Lay the foundation, the temple of thought The battle is finished before it is fought! Calculate distance, the cost, and the grain If you seek only glory, you’ll harvest the pain. Five factors of victory, written in bone: The Way and the Weather, the Command you own! The Terrain is a mistress, the Method is law Find the crack in the armor, the ultimate flaw! Appear where they are not! Strike where they are weak! The thunder of silence Is the vengeance we seek! THE ART OF WAR! Subdue the soul without a blade! THE ART OF WAR! In the shadows, the trap is laid! All warfare is deception, a mask of the blind The greatest of conquests is won in the mind! Be rapid as wind, be dense as the wood The fire consumes where the infantry stood! Immovable mountain, a shadow of dread Let your plans be as dark as the blood that you shed. Throw them to "Death Ground" where no exit lies A soldier with nothing will fight 'til he dies! Don't linger in scorched earth, don't battle uphill Bend the enemy's spirit to your iron will! Sun Tzu speaks from the hollow grave: Capture the state, do not ruin or slave. Divide! (Break their lines!) Disrupt! (Waste their time!) Divine! (The secret design!) THE ART OF WAR! Subdue the soul without a blade! THE ART OF WAR! In the shadows, the trap is laid! All warfare is deception, a mask of the blind The greatest of conquests is won in the mind! The peak of excellence... Is not winning a hundred battles... But breaking the enemy... WITHOUT. EVER. FIGHTING.
