When the power chords come crashing down
Go tearing through my senses
It's for the strong, not for the weak
In light and dark dimension

It stimulates, regenerates
It's therapeutic healing
It lifts our feet up off the ground
And blasts us through the ceiling

Between the eyes
I hear it screaming
And it electrifies
Your inner feelings

Hot shock waves charge the air
All heads are banging
Fists pumping everywhere
Guitars are cranking

Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?

Ten thousands lights come blazing down
With razor sharp precision
The speakers pour out molten steel
The beat gives double vision

An armor plated raging beast
That's born of steel and leather
It will survive against all odds
Stampeding on forever

Between the eyes
I hear it screaming
And it electrifies
Your inner feelings

Hot shock waves charge the air
All heads are banging
Fists pumping everywhere
Guitars are cranking

Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?

Heavy metal (metal)
Heavy metal (metal)
What do you want?

Hot shock waves charge the air
All heads are banging
Fists pumping everywhere
Guitars are cranking

Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?

Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?

Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?
Heavy metal
Heavy metal, what do you want?

Heavy metal


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Heavy Metal Lyrics as written by Kenneth Downing Glenn Raymond Tipton

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    as Jonfool said it's a description of what Heavy Metal is.

    That moment when a song starts, you may not like the band but you know the genre and a part of you feels the beat and fury.

    For me I was 8 years old I listened to Adam & The Ants who had some pretty fierce songs themselves (loved the Burrundi drumming style) and then I heard it -

    Motorhead's Motorhead and my music taste changed forever.

    This song is in many way just as potent

    Terencejon June 25, 2019   Link

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