Symphony X - The Accolade

"The Accolade", by the progressive metal band Symphony X, from the album "The Divine Wings of Tragedy".

Lyrics:

Into the morning sun
Down his chosen road he rides to
save the world
Cross of crimson, robe of white
Sworn to the quest for the rest of
his life

Play shields and wooden swords
Slaying dragons as a knight of
Arthur's Court
Trained to kill, to sing a song
Youthful hope to right the wrong

Sons of Antioch
An angel's voice cries out to him
Free the holy lands,
bring peace to it again

Across the seas through sands of time
Knight of the Templar
A charging steed through lands unkind
A legend forever

A heart of gold pumps within his metal skin
A noble line he carries on

[Dual Solo]

Braving the bloody din
Silver spurs are justly earned by
strength within
Squire to knight,
like prince to king
Chalice of life completes the ring

Into the morning sun
Down his chosen road he rides to
save the world

Across the seas through sands of time
Knight of the Templar
A charging steed through lands unkind
A legend forever

To see the light he spent his life
to understand
The sword he once held tight,
falls forever from his hands

Across the seas through sands of time
Knight of the Templar
A charging steed through lands unkind
A legend forever

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Symphony X
• The Divine Wings of Tragedy
• The Accolade
• Progressive Metal
• Neo-Classical
• Symphonic Metal
• Studio

[ZachValkyrie]

In three thousand years or so when scholars are dusting off the fossilized remains of CD's and iPods; the future people will hear the music that our kind listened to, and they will weep bitter tears for us. "Four-hundred years of Western Musical Tradition, and they degenerated into manufactured pop music!" they will cry.

Then, suddenly they will unearth a Symphony X album, and they will take heart. They will say: "All praise be to the gods of METAL! for keeping the spirit of good music alive!"

[Vonzaku]

Brilliant. Stunning. Awesome. Excellent. Amazing. Astonishing. Breathtaking. Incredible.

[nickman287]

I'll never be tired of the part from 6:20 to 8:22. That'S how you use loops in songs, not by putting 1 beat over and over again all the time throughout a whole song!

[kungfuman82]

@metsuri69 Asking a DT fan to stop analyzing music too much is like asking Rihanna to not look like a freshly raped crack whore.

[Hellsidion]

The part at 6:20 gives me goosebumps everytime...

[metsuri69]

@maidenmosherXX

TBH imo they sound nothing like DT.. which is good. DT is more modern prog heavy sound when SyX is more prog metal sound.

Dt fans, stop analyzing the music too much, enjoy this what is Symphony X.

[kottpower]

These guys are legends forever.

[AnssiRai]

I've come across this band about a month ago and still keep going through their vast discography. Stunning surprises like this keep popping up. That this song is not a classic escapes me...

[lopolikopol]

4:46 Man, That solo... fucking awesome

[Fabulizer]

The ultimate fantasy song...

[Sphereal]

@Vonzaku You forgot "Epic".