Uploaded March 2012 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Nickelback's latest album, The Best of Nickelback, Volume 1 is available now on Roadrunner Records.

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LYRICS

Climb into the ring for a battle that you can't win
Swing as hard as you can swing, it will still mean nothing
Should've seen it coming
It had to happen sometime
But you went and brought a knife
To an all out gun fight

And the only thing to save
Is the banner that you wave
To be wrapped around your grave

You've gone too far
(get up, get up)
Who do you think you are
(get up so we can finish this)
Is this what you came for
(get up, get up)
Well this means war
(get up so we can finish this)

Say anything you want
But talk will get you nowhere
The only thing you've brought was psychological warfare
Well there's no getting out
And now you got to wonder
Who will dig you out when you're six feet under

And the only thing to save
Is the banner that you wave
To be wrapped around your grave

You've gone too far
(get up, get up)
Who do you think you are
(get up so we can finish this)
Is this what you came for
(get up, get up)
Well this means war
(get up so we can finish this)

And the only thing to save
Is the banner that you wave
To be wrapped around your grave

You've gone too far
(get up, get up)
Who do you think you are
(get up so we can finish this)
Is this what you came for
(get up, get up)
Well this means war
(get up so we can finish this)

Well this means war