In the Middle Ages, the accolade (also known as dubbing or adoubement) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood.
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The accolade is a ceremony to confer knighthood that may take many forms including, for example, the tapping of the flat side of a sword on the shoulders of a candidate or an embrace about the neck.
In the first example, the "knight-elect" kneels in front of the monarch on a knighting-stool when the ceremony is performed. First, the monarch lays the flat side of the sword's blade onto the accolade's right shoulder. They then raise the sword gently just up over the apprentice's head and places it then on his left shoulder. The new knight then stands up after being promoted, and the King or Queen presents him with the insignia of his new order. Contrary to popular belief, the phrase "Arise, Sir ..." is not used.
There is some disagreement amongst historians on the actual ceremony and in what time period certain methods could have been used. It could have been an embrace or a slight blow on the neck or cheek. In knighting his son Henry, with the ceremony of the accolade, history records that William the Conqueror used the blow.
Symphony X /ˌsɪmfəni ˈɛks/ is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey. Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community. They also have achieved more commercial success with the 2007 album Paradise Lost; the band's 2011 album Iconoclast is the highest chart position and the most first-week sales in the band's history.
In early 1994 Michael Romeo (ex-Phantom's Opera, ex-Gemini) recorded a studio album entitled The Dark Chapter, which featured himself and keyboard player Michael Pinnella. The tape attracted a fair share of attention, particularly in Japan. He then recruited bassist Thomas Miller, drummer Jason Rullo, and vocalist Rod Tyler. Their self-titled debut album was recorded in the same year, and released to a positive reception in Japan by the now-extinct record company Zero Corporation Label. The band's second studio album, The Damnation Game, followed six months later. Singer Rod Tyler had left the band by then and was replaced by current singer Russell Allen.
The odyssey
Isn't for the faint of heart
Accolade, like a sirens song. I hear your praise
Luring us to terrible fate.
I'll drown your melody, there's no way to capture me.
You cant drown the dead.
We've already been bled.
They're singing to the sea.
Seductively lulling them to sleep.
You'll die before you awake.
It isn't just your body that they take
Accolade, like a sirens song. I hear your praise
Luring us to terrible fate.
I'll drown your melody, there's no way to capture me.
Submerged beneath the sea lies dreams
That will never be
Accolade, like a sirens song. I hear your praise
Luring us to terrible fate.
Did you ever listen to your heart; it’ll tell u that we’re falling apart
Like the wind hiding the water, your words say nothing at all
I guess this time you won’t hold me when I fall
I’m confused by when you always say
Don’t worry baby, this time we’ll get by
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Chorus:
You stab me in my heart, over and over again
I’m cold now, more than I have been before
Like the sun as it sets on the sea, I’m drowning
Your lies won’t let me live at all, I'm drowning
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Verse 2:
We start all over again, just like the first day
Based on lies that you’re here to stay
No matter how close you hold me, how deep you’ll kiss me,
I’ll be broken forever,
And it will be always the same
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Chorus
Bridge:
I feel alone now in your arms, your lies can’t hurt me anymore,
as you sail across the oceans
far away as it seems
i know that the tide will
bring you back home to me
don't worry about me
or how we're far apart
our promises that we're bound to keep
together is where our story ends, our song, our destinyyyyyyyyy
when pictures fade away
and moment passes by
our love remains the same
pours like the rain
don't worry about me
or how we're far apart
we knew the end right from the start
our promises that we're bound to keep
its not that i don't love you or
that i don't care anymore
you were an option i wanted to explore
it just wasn't meant to be
just like an off-tone melody
i need to put you out of your misery..
i showed you what you wanted to see
you never saw who was the real me
our destiny,, was not meant to be
wipe your tears away and hear me when i say
i want you to leave..
after all i did to be with you,
i believed my own lies
and now i apologize
i don't want to disguise
behind the masks, but now i realize
as you sail across the oceans
far away as it seems
i know that the tide will
bring you back home to me
don't worry about me
or how we're far apart
our promises that we're bound to keep
together is where our story ends, our song, our destinyyyyyyyyy
when pictures fade away
and moment passes by
our love remains the same
pours like the rain
don't worry about me
or how we're far apart
we knew the end right from the start
our promises that we're bound to keep