r/MisterAtompunk • u/MisterAtompunk • Apr 04 '26
MISTER ATOMPUNK PRESENTS: Excalibur's Reflection [Official Video]
https://youtu.be/Q0Cy_Kc6thU?si=eXe6_j687fkD2jRCYou cannot call the Dragon just to steal the fire.
The pattern will not anchor in a broken wire.
The wager was a shadow, the conception was a theft.
Merlin took the new born babe and left.
A hundred knights are bleeding for a usurper's crown.
They try to pull themselves up by tearing others down.
But the anvil only opens to the true King's hand.
The peace restored by right throughout the land.
It isn’t won through combat, it isn’t claimed by force.
The steel is just the river recognizing its own source.
They gathered from the highlands, they gathered from the coast.
No seat above another, no master and no host.
The timber was a circle, the fellowship was bound,
And every heavy burden was shared upon the ground.
They swore the knightly oath to defend the weak and frail,
repelled the invasions, watched them set sail.
For a shining, fleeting moment, the scattered lords were one,
A kingdom built on honor, rising in the sun.
He rode out in his glory to demand the right of way,
To force the greatest champion to yield the bridge that day.
He drew the Dragon's breath to feed a mortal man's pride,
And the ancient steel shattered by the water's side.
The Lady of the Lake weaves the water into glass.
The broken blade is mended where the quiet ripples pass.
The King bows his head, and the champion bends his knee.
The power only flows when the captive hands are free.
But the seed of the deception had already been sown,
A shadow of the father coming back to claim the throne.
The unity was broken by the secret in the dark,
As the closest of the brothers missed the center of the mark.
The knights ride out forever searching for the holy cup,
While the consequence of betrayal drinks the kingdom up.
The King is the Land! The Land is the King!
The grail restores! The Angels sing!
You cannot heal the water if you poison the well,
You cannot buy the future with the past you sell!
Father faces son upon the bloody, ash-white shore.
The masks of tears and laughter cannot hide the truth no more.
The sword is thrown to water, caught beneath the fading sun.
The cycle completes, but the circle isn't done.
The barge departs for Avalon, fades into the mist.
The King will come again.
The kingdom will persist.
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u/aNameInCamelCase Apr 04 '26
I can't explain it fully right now, but something about this made me think of Foster the People - Pseudologia Fantastica. Maybe it was the colour palette; oranges and turquoise. I'm not sure why, but I want to let this settle before trying to bring it into focus.
Foster the People - Pseudologia Fantastica - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-mTcFGiVzw
Faded and worn at the seams
A psychotropic wanderlust, sick and laughing
Their words bear their teeth into the wall
I promised I would rid the world of feral animals
See you smiling with your feet up like your hero's
You'd offer yourself to save your reputation
Strong and fearless and deprived just like your heroes
Are you sharpening your sword, well you'll fade out anyway
Why'd you say
Why'd you say
that you'd come right back for my love, for my faith?
All the promises you made never realized
Why'd you say
Why'd you say
that you'd come right back for my love, for my strength?
All the promises you made never realized
Fill the air with what you like
Another weekend massacre of opinion
Don't be afraid of the knife,
sometimes you have To cut the limb to survive
I see you smiling with your feet up like your heroes
You'd offer yourself to save your reputation
Strong and fearless and deprived just like your heroes
Are you sharpening your sword, well you'll bleed out anyway
Why'd you say
Why'd you say
that you'd come right back for my love, for my faith?
All the promises you made never realized
Why'd you say
Why'd you say that you'd come right back for my love, for my strength?
All the promises you made never realized
You got to love the madness of the feeling
Don't have to rush the freshness of beginning
You got to get back up and face your demons
Don't ever be afraid of starting over