SABATON - Blood Of Bannockburn (Official Lyric Video)

The official lyric video for Sabaton's "Blood Of Bannockburn", from the album "The Last Stand".

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======= Blood Of Bannockburn LYRICS =======

Now that our time has come to Fight
Scotland must unite
We´ll make a stand on Stirling ground
To put a challenge to the crown
We are one, we have come
We´re here to break and end the occupation
We have our nation’s fate in hand
It’s time we make our final stand

Rally all the clans
Englishmen advance
Blood of Bannockburn
Point of no return

Join the Scottish revolution
Freedom must be won by blood
Now we call for revolution
Play the pipes and cry out loud

We need a king to rule our land
Bruce is in command
It is the crown that in his sight
And it´s the reason we will fight
To attack, send them back
And then we´ll see to Bruce’s coronation
We are the scots with pikes in hand
And we will die to claim our land

Rallied all the clans
Halted English plans
Charge of Bannockburn
Freedom we shall earn

And as the hammer lost its crown
And a weak heir to succeed it
Play the tunes of victory
Play them higher and higher tonight

Wallace showed the way
Led us to this day
Here at Bannockburn
Freedom we have earned

========= Historic Fact ==========

Scotland was at war with England for its independence. In 1314, the Scots went up against the English army and besieged Stirling Castle. In retaliation, England's King Edward II sent a mighty force to end the siege, but the Scots, led by their King, Robert the Bruce, defeated them at Bannockburn with a much smaller army.

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[geoffrey]

This song just made me think something, what about a revolution album? There are so many revolutions that litteraly changed the face of the world, there's so much to work with.

[timothyissler]

I wonder if the Scots began wearing kilts so they had room for their balls after winning this battle.

[francis]

Our English and History teacher showed us this in class as a listening comprehension exercise (English isn't our native language). He accidentally turned the entire class into fans haha

[ncrranger]

I like to imagine they made this song to prove you can make a good metal song with bagpipes

[harishsundararaman]

1:26 Love the reference to Scottish Pikemen. Unlike certain ahistorical movies where they show Scots as primitive tribesmen wearing kilts and fur, real medieval Scotsmen were some of the most advanced infantry in the age. In the battle of Bannockburn, William Wallace introduced a pike formation called the Schiltrin, consisting of a series of hedgehog squares to repel English horsemen. This was used well into the Napoleonic wars.

[kingwolf]

1:26 love how the first line here is a reference to Scottish noble Pikemen. Scottish nobles fought on foot instead of mounted, and had some of the best pike in the medieval ages.

[bassforhire]

Scotland: Exists
England: It's free real estate
Scotland: OH AYE YE WANAE HAVE A GO, YA WEE ANGLO COONT

[sovietapples]

I’m gonna play this in public in London

[steves]

Sabaton Is the only Band which can mix a Scottish instrument perfectly in a rock song

[Hilversumborn]

I'm reading all comments with a Scottish accent in my head

[mackattackgameingawesome]

HEY! HEY! Just wanna say that this makes me feel happier and happier every time I listen to SABATON! Their music is not just heavy metal! It's MEMORIES IN THE MAKING! KEEP DOING MORE SONGS!

[dionadair]

England: It won't be hard to conquer the Scots, right?
Scotland, seven hundred years later, the oldest unconquered nation in Europe and one of the oldest unconquered nations in the world: WRONG

[harryrose]

Scotland: exists

England: its free real estate

[griffinkelley]

Scotland: fights a powerful invasive neighbor
Poland: "first time?"

[petrpecenkaml.]

This is such an underrated gem in The Last Stand album, maybe even in the entire Sabaton discography. It isn't the usual Sabaton that mainstream listeners usually hear, but it's so full of fun and I can't get enough of it.

[lukeburky]

Nobody:
Americans after finding out their great x10 grandmother was Scottish:

[mishamedvedev]

Fair play, I know I can always count on a Scot to stand strong. Respect from an Englishman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[czarthetsar]

*when you equip the Scottish resistance*

[raptorgaming]

I had a butter knife on my desk now its a claymore

[ominösersüddeutscher]

This is madly underrated, definetly one of the best openings of all Sabaton songs