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Artist: System of a Down
Track: War?

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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

We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens

Was it the riches of the land
Powers of bright darkness
That lead the noble to the East
To fight the heathens?

We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
Yeah, we will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
Yeah, we will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens

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, destroy, destroy
Now international security
No call of the righteous man
Needs a reason to kill man
History teaches us so
The reason he must attain
Must be approved by his God
His child, partisan brother of war
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 of war

We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
Yeah, we will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
Yeah, we will fight the heathens
We will fight the heathens
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did System Of A Down release “War?”?
System Of A Down released “War?” on June 30, 1998.
Q:Who wrote “War?” by System Of A Down?
“War?” by System Of A Down was written by Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian.
Q:When did System Of A Down release “War? (Live)”?
System Of A Down released “War? (Live)” on June 30, 1998.
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