Lyrics:

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, yeah
No happy end in fairy land
Don't misperceive
They say, 'Get real and here's the deal
You're going 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 (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
Energizing and vitalizing
We're standing strong
Rain or shine, we'll hold the line
We'll carry on
Raise the flag
Raise the flag of metal
Raise the flag
Raise the flags of metal
Raise the flag (c'mon and raise the flag)
Raise the flag of metal (yeah)
Raise the flag
The flag of heavy metal