""Cold autumn rain Fields new-plowed A sludgy bane Far from home The time has come Our troops march on A silent hum A cheerful song Den snöiga nord är vart fädernesland Där sprakar var härd pa den stormiga strand Där växte vid svärdet var seniga arm Där glödde för tro och för ära var barm Vi vattnade i Nevans bad var frustande häst Han sam öfver Weichseln sa glad kom till fest Han sam öfver rhen vart hämnade stal Han drack utur Donau kejsarens skal Och rida vi fram öfver slätter och däld Sa springa ur hofvarna gnistor af eld Sa haglar vart hugg som ett hammarslag Sa ljusnar för världen en framtids dag In morning mist Dark lines stand still With clenched fists Against her will At the break of dawn Our forces assemble A distant horn Soon cannons will rumble A shroud of smoke An iron breeze A man of hope Hell unleashed A glove of steel Front line down A white lone steed A fallen crown Den snöiga nord är vart fädernesland Där sprakar var härd pa den stormiga strand Där växte vid svärdet var seniga arm Där glödde för tro och för ära var barm Var tröst du som suckar I mörker och band! Vi komma Vi komma vi lösa din hand Där pustar ej träl i var frostiga nord Friborne vi rida i fält för Guds ord Vid Breitenfeld vi togo Pappenheim I var famn Vi skrefvo pa Kronenbergs brynja vart namn Vi svedde gratt skägg for Tilly vid Lech Vi blödde med kungsblod vid Lützens häck Och rida vi längt fran vart nordliga spar Till glödande dufvor med blödande sar Sa smattra trumpeterna segerbud Hugg in tappra led! Fram! Med oss är Gud Cannons ready! On my command! Fire! Out of the dust past our ranks Came a mount without a master Blood-stained it strode all alone Each one knew The Oak had fallen Hakkaa päälle Pohjan Poika! Ride for revenge We march again For the King and the mighty Feel no fatigue Your wounds will heal When we've slain the foe so greedy Ride for revenge We march again For the King and the mighty Feel no fatigue Your wounds will heal When we've slain the foe so greedy""


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    can't believe i'm the first person to comment on this song. I don't know exactly what it means, cos i don't speak finnish or whatever language it's in, but from the prologue, i think it's just about an army marching to war in the past, because it was just another part of life to them. it sounds really inspiring, especially the last bit.

    serge fabrizioon December 23, 2007   Link
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    --> song explanations for Battle Metal metalstorm.ee/pub/interview.php in short: it's about the "March of the Finnish Cavalry in the Thirty Years War".

    this song is ridiculously awesome.

    viola_illyriaon May 01, 2008   Link
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    Ah, you beat me to it. Eitherway, here's the quote from that interview:

    "I've been facinated by the Thirty Years War almost since I was a child - specially the Finnish cavlary, The Hakkapeliittas, who were feared among enemies and highly respected by fellow soldiers. Our first demo "Taiston Tie - The Battle Path" from 1998 was around the same theme, so this Thirty Years War -song has been a long project that has hanged with us since the day Turisas was founded. The name for the song is taken from Topelius' Surgeon's Stories too. In the novel, the initials R.R.R. was engraved into the king's ring, which has a leading role throughout the story. Rex Regi Rebellis is Latin and could be translated into "the king is rebellious towards the king". The English lyrics are my own and the Swedish ones are from another text by Topelius "Finska rytteriets marsch i trettiåra kriget" (The March of the Finnish Cavlary in the Thirty Years War) Since Topelius was Finno-Swedish as myself, I wanted to use the original Swedish text. The pick also had to do with the fact that in the days of the Thirty Years War, Finland was a part of Sweden and so the Finnish soldiers and cavlary actually fought side by side with the Swedes."

    RainbowDemonon October 14, 2008   Link

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