- Jan 28, 2006
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After many listens, I sort of convinced myself that Swan Song is the next Accolade. The song kicks off at 0:03-0:06 with a move very reminiscent of the Accolade (see 2:19) which seems similar to Accolade II around 1:53 (though there it does its own thing with it and is more notes.) However I found it thematically consistent although a small touch, especially because I loved that moment in particular in the first song.
Swan Song takes a break around 3:00 which is somewhat like Accolade II's move at 4:00. Three keyboard notes at 3:25 -again lifted right from Accolade.
Accolade's lyrics were about a Templar who gives his life at the end. I always interpreted the more aggressive Accolade II as being about his son, out to avenge his death. "And he swore up to the sky- you will not have died in vain!" It was easy to reconcile this with Swan Song's lyrics -perhaps he found victory and is now older as a new, final purpose approaches. "I'd do anything for you/but now you're gone/and my swansong echoes on"
I'm not saying the band intended all this of course, but this is how my mind pieced it all together -I'm convinced Swan Song is the next entry in the Accolade saga
Swan Song takes a break around 3:00 which is somewhat like Accolade II's move at 4:00. Three keyboard notes at 3:25 -again lifted right from Accolade.
Accolade's lyrics were about a Templar who gives his life at the end. I always interpreted the more aggressive Accolade II as being about his son, out to avenge his death. "And he swore up to the sky- you will not have died in vain!" It was easy to reconcile this with Swan Song's lyrics -perhaps he found victory and is now older as a new, final purpose approaches. "I'd do anything for you/but now you're gone/and my swansong echoes on"
I'm not saying the band intended all this of course, but this is how my mind pieced it all together -I'm convinced Swan Song is the next entry in the Accolade saga