Raise The Flag

Call me a loafer - call me a quitter
With a lack of use
No direction, just imperfection
Born to lose
No reputation, no education
Just make believe
No happy-end in fairyland
Don't misperceive.

They say: get real, here's the deal
Your life is down the drain
But I'm intending
To keep on standing
Against the grain.

They don't know me at all
It's the music that I'm bleeding for.

So raise the flag
Raise the flag of metal
Raise the flag
The flag of heavy metal.

It's a vibe you can't describe
If you know what I mean
No stopping, just rocking
As long as lights will gleam
Rock hard, ride free
And live it loud
I keep my thunder
Won't knuckle under
'Cause that's what life's about.

They don't know us at all
It's the music that we're bleeding for.

So raise the flag
Raise the flag of metal
Raise the flag
The flag of heavy metal.

Energising and vitalising
We're standing strong
Rain or shine, we'll hold the line
We'll carry on.

So raise the flag
Raise the flag of metal
Raise the flag
The flag of heavy metal.