How the Story Ends
Endgame
2009
Duration: 4:31
Track number: 10
Times played live: 23
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A bleak, apocalyptic war scenario detailing the inevitable destruction brought by a marching enemy. The phrase **'How the Story Ends'** refers to a scorched-earth policy (**'Poison the well and scorch the earth'**) and complete military annihilation, suggesting that despite hopeful efforts, war always leads to the same devastating conclusion: everything being 'slashed and burnt'.
Lyrics
Far off on the horizon
You can barely see their torches
But rest assured
They're out there and they're coming
If you listen
The sound is growing nearer of infantry
Marching out a hypnotizing rhythm
Destroying every town
Light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Above the ring of clashing steel
They raise flags of war
A sign to all the warriors who cannot hear
Amidst smoke of cannonballs
They bang the drums of death
Pound a cadence out for those who cannot see
Destroying every town
Light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Poison the well and scorch the earth
Everything's slashed and burnt
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Destroying every town
Light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Poison the well and scorch the earth
Everything's slashed and burnt
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Musicians
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