Nothing wrong with getting some personal meanings out of songs, IMO, so long as you recognize it may not be what the band intended - I do similar things myself, almost automatically, with lots of songs that tell stories (which SX has a lot of, so yeah...) often relating them to my own life or people I know.
As for your interpretation, I like it, but honestly I'm not sure SX intended anything beyond what the song literally talks about. =P
Great song, of course, great song.
I understand. And I believe you are correct. I guess let me explain myself this way: I believe writers in the realm of fantasy and sci-fi (escape literature I believe it is called) are expressing, in written form, a deep-seated desire or longing for meaning and importance that the real world has not always given them. Okay, sometimes it is just cool thing to sing or write about, but at other times these artists are deeply in tune with the ironies and deceptions of life in such a way that they view life itself as a struggle that must be overcome, sometimes with great difficulty. It is an extremely healthy and productive form of expression to be able to tap into this mythical place, where wondrous things may occur and the idea that the insignificant can be mighty and courageous. Think of "The Hobbit", "Lord of the Rings", "Star Wars",...heck, even "The Matrix"! I mean, imagine of Frodo didn't destroy the ring, or if freaking Luke Skywalker gave into the Dark Side and became an intergalactic pimp daddy?! Would not the story lose it's appeal and would not your emotions lose that resolution it was looking for? Of Course!
With that being said, there is no Luke Freaking Skywalker, no Freaking Frodo, no Freaking Accolade-Knight-Person. It is all an expression of what was inside the heart of the story teller. Without getting to ofar in left field with this (I know, I probably am already there...it's a character flaw. Sue me.), that is why I can see a connection from a made-up person, like the individual in The Accolade, and someone true, like Abraham Lincoln. Because that whole idea of overcoming the struggle is the same. The difference is that one shows you that greatness really is in the insignificant and flawed (good ol' Abe. I love that guy!) and the other is the symbol of where our true self desires to be.
I am gonna stop here now...i can go on forever.
P.S. This is an awesome board, I can tell. Cmon! We couldn't do this at the Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson board! I should know, i tried. Just kidding....
-Arroyo-
