Lest We Forget

[von Corax]

It has become something of a habit to post, every other year or so, a presentation of Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) John McCrae's 1915 poem In Flanders Fields. This year I offer a rather surprising rendition by the Swedish power-metal group Sabaton:

SABATON - In Flanders Fields (Official Lyric Video)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.

- John McCrae, 1915

[SeVeNeVeS]

It has become something of a habit to post, every other year or so, a presentation of Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) John McCrae's 1915 poem In Flanders Fields. This year I offer a rather surprising rendition by the Swedish power-metal group Sabaton:

SABATON - In Flanders Fields (Official Lyric Video)

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields.

- John McCrae, 1915

I have Sabaton on my spotiy playlist, this track is the last and brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to it.

Good choice.

I posted it last year. apt and good for every year to come.