Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth

Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

Megadeth * Track #1 On Rust in Peace

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Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth

Release Date
Sun Sep 23 1990
Performed by
Megadeth
Produced by
Dave Mustaine & Mike Clink
Writed by
Dave Mustaine
About

“Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” is the opening track off Megadeth’s fourth studio album Rust in Peace. The song consists of two different parts.

The track’s first half, “Holy Wars,” is written about the religious conflict in Northern Ireland, which started in 1960, but has its roots as far back as...

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Holy Wars... The Punishment Due Lyrics

[Part I: Holy Wars]

[Verse 1]
Brother will kill brother, spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion, something I don't understand
Fools like me, who cross the sea and come to foreign lands
Ask the sheep for their beliefs "do you kill on God's command?"
A country that's divided, surely will not stand
My past erased, no more disgrace, no foolish naive stand
The end is near, it's crystal clear, part of the master plan
Don't look now to Israel, it might be your homeland
Holy wars...

[Part II: The Punishment Due]

[Intro]
Upon my podium as the “know-it-all” scholar
Down in my seat of judgement, gavel's bang, uphold the law
Upon my soapbox, a leader out to change the world
Down in my pulpit as the “holier-than-thou-could-be-messenger” of God

[Verse 2]
Wage the war on organized crime
Sneak attacks, rappel down the rocks, behind the lines
Some people risk to employ me, some people live to destroy me
Either way, they die... they die!

[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]

[Verse 3]
They killed my wife and my baby, with hopes to enslave me
First mistake... last mistake!
Paid by the alliance to slay all the giants
Next mistake... no more mistakes!

[Guitar Solo: Marty Friedman]

[Instrumental Break]
[Guitar Solo: Dave Mustaine]

[Verse 4]
Fill the cracks in with judicial granite
Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinking it
Next thing you know, they'll take my thoughts away
I know what I said, now I must scream of the overdose
And the lack of mercy killings
Mercy killings, mercy killings, killings, killings, killings

[Outro]
Next thing you know, they'll take my thoughts away

Holy Wars... The Punishment Due Q&A

Who wrote Holy Wars... The Punishment Due's ?

Holy Wars... The Punishment Due was written by Dave Mustaine.

Who produced Holy Wars... The Punishment Due's ?

Holy Wars... The Punishment Due was produced by Dave Mustaine & Mike Clink.

When did Megadeth release Holy Wars... The Punishment Due?

Megadeth released Holy Wars... The Punishment Due on Sun Sep 23 1990.

What did Megadeth say about "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"?

Dave Mustaine:

We’d been in Northern Ireland. I’d been drinking Guinness and somebody explained some complicated stuff to me in a simplified manner really quickly, and I bought it. I said something from the stage that I shouldn’t have and it caused a scuffle. [Bassist] David Ellefson wouldn’t talk...

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