Megadeth- Holy Wars lyrics

Holy Wars lyrics...........enjoy!!
I do not own anything from this video!!

[@eetuvainamo2463]

"cool guitar riff" can describe whole Megadeth discography.

[@diego432hz]

just cool friend? That's almost an insult

[@zylox_lacks_IQ]

​@@diego432hzbro might be the goat at ruining everything

[@mikewilliams4706]

He said damn near EVERYTHING EVERYONE needs to hear.

[@herrhaber9076]

I was just listening to hook in mouth. Cant say I arrived here by mistake ;)

[@zhylviawardzon1933]

YES INDEED!

[@jman2102001]

How does dave play and sing holy shit

[@Matt-cz2gv]

"sing"

[@jman2102001]

Matt would you rather I use the term "pushing air through the vocal cords, causing them to vibrate, creating sound that is then manipulated by the lips and tongue"?

[@Matt-cz2gv]

Xclusivity i actually prefer the term "sing not-actually sing". Dave is a great musician but he is not a good singer, doesnt have a proper technique. Amazing songwriter and guitarist btw and made some of the biggest thrash metal anthems

[@jman2102001]

Yeah, I just meant sing as in vocal lead, like I would call Tom Araya the *sing*er of slayer, etc.

[@Matt-cz2gv]

Xclusivity but yeah i get what you are saying, and yeah its impressive since he doesnt play 0000000000000

[@michaelgommal5078]

This song is legendary

[@francescodandria6413]

Incredibile song....WONDERFUL LYRIC AND MUSIC

[@yaqui707]

i listen to hip hop , break this down to me?

[@Justin-wu8gw]

@@yaqui707 gtfo hip hop normie

[@yaqui707]

break it down for me , the song !!!!?

[@yaqui707]

its sounds like a protest song , so what's the different when NWA say fuck the police and the system . stupid ass.

[@johnjoe4041]

I'm a metal fan and appreciate that everyone has their own and they are entitled to their own style of music. . but this blows the shit out of whats around now, out of the water! . . thanks for putting up :-)

[@PseudoWounds]

You just need to dig deeper. There are a *lot* of amazing new bands, they're just not that well-known.

[@davidburnham2519]

Dave Mustaine doesn't play around.

[@mcconfusing9961]

🤘🏻

[@alexbell8865]

Pseudo Wounds agree and disagree. There are great bands and amazing music out right now.... however. This. Something about this era of music will be immortalized. The music that is paving the way now is not this. The metal that will be looked back upon in hundreds of years WILL be this.

[@russp9630]

Yeeeeeesssss!! Old school metal is way better! 👍

[@R2I2C2K]

this is such a heavy song all around speed with meaning

[@dixiemcgee8535]

7 years ago? You still alive even?

[@DesiredEntity]

I still remember being 7, playing this on guitar hero with my wii, here i am 10 years later, still a metal head and forever will be

[@diego432hz]

get a real guitar brother and start fighting like dave and every metal band does

[@popeyedog1087]

Yup this song still applies today.

[@DominusLuna]

Prophetic for sure. True back then and true now. Man this song is fucking awesome!

[@BlackMetal2069]

DominusLuna and it was written about the irish rebellion back then

[@tcb9775]

@@robertdemeter5793 so true. The hardcore Christian churches in my town love to do plays of hell. The preacher always plays Satan.

[@dixiemcgee8535]

Still respond to comments 6 years later?

[@DominusLuna]

@@dixiemcgee8535 Just like you?

[@MissMolly3377]

And even more true, now.

[@raddryden9860]

Great song with great meanings! A country divided will fall.

[@zed8155]

Killing for religion has been the cause of most wars. There is 1 GOD for fuck sake call him ALLAH BUDDHA OR what you will YEAH. THIS WILL NEVER CHANGE. We are living through a pandemic and it's still going on. mankind will never change it's in our DNA. Animals evolve but we humans are not. Really sad........

[@Nerdy_Nihilist]

@@zed8155 You are so confused on sooo many levels. lol

[@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano]

Yes. That verse is in the Bible itself, but maybe with another words, but it certainly is there. It is God's words.

[@hornyteenager_count7mates]

currently situation is happening in USA

[@nathanbialy1425]

A song about Ireland

[@larrybuchholz7671]

listen to the words its happening all over the world as we speak

[@inphiknitfractal]

It's being deliberately pushed to happen. . Hopefully people will wake the F*@# up

[@tyrannosaurusrex26]

Unfortunately, eyes are more easily closed than opened. Always been that way, it's why change is so hard to accomplish.

[@coxucker167]

I'm pretty sure this song is about the century long battle between the Crusades and the muslims.

[@elchotocorazon]

The second part, the punishment due, is about Marvel's The Punisher

[@coxucker167]

Ohhh ok. Well cheers for the info

[@nikolageorgiev2635]

He doesn't say "Cowards", he says "Killings" and it's not "Massacres", it's "Mercy killings". Just hear! You're welcome!

[@rosyid5993]

yeah you rights

[@nikolageorgiev2635]

@@rosyid5993 I know. Thanks! XD

[@MissMolly3377]

Yes, he does.

[@gregjames2684]

Yeh , you're right , I heard it , I'm here from listening to the Michael Berry Show , 740 AM KTRH , , he's got a great talk show & he KNOWS music , Michael talked about Mega at a recent show kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWqZkqh-fJaompI & mentioned this HOLY WARS song , , yeh , pretty awesome ,

[@hankkingsley9183]

It's so easy to go get the correct lyrics... is every level of craft dead in the world now?

[@milliesunflower1864]

And the lack of mercy killings, mercy killings, mercy killings Killings killings killings NOT MASSACRES!

[@TeeheeCat]

+Milica Hetfield I kinda like the 'cowards' tho

[@jacksonbarrow5233]

on the 2004 remastered version he changed it to cowards, not killings

[@nicolasroquefort1349]

+Milica Hetfield he says mexicans! mexicans! killers! killers!....

[@hydroshock1853]

+Nicolás Roquefort not funny...

[@mxc00oox86]

You all wrong it isn't mercy killing nor massacre what he actually saying is mexicanos jajajjajajajjajaja

[@ericeaston6708]

I always knew Holy Wars was a smart song. Yet, when I read the lyrics today, I can see the song was even more smart than I realized.

[@mikepower7917]

i remember buying this album when it was just released i was 13 at the time and it still rocks !

[@andrewanderson3053]

Fuck man I wish I was 13-14 when this came out Lucky fucker lmao

[@toddsfinsdotsurf]

@@andrewanderson3053 You’re helping me appreciate how awesome music can be when you get to witness an era of it and get whalloped by legendary pieces such as Holy Wars. Just Enjoyed the hell out of karaoke for the first time in a long time thanks to this song.

[@CornholioPuppetMaster]

I was born in 1990 so I haven’t heard this song until recently. I’ve been a Metallica fan for years but never really listen to Megadeth until this song. I had a bad childhood and never really had anyone around to show me music and I was poor so I barely had a CD player and couldn’t afford CDs. I know I still have tons of good music to catch up on

[@karacrawford6472]

I was also 13 the year this album was released. I didn’t discover Megadeth until I was 15 though. The next two music purchases I made was this album and Peace Sells.

[@oldkid8811]

Fuck we are getting old

[@samporter7018]

One of the best riffs ever written

[@jaychen2000metal]

And the lack of mercy killings, killings, killings

[@warmwish0202]

Straight up masterpiece... Love it...The year is now August of 2022 and Who's out there still listening with me?

[@justilyya]

2024🗽

[@ericnormandin5354]

Best thrash metal album.....ALL TIME in my opinion!

[@ismaeles93]

It´s my opinion too

[@FaTaLKoNcEpT]

CTE and UA are not thrash albums. Those are Heavy Metal albums. Fuck off with your stupid opinions.

[@heisenburger6533]

This is trash metal lmao

[@anti-queproductionsurgenyo4212]

God bless your opinion

[@COOLIOVONJULIO-u2q]

Wrong. And Justice for all by metallica is the best thrash metal

[@dingdong6069]

This song sort of made sense to me back in 1990. I thought I understood it... but I admit teenaged self back then wasn't exactly sure. 2020 is now mere days away. This song makes PERFECT sense now.

[@AvenValkyr]

And how are we doing 3 years later??? Did you comply? Did they hit you in your sleep?

[@popeyedog1087]

And today

[@hanisaidi97]

how about these days huh ?

[@davidmeyer4656]

Released in 1990, happening in Israel right now!!

[@vikasbiliye5023]

masterpiece

[@Scyther314]

disasterpiece

[@didogobiusbentuvii]

Masterofpuppets

[@hentaigod238]

@Guitar Logan I think he meant it in a good way, since this song has like a deth vibe

[@Justin-wu8gw]

@Guitar Logan stfu

[@Icescreecher]

it cannot get more epic than this

[@marcossoriano8264]

hangar 18

[@donnagray1287]

Raiden XD hangar 18 is some super shredding, too :)

[@tylerswank3498]

there is very little songs to rival this song. The only song I can think of is Tornado of Souls

[@stevennadile2694]

Truely a symphony within a song

[@michaelarojas]

I see what you did there

[@SABOTAGEINC]

Man that song....is AWESOME!

[@timwhaleyjr3987]

This song speaks volumes to the world we live in today

[@markdelgado6984]

This applies to every era.

[@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano]

This is a real Masterpiece.

[@MrTehproworld]

You can really feel the passion and anger in Dave's voice when he's going "Cowards! Cowards! Cowards!"

[@Doyledeth]

He doesn't say, "Cowards." You can clearly hear him say, "Killings! Mercy Killings! Mercy Killings! Killings! Killings! Killings!"

[@zDialecticChaos]

you're an idiot

[@derekklein7601]

MrTehproworld you interpret 2 english words into 1 which doesn't mean the same thing. Gotta agree with fake Dave here.

[@MrTehproworld]

Derek Klein fuck you, I don't care. I don't wanna cover it exactly the same, so what?

[@Doyledeth]

MrTehproworld You have terrible excuses for your stupidity.

[@jorgemelo94]

this whole album is legendary

[@Jeremyv1980]

"Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinkin it" epic.

[@francisgabagat2291]

This whole album holds up til now. Classic line up!

[@festivecatto]

I've been singing "bunny and lion" instead of "paid by the alliance" omg

[@Shaggy._]

😂 same to lazy to look it up

[@tcb9775]

Noobs. Can I slap you both 😈

[@brendontompa-clinch2306]

Omg. Thats fuckin hilarious

[@omiome4801]

-_- add libbin mf'er lol

[@andrethomas7096]

@@tcb9775 Gawddamn

[@samporter7018]

One of the most legendary riffs

[@Maniac1607]

You sure we're listening to the same track? I never heard Dave sing "Intro" or "Solo" once.

[@donnagray1287]

Purge187 lol

[@JMHCassani]

Really?

[@eeshan3955]

Sarcasm. Look it up. PS - you're the idiot here.

[@devendrahande1099]

This is Howard University....... Want in?

[@_god_6321]

Purge187 HAHA

[@anti-queproductionsurgenyo4212]

'short solo' should be replaced by "short masterpiece"... followed by "awesome masterpiece"

[@iggytrainschannel5047]

This is by far the best megadeth song

[@4md17]

best song by enyone.

[@mikewilliams4706]

Stand FIRM in what you know! Don't let them take your thoughts!

[@thorniverse]

really practicing this on bass and its harder than it looks lol

[@utu_be]

So how's your progress

[@elskeletor3566]

It's been 5 years since you posted this so hopefully you have mastered the bass for this song.

[@piotradamczyk8974]

this song is an absolute masterpiece

[@violentraven2371]

The Greatest Megadeth Song Ever! Such a Masterpiece of work.

[@Nobody1975JM]

Peace Sells and Countdown were both phenomenal, but Dave let his fans down by mistaking Saturday Night Palsy as something omnipotent.

[@simplymerry6824]

gets me in the feels everytime

[@ianmcnabb9705]

Easily their best song. I LOVE the message. Thank you Dave mustard stain. All jokes aside, I like this song more than any Metallica song

[@Sphynx823]

DAVE MUSTARD STAIN IM FUCKIN DYING 🤣🤣🤣

[@utu_be]

I like both bands 😁

[@viewer1000]

First thing, this song fucking rocks, in my top 5 or possibly all time favorite. Second thing, it is relevant to the times we live. These are crazy fuckin times!!!

[@strigoi5890]

First part about the song is about those who blindly follow a leader to carry out commands to kill, etc Second part is about the leader is who a “know it all scholar” out to change the world, obviously with a messiah complex, who then ultimately brings calamity and division and destruction Third part I think represents the people who suffers at the hands of the new world order- they’ve labeled him organized crime. He wants revenge after they cause him such pain- killing his wife and baby with hopes to enslave him. Last part is about the language and mind control the new order uses to protect itself. “Just because I don’t say it doesn’t mean I ain’t thinking it” (he won’t speak truth in fear of consequence/cancelled). Etc

[@derekclark254]

This is two songs in one. The second part, The Punishment Due is about the comic book character The Punisher.

[@DemonHunter0069]

Dave can see the future for us ..

[@danielemartello2804]

a true masterpiece of a song.

[@danielemartello2804]

@Dave Scott Mustaine Nice fake account buddy

[@juanfra7578]

I remember the 90s , i was 16 , was crazy age!!

[@1789892]

First Mistake! Last Mistake!! No More Mistakes!!! 😤

[@stefanstavaru7421]

A concert with:Iron Maiden,Metallica,Motorhead,Megadeth,Slayer,Anthrax,Pantera,Accept and Exodus will be ultimate Thrash heavy metal concert in the world.

[@I.MESSAGE]

This whole song is GENIUS

[@nrp5861]

Great job with this video, this is today, our worl d today

[@LukeDunn6667]

2:45 (I lick my lips)

[@JohnDoe-kp6hf]

Applies just as well today

[@Comedyin144p]

John Doe so original

[@josephrobichaud2852]

This song lyrically was way ahead if its time. Almost prophetic to current times. One of my all time fav metal tunes.

[@erickvergara5220]

One of the best songs including lyrics written by Dave... Going tonight at forum 🤘🏻

[@u-kno1722]

Ukraine versus Russia this song hits

[@RTOneZer0]

If these lyrics were written thousands of years ago as a prophecy of things to come, I would have believed it.

[@eddiepacer]

thank you so much for the lyrics

[@esevon4430]

Some people don't like this song! That's something I'll never understand....

[@tetelestai5736]

People usually hate what they don't understand No capacity to understand the meaning of it on their brains

[@gentahodo2690]

Cool guitar riff... haha lovely

[@colexoco9550]

METAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@blackmetal5370]

I love how he say messenger of"God"

[@MartinSweden]

Thanks 🙏

[@scattycat7271]

adore this track, usedto have the picture disc before CD's - amazing how the lyrics are actually more Apt than they were 20 years ago, heh.

[@billoknee3969]

Mustaine's a genius! This song is beyond ridiculous!!!

[@jerseydeviljohnnyfeds9347]

Absolutely blistering

[@chrislandrum62]

Sneak attacks repel down there rocks behind the lines... So sick

[@seanevertts2735]

Total masterpiece

[@anaro2814]

masterpiece.

[@ericroberts1965]

Perfect!!!

[@humantacos9800]

Jesus those lyrics are amazing.

[@Iceman-Raikkonen]

NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY'LL TAKE MY THOUGHTS AWAY!!!

[@ChrisRodriguez-cp3qk]

One of the best rock songs in history!

[@SufiSakib]

But this is thrash metal buddy

[@strigoi5890]

Lyrics are applicable today more than ever

[@VIN2602]

cool song

[@jorgeespinoza9265]

Just came from the concert last night in Zürich,fucking great like the wine...

[@Eyesaremosaics949]

2:27 is one of my fav parts of this song

[@francescof.9290]

That part hits very hard

[@joemccormack9901]

Music today is only good when we step back a few decades a listen to classics like this.

[@Mar-cb3ke]

Genius ❤

[@ooee999]

great song. THX

[@tylerswank3498]

Dave: A country that's divided surely will not stand America: *looks off to the side*

[@danielkatulushi5983]

4:16 - 6:17 is my favorite part

[@maso1483]

This is a master peace ever!

[@user-xt3cc1vz6o]

Awesome song.

[@bendenlastin3208]

dear megadeth your fears have come true. they took my thoughts away, because their thoughts werent shrouded behind their eyes from me. ily

[@kalostrainer2473]

i love this song when i first heard it my heart exploded

[@peytonjacobs7973]

I'm here because I heard it on GH: WoR (guitar hero warriors of rock) and it took me a while to find the artist and song name... But dang I love this!

[@edgeheadxCOD]

How...when you start the song it literally says the name AND artist in the top corner. AND you play 2 other Megadeth songs. Smh

[@Justin7861x]

was just thinking about this song last night, the first fucking 4 lines of lyrics speaks volumes. and how it ends scary.

[@heynow2302]

Lyrical prophesy that is in a meaning of : Time for great change !

[@ahmedsadman8412]

heavy metal is class.... lyrically and musically both

[@carlaantonellaortizaquino4153]

Awesome solo lol i love this xD

[@big4skol83]

Megadeth in this song: Wage the war on organized crime. Italian Mafia, Irish Mob, Russian Mafia, Triad, Yakuza, Latin American drug cartels: …We’re f*cked.

[@heynow2302]

Then you best choose wisely 🤨

[@bullevanberkel3967]

Visionary.

[@alexandroskaradedes2680]

prophetic

[@JuCPG]

Música perfeita! ❤️

[@user-gg4of8kj6y]

I remember driving in my Toyota 4x4 pick up listening to this song on CD when in came out in 1990

[@mollyhogen5036]

Spot on to what is going on in the world right at this moment....

[@user-ec6yk1fz3k]

*Cool Guitar Riff!*

[@jenx8842]

Leave no witnesses. That's what he Said. You never know how long people are listening. 🎧

[@lizamcdevitt3607]

He is right some lyrics were wrong but most of it was right

[@sagarmalla3167]

Came back here after Iran and American tension rise. RIP to all those departed soul and 74 canadians.