One Gun Lyrics

[Intro]
The sins of deliverance

[Verse 1]
The eyes of the patriot fixed through the scope
The unknowing tyrant walks to the rope

[Chorus]
It's when murder is justice that martyrs are made
A one-gun salute for the new Independence Day
They'll hallow your name
They'll hallow your name for your sacrifice

[Bridge]
The sins of deliverance
"So let the wicked perish
In the presence of God"
For your sacrifice

[Verse 2]
The sins of the father
Atoned by the son
Confessions of commitments broken
A nail driven for every one

[Chorus]
It's when murder is justice that martyrs are made
A one-gun salute for the new Independence Day
They'll hallow your name
They'll hallow your name for your sacrifice

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
You are the cause, I am the effect
Created in hatred, a noose for your neck

[Verse 3]
The eyes of the patriot fixed through the scope
The unknowing tyrant walks to the rope

[Outro]
They'll hallow your name
For your sacrifice
They'll hallow your name
Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice
They'll hallow your name

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Genius Annotation

The song itself is about killing someone evil knowing full well you will be caught, thus becoming a martyr.

The Ashes of the Wake album was written and released during the Bush administration and several songs, such as Now You’ve Got Something to Die For, are critical of the Iraq war. Singer Randy Blythe has in several interviews expressed his dislike of George Bush and believes him to be a war criminal.

So the song is likely about assassinating George W. Bush and ending his administration, which the assassin sees as tyrannical and believes it to be his patriotic duty to kill him, consequences be damned.

While heavily implied this is never explicitly stated because that would be a crime.
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