We'll Be Back
Duration: 4:29
Track number: 12
Times played live: 152
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
The album's declaration of persistent warfare and revenge. It speaks from the perspective of a resilient military force that refuses to surrender, even after a setback. The mantra **'We'll Be Back'** is a promise of brutal retaliation ('for revenge and for justice,' 'only blood and dust is left behind'), reinforcing the album's theme of continuous conflict and the will to fight against all odds.
Lyrics
The timing is right to exact my revenge
Spilling enemy blood, I will fight to the end
No more lying-in wait just to even the score
There's a price to be paid, now it's time for war
I'm a soldier of fortune, of torture and pain
I bash in your skull until no teeth remain
A most-deadly weapon pulverizing your head
With each crushing blow how you wish you were dead
Just when you think it's safe, I attack (we'll be back)
When you least expect your fate, I attack (we'll be back)
Rocket to your face, one move, big mistake (we'll be back)
Let down your guard full-on frontal attack
I'll be back
No use screaming for mercy, no use making a sound
Do you step right up and get smacked back down
In the heat of battle blood congeals on the floor
Another life force beats out, another soul out the door
I'm antisocial, sadistic, the deity of war
I stuff body bags and I'm packing the morgue
No time for remorse over unclaim remains
It's just flotsam and jetsam and it's circling the drain
Just when you think it's safe, I attack (we'll be back)
When you least expect your fate, I attack (we'll be back)
Rocket to your face, one move, big mistake (we'll be back)
Let down your guard full-on frontal attack
I'll be back
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