This Day We Fight!
Endgame
2009
Duration: 3:27
Track number: 2
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
An aggressive, fast-paced battle hymn inspired by Aragorn's speech in *'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'*. The core theme is one of final, desperate, and fearless combat against an overwhelming enemy. The narrator accepts the certainty of death but vows to die fighting: **'not this day, this day we fight!'**.
Lyrics
For this I was **chosen** because I fear nothing
With **confidence** I tread through the dead of the night
Off to another **war torn**, far away battlefield
Wherein lies a **daemonic enemy horde**
On this day I desire to **anoint my fists**
Engaging them in the mode of **power and war**
Stopping at nothing that's short of fulfilling my **destiny**
Willing to die and I will, after you for what I believe
A desperate **avenger** striking fear in their hearts
Invading their dreams before the day even starts
**Whet with your blood, I sharpen my sword**
No **turning the other cheek** like a coward
Come tomorrow I may lay down and die
But **not this day**
Sent on an **unholy quest**, to reduce all those who resist
To the size of their **shriveled up souls** and scatter them like grist
I vanquished the strangleholds that the **netherworld** sets for me
The last request of my life is to **die killing my enemies**
**Bathed in blood up to the horses' bridle**
Its **death to retreat**, there's no chance of survival
**Whet with your blood, I sharpen my sword**
No **turning the other cheek** like a coward
Come tomorrow I may lay down and die
But **not this day**, **this day we fight!**
**This day we fight!**
Strip the **fallen heroes**, finish off the wounded
Collect the **spoils of war** and send them back dead
**This day we fight!**
**This day I fight!**
