Is blade about The Last Samurai ??

[baranthalas]

when i listen to blade i always think about Katsumoto and his Samurai..i dont have lyrics of that song so if any one can paste the lyrics of the song maybe we can talk about it..

[MaM]

Blade

For heritage, love and pride
And for this land I’ll give my life
Guard against the raping flag
Here’s a blade now you’re a man
From horse to flaming arrow
You may take a mortal blow
They will underestimate
Damage one man fighting for his home can make

I have no choice but to defend

I draw a line in this dirt with my metal blade
Not gonna cross if you don’t believe that
In the end they may take all I love away
But not today

Walls of rock on an empty plain
Give way to greed when it invades
But there’s a creed that builds a bridge
Of strength and honor in this village
Stench of death seeps from the ground
Take a life with a name and lay it down
I see their eyes fade and turn to stone
Their faces haunt and follow me home

It is time to take a stand
I have no choice but to defend

I draw the line in the sand and I’m asking you
Brother of mine won’t you follow through so
In the end they may take all I love away
But not today

With this blade in my hand
I’m ready to conquer
Ready to fight for it all
And if I should die I will go with honor
Take one more life before I fall
With this blade in my hand
I’m ready to take back
Take back what’s rightfully mine
And if I should die
My brothers will come through
Victory’s here for my kind
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[rocknrollmom]

I always though the song had a Celtic feel to it, but that just may be my Irish background. The chanting at the beginning sounds a bit like Gaelic, and the background music could be a bagpiper. Also, the line "walls of rock on an empty plain evokes images of Stonehenge.
And to top it off - Baz has referred to a part of it as "the Braveheart" section.

[baranthalas]

if it was about Celts the name should be Axe not blade ;D

the intro reminds me of far east songs..

[MaM]

[rocknrollmom]

baranthalas said:

if it was about Celts the name should be Axe not blade ;D

the intro reminds me of far east songs..

I never claimed to be an expert in weaponry. It also has kind of an Arthurian, Excalibur feel to it. Which would make it a Celtic theme, even though King Arthur probably lived much earlier than the middle ages where he is usually placed in time.

And I can hear some middle eastern influence in the intro too.

[Acekicken]

Love all the Movies You have already said

But when I here it I think of the opening in Gladiator

[She-Wolf]

It just seems to be inspired the most by Braveheart ....it kind of reminds me too of Boudicca www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/boudicca.shtml which is an awesome story as well. No it doesn't remind me of Xena, she did'nt have any allegiances to a certain land really, though the line "In the end they may take all I love away
But not today " sounds like her in a few episodes but definitely not the whole song...basically its a song about defending land and people and way of life, so in a way it kind of reminds one of The Last Samurai , but I don't think thats what inspired it.

Deb

[Acekicken]

shewolf said:

It just seems to be inspired the most by Braveheart ....it kind of reminds me too of Boudicca www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/boudicca.shtml which is an awesome story as well. No it doesn't remind me of Xena, she did'nt have any allegiances to a certain land really, though the line "In the end they may take all I love away
But not today " sounds like her in a few episodes but definitely not the whole song...basically its a song about defending land and people and way of life, so in a way it kind of reminds one of The Last Samurai , but I don't think thats what inspired it.

Deb

Excellent Point now that I have seen this it does
seem to fit well.

It would also fit The Movie Excalibur.