Message from @Meme Bard
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The Spanish Legion's song, "Death's bridegroom":
No one in the Regiment knew / Who was that Legionary / So bold and daring / That he came to join the Legion.
No one knew his story / Yet the Legion knew / That a great pain gnawed / Like a wolf, at his heart.
Yet if anyone asked who he was / He would reply reluctantly and sternly:
I am a man whom fortune / Struck with a beast's paw / I am death's bridegroom / Who is to be joined in a strong bond / With such a faithful sweetheart.
When the fire and fighting / Were at their fiercest / Defending his Flag / The legionary advanced.
And without fearing the onslaught / Of the exalted enemy / He died bravely / And rescued the ensign.
And as he soaked the burning ground with his blood / The legionary murmured in a mournful voice:
I am a man whom fortune / Struck with a beast's paw / I am death's bridegroom / Who is to be joined in a strong bond / With such a faithful sweetheart
When his body was finally recovered / They found on his chest / A letter and a picture / Of a beautiful woman.
And that letter read: / " if one day God calls you / Save a place for me / I will soon find you"
And in the last kiss that she sent him / She bid him a final goodbye
Just to be by your side / My most faithful sweetheart / I became death's bridegroom / I am now bound to her with a strong bond / And her love was my Flag
Acoustic version, sung like a love song. http://youtu.be/rwrw2b98GIo?t=43
The chorus just sends my body hair up, it's so damn good in both versions. The words hit hard.
Noice
Which one was better: official one or the acoustic version?
More of a fan of the acoustic version personally.
The song is about a man that lost his fiancee shortly before joining the Spanish Legion and that, in the end, after dying during combat, finally joins her in Heaven.
The letter he was carrying probably confirms that she died after a long illness, that she knew she was about to die.
This fucking killed me. Utter brilliance, you can tell they had fun with this one.