History Quotes / MetalGearRisingRevengeance

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![[http://platinumgames.com/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-vocal-tracks-lyrics/ Lyrics]]
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[[folder: Rules Of Nature]]
->The time has come to an end\\
Yeah this is what nature planned.\\
\\
Being tracked by a starving beast\\
Looking for its daily feast\\
A predator on the verge of death\\
Close to its last breath\\
Getting close to its last breath!\\
\\
RULES OF NATURE!\\
\\
And they run when the sun comes up,\\
With their lives on the line\\
ALIVE! For a while,\\
NO CHOICE! Gotta follow the laws of the wild!\\
ALIVE! With their lives on the line.\\
NO CHOICE! Out here only the strong survive!\\
\\
What's done is done, survived to see another day.\\
The dance of life, the hunter and the agile prey,\\
No guarantee which of them will succeed, strong or weak!\\
\\
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!\\
\\
Rules of Nature!\\
RULES OF NATURE!
-->-- '''"Rules Of Nature", Metal Gear RAY and Grad boss theme.'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dark Skies]]
->A brave, new world rising!\\
\\
I can't believe my eyes\\
We've fallen down\\
We're blinded by dark skies\\
\\
It's in the way we all exploit the weak\\
The justice that we seek\\
Accept the truth to be free\\
\\
Times have changed\\
Don't let fate remain the same\\
Life... so fleeting\\
\\
The future's ours to take when we doubt everything\\
No... no turning back... now!\\
Now find... find your own path\\
But don't... don't give in to wrath
-->'''-- "Dark Skies", first encounter theme.'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:I'm My Own Master Now]]
-> Born into a pack\\
[[PunchClockVillain There's no choice, but take orders to attack]]\\
[[RestrainingBolt Locked up in chains]]\\
I get fed, but the hunger still remains\\
\\
[[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife Not content to live this way]]\\
[[HumansAreMorons Being led by the blind]]\\
Got to plan my dispersal\\
[[HeelFaceTurn TIME TO LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND!]]\\
\\
[[TheDeterminator Breaking out of my pain]]\\
[[EquivalentExchange Nothing ventured, nothing gained]]\\
[[WinYourFreedom I am my own master now]]\\
\\
Bare the mark of my scars\\
Shedding blood underneath the stars\\
[[HeroicSpirit But I will survive somehow!]]\\
\\
Ooooooooh!\\
Ooooooooh!\\
\\
[[BadassBoast Hear me howl!]]\\
[[HeelFaceTurn Time to leave them all behind!]]\\
[[WinYourFreedom I'm my own master now!]]
-->'''-- "I'm My Own Master Now", LQ-84i/Bl\adewolf's theme.'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:A Stranger I Remain]]
->[[WalkingTheEarth I've come here from nowhere,]]\\
[[WalkingTheEarth Across the unforgiving sea]]\\
[[SanitySlippage Drifting further and further,]]\\
[[EurekaMoment it's all becoming clear to me]]\\
[[DramaticWind The violent winds are upon us]]\\
[[TheInsomniac And I. Can't. Sleep.]]\\
[[HeatWave Internal temperature's rising,]]\\
[[HearingVoices And all the voices won't recede.]]\\
\\
[[SeekerArchetype I've finally found what]]\\
[[SeekerArchetype I was looking for!]]\\
[[WarriorHeaven A place where I can]]\\
[[WarriorHeaven Be without remorse.]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand Because I am a stranger who has found an even stranger war]]\\
[[SeekerArchetype I've finally found what]]\\
[[SeekerArchetype I was looking for!]]\\
\\
Here I come\\
C-c-c-c-come\\
Here I come\\
\\
"''La chaleur me dérange, mais c'est le grinçement des bateaux qui m'a réveillée.''" [[labelnote:Translation]]The heat annoys me, but the creaking of the boats awakens me.[[/labelnote]]\\
\\
[[LockAndLoadMontage I sharpen the knife]]\\
And look down upon the bay\\
[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy For all of my life]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand A stranger I remain]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand A stranger I remain]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand A stranger I remain]]
-->'''-- "A Stranger I Remain", Mistral's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Return to Ashes]]
->Look to history\\
\\
The politicians say they're right\\
And stoke the fire till the ash turns white\\
They say survival's everything\\
But as for me I don't say a thing\\
\\
Oh yeah!\\
How long must I still fight?\\
Woah oh!\\
Watching other countries plight...\\
\\
Woah oh!\\
\\
Just look back to history\\
You will see that it's filled with greed\\
The only way to get ahead\\
Is exploit the weak and to burn your dead!\\
\\
Just look to history\\
\\
Society in moral decay\\
Here tomorrow or gone today\\
\\
Oh yeah!\\
\\
We'll return to ashes one day...
-->'''-- "Return to Ashes", second encounter theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stains of Time]]
->Wash away the anger.\\
\\
[[RedemptionInTheRain Here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain.]]\\
The droplets falling gently down on the terrain.\\
[[{{Forgiveness}} Wash away the sorrow, all the stains of time.]]\\
[[DeconstructedTrope But there's no memory]], [[StrawNihilist it's only dry inside.]]\\
\\
In the mud and sinking deeper.\\
Into a peaceful life.\\
\\
AND IT WILL COME! [[WarIsHell Like a flood of pain!]] Pouring down on me!\\
[[HeroicResolve And it will not let up until the end is here.]]\\
AND IT WILL COME! [[DarkestHour Through the darkest day! In my final hour!]]\\
And it will never rest [[CueTheSun until the clouds are clear]].\\
[[SubvertedTrope Until it finds my dreams have disappeared!]]\\
\\
[[DespairEventHorizon My dreams disappear!]]
-->'''-- "Stains of Time", Monsoon's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Red Sun]]
->[[WeirdSun Red Sun]][[labelnote:*]]"Red Sun" is a reference to "Red Moon", a Japanese term for the moonlight after a bloodbath[[/labelnote]]... Red Sun over paradise.\\
Red Sun... Red Sun over paradise.\\
\\
[[CueTheSun Golden rays of the glorious sunshine,]]\\
[[LightIsNotGood Sending down such a blood-red light.]]\\
[[TheDreaded Now the animals slowly retreat to the shadows, out of sight.]]\\
[[DramaticWind Arid winds blow across the mountains,]]\\
[[NobleBirdOfPrey giving flight to the birds of prey.]]\\
[[GaiasLament In the distance machines come to transform Eden, day by day.]]\\
\\
[[ThePowerOfLove Only love is with us now,]]\\
[[PureIsNotGood Something warm and pure,]]\\
[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Find the peace within ourselves]]/[[HumansKillWantonly Violence breeds within ourselves]],\\
[[CardCarryingVillain No need for a cure!]]\\
\\
[[HeatWave When the wind is slow, and the fire's hot]]\\
[[CirclingVultures the vulture waits to see what rots!]]\\
[[NightmareFetishist Oh how pretty]], [[SceneryGorn all the scenery]]; [[NatureIsNotNice this is nature's sacrifice]]!\\
[[BlowYouAway When the air blows through with a brisk attack]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent the reptile tail]], [[EvilerThanThou ripped from its back]]!\\
[[EndOfAnAge When the sun sets]], we will not forget [[WarIsGlorious the Red Sun over paradise]]!\\
\\
[[WeirdSun Red Sun]]...
-->'''-- "Red Sun", Sundowner's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:A Soul Can't Be Cut]]
->Have you ever slashed a soul to ribbons?\\
Have you ever believed in a mirage?\\
\\
[[HearingVoices My ears are ringing with a sound]]\\
Feel the vibrations, my hearts starts to pound! Pound! Pound!\\
Give in to darkness, bodies melt\\
How do we play the cards we've been dealt! Dealt! Dealt!\\
\\
[[{{Pride}} Beauty!]] It's humanity's greatest sin\\
[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Beauty! Hiding the beast that lies within]]\\
\\
[[IDidWhatIHadToDo For all our righteous crimes we compensate]]\\
[[HeelRealization But as for me it's far too late]]\\
[[HearingVoices I can't deny the voices inside my brain]]\\
[[ThisIsReality It's not a dream]], [[TheKillerInMe we're one and the same!]]!\\
\\
[[{{Determinator}} You should know that a soul can't be cut]]\\
CAN'T BE CUT!\\
No matter what blade you wield\\
If you follow your own path to justice\\
PATH TO JUSTICE!\\
[[AwfulTruth The brutal truth will be revealed!]]\\
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YEAH!\\
\\
The sound's getting louder\\
And louder and louder\\
And louder and louder\\
\\
You should know!
-->'''-- "A Soul Can't Be Cut", third and Jetstream Sam's encounter theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Only Thing I Know For Real]]
->Memories broken, the truth goes unspoken,\\
[[LossOfIdentity I've even forgotten my name!]]\\
I don't know the season or what is the reason\\
I'm standing here holding my blade!\\
A desolate place (Place!), without any trace (Trace!)\\
It's only the cold wind I feel!\\
[[HeelRealization It's me that I spite as I stand up and fight]]\\
[[ItsWhatIDo The only thing I know for real!]]\\
\\
There will be blood! Shed!\\
[[ShadowArchetype The man in the mirror nods his head...]]\\
[[ThereCanBeOnlyOne The only one left will ride upon the dragon's back]]\\
[[HonorBeforeReason Because the mountains don't give back what they take!]]\\
Oh no, there will be blood! (Blood!) Shed! (Shed!)\\
It's [[BloodKnight the only thing I've ever known!]]\\
\\
[[DrivenToMadness Losing my identity, wondering "Have I gone insane?",]]\\
To find the truth in front of me,\\
I must climb this mountain range,\\
Looking downwards from this [[DuelToTheDeath deadly height]],\\
[[RedemptionEqualsDeath Never realizing why I fight!]]
-->'''-- "The Only Thing I Know For Real", Jetstream Sam's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Collective Consciousness]]
->[[GullibleLemmings The unenlightened masses]]\\
[[HobbesWasRight They cannot make the judgment call]]\\
[[TheEvilsOfFreeWill Give up free will forever]]\\
[[WorldOfSilence Their voices won't be heard at all]]\\
\\
[[BlindObedience Display obedience while never stepping out of line]]\\
[[PatrioticFervor And blindly swear allegiance]], [[MassHypnosis let your country control your mind]]!\\
\\
''[[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans Let your country control your soul!]]''\\
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[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Live in ignorance and purchase your happiness]]\\
[[TheSpartanWay When blood and sweat is the real cost]]\\
[[IgnoranceIsBliss Thinking ceases, the truth is lost]]\\
[[FreedomFromChoice Don't you worry, you'll be told exactly what to do]]\\
[[BreadAndCircuses I give my people the lives they need]]\\
[[MightMakesRight The righteous will succeed]]\\
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[[SocialDarwinist The fires of greed will burn the weak]]\\
[[TheEvilsOfFreeWill So we'll make freedom obsolete]]\\
[[{{Ubermensch}} Making whole the fabric of society]]\\
[[VisionaryVillain Collective consciousness controlled, as you will see!]]\\
\\
''The fires will burn in their defeat''\\
''[[HumansAreMorons The human heart is obsolete]]''\\
''[[GoodIsOldFashioned Breaking down the fabric of society]]''\\
''Collective consciousness controlled, as you will see!'' [[note]]Beta version of the above verse[[/note]]\\
\\
Let your country control your soul!\\
Let your country control your soul!\\
Let your country control your soul!\\
'''''[[MadnessMantra Let your country control! Your! SOUL!!!]]'''''
-->'''-- "Collective Consciousness" [[spoiler:Theme of Metal Gear EXCELSUS]]'''
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[[folder:It Has to Be This Way]]
->[[FinalBoss Standing here]], [[MemeticMutation I realize]]\\
[[NotSoDifferentRemark You were just like me]], [[VisionaryVillain trying to make history]].\\
But [[GreyAndGreyMorality who's to judge the right from wrong]]?\\
[[VillainHasAPoint When our guard is down, I think we'll both agree]]\\
That [[ViciousCycle violence breeds violence]],\\
But [[YouCantFightFate in the end it has to be this way]].\\
\\
I've [[TheUnfettered carved my own path]], you've [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge followed your wrath]],\\
But [[NotSoDifferentRemark maybe we're both the same]].\\
[[ForeverWar The world has turned]], and [[WarIsHell so many have burned]],\\
[[InherentInTheSystem But nobody is to blame]].\\
Yet staring across this [[CrapsackWorld barren wasted land]]\\
[[RayOfHopeEnding I feel new life will be born beneath the bloodstained sand]].\\
Beneath the bloodstained sand!
-->'''-- "It Has To Be This Way" [[spoiler:Steven Armstrong's Theme]]'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The War Still Rages Within]]
->Looking down on the cars on the highway\\
Stream of taillights...\\
[[ApatheticCitizens Everybody advancing together]]\\
[[RepressiveButEfficient To so willingly sacrifice rights...]]\\
[[TheNeedsOfTheMany When people accept they're cogs in the system]],\\
Give up free will, conform...\\
Individual pieces of dust swirl together\\
[[YouAreTooLate Become a full storm...]]\\
\\
Looking down on the burgeoning city\\
the skyscrapers rise...\\
[[WellIntentionedExtremist Even men with the greatest intentions]]\\
[[BelievingTheirOwnLies Start believing their own lies]]\\
[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans We can borrow from the future]]\\
[[SinsOfOurFathers But eventually someone's got to pay]]\\
'''[[ViciousCycle The only way out of the cycle]]'''\\
'''[[ScrewDestiny Is to strike out and pave your own way!]]'''\\
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Yeah...\\
\\
We all fight our own fight\\
[[HeroicSpirit Will you fuel the desire to win?]]\\
[[AwfulTruth Always struggling with the truth]]\\
[[YouCantGoHomeAgain Of the life that might have been?]]\\
\\
[[DarkAndTroubledPast But no matter how jagged your path is]]\\
[[HeelFaceTurn You always come back to the road.]]\\
When the dust of battle settles\\
[[ForeverWar The war still rages within...]]
-->'''-- "The War Still Rages Within", Credits Theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Hot Wind Blowing]]
->[[HeatWave The hot wind blowing, jagged lines across the sand]]\\
[[DesolationShot The crumbling buildings in our minds are all that stand]]\\
[[WeakWilled Just like the buffalo blindly following the herd]]\\
[[IDidWhatIHadToDo We try to justify all the things that have occurred]]\\
[[SoundOff I don't know what I've been told]], [[MadnessMantra but the wishes of the people can't be controlled]]\\
[[MadnessMantra I don't know what I've been told, but the wishes of the people can't be controlled]]\\
\\
[[ThirstyDesert Heat of the desert; dust settles on my face]]\\
[[SociopathicSoldier Without a compass; the soldier knows no disgrace]]\\
[[EagleLand Out of the ashes; the eagle rises still]]\\
[[PatrioticFervor Freedom is calling to all men who bend their will]]\\
[[FacelessGoons Here I am, dirty and faceless]]\\
[[HiredGuns Waiting to heed your instruction]]\\
[[{{Ninja}} On my own, invisible warrior]]\\
[[BadassBoast I am a Wind of Destruction!]]\\
\\
(...all men who bend their will)\\
\\
[[ForGreatJustice We fight for justice in a forgotten place]]\\
[[ButNowIMustGo Fulfill our duty then vanish without a trace]]\\
[[WarIsHell Don't need a medal for all the men we kill]]\\
[[PatrioticFervor Freedom is calling to all men who bend their will]]\\
\\
WIND OF DESTRUCTION!
-->'''-- "The Hot Wind Blowing", Blade Wolf DLC, Khamsin's theme'''
[[/folder]]

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->"You're right about one thing. I ''do'' need capital. ''And'' votes. Wanna know why? '[[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr I have a dream]].' That one day every person in this nation will control their ''own'' destiny. A land of the ''truly'' free, dammit. [[TheSocialDarwinist A nation of]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist action]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not words! Ruled by]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist strength]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, ''not'' the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the ''hands of the people!'' Where every man is free to think - to ''act'' - for himself]]! [[SirSwearsALot Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats]]. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! ''Fuck 'American pride'! Fuck the media!'' ''FUCK ALL OF IT!'' America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT ''DOWN!'' And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but ''untamed!'' The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll [[OlderThanTheyThink make America]] ''[[Creator/RonaldReagan great again]]!'' In my ''new'' America, people will die and kill for what they ''BELIEVE''! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his ''own'' wars!"

->[[NothingCanStopUsNow "I'm fucking invincible!"]]

->"'[[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr I have a dream]].' That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A land of the truly free, dammit. [[TheSocialDarwinist A nation of]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist action]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not words! Ruled by]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist strength]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself]]! [[SirSwearsALot Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats]]. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! ''Fuck American pride! Fuck the media!'' ''FUCK ALL OF IT!'' America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT ''DOWN!'' And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll [[OlderThanTheyThink make America]] ''[[Creator/RonaldReagan great again]]!'' In my new America, people will die and kill for what they ''BELIEVE''! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!"

->"Like I said, [[KidsAreCruel kids are cruel]], Jack. And I'm very [[PsychopathicManchild in touch with my inner child]]."

->"Didja think every battle in history was all part of some big ol' conspiracy? Bullshit! [[HumansAreWarriors War is just part'a who we are]]. Why fight it? Anyway, none of this will matter in three hours. Demand for PMC's is about to skyrocket. [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Like the good ol' days after 9/11!]]"

->"'[[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr I have a dream]].' That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A land of the truly free, dammit. [[TheSocialDarwinist A nation of]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist action]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not words! Ruled by]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist strength]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself]]! [[SirSwearsALot Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats]]. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! ''Fuck American pride! Fuck the media!'' ''FUCK ALL OF IT!'' America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT ''DOWN!'' And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll [[HarsherInHindsight make America]] ''[[Creator/RonaldReagan great again]]!'' In my new America, people will die and kill for what they ''BELIEVE''! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!"

->"[[MemeticMutation Nanomachines, son]]! They harden in response to physical trauma. You can't hurt me, Jack!"
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Senator Steven Armstrong]] to Raiden'''

->'''[[spoiler:Armstrong]]''': Let's go!\\
'''Raiden''': The hell are you thinking…\\
'''[[spoiler:Armstrong]]''': [[IKnowMaddenKombat Played college ball, ya know.]]\\
'''Raiden''': At some cushy Ivy League school.\\
'''[[spoiler:Armstrong]]''': Try University of Texas. Coulda gone pro if I hadn't joined the Navy. I'm not one of those beltway pansies. I could break the president in two with my ''bare hands!'' DON'T [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]] WITH ''THIS'' [[spoiler:SENATOR]]!
-->-- '''[[spoiler:Senator Steven Armstrong]] and Raiden after [[spoiler:Armstrong powers up his nanomachines]]'''

![[http://platinumgames.com/metal-gear-rising-revengeance-vocal-tracks-lyrics/ Lyrics]]
[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder: Rules Of Nature]]
->The time has come to an end\\
Yeah this is what nature planned.\\
\\
Being tracked by a starving beast\\
Looking for its daily feast\\
A predator on the verge of death\\
Close to its last breath\\
Getting close to its last breath!\\
\\
RULES OF NATURE!\\
\\
And they run when the sun comes up,\\
With their lives on the line\\
ALIVE! For a while,\\
NO CHOICE! Gotta follow the laws of the wild!\\
ALIVE! With their lives on the line.\\
NO CHOICE! Out here only the strong survive!\\
\\
What's done is done, survived to see another day.\\
The dance of life, the hunter and the agile prey,\\
No guarantee which of them will succeed, strong or weak!\\
\\
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!\\
\\
Rules of Nature!\\
RULES OF NATURE!
-->-- '''"Rules Of Nature", Metal Gear RAY and Grad boss theme.'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dark Skies]]
->A brave, new world rising!\\
\\
I can’t believe my eyes\\
We’ve fallen down\\
We’re blinded by dark skies\\
\\
It’s in the way we all exploit the weak\\
The justice that we seek\\
Accept the truth to be free\\
\\
Times have changed\\
Don’t let fate remain the same\\
Life… so fleeting\\
\\
The future’s ours to take when we doubt everything\\
No… no turning back… now!\\
Now find… find your own path\\
But don't… don’t give in to wrath
-->'''-- "Dark Skies", first encounter theme.'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:I'm My Own Master Now]]
-> Born into a pack\\
[[PunchClockVillain There's no choice, but take orders to attack]]\\
[[RestrainingBolt Locked up in chains]]\\
I get fed, but the hunger still remains\\
\\
[[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife Not content to live this way]]\\
[[HumansAreMorons Being led by the blind]]\\
Got to plan my dispersal\\
[[HeelFaceTurn TIME TO LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND!]]\\
\\
[[TheDeterminator Breaking out of my pain]]\\
[[EquivalentExchange Nothing ventured, nothing gained]]\\
[[WinYourFreedom I am my own master now]]\\
\\
Bare the mark of my scars\\
Shedding blood underneath the stars\\
[[HeroicSpirit But I will survive somehow!]]\\
\\
Ooooooooh!\\
Ooooooooh!\\
\\
[[BadassBoast Hear me howl!]]\\
[[HeelFaceTurn Time to leave them all behind!]]\\
[[WinYourFreedom I'm my own master now!]]
-->'''-- "I'm My Own Master Now", LQ-84i/Bl\adewolf's theme.'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:A Stranger I Remain]]
->[[WalkingTheEarth I've come here from nowhere,]]\\
[[WalkingTheEarth Across the unforgiving sea]]\\
[[SanitySlippage Drifting further and further,]]\\
[[EurekaMoment it's all becoming clear to me]]\\
[[DramaticWind The violent winds are upon us]]\\
[[TheInsomniac And I. Can't. Sleep.]]\\
[[HeatWave Internal temperature's rising,]]\\
[[HearingVoices And all the voices won't recede.]]\\
\\
[[SeekerArchetype I've finally found what]]\\
[[SeekerArchetype I was looking for!]]\\
[[WarriorHeaven A place where I can]]\\
[[WarriorHeaven Be without remorse.]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand Because I am a stranger who has found an even stranger war]]\\
[[SeekerArchetype I've finally found what]]\\
[[SeekerArchetype I was looking for!]]\\
\\
Here I come\\
C-c-c-c-come\\
Here I come\\
\\
"''La chaleur me dérange, mais c'est le grinçement des bateaux qui m'a réveillée.''" [[labelnote:Translation]]The heat annoys me, but the creaking of the boats awakens me.[[/labelnote]]\\
\\
[[LockAndLoadMontage I sharpen the knife]]\\
And look down upon the bay\\
[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy For all of my life]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand A stranger I remain]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand A stranger I remain]]\\
[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand A stranger I remain]]
-->'''-- "A Stranger I Remain", Mistral's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Return to Ashes]]
->Look to history\\
\\
The politicians say they’re right\\
And stoke the fire till the ash turns white\\
They say survival’s everything\\
But as for me I don’t say a thing\\
\\
Oh yeah!\\
How long must I still fight?\\
Woah oh!\\
Watching other countries plight…\\
\\
Woah oh!\\
\\
Just look back to history\\
You will see that it’s filled with greed\\
The only way to get ahead\\
Is exploit the weak and to burn your dead!\\
\\
Just look to history\\
\\
Society in moral decay\\
Here tomorrow or gone today\\
\\
Oh yeah!\\
\\
We'll return to ashes one day…
-->'''-- "Return to Ashes", second encounter theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stains of Time]]
->Wash away the anger.\\
\\
[[RedemptionInTheRain Here I stand beneath the warm and soothing rain.]]\\
The droplets falling gently down on the terrain.\\
[[{{Forgiveness}} Wash away the sorrow, all the stains of time.]]\\
[[DeconstructedTrope But there's no memory]], [[StrawNihilist it's only dry inside.]]\\
\\
In the mud and sinking deeper.\\
Into a peaceful life.\\
\\
AND IT WILL COME! [[WarIsHell Like a flood of pain!]] Pouring down on me!\\
[[HeroicResolve And it will not let up until the end is here.]]\\
AND IT WILL COME! [[DarkestHour Through the darkest day! In my final hour!]]\\
And it will never rest [[CueTheSun until the clouds are clear]].\\
[[SubvertedTrope Until it finds my dreams have disappeared!]]\\
\\
[[DespairEventHorizon My dreams disappear!]]
-->'''-- "Stains of Time", Monsoon's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Red Sun]]
->[[WeirdSun Red Sun]][[labelnote:*]]"Red Sun" is a reference to "Red Moon", a Japanese term for the moonlight after a bloodbath[[/labelnote]]… Red Sun over paradise.\\
Red Sun… Red Sun over paradise.\\
\\
[[CueTheSun Golden rays of the glorious sunshine,]]\\
[[LightIsNotGood Sending down such a blood-red light.]]\\
[[TheDreaded Now the animals slowly retreat to the shadows, out of sight.]]\\
[[DramaticWind Arid winds blow across the mountains,]]\\
[[NobleBirdOfPrey giving flight to the birds of prey.]]\\
[[GaiasLament In the distance machines come to transform Eden, day by day.]]\\
\\
[[ThePowerOfLove Only love is with us now,]]\\
[[PureIsNotGood Something warm and pure,]]\\
[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Find the peace within ourselves]]/[[HumansKillWantonly Violence breeds within ourselves]],\\
[[CardCarryingVillain No need for a cure!]]\\
\\
[[HeatWave When the wind is slow, and the fire's hot]]\\
[[CirclingVultures the vulture waits to see what rots!]]\\
[[NightmareFetishist Oh how pretty]], [[SceneryGorn all the scenery]]; [[NatureIsNotNice this is nature's sacrifice]]!\\
[[BlowYouAway When the air blows through with a brisk attack]], [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent the reptile tail]], [[EvilerThanThou ripped from its back]]!\\
[[EndOfAnAge When the sun sets]], we will not forget [[WarIsGlorious the Red Sun over paradise]]!\\
\\
[[WeirdSun Red Sun]]…
-->'''-- "Red Sun", Sundowner's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:A Soul Can't Be Cut]]
->Have you ever slashed a soul to ribbons?\\
Have you ever believed in a mirage?\\
\\
[[HearingVoices My ears are ringing with a sound]]\\
Feel the vibrations, my hearts starts to pound! Pound! Pound!\\
Give in to darkness, bodies melt\\
How do we play the cards we’ve been dealt! Dealt! Dealt!\\
\\
[[{{Pride}} Beauty!]] It's humanity's greatest sin\\
[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Beauty! Hiding the beast that lies within]]\\
\\
[[IDidWhatIHadToDo For all our righteous crimes we compensate]]\\
[[HeelRealization But as for me it’s far too late]]\\
[[HearingVoices I can’t deny the voices inside my brain]]\\
[[ThisIsReality It’s not a dream]], [[TheKillerInMe we’re one and the same!]]!\\
\\
[[{{Determinator}} You should know that a soul can’t be cut]]\\
CAN'T BE CUT!\\
No matter what blade you wield\\
If you follow your own path to justice\\
PATH TO JUSTICE!\\
[[AwfulTruth The brutal truth will be revealed!]]\\
\\
YEAH!\\
\\
The sound’s getting louder\\
And louder and louder\\
And louder and louder\\
\\
You should know!
-->'''-- "A Soul Can't Be Cut", third and Jetstream Sam's encounter theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Only Thing I Know For Real]]
->Memories broken, the truth goes unspoken,\\
[[LossOfIdentity I've even forgotten my name!]]\\
I don't know the season or what is the reason\\
I'm standing here holding my blade!\\
A desolate place (Place!), without any trace (Trace!)\\
It's only the cold wind I feel!\\
[[HeelRealization It's me that I spite as I stand up and fight]]\\
[[ItsWhatIDo The only thing I know for real!]]\\
\\
There will be blood! Shed!\\
[[ShadowArchetype The man in the mirror nods his head…]]\\
[[ThereCanBeOnlyOne The only one left will ride upon the dragon's back]]\\
[[HonorBeforeReason Because the mountains don't give back what they take!]]\\
Oh no, there will be blood! (Blood!) Shed! (Shed!)\\
It's [[BloodKnight the only thing I've ever known!]]\\
\\
[[DrivenToMadness Losing my identity, wondering "Have I gone insane?",]]\\
To find the truth in front of me,\\
I must climb this mountain range,\\
Looking downwards from this [[DuelToTheDeath deadly height]],\\
[[RedemptionEqualsDeath Never realizing why I fight!]]
-->'''-- "The Only Thing I Know For Real", Jetstream Sam's theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Collective Consciousness]]
->[[GullibleLemmings The unenlightened masses]]\\
[[HobbesWasRight They cannot make the judgment call]]\\
[[TheEvilsOfFreeWill Give up free will forever]]\\
[[WorldOfSilence Their voices won't be heard at all]]\\
\\
[[BlindObedience Display obedience while never stepping out of line]]\\
[[PatrioticFervor And blindly swear allegiance]], [[MassHypnosis let your country control your mind]]!\\
\\
''[[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans Let your country control your soul!]]''\\
\\
[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Live in ignorance and purchase your happiness]]\\
[[TheSpartanWay When blood and sweat is the real cost]]\\
[[IgnoranceIsBliss Thinking ceases, the truth is lost]]\\
[[FreedomFromChoice Don't you worry, you'll be told exactly what to do]]\\
[[BreadAndCircuses I give my people the lives they need]]\\
[[MightMakesRight The righteous will succeed]]\\
\\
[[SocialDarwinist The fires of greed will burn the weak]]\\
[[TheEvilsOfFreeWill So we'll make freedom obsolete]]\\
[[{{Ubermensch}} Making whole the fabric of society]]\\
[[VisionaryVillain Collective consciousness controlled, as you will see!]]\\
\\
''The fires will burn in their defeat''\\
''[[HumansAreMorons The human heart is obsolete]]''\\
''[[GoodIsOldFashioned Breaking down the fabric of society]]''\\
''Collective consciousness controlled, as you will see!'' [[note]]Beta version of the above verse[[/note]]\\
\\
Let your country control your soul!\\
Let your country control your soul!\\
Let your country control your soul!\\
'''''[[MadnessMantra Let your country control! Your! SOUL!!!]]'''''
-->'''-- "Collective Consciousness" [[spoiler:Theme of Metal Gear EXCELSUS]]'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:It Has to Be This Way]]
->[[FinalBoss Standing here]], [[MemeticMutation I realize]]\\
[[NotSoDifferentRemark You were just like me]], [[VisionaryVillain trying to make history]].\\
But [[GreyAndGreyMorality who's to judge the right from wrong]]?\\
[[VillainHasAPoint When our guard is down, I think we'll both agree]]\\
That [[ViciousCycle violence breeds violence]],\\
But [[YouCantFightFate in the end it has to be this way]].\\
\\
I've [[TheUnfettered carved my own path]], you've [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge followed your wrath]],\\
But [[NotSoDifferentRemark maybe we're both the same]].\\
[[ForeverWar The world has turned]], and [[WarIsHell so many have burned]],\\
[[InherentInTheSystem But nobody is to blame]].\\
Yet staring across this [[CrapsackWorld barren wasted land]]\\
[[RayOfHopeEnding I feel new life will be born beneath the bloodstained sand]].\\
Beneath the bloodstained sand!
-->'''-- "It Has To Be This Way" [[spoiler:Steven Armstrong's Theme]]'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The War Still Rages Within]]
->Looking down on the cars on the highway\\
Stream of taillights…\\
[[ApatheticCitizens Everybody advancing together]]\\
[[RepressiveButEfficient To so willingly sacrifice rights…]]\\
[[TheNeedsOfTheMany When people accept they're cogs in the system]],\\
Give up free will, conform…\\
Individual pieces of dust swirl together\\
[[YouAreTooLate Become a full storm…]]\\
\\
Looking down on the burgeoning city\\
the skyscrapers rise…\\
[[WellIntentionedExtremist Even men with the greatest intentions]]\\
[[BelievingTheirOwnLies Start believing their own lies]]\\
[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans We can borrow from the future]]\\
[[SinsOfOurFathers But eventually someone's got to pay]]\\
'''[[ViciousCycle The only way out of the cycle]]'''\\
'''[[ScrewDestiny Is to strike out and pave your own way!]]'''\\
\\
Yeah…\\
\\
We all fight our own fight\\
[[HeroicSpirit Will you fuel the desire to win?]]\\
[[AwfulTruth Always struggling with the truth]]\\
[[YouCantGoHomeAgain Of the life that might have been?]]\\
\\
[[DarkAndTroubledPast But no matter how jagged your path is]]\\
[[HeelFaceTurn You always come back to the road.]]\\
When the dust of battle settles\\
[[ForeverWar The war still rages within…]]
-->'''-- "The War Still Rages Within", Credits Theme'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Hot Wind Blowing]]
->[[HeatWave The hot wind blowing, jagged lines across the sand]]\\
[[DesolationShot The crumbling buildings in our minds are all that stand]]\\
[[WeakWilled Just like the buffalo blindly following the herd]]\\
[[IDidWhatIHadToDo We try to justify all the things that have occurred]]\\
[[SoundOff I don’t know what I’ve been told]], [[MadnessMantra but the wishes of the people can’t be controlled]]\\
[[MadnessMantra I don’t know what I’ve been told, but the wishes of the people can’t be controlled]]\\
\\
[[ThirstyDesert Heat of the desert; dust settles on my face]]\\
[[SociopathicSoldier Without a compass; the soldier knows no disgrace]]\\
[[EagleLand Out of the ashes; the eagle rises still]]\\
[[PatrioticFervor Freedom is calling to all men who bend their will]]\\
[[FacelessGoons Here I am, dirty and faceless]]\\
[[HiredGuns Waiting to heed your instruction]]\\
[[{{Ninja}} On my own, invisible warrior]]\\
[[BadassBoast I am a Wind of Destruction!]]\\
\\
(…all men who bend their will)\\
\\
[[ForGreatJustice We fight for justice in a forgotten place]]\\
[[ButNowIMustGo Fulfill our duty then vanish without a trace]]\\
[[WarIsHell Don't need a medal for all the men we kill]]\\
[[PatrioticFervor Freedom is calling to all men who bend their will]]\\
\\
WIND OF DESTRUCTION!
-->'''-- "The Hot Wind Blowing", Blade Wolf DLC, Khamsin's theme'''
[[/folder]]

->"Demand for PMC's is about to skyrocket. [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror Like the good ol' days after 9/11!]]"

->"Maybe I ''was'' wrong about you… You're not greedy… '''''[[BaitAndSwitch YOU'RE]] [[PrecisionFStrike BATSHIT]] [[YoureInsane INSANE!!]]'''''

->" '[[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr I have a dream]].' That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A land of the truly free, dammit. [[TheSocialDarwinist A nation of]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist action]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not words! Ruled by]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist strength]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself]]! [[SirSwearsALot Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats]]. Fuck this 24/7 Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! ''Fuck American pride! Fuck the media!'' ''FUCK ALL OF IT!'' America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT ''DOWN!'' And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll [[HarsherInHindsight make America]] ''[[Creator/RonaldReagan great again]]!'' In my new America, people will die and kill for what they ''BELIEVE''! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!"

->" [[MemeticMutation Nanomachines, son]]! They harden in response to physical trauma. You can't hurt me, Jack!"

->"Demand for PMC's is about to skyrocket. [[UsefulNotes/TheWaronTerror Like the good ol' days after 9/11!]]"

->"[[ChildSoldier You aren't the only one to grow up on the killing fields]]. War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher. Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: [[StrawNihilist that this world, and all of its people, are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: Memes, the DNA of the soul.]] They shape our will. They are the culture. They are everything we pass on. [[TeachHimAnger Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate.]] They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair: all memes, all passed on. You can't fight nature, Jack. Wind blows, rain falls, and [[SocialDarwinist the strong prey upon the weak]]. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a "tool": something that saves lives, a means of justice. Now, there's a pretty meme! ''Exquisite''! [[NeverMyFault It spared you the burden of all the lives you've taken, absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it.]] That is, until the illusion was broken. Don't be ashamed. It's only nature running its course. You have no choices to make. Nothing to answer for. You can die with a clear conscience."

->" '[[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr I have a dream]].' That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A land of the truly free, dammit. [[TheSocialDarwinist A nation of]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist action]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not words! Ruled by]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist strength]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself]]! [[SirSwearsALot Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats]]. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! ''Fuck American pride! Fuck the media!'' ''FUCK ALL OF IT!'' America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT ''DOWN!'' And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll [[HarsherInHindsight make America]] ''[[Creator/RonaldReagan great again]]!'' In my new America, people will die and kill for what they ''BELIEVE''! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!"

->'''Sam:''' Now I see. You deny your weapon its purpose! It yearns to bath in the blood of your enemies... but you hold it back!\\

->[[FinalBoss Standing here]], I realize\\

[[RepressiveButEfficient Do so willingly sacrifice rights…]]\\

When blood and sweat is the real cost\\
Thinking ceases, the truth is lost\\

Collective consciousness controlled, as you will see!\\

When only VENGEANCE remains…\\

-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op8mjKZxccM The final trailer, "cut"]]

->"What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose… All we're sayin' is… '''GIVE WAR A CHANCE!'''"

->'''Sam:''' Now I see. You deny your weapon its purpose! It yearns to bath in the blood of your enemies… but you hold it back!\\
'''Raiden:''' No… [[ArcWords My sword is a tool of justice]].

->"[[CurbstompBattle This]] is what happens when you bring ''a tool'' to a sword fight!"

[[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Find the peace within ourselves,]]\\

AND IT WILL COME! [[DarkestHour Through the darkest day!In my final hour!]]\\

[[StrangerInAFamiliarLand Because I am a stranger]] who has found an even stranger war]]\\

->"I said my sword was a [[ForGreatJustice tool of justice]]. Not used in anger. [[TechnicalPacifist Not used for vengeance.]] [[spoiler:But now… [[[[GoodIsNotSoft Now I'm not so sure.]] And besides, ''[[ExactWords this isn't my sword.]]]]''"

[[HeelRealization Losing my identity, wondering "Have I gone insane?",]]\\

->[[FinalBoss Standing here]], [[HeelRealization I realize]]\\
You were just like me, [[VisionaryVillain trying to make history]].\\

When only VENGEANCE remains...\\

In a world seeped in REVENGE...\\

->"What about all the good things war has done for us? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that? Jobs, technology, a common purpose... All we're sayin' is... '''GIVE WAR A CHANCE!'''"

->'''Sam:''' Now I see. You deny your weapon its purpose! It yearns to bath in the blood of your enemies... but you hold it back!\\
'''Raiden:''' No... [[ArcWords My sword is a tool of justice]].

->'''Raiden''': You're right... about me, I mean. I knew something was... off. After the Patriots, I thought I could walk off the battlefield and into a normal life... but here I am, surrounded by death, arguing philosophy with terrorists. I told myself this was about justice, about protecting the weak... [[HeelRealization but I was wrong.]]\\

'''Raiden''': [[ChildSoldier I learned young that killing your enemies felt good.]] '''Really good.''' In America, my friends, my family... they helped me forget the devil inside... but who am I kidding? I was '''born''' to kill! The bit about my sword, that "means of justice" stuff? [[AxCrazy I guess I needed something to keep "the Ripper" in check when I was knee-deep in bodies...]]\\
'''Monsoon''': You...\\
'''Raiden''': But you... all this... is a wake-up call to what I really believe... what I really am.\\

->'''[[spoiler:Armstrong]]''': Let's go!
->'''Raiden''': The hell are you thinking...
->'''[[spoiler:Armstrong]]''': [[IKnowMaddenKombat Played college ball, ya know.]]
->'''Raiden''': At some cushy Ivy League school.
->'''[[spoiler:Armstrong]]''': Try University of Texas. Coulda gone pro if I hadn't joined the Navy. I'm not one of those beltway pansies. I could break the president in two with my ''bare hands!'' DON'T [[PrecisionFStrike FUCK]] WITH ''THIS'' [[spoiler:SENATOR]]!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!\\

Life... so fleeting\\

No... no turning back... now!\\
Now find... find your own path\\
But don't... don’t give in to wrath

Watching other countries plight...\\

We'll return to ashes one day...

->[[WeirdSun Red Sun]][[labelnote:*]]"Red Sun" is a reference to "Red Moon", a Japanese term for the moonlight after a bloodbath[[/labelnote]]... Red Sun over paradise.\\
Red Sun... Red Sun over paradise.\\

[[WeirdSun Red Sun]]...

[[ShadowArchetype The man in the mirror nods his head...]]\\

Stream of taillights...\\

[[RepressiveButEfficient Do so willingly sacrifice rights...]]\\

Give up free will, conform...\\

[[YouAreTooLate Become a full storm...]]\\

the skyscrapers rise...\\

Yeah...\\

[[ForeverWar The war still rages within...]]

(...all men who bend their will)\\

'''Raiden''': [[ChildSoldier I learned young that killing your enemies felt good.]] '''Really good.''' In America, my friends, my family... they helped me forget the devil inside... but who am I kidding? I was '''born''' to kill! The bit about my sword, that "means of justice" stuff? [[HeelRealization I guess I needed something to keep "the Ripper" in check when I was knee-deep in bodies...]]\\

'''Raiden''': [[HeelRealization But you... all this... is a wake-up call to what I really believe... what I really am.]]\\
'''Monsoon''': What are you saying?\\

-> "Pain... This is why I fight." *pulls the sword wedged in his gut out* "This is my normal. My nature."

->"That nickname you love sooo much- wanna know how I got it? Actually, why don't I give you a demonstration? I think it's time for [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Jack]]... [[CurbstompBattle TO LET 'ER RIP!]]"

->"[[ForGreatJustice All that talk about justice]]... [[HeelRealization and here I am]], just [[SociopathicHero another killer]]..."

->"Maybe I ''was'' wrong about you... You're not greedy... '''''[[BaitAndSwitch YOU'RE]]''''' '''''[[PrecisionFStrike BATSHIT]]''''' '''''[[YoureInsane INSANE!!]]'''''

->"I said my sword was a [[ForGreatJustice tool of justice]]. Not used in anger. [[TechnicalPacifist Not used for vengeance.]] [[spoiler:But now... [[[[GoodIsNotNice Now I'm not so sure.]] And besides, ''[[ExactWords this isn't my sword.]]]]''"

-> "Wow, this game is hype as fuck. I'm gonna use that word -- I never use that word, but I'm using it right now, because fuckin'... that's what this game is. Dear god."
-->-- '''[[{{WebVideo/Vinesauce}} Vinny]] while [[https://youtu.be/3gU6UMKl3Sc?t=1606 cutting up Metal Gear RAY]]'''

->"[[ChildSoldier You aren't the only one to grow up on the killing fields]]. War is a cruel parent, but an effective teacher. Its final lesson is carved deep in my psyche: [[StrawNihilist that this world, and all of its people, are diseased. Free will is a myth. Religion is a joke. We are all pawns, controlled by something greater: Memes, the DNA of the soul.]] They shape our will. They are the culture. They are everything we pass on. [[TeachHimAnger Expose someone to anger long enough, they will learn to hate.]] They become a carrier. Envy, greed, despair: all memes, all passed on. You can't fight nature, Jack. Wind blows, rain falls, and [[SocialDarwinist the strong prey upon the weak]]. Sam tells me you see your weapon as a "tool": something that saves lives, a means of justice. Now, there's a pretty meme! ''Exquisite''! [[NeverMyFault It spared you the burden of all the lives you've taken, absolved you of guilt when you enjoyed it.]]"

[[NotSoDifferent You were just like me]], [[VisionaryVillain trying to make history]].\\

But [[NotSoDifferent maybe we're both the same]].\\

Freedom is calling to all men who bend their will\\

Freedom is calling to all men who bend their will\\

->" '[[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr I have a dream]].' That one day every person in this nation will control their own destiny. A land of the truly free, dammit. [[TheSocialDarwinist A nation of]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist action]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not words! Ruled by]] ''[[TheSocialDarwinist strength]]'', [[TheSocialDarwinist not committee! Where the law changes to suit the individual, not the other way around. Where power and justice are back where they belong: in the hands of the people! Where every man is free to think - to act - for himself]]! [[SirSwearsALot Fuck all these limp-dick lawyers and chickenshit bureaucrats]]. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! ''Fuck American pride! Fuck the media!'' ''FUCK ALL OF IT!'' America is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT ''DOWN!'' And from the ashes, a new America will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The weak will be purged and the strongest will thrive - free to live as they see fit, they'll [[HarsherInHindsight make America]] ''[[Creator/DonaldTrump great again]]!'' In my new America, people will die and kill for what they ''BELIEVE''! Not for money, not for oil! Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to fight his own wars!"

[[WellIntentionedExtremist I feel new life will be born beneath the bloodstained sand]].\\