holy wars...the punishment due

Singer:megadeth

brother will kill brother

spilling blood across the land

killing for religion

something i don't understand

fools like me who cross the sea

and come to foreign lands

ask the sheep for their beliefs

do you kill on god's command?

a country that's divided

surely will not stand

my past erased

no more disgrace

no foolish naive stand

the end is near

it's crystal clear

part of the master plan

don't look now to israel

it might be your homelands

holy wars

up on my podium

as the

know-it-all scholar

down in my seat of judgement

gavel's bang

uphold the law

up on my soapbox

a leader

out to change the world

down in my pulpit as the holier-than-thou

could-be-messenger of god

wage the war on organized crime

sneak attacks

rappel down the rocks

behind the lines

some people risk to employ me

some people live to destroy me

either way they die

they die

they killed my wife and my baby

with hopes to enslave me

first mistake

last mistake

paid by the alliance

to slay all the giants

next mistake

no more mistakes

fill the cracks in with judicial granite

because i don't say it

don't mean i ain't thinking it

next thing you know

they'll take my thoughts away

i know what i said now i must scream

of the overdose and the lack of mercy killings

mercy killings

mercy killings

killings

killings

killings

next thing you know they'll take my thoughts away

Lyric Context: holy wars...the punishment due - megadeth