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System of a Down

War? (Live at Irving Plaza, 1999)

Release date: 29th June 1999

From System of a Down (Deluxe)

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"War? (Live at Irving Plaza, 1999)" is a track by System of a Down, from the album System of a Down (Deluxe), released 29th June 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

War? (Live at Irving Plaza, 1999)

[Verse 1: Serj Tankian]

Dark is the light, the man you fight with all your prayers, incantations

Running away, a trivial day of judgment and deliverance

To whom was sold this bounty soul, a gentile or a priest?

Who victored over the Seljuks when the holy land was taken?

[Chorus: Serj Tankian]

We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

[Verse 2: Serj Tankian]

Was it the riches of the land, powers of bright darkness

That lead the nobles to the East to fight the heathens

[Chorus: Serj Tankian]

We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

[Post-Chorus: Serj Tankian]

Now, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

Now, we will fight the heathens, we

[Bridge: Serj Tankian]

We must call upon our bright darkness

Beliefs, they're the bullets of the wicked

One was written on the sword

For you must enter a room to destroy it, destroy it, destroy it

No International security, no call of the righteous man

Needs a reason to kill a man, history teaches us so

The reason he must attain must be approved by his God

His child, partisan brother of war

[Pre-Chorus: Serj Tankian]

Of war, we don’t speak anymore

Of war, we don't speak anymore

Of war, we don't speak anymore

Of war, we don’t speak anymore

[Chorus: Serj Tankian]

We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

We will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

[Post-Chorus: Serj Tankian]

Now, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

Now, we will fight the heathens, we will fight the heathens

[Outro: Daron Malakian]

We're System of a Down, and whether you wanna fuck, or you wanna suck, they're gonna kill us!

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From System of a Down (Deluxe)

1999

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System of a Down

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Credits

Writer: Andy Khachaturian, Daron Malakian, Serj Tankian
Producer: Dave Sardy, System of a Down
Engineer: Doug Henderson
Bass: SHAVO
Drums: John Dolmayan
Guitar: Daron Malakian
Vocals: Serj Tankian
Credited: Various Artists
Mastering Engineer: Vlado Meller
Mixing Engineer: Dave Sardy