From the start of life   To your dying day   In the dark of night   And in the burning light of day   It's a bloody fight   And you can't walk away   There's no rest in sight   And I struggle just to slave   I'm tired of living on the front line   Of this      [chorus]   Unholy war, unholy war   We try, we fight, until we die   Unholy war, unholy war   You see, you know, you'll always be   Unholy      I see your burning fuse   From a mile away   You take the world's abuse   Then you bow your head in shame   You gotta learn to bite the hand   That pulls your chain   There's too much sanity   It will make you go insane   I'll fight when we're all on the same side      Of this      Unholy war, unholy war   We try to fight until we die   Unholy      When you're all alone - unholy   With your thoughts of pain - unholy   You're a burning fuse - unholy   Can you break the strings? - unholy      You're shaking in your boots   You met your end today (? )   Try walking in my shoes   You'll see we've all got hell to pay   And we got battle wounds   In the lion's cage   We'll all be w's   Beneath the numbers on the page (? )   As we cry til the battle is over