Listen to this when
Brothers in Arms
For the bonds that outlast the battle 🎸
Who it's for
Dire Straits' title song is widely known as a soldier's reflection on comradeship and the futility of war.
Mournful→Still and reflective
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Brothers in Arms" is the closing track of Dire Straits' 1985 album of the same name and was released as a single that year. Mark Knopfler wrote it in 1982, the year of the Falklands War, and it is generally described as an anti-war song. In 2007 Knopfler re-recorded it to raise funds for British veterans of that conflict, and it is often played at military funerals.
Where to find it
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Before you start
Heads up: References to war and death.
Age: All ages
But believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Chapter XVI (tr. Louise and Aylmer Maude)
