Avenged Sevenfold - This Means War

Hide my face again, harbor in the shadows
Feel this weight of sin, hammering away
Die - with the guilt of a thousand AWOL* soldiers
Die - watch the scythe usher me astray

I can't go on this way - Not as I am today
The ugly side of me is strong
Take aim a loaded gun - Pull back on all who run
A coward's truth inside the wrong

This Means War
This Means War
This Means War

Lash your tongue of bane carry me to nowhere
Mental holocaust battle never ends
Lie - mask the pain of a child who's forsaken
Lie - to myself praise the new regime

I left me long ago - Reasons you'll never know
No one to miss me when I'm gone
With no more words to say - No argument to stay
Another post I don't belong

This Means War
This Means War
This Means War
This Means War
This Means War

No home to call my own - No finding someone new
No one to break the fall - No one to see me through
No name to carry on - No promise for today
No one to hear the call - No tattered flag to raise

Walk the razor's edge, cut into the madness
Question all you trust, buy into the fear
I - see the man ripping at my soul now
I - I know the man, I know him all too well

There's nothing here for free - Lost who I want to be
My serpent blood can strike so cold
On any given day - I'll take it all away
Another thought I can't control

This Means War
This Means War
This Means War
This Means War
This Means War

* AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) Określenie używane w siłach zbrojnych USA w stosunku do żołnierza lub członka personelu wojskowego, który opuścił swój posterunek bez zgody dowódcy (przeważnie wiąże się to z niewykonaniem powierzonego mu rozkazu).