Ati's Lament - Pink Floyd

[recneps]

Something I always find interesting is casting songs into fictional universes.. The Cosmere seems ripe for this, especially with Pink Floyd's songs. I think it would be interesting to compare them to the Cosmere, and so will start with High Hopes, specifically applying it to Ati.



The premise of this Cast is this: High Hopes is a song concerning Loss, and Ati has been through two major Downfalls: His perversion away from a "kind and generous man," by the intent of Ruin, and his loss of his status as a Divine Being following his death. I am assuming that Vessels can go to whatever afterlife awaits Humans, and that his original personality has been restored by this. With his personality mostly restored, and his massive rank above Ordinary lost, he now pens a lament for what once was. Of course, much of the links between the song and Ati are very figurative and take a bit of work.

 

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Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young --Beyond the bounds of Yolen, where the Vessels are from. The Greater Cosmere.
In a world of magnets and miracles --Magnets and miracles. Magnets are the various forms of Investiture, which once seemed so foreign but he now wholly understands. Miracles are that which he still does not understand, despite his elevation to a true Shardbearer.
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary --He was part of an ambitious group who aimed higher than anywhere else.
The ringing of the division bell had begun --Adonalsium was weakening.

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut --Calling back to a life he once lived. Is Yolen still what it once was?

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps --The Seventeenth Shard
Running before time took our dreams away --Struggling to obtain power.. Before it fell out of reach. Ati's dreams have been taken away by Ruin.
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground --Abandoning those who he once loved, in order to take up a greater mantle: Vessel.
To a life consumed by slow decay --This can either mean that his former loved ones will slowly die, or is a reference to his corruption by Ruin.

The grass was greener
The light was brighter --These two lines are general nostalgia.. For when he was a better man, and he was more powerful.
With friends surrounded --He became an isolated man. All who he once knew he alienated, or they died.
The nights of wonder --Once again general nostalgia.. A time when he learned and grew. Before he realized the slower growth destroying him.

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us --Embers of bridges behind us.. They've been burning bridges. By absorbing the Shards, the Vessels have fully abandoned their previous lives.
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side --They did it for something better, a greater duty, a greater responsibility.. To bear the burden of Deity.
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again --Ati hopes to become better and change the Cosmere, but Ruin drags him back and makes him a force of Evil.
Dragged by the force of some inner tide --That inner tide is the Intent of Ruin -- Like a Tide, it is slow but strong and inevitable.

At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world --They did it. They became Shards..

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition --Yet Ati wanted more.
There's a hunger still unsatisfied --He wanted to destroy, no, to Ruin!
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon --He wanted more! More! To accelerate the inevitable entropic demise of the universe!
Though down this road we've been so many times --And he's tried. Yet Leras counteracts him.

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded --Refer to above. Additionally, he can now be seen as lamenting the Shard he once Bore.
The dawn mist glowing --The Mists were glowing.. He was strong. He was corrupting. The Mists, a tool for Leras, were bringing Ruin.
The water flowing
The endless river  --His power was infinite, once. He could destroy all that he wanted.

Forever and ever --And now.. Itt never ends. He is now an Eternal Being, caught up in the great Adventure that follows.. The Freedom that Waxillium saw.

What do you all think? Do you have any Songcastings, Floyd or not?

[Thanatos]

Although im a musician im not a Pink Floyd fan in that i have their albums.

What song is this sung too?

[Fezzik]

This thread is pretty awesome.