[This song is about] the fucking hopelessness of war.
-Lemmy Kilmister
The song was played in the 1996 movie Tromeo and Juliet, in which Lemmy is the narrator.
Why do they not believe?
I have not lied even for this
Now no-one can conceive
The lie becomes the loving kiss
But I would not fall in love like this
I would not fall in love like this
The women stitch the shrouds
The children murder all the world
If only you believe
Then only you will die
How can you not see the stars in your eyes?
How can you not see the stars in your eyes?
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Sacrifice, pay the price
Cold as ice, sacrifice
The pain is on you now
Do not consider flight for gain
In you the poison bleeds
Crawling with the mark of Cain
And no-one shall set you free again
And no-one shall set you free again
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Sacrifice, sacrifice
Sacrifice was written by Mikkey Dee & Würzel & Phil Campbell & Lemmy.
Sacrifice was produced by Ryan Dorn & Howard Benson.