The 7th song on the album is about the slow destruction of Earth by men and how we have only “One World”. It also refers to the Cold War, with lines talking directly to russians and americans.
[Verse 1]
Stop it
There's been too much debate
We could save ourselves from holocaust
Or is that just our fate?
Start now
But we continue to balk
We let the genie out of the bottle
But we still hold the cork
[Refrain]
One, two, not
Three, four, die
One, two, not
Three, four, die
[Pre-Chorus]
Ignorance is no excuse
For violence
No one wins
One World
One World
[Chorus]
One World, welcome to it
One World, don't abuse it
One World, to live out your life
One World, total schism
Tunnel vision
One World, taming the beast
Fighting for peace
[Verse 2]
Killing
You pushed a button, that's all you did
It's much harder to kill a man
If you've seen pictures of his kids
Responsibility
And what are all our lives worth?
What kind of sentence would you serve
For killing the earth?
[Refrain]
One, two, not
Three, four, die
One, two, not
Three, four, die
[Pre-Chorus]
Ignorance is no excuse
For violence
No one wins
One World
One World
[Chorus]
One World, welcome to it
One World, don't abuse it
One World, to live out your life
One World, total schism
Tunnel vision
One World, taming the beast
Fighting for peace
[Instrumental Break]
Go!
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
One World
One World
[Chorus]
One World, welcome to it
One World, don't abuse it
One World, to live out your life
One World, total schism
Tunnel vision
One World, taming the beast
Fighting for peace
[Verse 3]
Russians
They're only people like us
Do you really think they'd blow up the World
Don't they love their lives less?
America
Stop singing hail to the chief
Instead of thinking S.D.I
He should be thinking of peace
[Refrain]
One, two, not
Three, four, die
One, two, not
Three, four, die
[Pre-Chorus]
Ignorance is no excuse
For violence
No one wins
One World
One World
[Chorus]
One World, welcome to it
One World, don't abuse it
One World, to live out your life
One World, total schism
Tunnel vision
One World, taming the beast
Fighting for peace
[Outro]
One World!
One World was written by Dan Spitz & Scott Ian & Charlie Benante & Frank Bello & Joey Belladonna & Danny Lilker.
One World was produced by Anthrax & Eddie Kramer.