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SABATON - 1916 (Official Music Video)

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The official music video for "1916" by Sabaton. Taken from the music EP "Stories From The Western Front". ➞ EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE: https://store.sabaton.net/product-tag... ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: https://sabat.one/YouTube Listen to Stories From The Western Front: https://music.sabaton.net/StoriesFrom... Sabaton discography: https://music.sabaton.net/discography ► Spotify: This is Sabaton: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i... ► Apple Music: Sabaton Essentials: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/artist/1... ======== Follow SABATON ========== WEB: https://www.sabaton.net • Facebook:   / sabaton   • Twitter:   / sabaton   • I …...more
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SABATON - 1916 (Official Music Video)
The official music video for "1916" by Sabaton. Taken from the music EP "Stories From The Western Front". ➞ EXCLUSIVE MERCHANDISE: https://store.sabaton.net/product-tag... ➞ SUBSCRIBE for more Sabaton: https://sabat.one/YouTube Listen to Stories From The Western Front: https://music.sabaton.net/StoriesFrom... Sabaton discography: https://music.sabaton.net/discography ► Spotify: This is Sabaton: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i... ► Apple Music: Sabaton Essentials: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/artist/1... ======== Follow SABATON ========== WEB: https://www.sabaton.net • Facebook:   / sabaton   • Twitter:   / sabaton   • Instagram:   / sabatonofficial   • TikTok:   / sabatonofficial   • YouTube:    / sabaton   • VK: https://vk.com/sabatonclub • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3o2dn... • Apple Music: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/artist/1... • Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B001... • Deezer: https://deezer.page.link/s7XZs4Jm8hVF... • SoundCloud:   / sabatonofficial   Sabaton History YouTube:    / sabatonhistory   ======== Merchandise ======== STORE: https://store.sabaton.net • Facebook:   / sabatonmerchandise   • Instagram:   / sabatonstore   ========= 1916 LYRICS ========== Sixteen years old when I went to the war, To fight for a land fit for heroes, God on my side, and a gun in my hand, Chasing my days down to zero, And I marched and I fought and I bled and I died, And I never did get any older, But I knew at the time that a year in the line, Was a long enough life for a soldier, We all volunteered, and we wrote down our names, And we added two years to our ages, Eager for life and ahead of the game, Ready for history's pages, And we brawled and we fought and we whored 'til we stood, Ten thousand shoulder to shoulder, A thirst for the Hun, we were food for the gun, And that's what you are when you're soldiers, I heard my friend cry, and he sank to his knees, Coughing blood as he screamed for his mother, And I fell by his side, and that's how we died, Clinging like kids to each other, And I lay in the mud and the guts and the blood, And I wept as his body grew colder, And I called for my mother and she never came, Though it wasn't my fault and I wasn't to blame, And the day’s not half over and ten thousand slain, And now there's nobody remembers our names And that's how it is for a soldier. ========= Historic Fact ========== Resulting in around 300,000 fatalities, the Battle of the Somme is considered one of the bloodiest and deadliest conflicts of the First World War and in human history. The battle, which was fought between British and French forces versus German forces, kicked off on July 1, 1916, and ended on November 18 that same year. ================================== Recorded, mixed and mastered at Black Lounge studios by Jonas Kjellgren. Music video was produced by Video Ink Ltd. https://www.videoink.co.uk ================================== Sabaton is a registered and protected trademark.

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