This Means War (Song)

"This Means War" is the third single released from Hail to the King, the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. The record was released on July 4, 2014 via Warner Bros. Records. This song was also featured in WWE 2K15.

Several sources and reviews of Hail to the King criticize "This Means War" for similarities to Metallica's 1993 single "Sad but True." The song was singled out by Machine Head's vocalist Robb Flynn as a ripoff. A music video was released mid-summer of 2014.

Lyrics:
Hide my face again, harbor in the shadows

Feel this weight of sin hammering away

Die - with the guilt of a thousand AWOL soldiers

Die - watch the scythe usher me astray

I can't go on this way

Not as I am today

The ugly side of me is strong

Take aim, a loaded gun.

Pull back on all who run.

A coward's truth inside the wrong.

This means war

This means war

This means war

Lash your tongue of bane

Carry me to nowhere

Mental holocaust

Battle never ends

Lie! Mask the pain

Of a child who's forsaken

Lie! To myself

Praise the new regime

I left me long ago

Reasons you'll never know

No one to miss me when I'm gone

With no more words to say

No argument to stay.

Another post I don't belong

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

No home to call my own

No finding someone new

No one to break the fall

No one to see me through

No name to carry on

No promise for today

No one to hear the call

No tattered flag to raise

Walk the razor's edge

Cut into the madness

Question all you trust

Buy into the fear

I see the man ripping at my soul now

I, I know the man

I know him all too well

There's nothing here for free

Lost who I want to be

My serpent blood can strike so cold

On any given day

I'll take it all away

Another thought I can't control

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war

This means war