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This Day We Fight! Lyrics
For this I was chosen because I fear nothing
With confidence I tread through the dead of the night
Off to another war-torn, far-away battlefield
Wherein lies a demonic enemy horde
On this day I desire to anoint my fists
Engaging them in the mode of power and war
Stopping at nothing that's short of fulfilling my destiny
Willing to die and I will, after you for what I believe
A desperate avenger striking fear in their hearts
Invading their dreams before the day even starts
Whet with your blood, I sharpen my sword
No turning the other cheek like a coward
Come tomorrow, I may lay down and die
But not this day
Sent on an unholy quest, to reduce all those who resist
To the size of their shriveled up souls and scatter them like grist
I vanquished the strangleholds that the netherworld sets for me
The last request of my life is to die killing my enemies
Bathed in blood up to the horse's bridle
It's death to retreat, there's no chance of survival
Whet with your blood, I sharpen my sword
No turning the other cheek like a coward
Come tomorrow I may lay down and die
But not this day, this day we fight!
This day we fight!
Strip the fallen heroes, finish off the wounded
Collect the spoils of war and send them back dead
This day we fight!
This day I fight!
With confidence I tread through the dead of the night
Off to another war-torn, far-away battlefield
Wherein lies a demonic enemy horde
Engaging them in the mode of power and war
Stopping at nothing that's short of fulfilling my destiny
Willing to die and I will, after you for what I believe
Invading their dreams before the day even starts
No turning the other cheek like a coward
Come tomorrow, I may lay down and die
But not this day
To the size of their shriveled up souls and scatter them like grist
I vanquished the strangleholds that the netherworld sets for me
The last request of my life is to die killing my enemies
It's death to retreat, there's no chance of survival
No turning the other cheek like a coward
Come tomorrow I may lay down and die
But not this day, this day we fight!
Collect the spoils of war and send them back dead
This day I fight!
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Your way off funeraldancer. Dave Mustaine said himself that this song is based on the speech Aragorn gave his troops before going off into battle. It's got nothing to do with drugs, the meaning is just simply "this day we fight!"
Please, be sure of the lyrics before you rip them off some bad lyrics site and post them here.
What Cygnus said.
The last request of my life is to die killing my enemies - I love that fucking line!
Great fucking song!
This song is sick as f. Straight thrash that bangs as hard as anything off KIMB... or Peace Sells. I've been reading a lot of "thoughts" on Megadeth songs recently and invariably on the vast percentage of songs I've looked at, there's one person who always has to claim that a song that is clearly not intended to be any metaphor or alusion, is about drug addiction. Like, try it for yourself if you don't believe me. And, yes...of course sometimes they're right, but THIS is not one of those times. This song is literal all day long. Citing "the demonic enemy horde" is not some strange, dramatic way of coming clean about his very serious, and almost life-ending drug addiciton 20 years prior...he more likely wrote it after finishing the Lord of Rings Triology. Come on guys...try harder.
this song is about a writer who becomes a fighter and destroys his life with drugs