"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle" ~sun tzu (544 - 496 BC)
I stand alone and gaze upon the battlefield
Wasteland is all that’s left after the fight
And now I’m searching a new way to defeat my enemy
Bloodshed
I’ve seen enough of death and pain
I will run,
they will hunt me in vain
I will hide,
they’ll be searching
I’ll regroup,
feign retreat
they’ll pursue
Coup de grâce
I will win but never fight
That’s the Art of War!
Breaking the will to fight among the enemy
Force them to hunt me
they will play my game
And play by my rules
I will be close but still untouchable
No more will I see suffering and pain
They will find me no more
I’ll be gone
I will have them surrounded
They will yield
without fight
overrun
Coup de grâce
I will win but never fight
That's the art of war!
That's the art of war!
Broken and lost
Tired of war
They’ll surrender to me
Caught in my trap
There’s no way out
Fail
never again
never again
I will run,
they will hunt me in vain
I will hide,
they’ll be searching
I’ll regroup,
feign retreat
they’ll pursue
Coup de grâce
I will win but never fight
That’s the Art of War!
That’s the Art of War!
That’s the Art of War!
That’s the Art of War!
"Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence. Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting" ~sun tzu (544 - 496 BC)
((History
the song is a concise exploration of Sun Tzu’s philosophy of war. fighting which emphasizes out thinking your enemy, as opposed to beating an enemy into submission through brute force. Keeping an enemy off balance, unable to execute on their battle plans and forcing them to expend their energy before the battle even begins, war can be fought and won quickly. His approach to war is in stark contrast to the ‘quest for glory’ emphasized in other cultures, where an army would be expected to stand and fight in vast set piece battles even when it is to their disadvantage. Sun Tzu didn’t care for glory, he cared about winning in the quickest way possible.))
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Sabaton songs (lyrics)
Fanfictionlyrics to a few of my favorite sabaton songs and maybe a little history lesson on what the song is talking about :)
