"\"It Has to be This Way\" is Senator Steven Armstrong's final boss theme in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The lyrics cover the personal admission, almost an apology, that the singer and their opponent have to fight against each other, even though there's little fault of their own or even any real reason for fighting, as violence begets violence. It can be interpreted as Armstrong and/or Raiden coming to recognize the similarities between their personal philosophies - similarities that allow them to understand each other's motivations, but which also force them to battle to the death."@en . . . "It Has to be This Way"@en . "\"It Has to be This Way\" is Senator Steven Armstrong's final boss theme in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The lyrics cover the personal admission, almost an apology, that the singer and their opponent have to fight against each other, even though there's little fault of their own or even any real reason for fighting, as violence begets violence. It can be interpreted as Armstrong and/or Raiden coming to recognize the similarities between their personal philosophies - similarities that allow them to understand each other's motivations, but which also force them to battle to the death. The instrumental version of the song is a new composition, variation and mix of \"Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker Main Theme\" (from minutes 2:00 to 2:40) and the \"Metal Gear Solid Main Theme .\" Also, few seconds of \"Red Sun\" at the beginning, few seconds of track number 26 (Rising Action 3) and track 29 (Open Frontier) from the same disc too, from Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Soundtrack with several excerpts closing the song. A lyricless version also acted as the overworld theme for the Shabhazabad Air Base in Pakistan in R-07."@en .