[Spoken Intro]
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle

[Verse 1]
I stand alone
And gaze upon the battlefield
Wasteland
Is all that's left after the fight
And now I'm searching a new way to defeat my enemy
Bloodshed
I've seen enough of death and pain

[Chorus]
I will run - they will hunt me in vain
I will hide - they'll be searching
I'll regroup - feign retreat they'll pursue
Coup de grâce
I will win but never fight

[Refrain]
That's the Art of War!
That's the Art of war!

[Verse 2]
Breaking the will to fight among the enemy
Force them to hunt me
They will play my game
And play by my rules
I will be close but still untouchable
No more will I see suffering and pain
[Chorus]
They will find me no more
I'll be gone
I will have them surrounded
They will yield without fight overrun
Coup de grâce
I will win but never fight

[Refrain]
That's the Art of War!
That's the Art of War!

[Bridge]
Broken and lost
Tired of war
They'll surrender to me
Caught in my trap
There's no way out
Fail never again (never again)

[Chorus]
I will run - they will hunt me in vain
I will hide - they'll be searching
I'll regroup - feign retreat they'll pursue
Coup de grâce
I will win but never fight
[Refrain]
That's the Art of War!
That's the Art of war!
That's the Art of war!
That's the Art of war!

[Spoken Outro]
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting