[Verse 1]

Initiate blood purge

Coalition in massacre

Mechanized, high-tech

Wholesale death in effect

Mutually assured

Destruction will occur

Genocide revised

Same pain through diverse eyes

[Pre-Chorus]

Can't stop the warring factions

Can't stop the warring factions

Can't stop the warring factions

[Chorus 1]

Hostile from the start

Always war, always

Ending bitter peace

[Verse 2]

Not the last third war

Blood spills forevermore

Patriot hard line

Lay siege till the end of time

[Bridge]

No longer kill your brother

Just slaughter one another

Watch for the deadly other

This sibling is a fucker

[Pre-Chorus]

Can't stop the warring factions

Can't stop the warring factions

[Chorus 2]

Global tension starts aggression

Peace breaks out, then

Breeds contempt, unrest

[Lead: Hanneman/King]

[Verse 3]

Without a reason to fight

A time to kill

Sick lust for skeletal flesh

A taste for all decay

Enter the soldier blind

Stalking the faceless hunt

There is no conscience in this world

That can be reached for peace

[Verse 4]

Why face the human question?

The need to hate

Dead stare through cynical eyes

A trust in only pain

Murder within the skin

Engrave the art of war

Become death's vile parade

March on, embrace the violent mind

[Pre-Chorus]

Can't stop the warring factions

Can't stop the warring factions

[Chorus 2]

Global tension starts aggression

Peace breaks out, then

Breeds contempt, unrest

[Outro]

One cryptic reason for life: murder