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Under this sun no shadows will fall
piercing our eyes as we charge
an armoured battalion on course to the east
closing the end of it’s march
This time we’re here to finish a job
started a decade ago
driving the animals out of their holes
to bury them 6 feet below
Armoured tanks of mass destruction
killers in the east
rats who dares to stand before us
feel our guns go live
Death in the shape of a panzer battalion
insect of terror don’t run face your fate like a man
cannot outrun our panzer battalion
Thousands of tons of armour and guns
making it’s way through the sand
our panzer battalion is back for revenge
artillery sweeping the land
First strike is ours no mercy is shown
there’s rivers of blood in our track
breaking their lines of defence with our tanks
infantry watching our back
Blow their SAM sites clear for air strike
ready for the storm
minefields swept there’s no surrender
feel our napalm burn
Under this sun no shadows will fall
piercing our eyes as we charge
an armoured battalion on course to the east
has reached the end of it’s march
piercing our eyes as we charge
an armoured battalion on course to the east
closing the end of it’s march
started a decade ago
driving the animals out of their holes
to bury them 6 feet below
killers in the east
rats who dares to stand before us
feel our guns go live
insect of terror don’t run face your fate like a man
cannot outrun our panzer battalion
making it’s way through the sand
our panzer battalion is back for revenge
artillery sweeping the land
there’s rivers of blood in our track
breaking their lines of defence with our tanks
infantry watching our back
ready for the storm
minefields swept there’s no surrender
feel our napalm burn
piercing our eyes as we charge
an armoured battalion on course to the east
has reached the end of it’s march
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At first I thought this song was about Germanys Afrika Korps during WW2. Passages such as "on course to the east" (from Libya into Egypt) and the fact that the track is called Panzer Battalion supported this. But I'm pretty sure this track is really about the second war of Iraq. Take for example the line "this time we're here to finish a job started a decade ago", it's obviously refering to the first war of Iraq one decade before the current one. Also near the end the line "Blow their SAM sites clear for air strike" gives away the hint that it couldn't be about a 1940's conflict, there just weren't SAM systems at that point in time.
So my conclusion is that this song is not about WW2 as I first thought, but rather Iraq war 2.
Its indeed about Iraq. In Swedish, tanks are referred as Panser (from the German Panzer) so it makes sense, I figure
About Iraq.
"Blow their SAM sites clear for air strike ready for the storm"
Storm as in Operation Desert Storm. I don't think there was Surface to Air Missels in WWII Either
Another Line "Armoured tanks of mass destruction killers in the east" Reffering about the Middle East
This is indeed about Iraq
This song is the follow up to Reign of Terror. Reign of Terror was about Operation Desert Storm, this song is about Operation Iraqi Freedom.
I dare say that this song, in a way, tries to relay some strong criticism. It can be that Sabaton is trying to illustrate the brutality of USA troops in Iraq. Their blant superiority and the missuse of it...
'pansar' means 'armor' in Swedish. I think 'panzer' also means 'armor' in German, or perhaps 'armoured tank'. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel that in English, the word is associated with the nazis. It could be that Sabaton compares the Americans to the Nazis. I too dare say that the song conveys strong criticism.
@Thomas8472 In war, fair means that a general brgins his troops home safe.
@Thomas8472 In war, fair means that a general brgins his troops home safe.
Joakim has gone on record saying that there's only so many ways they can refer to tanks without getting repetitive, hence why a song about the Second War in Iraq is named "Panzer battalion".