Sabaton - The Carolean's Prayer (Lyrics English & Deutsch)
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- In 1682 king Charles XI started to reorganize the Swedish army which proved to be rather weak in the Scanian War (1674-1679). Each province was bound by contract to raise and supply a regiment of 1,200 men, called Caroleans.
During years of training the infantry tactics grew more efficient than anywhere else in Europe. The soldiers had to march on until they were close enough to see the white in their enemies' eyes. Then the front row kneeled and the first two ranks fired their muskets at the same time.
The iron-hard discipline and courage which was needed for such offensive battle tactics was made possible by the strong belief in God every Carolean had. So the Swedish army often managed to defeat a numerically much larger host.
CAUTION!
I won't tolerate any racist, discriminatory or in any other form inappropriate comments! This song neither glorifies war, nor National Socialism, but should be considered as a historical work.
"No, we don't glorify anything, we just tell stories about things that have happened." (Rikard Sundén, founding member of Sabaton)
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Nachdem sich die schwedische Armee im Nordischen Krieg (1674-1679) als militärisch schwach erwiesen hatte begann König Karl XI. 1682 sie komplett zu reformieren. Jede Provinz wurde vertraglich verpflichtet, ein Regiment von 1.200 Soldaten, die als Karoliner bezeichnet wurden, aufzustellen und zu unterhalten.
Während Jahren des Traininge wurden die Infanterietaktiken effizienter als irgendwo sonst in Europa. Die Soldaten hatten den Befehl, solange weiter vorwärts marschieren, bis sie das Weiße in den Augen ihrer Feinde sehen konnten. Dann kniete die vorderste Reihe ab und die ersten beiden Reihen feuerten ihre Musketen gleichzeitig ab.
Die eiserne Disziplin und der Mut, der für so offensive Taktiken nötig war, ist durch den starken Glauben an Gott zu erklären, der alle Karoliner verband. So gelang es der schwedischen Armee öfters, ein zahlenmäßig überlegenes Heer zu schlagen.
ACHTUNG!
Ich dulde keine rassistischen, diskriminierenden oder in sonstiger Form unangemessene Kommentare! Dieses Lied verherrlicht weder Krieg, noch den Nationalsozialismus, sondern ist rein historisch zu betrachten!
"Nein, wir verherrlichen nichts, wir erzählen nur Geschichten über Dinge, die passiert sind." (Rikard Sundén, Gründungsmitglied von Sabaton)
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Nothing gets manlier than the chorus after the Swedish God´s Prayer
damm right
neilerator ahead. Facing the lead. An army of swedes. Performing gods deeds.
UltimateToby 17
Showing no fear
their judgement is near
making their saaaacrifiiiiiice
Steel Patterns
When the king and his men
their enemies sight
prepare for the fight
banners held high
ready to die
hear how they praise the loooooord
neilerator *PRAISING THE LORD INTENSIFY AS AWESOME SOLO RIFF KICKS IN*
My King,
"Sabaton" has happened to us, giving the following effects:
- Morale of Armies +100%
- Discipline +100%
- Army Tradition +100
- National Manpower Modifier +10000%
And France still manages to have higher army stats.
*Still gets 0 0 6 0 general*
Comet sighted
EUIV much?
Elf0Toxic0 Badass factor: OVER 9000!
Honestly Piscator, (whoever you are) you're actually such a class lad for uploading so many Sabaton songs and also giving description on what they're about
Wish I had 50 upvotes, but alas I have but the one
@@joshuareyes35 what does that have to do with anything?
@@happyburgerman9724 I think he meant that he can only upvote it once.
@@SantaClaus-kk8zr Ah okay
Hes the official unofficial lyric poster
Honestly, imagine being a soldier in these times, being in a massive army going up a very obviously smaller swedish army. You'd be feeling insanely confident, right? Then imagine that smaller swedish army not holding ground, or taking up defensive positions (as any other army would), but simply start walking towards you. Steadily. Their drums beating. Advancing without pause. Imagine how terrifying it would be to see an army like that, not even pausing when you and your fellow soldiers release a volley into them. The swedes continuing to advance until you can see exactly how hardened in battle these men are.
It'd be difficult not to waver at the sight of that.
And they weren’t just some regulars they were all trained in hand to hand combat something most army’s didn’t besides their old guard
This is a meaningless anecdote but I'm playing Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword, and my Swedish units will often fight with 30 men against 150+ enemies left and still win. Often my single army can take out 3 or 4 enemy armies and whatever units they have stationed in their fort or city.
And judging by the Swedish Army's actual service record during this history: that's not only not unusual, but should be expected.
There's nothing terrifying than men who don't fear or flinch.
Would probably be like going against a roman Legion. Those troops were trained to remain perfectly silent as they marched into battle. Imagine being a visigoth or Galian tribesmen shouting warcries while an uniterrupted wall of scutum (shields) and gladiuses (swords) marches toward you, releasing vollies of pilum (javelins) at your allies. All while your enemy is silent.
Fecking badass.
The Swedish army at that time isn't only walking towards you, the drums you're talking about is actually shitload of cannon fire lil
The Caroleans... Brave men who fought and died for their king and Fatherland. Men who meet volleys after volleys and just marched onward without fear nor doubt.
They had balls of steel.
Musket balls that is
Demew But of course.
Charles Xll
Sir, I think you meen twin flails for balls.
Agreed.
King Charles XII of Sweden
Wait, you just... what...? Did I just... Why am I seeing two of you, my liege?
Joakim claims he isn't a religious person which I find it amazing that a non religious person can make a song about a certain religion so moving and empowering. Truly amazing.
Daniel Kline agreed he said he played organ for a church as a kid despite not really being a pious individual and that he genuinely enjoyed it.
Same with The Last Stand
Kalinmir because of your coment i will make one and i will put it at the best spot in my Room !
Knotsee
A very anthropologically-Libertarian world philosophy. Libertarians hate war, war mongers and most mercenaries, but love honest soldiers who fight for a cause they believe just.
being non-religious doesn't mean being atheist, or not recognizing the greatness of religion as a concept, especially christianity to the west
my family: the metal are just a bunch of satanic music
Me: 3:17
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Carolean's Prayer does sound like an Evangelical praise and worship song
+1
You deserve more likes
One of the reasons I love Sabaton is that they aren’t one of those bands that think they have to gain followers by being edgy devil worshippers. They use history instead which is fucking awesome!
"See the white in their eyes" doesn't refer to the eyes of the Caroleans. It refers to the aggressively offensive Carolean line infantry tactic - called Gå-På (Go-On) - of not firing until you could distinguish the facial features of the enemy, or "See the white in their eyes". This was a risky tactic for individual soldiers since you had to march straight into a flood of bullets, but if successful you could use powerful short range muskets with great destructive accuracy and defeat numerically superior armies.
It's not a reference to the famous order of Battle of Bunker Hill? «Don't fire until see white of their eyes». I am not a citizen of the US-of-A, figuratively speaking I'm a progeny of Peter-the-Great's infantry, but read about it a few things.
Plus the fear it put in the enemies eyes of the caroleans getting danger close to fire. Probably built up a serious rep there.
@@scottskidmore8558Yeah, an enemy that doesn't show fear when facing death will have that effect too. Sweden has a very long history of going the extra mile in regards to tactics that shock and instilled fear in the enemy forces, the Rus' vikings knew a thing or two about that
I'm not an expert in 18th Century warfare, or even that particularly well read in the 18th Century (Ancient, Medieval and 20th Century are my personal areas of enjoyment), but I imagine the whole "whites of their eyes" order was a testament to the sheer discipline of whichever army was attempting to employ such a tactic. I imagine if you're attacking, advancing until you can "see the whites of their eyes" would be pretty difficult as the enemy would no doubt be firing on you at the same time. If you're unable to stop and return fire, you may be inclined to rout. Unless of course you have the necessary resolve to take the enemy's fire until you're in appropriate range.
Similarly for defending, I suspect that if you're waiting for the enemy to come in range, you might be, out of fear and nervousness, be inclined to open fire. So if you're holding until the enemy's eyes are in range, its because you have the iron discipline to hold fire.
@@worldoftancraft this just in, America is not the only country
This happened way before American independence, buddy
5:08
That prayer, accompanied by the footsteps... It makes me picture the Carolean Death March, freezing and hungry men on the verge of death walking through snowy mountains and fields.
While praying, knowing that that will be their last day
And then, wait for it...
THE MONGOLS BUT THEY STILL CRUSH THEN BECAUSE THEY'RE SWEDEN
They have a song on that , Ruina Imperii , obviously you won't be able to understand it if you don't speak Svenska but if you do then it's good.
03:16
Reasons to learn Swedish
Its just the lord prayer in swedish. Like baba yetu is the lord prayer in swahili.
Except it sounds like Elvish.
@@carpetclimber4027 swedish sounds elvish?
@Robert Harris Not so much in rock or metal, but in many other genres, yes. In metal it's just power.
Swedish when sung is very distinct and beautiful.. Swedish can be extremely expressive and epic when sung as well as spoken (eloquently). As for elves, a country that before christianity favored Freyr as their main deity of worship, the Swe royals, Ynglinga line of old Uppsala claimed to be descendants of Freyr. Which was often called Lord of the Elves, his home being Alfheim (elf-world) in mythology. Most likely just their legendary/semi--historical king Yngvi-Freyr of Uppsala that was later a deity after his death and worshipped by the Swedes for ages. Most altar ands sites of worship found in Sweden are Freyr-related. Just history for ya, unrelated to the song:) But yea, sounds a bit elvish.
The Lord's Prayer in Swedish sends chills everytime.
Definitely, and I'm not even religious
I'm an atheist, I never got how a man could die for an imaginary friend taken from a book except through indoctrination...untill I heard this song.
@@totaltcl1099 bro stay quiet
@@totaltcl1099ok?
3:17 It is the most badass Lord's Prayer I've ever heard in my life
3:34
"Ahead, facing the lead,
An army of Swedes, performing God's deeds,
Showing no fear, their judgement is near,
Making their saaacrifice!
When the King and his men,
Their enemies sight, prepare for the fight,
Banners held high, ready to die,
Hear how they praaaaise the looord!"
Best part
No shit
Absolutely
I agree 100%. When I first heard this, I heard that part, and instantly had it stuck in my head for about a week. It was great
Sons of Freyr
"Into battle, facing the fire. Lord, Thy will be done."
My favorite line.
How is it that many so called "secular" bands manage to write better Christian related songs than actual Christian bands do?
UPDATE: I've discovered SO many awesome Christian metal bands since my original post.
Actually knowing history.
Christian bands actually have a lot of pressure by their publishers to compose songs in a certain style, to avoid risk. Christian novelists are also under a similar type of pressure. That's why you usually see 'ballad' style Christian songs and "Amish Romance" style stories from Christian authors.
@@elnin8 One could understand why artist often avoid the "Christian band" label. Doing so actually may give them more freedom to express their faith.
@@IanHunter78 Yup. I've found the same with my own writing, in fact. I owe a lot Brent Week's books; they helped me realize that I could write the way I wanted while still expressing my faith, like you said.
well, I think Skillet is the exception, they do very good metal songs!
God you could make an entire song out of the prayer at the end...
HisHolyMajesty that's called baba yetu
HisHolyMajesty Here it is
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@@mewinglegorias5733 I was sure I'd be rickrolled but thanks to fader vår som är i himmelen I wasn't.
You win 9 out 10 battle playing as Sweden in darth mod napoleon total war when listening to this song
Ryan Martin That last battle that ye didn't win be Poltava?
No i beating Russia into a pulp the battle i lost was against napoleon who when considering i am playing on the hardest settings i second only to Gustav Adolphus is not that much as a bitter defeat.shame about our armies though over 10,000 dead on each side.
funny you say that.i bought empire during the steam summer sale and are currently fighting the russians
Ryan Martin how do u play as Sweden in napoleon? only got france England Prussia Austria and Russia
yea I have darthmod that's why im askin all I get is napoleons campaigns and the 4 coalition campaigns
I never heard about Caroleans before listening to Sabaton, I also noticed they were the Swedish special soldiers in Civ 5. But such an impressive unit. Discipline above anything else. They would take the enemy fire, and continue on with such determination that it completely broke the morale of a numerically superior army. I even found battles where Sweden would lose less than 100 men while capturing or killing up to 20 000 Russians. That's battle of Thermopylae, but in the north.
Sieptium Charles XII actually had two nicknames given to him by people hearing about his accomplishments in France and England. He was known as "The man that could not be defeated" and "Alexander of the north" both of which are fairly accurate. No army under Charles XII ever lost a major engagement.
+eckabacken9 Until, you know, they did. He was twice exiled for "Failure in battle". He returned and faught in fredrickshuld, where he was killed (unfortunatley). He was a very good general, and was an even better king, but he did lose a major engagement.
Steggles Fair enough, mention one. One major battle, so not Battle of Stresow or something like that.
eckabacken9 There was the Saint Petersburg ambush. That happened while he was on his way to take Moscow. They lost pretty bad there. Lost Artillery and supplies. It tarnished his name a bit. However, even when he was exiled to the ottoman empire, he led an army against the Russians. He was a great expansionist, and was very resourceful.
Steggles Yeah, but can you name it? Im just wondering
i got IKEA ad. They really conquered our world those Swedes :D
The swedes conquered tuchanka?
McDonalds and Pepsi where imported into the soviet union. until I see IKEA in North Korea Swedes have nothing on American cultural domination, this coming from a brit
With their pesky volleys of furniture...
@@flaviusbelisarius7517 Pepsi got into Russia by buying their navy
@@maximaldinotrap Remember, Russia originally traded vodka, then traded around 60 ships for Pepsi.
Sabaton, making history awesome since 1999
and now they're providing music for hearts of iron, the awesomeness is mindblowing.
They first appeared on Europa Universalis soundtrack, that's how I found them
Joren van der ark 2005 Actually
5ar yes in the Sense that their first album about war was published in 2005 (primo victoria ) But the band was founded in '99
That God's Prayer in swedish rocks!
Well yeah it's rock music
+Jeffrey Stanley ...
+Jeffrey Stanley ...
It's called the Lord's Prayer but yeah.
+Jeffrey Stanley It's power metal actually ^^
Anybody else who's addicted to the part from 3:16 to 3:56 as well?
Denny Tee yes me too, I have that prayer memorized
Denny Tee best part is from 0.00 to 6.20
i only listen that part :D
Yeah but for a diffrent reason than you. When i hear that part i see depictions in my head of soldiers of the Empire(From Warhammer Fantasy) Pictures of the map of the empire and pictures of imperial soldiers engaged in battle against their enemies and at the end Karl Franz on hes Griffion marching along with an army of halberds and Rieksguard knights.
Denny Tee The part at 3:35, though, is the heaviest part of any Sabaton song I've heard.
Comments saying that Finland played a big role in Swedish armies, it's true but don't forget that Finland wasn't considered anything but the east side of Sweden...
Swedish ingenuity and Finnish testosterone, unbeatable mix.
+nbrod3n Swedes + Finns = remove everything
+Mr Svalbard No. Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Greenland and Estonia in a union removes everything.
Really? Estonia? Might as well also add Aland and the Faroe Islands.
Faroe island is Considered (Denmark), Åland :D
Car salesman: Slaps Sabaton
These Bad boys can fit so many Historical songs in them
5:07 onwards I just picture the Caroleans singing this as they march and anyone who can hear it knows the Caroleans are coming and better watch out!
Elijah Lurton AND gut mitt uns. But when you hear that you are a split second from death...
Er.... just want to remind you that they was (at the point) losing : )))))
To be fair, any force that keeps losing numbers but also keeps going is generally a bad sign for whoever they're moving towards. Either they're lunatics or they know reinforcements are very close.
@@54321blader no, they believed that their death was gods plan, so they kept marching
@@catalyst9905 what the other guy said is what their foes would be thinking. You see an army marching towards you, continuously losing men but still marching, you would think they are mad or they are confident. You wouldn't be thinking that they have a strong belief in God so they are unafraid to fight and die.
Bro let’s not ignore how powerful that chorus is
FADER VÅR, SOM AR I,
HIMMELEN, HELGART
VARDE DITT NAMN.
"I bet you can't make a badass song about christianity ." (The Last Stand)
"Okay, I bet you can't do it again."
this was before but ok
This song is about 4 years older than the last stand haha
As Well As This Being Older Than The Last Stand, I Honestly Don't Consider The Last Stand To Be About Christianity.
@@rateeightx its clearly about the soldiers protecting papacy of course christianity oh wait i think this video is the one thats not about christianity since protestanism reject the church founded by christ and his apostle
@@yonathanrakau1783 they are christs anyways. lol they just rejected the catholic church
This whole song gives me goosebumps, but especially that prayer being chanted.
i do the same
Religion Leaders: Metal music is satanic music
Sabaton: Hold our History Book
Good thing no one cares about religious leaders these days.
What I love in this song :
- The pipe organ beginning
- The riffs at the chorus and during the prayer.
These two elements make me see the 1700s and the modern times as line infantry advanced on battles. It’s so stylish.
Sabaton used Carolean’s Prayer.
All allied forces received a 1200% increase in morale and recruitment
Shouldn't be recruitment. Sweden had a very low population. 1200% infantry combat ability.
1648%*
I actually had to see the Lyrics to realize it was "Fader Vor"...damn, Sabaton can make everything badass, it would seem.
Imagine that one being song in church...
I would actually go to church if this song was able to be sung
Jeffrey Stanley Try asking the priest, especially if he's got ties to the Judaists ;)
Michael VPS At least there's no swearing in it, that's a big plus...
And also it's got the Lord's Prayer, however it's in Swedish so we'd get completely lost.
I'm atheist by the way. :P
Jeffrey Stanley Asatru.
I still like going to church though. Gives me a bit of peace at mind.
+Michael VPS Fader Vor?
This song is definition of perfect epic music
Adamsın sema
I can't stop to listen this song. Is pure energy.
Don Corleone Hi.Part of this song is the original Battle's Hymn of the Caroleans soldiers, the army of King Carolus XII of Sweden. It tells about his
devotion to the Lord ( God ), to the King and to Fatherland. They haven't fear of enemy and dead because the Lord and the King are on their side. I respect his onor and his bravery,for me the most important quality of a man.
I wish there was a video of just this song's Outro. I could listen to that forever...
Robbie Norris czcams.com/video/8W9yJk5QlhQ/video.html
love the outro
fader vor
5ar
Legend :) Thanks man
dani musumba Haha, no problem :) I myself like to listen to only outro sometimes :D
Praise the Lord, pass the ammunition, and fix bayonets. We either march home sing God's praises or die for his glory.
TriggerMeTimbers amen
As long as you live in a country where you have ammunition to pass that isn't owned completely by the government along with all the guns.
I stand beside you brother!
DEUS VULT, BRÖTHER
FOR THE EMPEROR!
Sabaton needs to write a "Fridericus Rex" album, about Frederick the Great of Prussia. They also would make a great song about Ernst Junger, one of the most badass men to fight in the First World War.
+Bismarckisawesome Fridericus sounds rediculous lol
+Bismarckisawesome Like the song Fridericus Rex mein König und held? just abit more Sabaton like.
Esben Drenck It'd be great.
What about Erwin Rommel and The Red Baron? I'm not saying that's a bad suggestion, I'm just suggesting more people. Also, Mary Seacole and Jon Snow(Not Game of Thrones).
Dave Hoffman extra history fan?
Poland: "We have the winged hussars!"
Sweden: "We have Carolean's!"
Guns > heavy cavalry
Sabaton: "We have both"
the world would explode if the Full Might of Poland Lithuania and the Swedish Empire came to blows
@@handlesarecringe957 that heavy cavalry ran down countless regiments of musket men...
Lol Sweden rekt PLC during the Deluge
Perfect music for my next Sweden campaign in Empire Total War =)
just wish u got carolean units in the dlc department
I just disable those laggy fortresses in Darthmod settings xD
So, this is the Music i hear when i play EU4?
+Neo-Nuclearcrazed Valeniret
Yup, it is.
me too especially when I end up fighting the caths and the orthos
Yeah lol
+Neo-Nuclearcrazed Valeniret what is EU?
Thomas Hutchison
a Great Historical Grand Strategy game. (That is on Steam)
Carolean soldier: how close should we come to the enemy before we fire?
Commander: Yes!
i love the lords prayer in swedish(?), it sounds so much better then in english............ty for doing this piscator, and ty sabaton for making such great music!!
Yep, Swedish
I am Muslim, but I like this song so much. Especially the part with the Lord's player. And "See the whites in their eyes, Caroleans are marching on" line.
Greetings from Kazakhstan
I'm an atheist and I love the lord's prayer, too. I don't believe in any faith, but there's beautiful and powerful stories and sayings from all religions.
u HAVE internent there ? wut ?
Norse Pagan myself, and I love it too. And no offense, I didn't think an average person in Kazakhstan had internet. World is changing for sure alright
Ignar Baldur Åndersjön the Husky Well, we have 17 mln people here, and approximately 12 mln have internet. ;)
I'm a Christian Catholic and I loved the prayer in swedish, sounds so much cooler than english or my native language polish :P
I watched that movie, knowing the whole time the Swedes would lose the battle, but I cheered for them anyway. Leve Carolus!
Jarrett Wattenburger My condolences for you having to watch that piece of propaganda. May your braincells rest in peace.
Jen'ari-asha aren’t you just a ray of sunshine
DEUS VULT?! We must take back sweden!
Which film is this?
Whitch film is that
Fader vår som som är i himmelen
Helgat varde ditt namn
Tillkomme ditt rike
Ske din vilja
Såsom i himmelen så ock uppå jorden
Ge oss bröd ock idag
Och förlåt oss våran skuld
Our Father who Art in Heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy Kingdom Come
Thy will be Done
On Earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive our Trespasses
Damn Skippy, I purchased this album. This song has become an anthem for me. Whenever I am faced with anything daunting. I remember the Caroleans prayed going into battle and they usually won.
Demon: tries to haunt you
You: starts praying in swedish with rock music
Demon: i... i'll see myself out
Il padre nostro non è mai stato più figo di così
I'm amazed they can walk in perfect formation while carrying their balls of steel.
I've never heard of you before
The concept of an army fighting to the last man is strangely appealing to me.
@@fishnujish1511 play With Fire and Sword
You can play as the Swedish Empire
Most kids want to be a police officer or something.....
I wanted to be a Carolean.
so relatable..
Most caroleans eventually died in battle
@@jager4508 Total win
THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVE
You guys are useless in 1700s we captured krakow and warsaw you stupid poles the only good they were was in the 1600s especially 1683
BritishPrivateer kek, idc
BritishPrivateer btw thx for telling me ur nationality coz that really helps
The Hussars did arrive in 1702, at the battle of Kliszów. They arrived, and they died.
Bödvar kk
Protties can't Deus Vult they said.
Protestants can't never know the sensation of performing God's Heavenly Justice they said.
Why not don't they believe in Christ the Ten Commandments and God as you Catholics
+Knoxx
Heavy emphasis on " *_THEY SAID_* ". If you're still confused, it means "people said that [blah blah blah], but it turns out they were wrong".
+Knoxx Because only two of these are in the bible and you can never fulfill all ten as a catholic.
Chloe Shand But this is a lutheren prayer
Chloe Shand protties dont deus vult. they gott mit uns instead
That's it, I'm enlisting! .... first, to build a time machine, though :/
Prepare to literally walk up to your enemy and having to withstand the constant barrage while doing so.
To then loose and manage to retreat to then die in Norway.
Yes, im writing this after 4 months pure silence.
Flugwurst *claps*
I´m going back in time to save Carolus!
Kommissar Krownen What Gave you that idea? Polish Lithuania marched into Swedish Livonia first. And to quote the great Carolus, “I have resolved to never start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies.”
what a song, its perfect in every way and it inspired many individuals like myself to do some research on the Caroleans and I must say, Swedish soldiers were without a doubt, the best soldiers of their time.
I've lost track of how many times I've listened to this song and I love the outro just as much as everyone else in the comments, but one detail just hit me like a sledgehammer: the Lord's Prayer cuts off at "Forgive us our trespasses," instead of continuing to, "as we forgive those who trespass against us." Listening to it that way, it sounds as if they're asking for God's forgiveness for what the Caroleans have done in His name rather than praising their mission. Just one tiny thing that changes the entire message...
I will get this played at my church.
Such an underrated song by Sabaton. They never play it in their gigs
@Genghis Khan i hope the crowd sings on the Lord's Prayer part?
The verse after the prayer is so haunting.
But so inspiring.
Gives me an image of a grim march to a dark battlefield and bloody clash
The part that starts at 3:01 gets me everytime.I love it so much.Especially when the prayers start!
Those 21~22 seconds from 3:33 to 3:55 have me shivering every time I hear this song. It hits so hard
Swedish Protestant brothers... a Greek Orthodox convert here, much support! For my Protestant brothers! Stay strong.
Fun fact:
The lyrics at 5:08 are from an old prayer called "Fader vår" (Our Father).
Lyrics:
Fader vår som som är i himmelen
Helgat varde ditt namn
Tillkomme ditt rike, ske din vilja
Såsom i himmelen så ock uppå jorden
ge oss bröd
ock idag
Och förlåt oss våran skuld
Prayer:
Fader vår som är i himmelen.
Helgat varde ditt namn.
Tillkomme ditt rike.
Ske din vilja, såsom i himmelen
så ock på jorden.
Vårt dagliga bröd giv oss idag,
och förlåt oss våra skulder,
*(where the lyrics stop)*
såsom ock vi förlåta dem oss skyldiga äro,
och inled oss icke i frestelse
utan fräls oss ifrån ondo.
Ty riket är ditt och makten och härligheten
i evighet.
Amen.
The prayer roughly translated to:
Our Father (God), who is in heaven(the sky),
hollowed(sanctified) be your name,
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
So as in heaven and so as upon earth,
Give us bread today and pardon(forgive) our sin(debt).
Additional notes:
The word for heaven and the sky are the same in Swedish "Himmelen".
The text doesn't specify sin (which is singular in the text and in the lyrics), but instead uses the word "skuld" which commonly translated to debt.
The text is written in an old Swedish with grammar that is rarely if ever seen today, it is still understandable though.
if you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to ask, I'm happy to answer to the best of my ability!
It happens to be very similar to "The Lords Prayer" (A British translation) which I guess is because they are both from Matthew 6:9-13 in the Bible.
chills everytime i hear the switch from the chorus to the prayer
"SEE THE WHITE IN THEIR EYES"
"CAROLEANS ARE MARCHING ON"
"PUT THEIR LIVES IN GOD'S HAND"
"FOR THE KINGDOM AND FATHERLAND"
"SEE THE WHITE IN THEIR EYES"
"CAROLEANS ARE MARCHIN ON"
chills.. Everytime..
03:33 BEST FUCKING PART OF ANY SONG EVER RECORDED!!!
True
that was awesome, but i still think the chorus for Carolus rex was better
Luke Foster Well Everyone has their Own Opinion.XD
cloudfanlp true ecks deeeeeeeee
Luke Foster Thats the Spirit!
This is the most awesome thing in existence.
"The Prussian army had discipline stats raised to 100"
The Carolean's: *LAUGHTS IN 1000 DISCIPLINE*
I've been waiting for months for you to do this one. It was awesome, thank you!
einfach genial! mit den informationen die du immer drunter schreibst is das echt super!
Put their lives in God's hands, for the kingdom & fatherland!
I listen to this playing in almost every strategy game, I win every time.
Me too ! Mainly Europa Universalis IV and COH2
Been watching these videos all weekend, I like the way you add the narrative with the history. Nothing educates like a good bit of heavy metal, I learnt about Coleridge from Iron Maiden's "Mariner". Just thought I would say thank you for your efforts, perhaps there is hope for the youth of today not to repeat the mistakes of the past, which of course is the most important lesson history can teach. "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so" Douglas Adams
you know, kinda what saddens me about this album is the intermingled themes. in this song you have the power of human belief. Belief in a cause, a religion, an empire. You have this belief that made these men powerful at that time. Then when you compare it to the other themes of the album, it combined with Lion from the north and gott mit uns you can feel this vitality and belief in a beautiful future. but you get carolus rex where you feel that it is being used not for the future for all but to really prop up only one man. you get killing ground and 1648 and you start to see the horror of this belief being used in this way. with lifetime at war you get that weariness as their blood and belief is being spent as the currency of empire, then with long live the king and ruina imperii you get this disillusionment along with despair at the loss of everything they fought for. I spent years thinking about ruina imperii, like what was it all worth? what could those men return home to? then I thought, they could return home and learn what it meant to grow old. that's what they could do, without the grand dream of empire those men had the opportunity to grow old and meet their grand children. sure the grand dream is dead, but they get to live instead and really was that grand dream, fueled by the blood of the men that dreamed it, ever really worth more than the blood spilled for it?
Prop up one man? Carlous rex saved Sweden from being deleted off the face of europe fighting single handedly against russia the polish lithuanian commonwealth and denmark among others like england. At the age of only 18 after ruling for only 3 years no less.
@@robertharris6092 It’s significantly more complicated than that…King Carolus did multiple times defeat more numerous and tactically superior foes, and many of those early foes resulted in the Swedish Empire being saved from defeats that could have been very fatal..but he then began to fall into the trap of many European conquerors, earlier than most because due to his young age, he never considered the importance of logistics and grand strategy, instead opting for brief, flashy victories. More experienced commanders lasted longer and outplayed Charles the Great because they understood the importance of economic warfare.
This is the best explanation of the album I've seen. It does sadden a person, but they sure told a powerful story.
dude I'm an atheist but this song about God and war is fucking amazing I'm so glad I've discovered sabaton the prayer was my favorite part lol
I absolutely love how the music fades out leaving just the prayer and the marching.
That's it. That's the comment.
This is my favorite song by them, it's just so amazing.
Subbed, fellow BG (:
Wie immer genial und die Videoeinlage passt auch perfekt!
every time i listen to this masterpiece, i get goosebumps all over and my hair stands straight up. this song is amazing.
Am I the only one who hears "Their enemies just dies"?
nope
Chastise.
I heard that at first too, I was thinking “oh well that’s quite considerate of them”
they just dies simple as that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What part do you hear it at?
Went from this to Ruina Imperii.
The bigger the tree the harder the fall.
03:02 till 03:58 best part of the whole song (in my humble opionion)... and best motivation song when u are hiking and are about to give up... :D
Sweden needs the spirit of the Caroleans again
Yup
Dylan Chouinard lol good luck this time
Just a reminder signing up for your country’s military is patriotic and Europeans won’t stay silenced for long
But good luck trying to explain that most those who join have no sense of affiliation to blood and soil :)
That’s without even counting the number of Europeans sick and tired of this open border none-sense
Charles XI is brave and strong but his son is unstoppable, Charles XII
Right now they just have Feminists and Terrorists.
@@johannderjager4146 Unfortunately Sweden is gone, but Poland is still standing strong. Europe still has hope. First step needs to be disbanding the EU
Listening to this for the first time, and again I'm not disappointed.
The level of editing in these videos is top notch
The soldiers are marching towards us: Ok...
They're unaffected by cannon fire: OH NO
They're chanting God's Prayer in Swedish: O H N O
A heavily distorted guitar starts playing: O O H F U C K
Iam atheist, but I fucking love this song
Why shouldn't you? It is rather neutral considering religion. Depending on your opinion you might even consider it anti-religious.
Yes I know :)
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Well, probably Sabaton are atheists too (as around 85% of Swedish people are), but they are talking about Caroleans and Swedish Empire, which on their existance, had a strong religion. You can hear that in "Ruina Imperii" they say in Swedish "ambition and a strict religion drove the Swedes into war". :)
Yeah sure, I never said that Sabaton are religious.
Osher Shukrun
Almost positive that Sabaton aren't religious. They have a song called "Burn Your Crosses" and is about how the Christian faith has brought nothing but death and destruction and that we should put our hearts and minds into science.
Many have been Caroleans, only one has been named as the last Caroleans. Also named as the Savior of Stockholm, when he led the troups to the final battle on Swedish soil + 300 years ago against the russians, sort of like 5:1, but won the battle with "Gå på". His name was Rutger Fuchs. . He had several earlier battle scars, and one of the ones i rank the most is, when he led his troops, and got into hand-to-hand combat with the danish royal commander in the fore of their troops. In the end Rutger got six cuts, the dane died, and in the end the swedish troops won.
Ein tag nach meinen geburtstag-danke fur das geschenk.
That moment you are not even Swedish and yet feel a nationalistic pride for those men.
Context makes this all the more powerful.
When his voice gets deeper and deeper it becomes somehow more perfect.
Doctor: You have 6 minutes and 20 seconds of life
Me:
I could die to that outro...
Long live Sweden!
zEmakaveli *lived*
Thanks!! Needed That! : )
Lyric videos this good are a rarity.Keep it up mate!
Love caroleans, possibly my most favorite army to read and learn about.
Plus blue and yellow are good colors. ;)
I am absolutely in love with the Swedish prayer at 3:17
Immerwieder der Hammer!!! Deine Vid`s sind SUPER!!!!!!!!
MAN YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO BADASS...THANKS FOR ALL OF THEM.
BTW I GOT THE SPECIAL EDITION THAT INCLUDES 2 DISCS, ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN SWEDISH, AN I SWER YOU MAN, IN THIS SONG OF MY ALBUM THE SOLO SOUNDS SLIGHTLY DIFERENT.