Russell Allen confirmed that the lyrics to "The Accolade" were inspired by his job working as a jouster at Medieval Times. The album that the first accolade was produced on was released in 1997 - the same year that Medieval Times went bankrupt. It's likely that Allen wrote the lyrics before the closing, and after its closing, wrote this about Medieval Times, making it much more emotional for me.
So all in all, Accolade was written after he quit his job as jouster for whatever reason. The place closes up, and he decides to make a less-obviously-about-Medieval-Times sequel to it, commemorating it.
I like how ThirdRevolution put it in that case. "Accolade II, on the other hand, is bitter and angry in its tone." Indeed, my friend!
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Russell Allen confirmed that the lyrics to "The Accolade" were inspired by his job working as a jouster at Medieval Times. The album that the first accolade was produced on was released in 1997 - the same year that Medieval Times went bankrupt. It's likely that Allen wrote the lyrics before the closing, and after its closing, wrote this about Medieval Times, making it much more emotional for me.
So all in all, Accolade was written after he quit his job as jouster for whatever reason. The place closes up, and he decides to make a less-obviously-about-Medieval-Times sequel to it, commemorating it.
I like how ThirdRevolution put it in that case. "Accolade II, on the other hand, is bitter and angry in its tone." Indeed, my friend!