You put your faith in Christianity
I put mine in artillery
My M-16, my lord and savior
Christ never done me a motherfucking favor

[Chorus]
Pay for all of those in pain
For those who died in vain
Scars from battle nevermore
Still we march off to
War
War
War
War is my shepherd

Hate it if we can't comprehend it
Kill it if we don't understand it
Pray to god and your fate is sealed
As you die alone in the killing fields

[Chorus]

Farwell, Graham and Farahkahn
They need god, I need napalm
Praise the lord and pass the ammunition
My sermon is my demolition

War
War is
War is my
War is my shepherd


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War is my Shepherd Lyrics as written by Steven Michael Souza Gary Holt

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    First off, awesome song. I think it's about people starting war for pointless reasons and being proud of it.

    mgbon February 17, 2006   Link
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    this is my favorite song ever i think its about how war and religion both fuck up the world

    linchpinon November 20, 2006   Link
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    This is FUCKING great thrash! Pretty simple structured but wauv..

    moptehon January 16, 2007   Link
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    ok any song tryin to be hardcord about the lord is gay

    xsteadyxasxyouxgoxon January 16, 2007   Link
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    The idea of the LORD himself is pretty gay. Anyway great song.

    Black_Sabathon June 07, 2008   Link
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    IMO the song is about those that are gung-ho to go to war and they put their faith into their weaponry as opposed to god.

    Anyhow great song

    Poison_Eyeon June 22, 2009   Link
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    This song is TOTALLY about My Little Pony Friendship is Magic sparkly glitter-pink bedspread and fairy princess enchantment.

    This song is so THRASH I want to ask my mommy to buy me a pretty dolly tea-set cuz' I like to have tea parties with all my animals and invite my best friends and after that we get to play horsie races and its super FUN ! Does your mommy let you do that too?

    NomadMonadon May 24, 2012   Link

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