Sabaton - 1648 Lyrics






[Swedish version:]

Europa söker fred, och ingen annan stred
Generaler ifrån norr till verket skred
Ond
De plundrar
Bråd
De våldtar
Död
Se hele Böhmen står i brand
En stad står kvar

En här måste mätta sin mun
Till strid
(Genom strid)
Den plundrar sin väg
Ingen frid
(Ingen frid)
När Königsmarck går fram
Som ingen annan man
Som ingen annan kan

Brand å mord, ty Böhmen skall falla
Königsmarcks lag, låt den stiftas i Prag
Dränkt i blod, som svenskarna slår sig fram
Gör onda dåd
Ger ingen nåd

Erövrat stadens borg, en masslakt utan sorg
När de plundrat, bränt och skändat/skövlat på dess torg
Ond
Till märgen
Bråd
Till slakten
Död
En står å vänter över bron
Staden står kvar

På Karlsbron tog stridslyckan slut
För män
(För de män)
Som kämpat så hårt
Genom eld
De plundrat och gått fram
Som ingen annan man
Som ingen annan kan

Slaget om staden vid Vltavas strand
Där kriget bröt ut och där det tog slut
I trettio år har kriget krävt sin rätt
För de soldaten som svor eden
För de åtta miljoner som har mist sitt liv
Finns det ingen tröst i freden

[English version:]

While Europe speak of peace, all other battles cease
There's a man who aims for more than he can reach
Blood,
All over
Prague
On fire
Burn
All of Bohemia set ablaze
Stand on their own

The road to the city has been blocked
Denied
(They're denied)
To enter the gates
Though they tried
(Though they tried)
When Prague was called to arms
They fought them on the bridge
Their freedom was at stake

Stand and fight, the city is burning
Königsmarck lost, stopped him at Karluv Most.
Stained by blood, their brothers die side by side
Did what they could
Died where they stood

Their city has been besieged, all hell on Prague unleashed
As the cannons crush the walls, the city shakes
Fear
Is spreading
Hate
Increasing
Death
And pain is all that Sweden brought
Rise and strike back

The walls of the city has been breached
Reclaimed
(They're reclaimed)
On that very night
Unsustained
(Unsustained)
They did it on their own
They fought them on the bridge
Their freedom was at stake

Unconquered city on Vltavas shore
Start of the conflict and end of the war
Unconquered city on Vltavas shore
Is protected by its people
And thirty years ago the war begun
It has returned to where it started





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  1. L.... ....

    Change like 10 words and you could apply this song to any Warhammer 40k battle. Just sayin

  2. C.... L....

    A few spec ops teams operating as fos for some quality cas aircraft and precision artillery strikes would make this hard to do nowadays

  3. -.... W....

    First i thought this was about Sweden but when i looked on the lyrics i saw what it was like for the catholics

  4. B.... K....

    I am listenning to this next to the Monument in the name of city defenders in the court of Klementinum in Prague and I go on Sabaton concert tomorrow.

    25.01.2020, Prague.

  5. W.... F....

    This song always brings Minas Tirith to my mind- the unconquered city, standing alone as the bastion for its people, come what may, for centuries...

  6. B.... ....

    I have the feeling to travel to my grandmother to pilsen, then make a trip to prag and run with a swedish flag over the karlsbridge.

  7. A.... ....

    1 648 th comment

  8. W.... F....

    My favorite part- “The walls of the city’s been breached reclaimed on that very night unsustained, they did it on their own, they fought him on the bridge, their freedom was at stake.” My heart always resonates with tales of a determined defense, where even the civilians fight to protect their lives, religion, and freedom.

  9. D.... N....

    Reminds me Australia for some reason. Perhaps it's burning part.

  10. C.... R....

    1984 of metal

  11. T.... ....

    0:21 "when you dont speak obese"

  12. D.... N....

    Funny how it all started with throwing a guy out a window.

  13. D.... N....

    Suddenly popular again

  14. u.... ....

    NOW imagine its about Berlin 1945

  15. s.... ....

    war started by throwing people from window in prague,not only once

  16. S.... ....

    Which bridge does Königsmarck fear the most?

    Karlův most

    Sorry, I'm outta here

  17. B.... ....

    Take me back to 1648 good times

  18. J.... S....

    I never felt so anti Sweden while listen to sabaton

  19. C.... ....

    I actually did my Social Studies project in 8th grade based on Russia and Sweden during the 1600's. I told the Swede's side of the story, how they rose to greatness and began their war against Russia, and then showed the Russians side and the holy-shit-were-losing? part before turning the tide and the Swede's being defeated. I loved telling this story and I got a %110.

  20. P.... P....

    Blood? all over
    Prague? on fire
    Hotel? trivago.

    P.... P....

    The City? Burning

    P.... P....

    You deserve the like i gave you

    P.... P....

    @Finnish Nationalist ((prague)) is the city he mentioned at it is on fire

    P.... P....

    All of bohemia? Set to blaze

  21. U.... ....

    I love the Swedish version more but this version is awesome too.

  22. M.... ....

    Hey, Swedish guys. I know that you are really proud of this band. But you have to admit that they aren't just yours. They are partly ours - Czech🇨🇿

  23. M.... ....

    ♥️🇨🇿Jsem ráda, že naše české dějiny jsou lidem všelijakých národů podávány v podobě tak nepopsatelně úžasné hudby. 🇨🇿♥️

  24. t.... ....

    On Charles Bridge a 17th-century Latin inscription says:

    SISTE VIATOR, SED LUBENS, AC VOLENS UBI SISTERE DEBUIT, SED COACTUS GOTHORUM, AC VANDALORUM FUROR

    "Rest here, walker, and be happy: you can stop here willing, but unwilling were stopped the Goths(Swedes) and their Vandalic ferocity"

  25. C.... r....

    Level 9 Praga´s fort

  26. B.... ....

    Today's kids, always playing with their phones. Back in my days, we had Swedes to play with. Karlův most was my favorite spot for such a game.

  27. A.... K....

    Ah the Thirty Years War. When Sweden and the German Principalities told the Austrians where they could shove it

  28. R.... C....

    The Place That Was Start The War And The End Of War. Seem This is Right

  29. c.... ....

    Živela Češka sestre i braćo!
    Živeli Sloveni!
    Živelo Ćovečanstvo!
    Pozdrav iz Srbije

    c.... ....

    Ćovečanstvo

  30. Z.... T....

    All these people like "oh Sweden did some bad things in 1648" losers imperialism is great

  31. k.... s....

    1648, the year I was born

  32. C.... H....

    Sabaton: THE CITY IS BURNING!
    Keanu Reeves: That's my boy

  33. A.... E....

    0:40 reminds me of 40:1

  34. Z.... M....

    When you throw some people out of a window and 30 years later you must defend a bridge from some Swedes

  35. R.... ....

    I thought it will be the song about National Liberation of Ukraine

  36. T.... A....

    I from prague

  37. S.... ....

    Guitar solo at 2:44 was fucking majestic

  38. �.... �....

    Богемия в огне

  39. M.... a....

    Buenísimo sabaton

  40. k.... s....

    I sing this in the shower

  41. K.... A....

    It was 1348 Prague saw plague
    It was 1648 Prague saw Swedes
    It was 1848 Prague saw revolution
    It was 1948 Prague saw Soviet coup
    Get ready for 2048 people of Prague

    K.... A....

    Danilo Popović most Czechs. And the fact that you had to say that means it probably wont happen.

    K.... A....

    @Europe Capitalism isn't degrading, it's getting better. That's why people in capitalist countries like the USA have the highest quality of life, biggest and best militaries, and have more freedom then socialist or communist countries. Socialism has literally destroyed entire countries, just look at South America as an example. Capitalism is the most functional and superior system forcing people to innovate, offer the best deals, and so on. It breeds competition which breeds better things. You're stupid if you think socialism would do anything but make the world WORSE. Especially when you look at national socialism, aka nazis, and communism, a more extreme version of socialism. Socialism is a gateway to some of the evilest and destructive ideologies ever created. It's a disease of the mind. It entices people with its promises and ends up making dictatorships and massacres by the end. I'm good with my capitalism, at least capitalism has never spawned nazis or communists. Fuck socialism.

    K.... A....

    2048:floods and drought after

    K.... A....

    Examining the Patern I would say that the last hardship Prague would see was in 1948
    the first two hardships are in a distance of 3 centuries
    the next two hardships are in a distance of 2 centuries
    the last hardships are in a distance of 1 century
    Provided theese are the only hardships Prague has expirienced, the patern is linear and ends in 1948

  42. r.... b....

    400 years, still the best song ever.

  43. S.... d....

    Good Jobbarna Sabaton LADS !!

  44. S.... ....

    Hey, guys, I know this video is old, and maybe no one will see this, but I listened to a sabaton song here, either Piscator's or 3temii's about 3 months ago. It was on Swedish and didn't belong to any of the albums Sabaton has.I checked 3temii's videos to the bottom, and Piscators too but I still can't find it.The name of the song was something on swedish and the lyrics on english had something like "meed...blood...he kills on his way to valhalla".The music itself is heavy but in a constant beat that is similar in speed to something like Lifetime at war or Carolus Rex.And in the chorus or somewhere in the 3/4 part of it has this "something on swedish Valhall" that hits really hard.
    Guys, really, I can not find it anywhere and I hope you could help me with this.Thanks anyway for your attention.

    UPD 3 minutes later.En Hjaltes Vag...Heroes album.Gosh, I couldn't find it for 3 damn hours and now I finally saw it.And I was sure I checked the Heroes album for it.

  45. t.... c....

    You could say they are protecting the holy line

  46. G.... G....

    Shouldn't the lyrics be Czech instead of German?

  47. G.... ....

    When it's 12 minutes to 5pm

  48. T.... ....

    same gear that the dutch got their independence

  49. J.... S....

    Słucham tego pierwszy raz , i już mi się to podoba😁

  50. E.... P....

    ARussianTale is gay.

    E.... P....

    uh no u

    E.... P....

    Russian!?!b How'd you find me here? I thought I killed you once and for all! No matter...


    *sound of power charging*




    I WILL USE 100% OF MY POWER!!!

    E.... P....

    guess what kid, i only came here to say no you, the power of this video will not help you!


    kamahameha!!!!111

  51. O.... D....

    Got rekt by some butchers from czechia

  52. K.... W....

    I was in Prague and saw the Charles' Bridge. Now I feel cool.

  53. L.... c....

    The Czechs must have put a hell of a fight to be recognized and honored even by the Swedes who attacked them

  54. N.... B....

    Sweden no enter Prague.

  55. H.... ....

    Idk who will see this (and care), but I made a Hungarian translation which can be sang along (and therefore, isn't translated word-for-word, but the essence is not changed).
    https://pastebin.com/eP53aNnq

  56. R.... G....

    Listening to this song for the first time while playing EUIV..... reading lyrics realizes it's 1649 and I'm sieging Prague

    R.... G....

    As catholic or protestant nation?

    R.... G....

    Protestant Prussia against Catholic Bohemia

    R.... G....

    @Robert Garcia You did good.

  57. t.... t....

    the Swedes failed to take the old town? get King Charles over here!!

  58. �.... ....

    Paris right now...

  59. N.... B....

    Prague will never surrender

  60. E.... A....

    Sabaton For *Ever!*

  61. E.... M....

    Who's watching in 1648?

  62. M.... ....

    (every Major Country that was in the 30 Years War) Lets end this war
    (Sweden and Bohemia fight over Prague)
    (Major Countries)ExCuSe mE WhAt tHe fUcK

  63. t.... c....

    When your team is losing so you make a push for points

  64. R.... A....

    UNCONQUERED CITY ON VLTAVAS SHORE

  65. D.... M....

    Remember, this all happened because a couple of guys threw some dude out of a window.

    D.... M....

    it would have happened anyway due to tensions

    D.... M....

    @The_Drop Bear I know, it's called a joke. History rarely turns on a dime given underlying political and socioeconomic underpinnings.

  66. C.... V....

    My brother suggested that I would sing this on Charles Bridge in Prague when I went there to meet my boyfriend for the first time. I'm swedish x) I didn't do it for obvious reasons

  67. L.... ....

    The song is very inacurate, it tells how the proud people of Prague were defending against Swedish tyranny, but the truth is, that they were forced to defend, because most of the Bohemian people were protestants and many cities gave up without fight because they saw Sweds as the liberators. Bohemians started 30 years war, because they were under rule of Habsburgs who were catholics and they forced other people to be catholics. The Bohemian rebellion ended as Austrian victory (very close victory, as the rebells nearly reached Vienn) and after that Bohemians were forced to change their religion, or leave the country, so after the war, Bohemia lost about 1/3 of it's population.

    L.... ....

    The king of Bohemia was the the emperor at the time, they weren't forced to defend, the bohemians had a protestant rebellion to begin with but that was crushed by the catholic bohemians

    L.... ....

    @The_Drop Bear No, king of Bohemia was also Archduke of Austria and King of Hungary, you can't say King of Bohemia, because before Thirty Years war, Habsburgs had biggest influence in Austria. Bohemians weren't crushed by Catolic Bohemians as almost all of Bohemia, Moravia and today's Czech Silesia was protestant and most of Catholic army was German. After the revolution, there was a law, that forced all protestants to leave or to recatholize. But still most of Bohemians, even tho they had to be catholics, still belived in protestan way and many Bohemian cities gave up to Swedish or Danish without giving a fight as they saw they as saviors from Habsburg tyranny...

  68. A.... R....

    Naa bro 223322 1732 😁

  69. m.... ....

    The Swedish army stole many articles of value in the Prague. This articles are in the Swedish museums and Vatican city. Why?

  70. A.... H....

    "-Hold base bois"
    "-Uhh sir... I see 5 APCs and 2 helis comming here"

  71. w.... p....

    _All I can say is, the part where he's singing about "unconquered city on Vltava's shore" (sorry if I misspelled that) always seems emotional to me, it's almost depressing_

  72. C.... O....

    Me looking at Sweden in the 16-17th century vs in the 21st century

  73. J.... D....

    Fun fact at karlův most Swedish army was stopped by crowd of prague butchers. Since than any butcher could have royal lion as symbol on their shop. You can still see it today. I guess there is something dismoralizing marching against bunch of dudes in bloody aprons with giant axes.

    J.... D....

    So... they got butchered....

    J.... D....

    @K. A. And Jan Žižka

    J.... D....

    We'll get through next time.

    J.... D....

    @Glen Glen Nah, since then the butchers community has doubled!

  74. A.... S....

    Do they just not like France or something? Nothing about Napoleon or De Gaul?

    A.... S....

    Adam Sommers Maybe in the future. :)

  75. C.... ....

    The sweden are seen are the vilain this time :)
    (I don't know the History a lot, but i guess Prague was Catholic ?)

    C.... ....

    Bohemian (protestant) war against the Holy Roman Empire emperor started in 1618 and was defeated in 1620. Most of the protestant nobility was either executed or banished and the country undergone intense recatolization. Then protestant Saxons came and "liberated" us in 1631-2. They were defeated and catholics took over again. Then the Swedes came and defeated the catholics again. There was plundering at every stage. People simply defended the city from another foreign invaders at this point.

    C.... ....

    Neither side on the 30 years war where the villains or maybe both were, its complicated

  76. G.... S....

    I love that the same bridge is still there today. You can stand on that very bridge, and say "this is where it happened".

  77. S.... U....

    STOPPED HIM AT KARLŮV MOST

  78. T.... I....

    All of a sudden I feel proud to be a Czech

  79. O.... F....

    D E N I E D

  80. R.... M....

    Very surprised Philip Christoph von Königsmarck didn't want revenge for his grandfather's loss.

  81. t.... w....

    Love. You Sabaton🇸🇪





    Greetings from your Nordic neighbor 🇩🇰👍🏻❤️

  82. T.... 1....

    This is a quite simliar story to the siege of sigetvar

    T.... 1....

    The defenders being led by Mikuláš Zrinský, the brother-in-law of Vilém and Petr Vok Rosenbergs. B)

  83. M.... N....

    This is not a translation, it's a whole different song, but with the same background music.
    I think the Swedish version needs a proper translation, because that version is awesome, while this one is fake news.

    M.... N....

    its called "perspective"

  84. S.... S....

    Only 17th century kids will remember this😩

    S.... S....

    Sarcasm intended

  85. M.... g....

    Wow song about my homeland, im so happy.

  86. C.... ....

    0:38 When you're playing Risk and those two guys you slapped on Siam keep out 12 enemies.

  87. R.... F....

    Little trivia: One of the things looted by the Swedish army at Prague Castle was a living, fullgrown lion. The Lion was taken back to Stockholm and lived quite a long life cosidering the rough climate up there. The Lion was named Cecil.

    R.... F....

    @Hampo2003 yeah, you've stolen our Codex Gigas and since then it's in Sweden

    R.... F....

    @HighKing haha!

    R.... F....

    A lion in the north. I bet they knew that Sabaton was going to make a song about it.
    Cecilus Agustus

    R.... F....

    The Lion was treated good in Sweden, always well fed.

    R.... F....

    Cecil is the best boy

  88. M.... ....

    I am part Bohemian and this song makes me damn proud to be!

    M.... ....

    You should be. Your people defended Prague well.

    Regards
    a Swede

  89. Z.... ....

    Sweden succeeded with their main goal - looting the treasury.

    This was all but a prolonged siege of the city, by the end the defender's were pretty much trapped, with very limited supplies, only reason this is considered a "victory" is the fact the war ended mid-siege, few more weeks/months and they would have starved or surrendered..
    This was how battles happened those days.. Besiege until surrender, this case the war ended before the siege was over, there is no debate Sweden would have won if the war had continued.

    That said, great act of bravery and courage for all those who gave their lives. :)

  90. T.... C....

    the 17th century version of kingdom come deliverance

  91. G.... A....

    Lol 😑

  92. W.... p....

    Underrated Sabaton song

  93. P.... R....

    Empire total war armed citizenry in a nutshell

    P.... R....

    Haha this is too true

  94. W.... 1....

    perfect song to play while defending Prague with level 10 forts from the Germans in hoi4

    W.... 1....

    eu4 moreso but ok

    W.... 1....

    Let people do what they want.

    W.... 1....

    @beans boy Same mood

    W.... 1....

    Endsieg Song tbh

  95. c.... ....

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance , new game out next week, is set in Bohemia in the 1600's and is supposed to be historically accurate, wonder if this battle is in it or song lol. Love this song.

    c.... ....

    Man... Early 1400' :D