Machine Head - A Farewell to Arms (with lyrics)

[@theeclark1607]

This is literally poetry metal style , awesome stuff, anyone else agree ?

[@Blood0cean]

I've yet to come across good metal artists who aren't poets.... so what ur saying is kind of redundant..

[@theeclark1607]

@@Blood0cean thsts your opinion I guess but I guesss I should of shown respect for other metal writers / bands.

[@AliceInPantera]

This is a perfect example of why I love metal. So beautiful, yet so deadly

[@zahariabboy]

Stop the war

[@Stubz_Perez]

They need to play this song more often, such an underrated and amazingly beautiful song

[@MetallicaKing48]

It's dangerous for technical vocalists to range into their emotions. It hardens up the larynx and thus, makes the voice sound more raw. But, this guy took a risk at the expense of something very true and very passionate. My respects out to Rob Flynn.

[@redberdyaev6648]

A lot of things about Flynn's would be considered dangerous if we're honest. If the guy can still sing at this point, he has vocal cords of steel.

[@Zestybot3475]

@@redberdyaev6648Still has some of the best metal vocals of all time in my opinion.

[@redberdyaev6648]

@@Zestybot3475 He's a very good vocalist in my view, particularly for a guy who is also very good guitarist.

[@Zestybot3475]

@@redberdyaev6648 Yes he is very good at both. I’ve listened to many different bands, but I have to say my favorite vocalists are definitely Rob Flynn, Randy Blythe, Matt Shadows, and Will Ramos.

[@Burn462]

A farewell to Arms and Imperium are definitely the two greatest songs of all time. OF ALL TIME.

[@omegazx7236]

Now We Die and Halo as well

[@kostya9772]

Davidian!!! You forget

[@davidpaterson8056]

Best song to close an album ever. Chorus is unbelievably incredible.

[@adebayoakinfenwa4737]

One of the most moving songs I've ever heard, particularly because of the state our world is in right now, this song is a great message for today even though it came out a while ago. A complete masterpiece in my eyes. The more I dig into Machine Head's discography, the more I'm being impressed because this band really are one of the best in this modern era of metal. Long live heavy fucking metal.

[@Stratocastter]

Best of the past and present if you ask me, especially now that Pantera is dead.

[@beastmaster6486]

But you got the "hEaVy MeTaL iS jUsT lOuD sCrEaMiNg ThErE iS nO tAlEnT" folks...

[@jamesroy6242]

The Blackening is by far their best work. The solo on Halo tells a story with out the need for words. And for reflecting times... the lyrics hit jus as hard

[@Johndoe-kq1fb]

Seriously underrated song from an underrated band. Absolute masterpiece

[@SardonischerDean]

Best song on the album. Truly a highlight. Nothing they've ever done came close to this.

[@marvellousmarv9072]

+Dean Quinn Aesthetics of Hate

[@Stratocastter]

Game Over, Aesthetics of Hate for sure, Now I Lay Thee Down, the entire Burn My Eyes album, hmmmm. I agree with your emotion, but there's just WAY too much good shit there for me to say nothing ever came close.. Just sayin.. Just an opinion..

[@BlackWhiteDingoLP]

The second chorus is probably the best vocals I've heard in any song ever.

[@afcsabin]

I like more the Halo chorus doe :P

[@BlackWhiteDingoLP]

Sabin Sovrea The chorus riff on Halo is better, but I'd prefer the vocals on this track's chorus.

[@afcsabin]

Idk , i feel like the Halo chorus is so nice and catchy. Anyway , both of them are good

[@lordiblees]

He sang his heart out on that second chorus. I get goosebumps every time

[@donnymurph]

I haven't listened to this song in about 8 years, and haven't really listened to much metal in that time either. I wouldn't even have a clue where all my metal CDs are anymore. But for the last 3 weeks those first 4 screamed lines just have not been able to escape my head. "Always our souls entwine/Erase this vast divide/Deaf ears, our voices rest/Tyrant this is protest" I had to do something about it, so I came here. As soon as that opening arpeggio started playing, I got instant shivers. As a listener moves through the vast array of genres in the world of music, a lot gets listened to, enjoyed, and then forgotten about. But the true masterpieces, they stay with you for life.

[@lexgroot2875]

Is this how we live? Or is this how we die? Goosebumps everytime

[@thearistocratgrows8651]

brilliant quote.

[@TheBassManJeff]

Here today after the news of war breaking out in Ukraine. This song holds special meaning today.

[@georgelaird8703]

God bless the kings and queens of Ukraine,warriors ❤

[@riz984]

@@georgelaird8703 "and queens" its only men forced to fight each other. just another inorganic banker war.

[@The_JustJoshing]

This song hits so hard right now

[@juanmendoza9982]

ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER! MACHINE HEAD IS PHENOMENAL

[@binauralbeattribe7954]

+juan mendoza Oh Yes!

[@vladimirandreev5932]

Arguably the best metal band out there - the stuff they can do is simply amazing, from Burn My Eyes to The Blackening...

[@ahsamv1992]

The first band I ever listen to and still my favorite

[@juburr9750]

this song reminds me of my boyfriend William. He always played this song when we first started dating. 5 and a half years later we still together. ❤

[@beastmaster6486]

Roses are red Violets are blue When I listen to Machine Head My family does too

[@whereismymind1402]

Fuckin metal 🤘🏻

[@gustavofernandes6314]

after years of not listening to this band....the solo still amazes me

[@danutd94]

Musicianship of the highest quality is expected from every Machine Head release now but what makes this album such a masterpiece to me is the lyrical prowess. Songs like this and Clenching have some of the most phenomenal lyrics of all time.

[@midasbaijense8379]

That's funny, I've always thought the lyrics were a bit cringeworthy on every song from this album, with the exception of Wolves and A Farewell To Arms. 'For the love of brother I will sing this fucking song Aesthetics Of Hate I hope you rot in hell' Not exactly Nick Cave. I understand that Flynn was just expressing his anger about that impossibly stupid article on Dimebag's death, but it's still a bit much to me.

[@LowestLevelFPS]

..and they say metal is just mindless screaming...

[@noone8744]

LowestLevelFPS had some old bugger once call me a speed freak junky once cause I was listening to 'halo' just showed him the lyric video for it and he straight up apologized. was fucking hilarious

[@jonathanpeters9271]

ignorance is bliss. Those that judge will never understand, and those who understand will never judge. If only a cliché could fix the world...

[@davidpage968]

metal is bad ass i think it might be the screamo genre where you feel like plugging your ears for a bit lol

[@beastmaster6486]

@@davidpage968 The "screamo genre" is called Heavy Metal and guess what you're listening to right now...

[@JAMSTAR111]

This seriously gives me goosebumps, Machine Head were INCREDIBLE at Download 2012, wish they were going this year, I miss them!

[@Romppaane]

Love how this song builds to the climax. Truly has impact, cant avoid the chills on my back when listening to. Blackening album must be one of the best if not THE best album of 21st century. Well played MH, well played /,,/

[@richardjarquin9498]

After descend the shades of night this is my second favorite machine head song

[@palavotokate6025]

Amazing power. The lyrics ,the sound, the question. Who has won? When we are dead.....

[@cindyhamilton3703]

One of their absolute best songs to date by far in my opinion! I love this song

[@ryanlegge8822]

As good as it gets. Thankyou Machine Head I'm forever indebted

[@pianojoker2]

If humanity has one last track to play to the universe, let it be that one.

[@TotteBonzo]

This is true art, and at that, the definition of why heavy metal is so important in music. Nothing can strike you this hard and directly, showing you whats going on nowadays. Truly inspiring.

[@joTheBonas]

This song is a fucking masterpiecem and I agree on everything which Robb says in this song. He has a pretty nice understanding on how this world works. And i really enjoy his hatred for the media and society. This song just wakens something inside of me, something deep inside, thr basic feeling of what is right and wrong. When fathers have to bury their childs and their mothers cry then there is something wrong in this world. The lyrics of this song are just so strong but kinda still simple, you can say this message simple like "war sucks" or you csn do it like mh and say in a way which makes everybody feel. All hail machine fucking head, this is a voice of a new generation or rather a new modern way of thinking.

[@travo2112]

So true and so well said my MH friend. Did u happen to see the fan made video w all the dead bodies and war...?? It was this tune.. It even has a graphic warning.. check it out man. Great video but gorey.

[@joTheBonas]

the snowdawg thanks and send me the link ! :)

[@travo2112]

zwiebel esser just utube this tune and its the one w uniforms on the pic..

[@travo2112]

zwiebel esser I just looked for that m fer. I think they took it down....

[@joTheBonas]

the snowdawg ;_;

[@Stratocastter]

This song is and will always be in my top five heavier songs of all time. Hell, just top five of all time for that matter!

[@whatasteampunk-981]

One of my favourite songs. Powerful and meaningful.

[@MrDemonfire117]

Awesome song, meaningful lyrics. This is machine head at their finest imo

[@fjghpifly]

This is so badass.

[@ryanlegge8822]

Only Machine Head can make a Ballad sound this heavy and this awesome

[@kwstassatswk3659]

Ohhh that intro...yeap,its sure masterpiece!!!

[@dot5511]

Kwstas gusgr I thought they were going to play One

[@Burn462]

4 years ago today I was stood in the Ambassador, Dublin, with goose bumps all over, watching this song. Descend the shades of night was part of the set too. Can you imagine how incredible it felt.

[@Keylooh]

best song ever

[@InitiatorOfDarkness]

Best band

[@mr.orange2179]

This was inspired by the book written by "Ernst Hemingway" and is actually my favorite song off the cd, I owned the cd like 3 times. This is definitely some classic metal shit!

[@Mattwarszawa]

Finally someone who know the Ernest book

[@israelsharp1419]

I've never been able to make it thru a song with this much passion behind every word.... it makes my throat tighten up and then when I try to force out my voice thru that it then makes my stomach upset and then I usually throw up

[@reimanns_sum]

With what is ocuring now, let's hope peace occurs.

[@laszlokrizsak2038]

Very beautiful song!Beautiful and deep!

[@EQOAnostalgia]

Every kid that signs up for service should have to listen to this at least once.

[@nickboomhower8067]

I signed up, guilt tripped by a recruiter, discovered this song once I was able to listen to music and shortly after I'm getting out of the service.

[@TheRocketman136]

Holy shit, this song gives me chills...It's perfect on all levels

[@makerofyourdemise]

this song is AMAZINGLY AMAZING how can machine head not be recognized as the band of our generation they speak what we all feel and with just a taste of there greatness spills across on there albums sein them live is a different matter they blow your mind and make you have to change your pants after one set omg hope my band reaches MH standard of music

[@zackaryabbotts5972]

This track will never fail to blow me away, epic

[@GameSpyDarkAge]

The Blackening is a masterpiece.

[@q1w2e3r4t5y6i8]

Rob Flynn's very talented. This album is easily the "Master of Puppets" of the 2000's. The lyrics in this one are beautifully written.

[@Thianhlanh16]

i really really miss this machine head... :(

[@omegazx7236]

Catharsis isn't that bad imo

[@peterquackenbush2552]

their new shit isnt drastically different than their old music

[@juhsam2729]

Best Song in this world

[@funeralhymn666]

off this album, this song and halo always make me wanna tear up, so sad and beautiful, and fucking powerful, long live machine head!!!

[@craigmacdonald8131]

Me personally the greatest metal album of the 21st century every song a instant classic

[@toddtaylor8368]

I think it is too man

[@alexisdimebag7156]

Rob Flynn Is a fucking beast, It is at the height of Corey Taylor and yet it was never recognized as it deserves, this album is incredible ..... I think this mh (don't misunderstand) is the closest thing to PANTERA that existed in terms of groove and power

[@jonathanpeters9271]

I encourage Machine Head fans to invest in some high quality headphones. This whole album...Wow!

[@mhmnorris]

No one around today has created the metal epics this awesome band has! If anyone knows of others please let me know so I can build up my collection!

[@tescovaluerice7321]

Shogun - trivium. I know that this comment is 3 years old but you gotta listen to it

[@Dudeye101]

Dont really listen to metal anymore, moved towards EDM, Dubstep and what not but I still come back to songs like this when i want to remind myself that there still is hope for the metal scene. Black Veil Brides are classed as metal now days.... what the fuck happened!

[@neza0o]

so bloody true their shit rock haha thts below rock rocks better than bvb

[@TheBilaras97]

there are some awesome new metal bands you just have to sech for them,and you can always listen to some good old metal!!

[@woomdawg]

True metalheads don't listen to DUBstep.

[@ganondorfchampin]

"Black Veil Brides are classed as metal now days.... what the fuck happened!" Nothing happened, it the past Poison and Bon Jovi were classified as metal.

[@neza0o]

they were classed as rock

[@syrusopliger8547]

I downloaded Halo thinking it was the best song off the album, then my dad showed me this song and boy, was I wrong

[@gedgemondod8808]

+Syrus Opliger I think I prefer Halo to this but I fucking love them both. The thing with Machine Head is that they have a handful of songs that aren't that great, but for every one of them they have like 5 absolute gems, I only just started listening to Machine Head after a very very long time, and even then I never really got into them that much (I got the Supercharger album and I just found most of the songs kinda boring/similar), but I already love them just because of Imperium, A Farewell To Arms, Clenching The Fists Of Dissent, Wolves, (basically every song on The Blackening really), Halo, Now We Die, Locust, etc. And they came to Manchester the other day, but I wasn't able to catch them as I didn't hear about it in time, again, because I only just got back in to them, so I'm pretty fucking gutted, plus I heard they played A Farewell To Arms live for the first time in years, which left me even more gutted, but I'll be sure to catch them next time they come.

[@DonAbaddonn]

+Syrus Opliger Your dad is probably a fucking awesome wierdo kind of a guy showing you the right way... you better listen to him often ! ;)

[@syrusopliger8547]

+Mysteriokeh trust me he is a badass

[@syrusopliger8547]

+Gedgemondo :D I missed a chance to see them as well, but if a machine head fan said they liked supercharger they wouldn't be a real fan so you're not the only one who disliked that album

[@gedgemondod8808]

Some of the songs on it are pretty good but I just didn't like the nu metal approach, but I allowed them to make that mistake as quite a few bands tried to make that transition (such as Sepultura, which worked very well for them), it was a simple mistake to make really.

[@yvesheinrich5013]

Machine Head has respectively done what everyone should've done with the Flanger - make it for the darker matters of music!

[@xk1390]

Beautiful song!

[@VictorUtanQ]

This is the new War Pigs! Period!

[@ComaDave]

I agree. It's a damn pity that songs like this are still needed.

[@syrusopliger8547]

+ComaDave at least they sound good

[@GabriMeglio]

leggere questo testo fa venire la pelle d'oca!!!

[@ERICBALLARD1]

This is a complete tear jerker.

[@misterpoopnose6547]

Thank You Raffy Traffy

[@InitiatorOfDarkness]

Another great Machine Head song.

[@antoniot.7829]

God save us! thanks to MH to exist..

[@khanjames2042]

machine heads greatest album

[@InitiatorOfDarkness]

7:53 great riff

[@terminatom9853]

yesterday live in Pratteln ....they ve played this song! amazing!

[@Ybeex]

it was epic

[@tawariellorigami]

Yes! How awesome was that!? Please tell me, there is out there a decent video of that performance? I've been searching for months and have found nothing.. :-/

[@terminatom9853]

sry.,dont know that....

[@lordiblees]

Flynn take a bow for that second chorus

[@돌천사]

so majestic~!!!!

[@crowsfan691]

Man I hope their next album will be as good as the last one. The Blackening is one of the best metal albums I've heard. Machine Fucking Head!!!

[@penoyer79]

I have serious criticisms of Rob Flynn. But this song is a fucking masterpiece.

[@LucasMouradosSantos]

Man the intro is so very much Metallica's One. Awesome song |m|

[@marcoscorbalan5369]

This song makes me cry

[@MaidenMitsos]

really underated song...

[@RoAkErOO]

Get well soon Robb!!!...

[@michaelcanovski8270]

Machine head. Wat can i say? I bought their first cd if i remember, or casett tape? And now im hearing them again since 1994 . Fucking matured way beyond my expectations. You guys rock machine head...

[@pauloescobar3002]

me gusta la musica de machine head siempre me ayuda y me da fuerza en momentos dificiles

[@yannilla4133]

You sir have my respect!

[@sebcool62]

cette chanson et ma preferer de machine head je croit bien .... magnifique

[@BILLxLOZ3R]

I fucking love this damn song. Machine Head is awesome, including Dethklok and Protest the Hero. They're fucking... Can't explain it, that's why they're awesome.

[@bonnita-mariedecarvalho2811]

stunning song . thank you so mutch 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

[@luishmudog5]

My favorite machine head song fucking amazing

[@scottunsung8249]

This is how I feel about everything in the world. I’m done fighting.

[@51ANARCHY]

Great song!

[@harrisonrana5590]

love this song

[@ErnstHibstern]

Rocks the fat out of me!!

[@YansRiegel]

masters at work

[@mystickage884]

Fuck yes.

[@HvyMetalSam]

AWESOME!!!

[@RagdeCaifan]

Esto es una pinche joya!!! perfección absoluta

[@Eclipse_102]

@djpdoubles they borrowed the title of this from an equally great novelist Ernest Hemingway, it was the title of his first book, about WWI. :)

[@DoDDz1lla]

5 dislikes??? They clearly didn't understand the anti war message

[@MrKittyyumyum]

Why would you like a song simply because its anti war?

[@InSamous70]

George W. Kush Why would you like one that's promoting it?

[@MrKittyyumyum]

Lee Zen I wouldnt like one because its promoting it. The way OP worded his message is that you would like it simply because its anti war and not a good song.

[@catrichbillay1506]

What if they just generally didn't like the song at all, message aside.

[@beastmaster6486]

@TheLegend27 For fuck's sake the message here was that people probably disliked it because it's just "mindless screaming" not realizing it is anti-war. And why the fuck does everyone take a YT so seriously? You know what this reminds me of? Do you remember Sammy that went on rants demanding that we liked Nintendo? There would be people in the comments writting essays about how we can't be forced to like something we don't. It's absolutely ridiculous, if your life got to a point where all you do is try to argue with anything online that seems arguable to you, you need to try some LYF HAKS, if you know what mean, ask papa Franku

[@wer13245]

this band is going in a good directiin there first three albums were either mediocre or bad but thr blackening and unto the locust is anazing some of the best metal albums ever

[@TrephineArtist]

A perfect song. Thinking of all the WW1 fallen today 11th november.

[@Zeckett]

MASTERPIECE

[@21krayzie]

*ERASE THIS VAST DIVIDE* heavy fucking metal \m/

[@lexplexleppanen7836]

MACHIIINE FOKIN' HEAD!!

[@TheCelticCrippler]

Listening to this made me realize... Metal is the reason I'm a Libertarian.

[@bonnita-mariedecarvalho2811]

love machine head so much 😈😈😄😄😄😄😄😈😈😈😈