The Last Stand
Sabaton
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Sparta (track commentary)
00 : 36
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Last Dying Breath (track commentary)
00 : 20
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Blood of Bannockburn (track commentary)
01 : 16
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The Lost Battalion (track commentary)
01 : 08
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Rorke’s Drift (track commentary)
01 : 22
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The Last Stand (track commentary)
01 : 29
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Hill 3234 (track commentary)
01 : 01
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Shiroyama (track commentary)
02 : 17
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Winged Hussars (track commentary)
01 : 29
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The Last Battle (track commentary)
02 : 27
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Track Lyrics
Sparta (track commentary) Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Many many years ago, when Persia came ashore
Heeding Leonidas' call, the Spartans went to war
Joined by their brothers, a few against the fateful horde
Hellenic hearts are set aflame, the hot gates calls their name
[Pre-Chorus 1]
A final stand, stop the Persians, spear in hand
Form a wall, live to fall, and live forever
[Chorus]
Sparta! Hellas!
Then, and again, sing of three hundred men
Slaughter! Persians!
Glory in death, Spartans will never surrender
[Verse 2]
Morning has broken, today they're fighting in the shade
When arrows blocked the sun they fell, tonight they dine in hell
[Pre-Chorus 2]
By traitor's hand, secret passage, to their land
Know his name, know his shame will last forever
[Chorus]
Sparta! Hellas!
Then, and again, sing of three hundred men
Slaughter! Persians!
Glory in death, Spartans will never surrender
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Sparta! Hellas!
Then, and again, sing of three hundred men
Slaughter! Persians!
Glory in death, Spartans will never surrender
[Instrumental Outro]
The Lost Battalion (track commentary) Lyrics
[Intro]
Far from their land as they made their stand
They stood strong and the legend still lives on
[Verse 1]
1918 the Great War rages on
A battalion is lost in the Argonne
Under fire there's nothing they can do
There's no way they can get a message through
Suffer heavy losses as the battle carries on
Liberty Division standing strong
[Chorus]
Far from their land as they made their stand
A disregarded demand
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high
They live or they die, there's no time for goodbye
Weapon in hand as they made their stand
Still disregarding demand
They would never comply, they would rather die
Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved
[Verse 2]
Friendly fire, munitions running low
The supplies, they were dropped upon their foe
1918 the war still rages on
The battalion still trapped in the Argonne
Chose not to surrender, they chose victory or defeat
Fallen brothers resting by their feet
[Chorus]
Far from their land as they made their stand
A disregarded demand
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high
They live or they die, there's no time for goodbye
Weapon in hand as they made their stand
Still disregarding demand
They would never comply, they would rather die
Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Far from their land as they made their stand
A disregarded demand
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high
Live or die, who can tell there's no goodbye
With a weapon in hand as they made their stand
Still disregarding demand
They would never comply, they would rather die
They stood strong and the legend still lives on
[Bridge]
Suffered heavy losses through the Great War they stood strong
But the memory of the fallen still lives on
[Chorus]
Far from their land as they made their stand
A disregarded demand
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high
They live or they die, there's no time for goodbye
Weapon in hand as they made their stand
Still disregarding demand
They would never comply, they would rather die
Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved
Shiroyama (track commentary) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's the nature of time
That the old ways must give in
It's the nature of time
That the new ways comes in sin
When the new meets the old
It always ends the ancient ways
And as history told
The old ways go out in a blaze
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Encircled by a vulture
The end of ancient culture
The dawn of destiny draws near
[Chorus]
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
[Verse 2]
As a new age begins
The way of the warrior comes to an end
As a new age begins
The ways of the old must apprehend
It's the nature of time
That the old ways must give in
It's the nature of time
That the new ways comes in sin
[Pre-Chorus 2]
An offer of surrender
Saigo ignore contender
The dawn of destiny is here
[Chorus]
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Till the dawn they hold on
Only 40 are left at the end
None alive, none survive
Shiroyama
[Chorus]
Imperial force defied, facing 500 samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
60 to 1, the sword face the gun
Bushido dignified
It's the last stand of the samurai
Surrounded and outnumbered
[Outro]
60 to 1, facing the gun
60 to 1, culture undone