

And if you weren't there

It doesn't matter anyway

Because you wouldn't understand

[Verse 2]

Live to die and die to play

Every day and place

Leave a path of metal

Across the world from stage to stage

[Chorus]

Well that was back in the day

And if you weren't there

It doesn't matter anyway

Because you wouldn't understand

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

In denim and leather

We were all part of one force

Knocked rock and roll on its ass

And put metal on the course

[Bridge]

Higher! Higher!

Higher! Higher!

[Chorus]

Back in the day

You weren't there

It doesn't matter

Because you wouldn't understand

[Verse 4]

This is 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

[Verse 5]

Peals of thunder, sheets of lightning

The power hits the stage

The music was exciting

The mania raged

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

[Verse 6]

We all had the fever

Our ears started to ring

Feeding this wildfire

Consuming everything

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

[Verse 7]

Metals king back then

And still to this day

Others imitate or challenge

But it never goes away

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

[Instrumental Outro]