Firestorm

Firestorm
Artist	Sabaton
Album	The Art of War (2008)
Length	03:26
Music	Brodén
Lyrics	Brodén / Sundström

Tracklist
1. Sun Tzu Says
2. Ghost Division
3. The Art of War
4. 40:1
5. Unbreakable
6. The Nature of Warfare
7. Cliffs of Gallipoli
8. Talvisota
9. Panzerkampf
10. Union (Slopes of St. Benedict)
11. The Price of a Mile
12. Firestorm
13. A Secret
14. Swedish Pagans
15. Glorious Land
16. The Art of War (Pre-Production Demo)

Firestorm is the twelfth song on the The Art of War album by Sabaton.

Information

• The song tells about chapter twelfth - "The Attack by Fire" in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" book.
• In the Studiosession #1, Daniel Mullback is shown recording his parts for this song.
• The song was played live only once, during Sabaton Open Air in 2013, when the band performed The Art of War in its entirety.

Historic fact

Sun Tzu said: "There are five ways of attacking with fire. The first is to burn soldiers in their camp; the second is to burn stores; the third is to burn baggage trains; the fourth is to burn arsenals and magazines; the fifth is to hurl dropping fire amongst the enemy." Or in modern terms: Carpet bomb their cities and grind them to dust.

About the Strategic Bombing strategy used by the allies during World War II. The aim of this strategy is to demoralize the enemy so that peace or surrender becomes preferable to continuing the conflict (Text credits: Gregory Sandoz)

Lyrics

"But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being, Nor can the dead ever be brought back to life." -Sun Tzu Warnings of an airstrike The sirens scream out loud Warning on the radio Of what's coming Appearing on the radar A threat from overseas Planes on the horizon Cast shadows on the ground Bringers of destruction Are ravaging the land Fury of the bombers A force to reckon with Sets the world on fire Then turns to strike again Flames are burning higher The bombs keep falling AA guns are blazing As the sky is turning red Better run for cover, you'll be quick or be dead Burn! Burn! Rage of the heavens Burn! Burn! Death from above Die! Die! Merciless killing Burn! Burn! Death from above Carpet-bombing cities And grinding them to dust Able men and women Will all be victims Everyone will suffer In the wake of their attack Bombers show no mercy A land in ruin Homes are turned to rubble When the airstrike has been approved Facing their destruction Fear the black wings of death Burn! Burn! Rage of the heavens Burn! Burn! Death from above Die! Die! Merciless killing Burn! Burn! Nothing remains Cities ruined, turned to dust All has been lost Rise from the ashes and strike AA guns are blazing As the sky is turning red Better run for cover, you'll be quick or be dead Burn! Burn! Rage of the heavens Burn! Burn! Death from above Die! Die! Merciless killing Burn! Burn! Death from above