(Verse I)
Into the city, into the night
No banners flying, no wrong or right
Veterans marching, faces concealed
Orders are signed, the contracts sealed
From London they answer the call
Sent to protect, or to watch nations fall
No oath of honor, no homeland to save
Only the mission, the profit they crave
(Pre-Chorus)
No flag to follow
No cause to believe
Only the order
And what they receive
(Chorus)
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
PAYING THE PRICE IN GOLD
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
STORIES NEVER TOLD
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
NO COUNTRY TO DEFEND
WHEN THE DEAL IS DONE
THE WAR WILL NEVER END
(Verse II)
Over the rooftops of Los Santos
Watching the streets below
Convoys burning in the dark
Still the business grows
R. Thompson high above
Silent in his glass tower
Every life and every round
Measured by market power
(Pre-Chorus)
No ideology
No battle cry
Only the question
Who pays and who dies?
(Chorus)
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
PAYING THE PRICE IN GOLD
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
STORIES NEVER TOLD
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
NO COUNTRY TO DEFEND
WHEN THE DEAL IS DONE
THE WAR WILL NEVER END
(Bridge)
Governments and companies
Signing in the dark
Mercenaries move unseen
And leave their lasting mark
When the cities turn to ash
When the soldiers all are gone
Those who wrote the contracts
Will still be carrying on
(Final Chorus)
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
PAYING THE PRICE IN GOLD
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
STORIES NEVER TOLD
CONTRACTS IN BLOOD
NO COUNTRY TO DEFEND
WHEN THE DEAL IS DONE
THE WAR WILL NEVER END
(Outro)
No heroes remembered
No victory to claim
Only blood and signatures
And those who profit from the flames.
Stahlkrieg
