Seeing as the BhF breakdown series started with this song (and how iconic it is) I’ve decided to post my own breakdown of Prometheus. Here we go: Starting off with the fire rhymes. It perfectly fits both the character of Prometheus and Techno. It incapsulates his motivate during the Pogtopia and New L’Manburg days. He wants to bring the people of DSMP “into the light” so to speak, because he views them mostly as products of their government and therefore he has a duty to correct what has been wronged. In his head, no government = no corruption = better people and more freedom. The chorus expands on this, showing the lengths Techno’s willing to go to achieve his goals. Betrayal, spawning withers, destroying a pillar of hope in many’s eyes. Almost nothing can stop him: he’s a titan. He’s willing to go head to head with Tommy, Quackity, even Dream. The second verse has the ‘er’ rhymes, which while a bit easier to find, are also creatively used. This verse shows that the song is set after the failed execution and the Butcher Army stuff. It’s in preparation for Doomsday, that’s why he mentioned ‘a flood a thousandfold.’ (The thousands reference is also a stable of KoE’s Techno songs, but I’ll mention that later.) Calling Quackity an Avenger is also funny to be, because when Techno teamed up with Tubbo and Eret to get back Michael, they were called the Revengers. I’m not too sure on the timeline between that stream and the release of Prometheus, but it’s interesting nonetheless. The next section is jam-packed with cool references. Firstly, there’s Techno’s army of dogs, which have popped up multiple times in important events, including Doomsday. Then, of course, there’s the ‘fire and shadow’ motif that sort of defines both Techno in BhF and also the titan Prometheus. Prometheus tried to bring them fire, bring them into the light (this is where Plato’s allegory of the cave comes in, which hadn’t even occurred to be until I watched the breakdown vid) but the people of L’Manburg are resistant to the change. He has to go to even worse measures to get what he wants. Finally, there’s the ‘all is fair in love and war’ which is a common phrase that actually really just fits the entire tone and themes of DSMP and especially the morally gray characters (of which there are many). Other stuff I missed or liked: The references to L’Manburg and its people as the city of Troy L’Manburg in BhF as Babel (which I think really fits, because these people have absolutely no communicating and it seems obvious in retrospect that it was always doomed to fail) Tommy as Theseus- always a hero, a kid thrust into a war, into positions no one should have to face. Quackity as Icarus. Besides the fact that lots of people (including me) headcannon c!Quackity as a duck avian, Quackity’s always lived on the edge. He couldn’t join L’Manburg, he won the election through shady means, his anger and emotions drove him to do things like take on Techno and manipulate Fundy, Purpled, and Foolish. He’s arrogant, cocky, and very smart. ‘Flying too close to the sun’ really just fits. The references to Phil’s ravens. Not to mention that the titan Prometheus’ punishment for giving humanity fire was to be picked at by birds (and the crow call is a nice touch). And the references to other songs! I can see why it’s a cornerstone of the album. Nice work, Knight, Mango, and Slapjack! Clovergem certified banger.

Y’all wouldn’t be interested in an epic rendition of Prometheus with a new, amazing orchestral arrangement, would you?

Technoblade, the prime example of poking the sleeping bear. The example that the enemy of my enemy doesn’t always mean they are your friend. Rest well Techno o7

Farewell Techno, you are our light, you are not extigished, we are your embers

You know all the biblical references are a lot funnier after the line in Techno's will about ascending to heaven to take on the Kingdom of God

I love all the references to Greek mythology in the SMP: Techno is Prometheus, a raging warrior who brings fire and destruction. Tommy is Theseus, a hero who was exiled by his own people. Wilbur is Icarus, his own ambition was his downfall Those are all the ones actually referenced in the SMP, but there are other parallels too: Dream is Zues, a god who meddles with the lives of everyone else. Schlatt is Jason, who betrays the very people who gave him power. Nikki is Medea, who swears to destroy the legacy of the man who broke her heart.

I just wanna add, I love the use of the Tower of Babel. As it really fit what Tecnoblade did. He crushed their city, making everyone fracture into several factions across the map. Truly Tecnoblade caused something of biblical proportions.

Are "I tried to bring them fire, but these men still loved the dark" or "You fell in love with shadow Learned to hate the flame it's from" references to Plato's cave? Very clever.

Rest in peace Technoblade. We didn't deserve your fire.

If anyone didn’t know, the greek god about Prometheus: Prometheus and his brother were tasked with creating life. Prometheus made humans and his brother made the animals. Zeus gave him and his brother special powers to give to the humans and animals. Unfortunately his brother used all the powers on the animals which left the humans weak. Prometheus was very mad so he stole a sacred fire from Mt. Olympus and gave it to the humans. The humans them began to think and wonder. Zeus was very mad, he didn’t want these mortal beings having something of the gods. So he punished Prometheus.

God hears this as an anthropomorphic pig kicks down the pearly gates.

when Technoblade references greek mythology so he steps up his game to the LITERAL BIBLE.

Rest well Prometheus. Your flames of change will never be snuffed out. o7

He definitely brought his fire to heaven. Please make this epic we must never forget technoblade may his sword never dry and may his battles continue to the throne of heaven or hell.

Techonblade's fire will never go out. He is the Blood God. He is the Blade. Technoblade Never Dies!✊️🔥

Gotta love Prometheus bringing the fires of War to the SMP, and Phil being Odin in a sense with how smart he is and his ravens and the wolves in the attack. They had the foresight to prepare, the means and methods easily outclassing the rest. Two gods, resetting the world in a Ragnarok made by man. The world ends in fire only to start anew in what's almost an endless cycle of growth and decay. He tried to warn them. They both did.

Tried my best to get this to technos attention. Said when I missed his last stream I'd wait until his next one. Fly high king.

my inner greek mythology nerd is yelling (/pos) from the amount of references and how well this fits techno

Rest in Peace Alex(Technoblade). He will be missed dearly, For all that he has done for the Minecraft community and others as well. he will forever be remembered for a long time to come through all the great content he made and had Been in, all he has done for everyone, and everything that the fans have created/made for him such as this!

I've always loved listening to this song as an epic march that's being charged forward despite the odds, maybe even more so because of the odds run against them, and just how wonderfully orchestrated it is. I...went to this not too long once after the news had settled with me, Technoblade never dies and his flames still burn that bright light. I'll be back to listen again.

I like how the "fire" isn't actually fire, for techno's story, it'd be a metaphor for battle and that's pretty cool. "You fell in love with shadow" the freedom that war brings, "you learned to hate the flame it's from" the war that is demanded for the freedom. After all, if you have peace and freedom, than you have nothing.

This absolutely slaps, I love the Greek Mythology references

Rest in peace technoblade

:0 I LOVE ALL THE REFERENCES- my favourite has got to be the mentions of icarus because I love that tale!

I seriously love all the Greek references as a pjo fan I loved it.

you were good son. Real good. Maybe even the best. Rest in peace you brilliant king

Goodbye Technoblade

Techno never dies

R.I.P legend

R.I.P Technoblade

I love how many references to mythology you can find in the lyrics. Totally reflecting how Techno would use philosophy and mythology in his stream.

Technoblade has not died. Not left existence. Well, maybe ours. But he has ascended to realm past our theoretical physics and more comprehensive than we can tell. He. His story. Has just begun.

HOLY MOLY THIS- THIS IS- I CAN’T EVEN EXPRESS HOW EPIC THIS SOUNDS. iacoac was just the beginning, and you’re 2/2 for absolute bops, not to mention stunning artwork. You’ve really outdone yourself with this one, and I am HERE for these epic originals. Keep up the incredible work :) Love all the references to various greek and biblical myths, gives such a powerful vibe! Of course there’s techno as Prometheus and tommy as Theseus, but there are just so many others! -“the greek bearing gifts was a liar” Trojan horse, anyone? -“their Babel fell apart” trying to reach god, they fractured into disagreement and strife, as if not even speaking the same language. Callback to violence as the only universal language! -“Icarus […] your wings are wax” tommy as icarus as well as Theseus, mans is a tragic hero from every angle -“the one the ravens will dismember” this one’s interesting, considering Prometheus is traditionally depicted having his liver eaten by an eagle, so that could be a connection. It could also be a connection to odin’s ravens, huginn and muninn, or philza’s flock -“flood a thousand fold” referencing the biblical flood to cleanse the world, perhaps? I’m not as familiar with philosophy, so lmk if any references flew over my head :)

That hook is rEALLY good, the internal rhyming? mmm perfection.

Rip techno

Rest easy king

Rest in peace legend you'll be missed forever...👑♥️💖

Rest in peace Technoblade o7

💎RIP Technoblade, you will be remembered. BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!💎

Goodbye technoblade, you are a ember, an angel and the anarchist and the light

Fits Techno to a t. R.I.P. King

Technoblade never dies. Rest in peace you will be remembered also a very good video

I'm crying listening to this right now :(( Rip long live technoblade

I love the bit that goes: I tried to bring them fire But these men still loved the dark

How in the world does this already have 10k views?!?!?!?! Thank you guys so much!!!! But still, HOW?!?!??

thank god for a bad sleep cycle else I'd miss the premier

I'll see you on the other side

How has this already got 1K views?!?! Seriously, thank you all so much for your support and enthusiasm so far!!

Anyone who doesn't know about the story of Prometheus or greek myth here is the quickest coherent story I can formulate,- In the greek genesis story first there was Chaos out of her came 3 children Gaea- mother earth, Tartarus - the never-ending void and Nyx - The eternal night, out of Gaea came children, Ouranos - the sky and others. Gaea took Ouranos as her husband, they had many children including the titans and the hundred handed ones, Ouranos hated the hundred handed ones, so he threw them into Tartarus. Gaea despised Ouranos for this so she went to the Titans and tried to convince them to overthrow Ouranos, the youngest of her children Kronos took on the task Gaea gave him a scythe made if adamantine. Kronos along with his brothers castrated his father and killed him. Before his death Ouranos warned him that he started a cycle of patricide, Kronos later took his sister Rhea as his wife and instead of not having children to prevent the cycle of patricide Kronos decided to eat any children that came from Rhea. Kronos ate 5 children, on the sixth (Zeus) Rhea tricked him into eating a rock instead of Zeus and he grew up and made Kronos puke his siblings, along with them he fought the 10 yearlong war known as the Titanomachy which they won. (Now is the part where Prometheus comes in) Prometheus was the Titan of foresight, his brother Epimetheus was the titan of hindsight, he foresaw that the gods would win so he sided with them, when the gods took over, they decided to reward Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus with the honor of creating all animals of the earth. Epimetheus gave all other creature wings or claws but there was nothing left for the humans so Prometheus not wanting his creatures to suffer stole fire from Mount Olympus and gave it to them. For this Prometheus was punished for this by being chained to a rock and having a vulture eat his kidneys every day, every day his kidney would regrow and every day it would be eaten again and again for eternity

I love listening to random dsmp songs I find in my feed while in my American government class Lmao there's like a 50/50 chance I get a song that could work for some history thing

literally one of the best songs about techno, i LOVE this take with the greek and biblical references. the rhymes are clever and incredibly pleasant for the ear. if i say the music has some imagine dragons and woodkid vibes, i hope you dont mind the association

The lyrics and sound is literally beautiful im addicted to this video now

I absolutely love all the tasteful references sprinkled throughout this song...

Why is this song so fucking good and catchy

Long live Techno in memory, o7

Alright, who disliked this masterpiece? I'm bouta riot-

Rest in piece, legend!

On the chance you read this, I wanna say this song is amazing. Definitely up there on the favorites list with some stuff Derivakat makes, which is REALLY impressive considering how much smaller you are. Just wanna say, amazing song, and all the references make it better

Rest in peace you goddamn legend

UNDERRATED ALERT 11/10 WOULD RECOMMEND THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

I just found it and I'm gonna cry why I didn't know about this before T^T I'm blessed

If you wear headphones and turn up the volume so it’s really loud, you can feel vibrations at 2:58.

I love this to pieces, thank you

May him be missed as a god! A king and a legend!!!

Rip techno!!!!

beeeeeeeessssssssssttttttttttttt

The song is amazinggggg i love it but one little thing i thought it was funny the line that you say im not the one the ravens will dismember becuase after prometheus gave the fire to mankind zeus chained him in a mounten and had big birds eat his guts while he was alive throu the day and since he was a god at night he healed only to get eaten alive by the birds again and again

Haha - someone sent this in my server, and I’ve gotta say this is awesome! I love the harmonies and the rhythms! They’re so interesting :)

Long Live The Blade

The greatest minecraft player is imortal like the greek gods!

I’m Prometheus Listen Theseus It’s time for you to learn To let the fire burn is my fav line of the whole song because it was so good and it make me live this

My favorite Technoblade song by far!

For anyone who is having a bad day or is going through something just remember that someone loves you and that you can conquer anything if you put your mind to it💖

As the song progresses the confidence in your voice grows and it really takes off.

Man is this such a good song, its definitely within top 5 on my list of favorite Technoblade songs that I have heard and also ranked very high on the list of all the DSMP songs/themes that I have heard. I cant wait to hear more original songs from you in the future (your mash-ups are also really good, Blow it up, Burn it down/The Other Side of History is my favorite of all the mash-ups that you have done)

This song is fire... Okay bad pun aside this is a really good song and if techno ever saw this I know he definitely would of liked this. Rip king you may be gone but you never be forgotten

OH MEH GOD THIS IS. AMAZING!!!! IMA SPAM THIS TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!❤❤

You did well on this! I don't really follow DSMP but I know enough about technoblade and certain snippits I've seen to go "This sounds like what Techno would say" In that you've achieved your goal

Long live the king may his afterlife be half as epic as his story

Love this song

this has quickly become my 2nd favorite technoblade song

This is so underrated, this song is so good!

Let the fire burn

Absolutely love the music, this deserves more attention then it is getting. I also love the art, this song gets my thumbs up along with many many views.

I JUST REALIZED TECHNO'S MC SKIN IS ALWAYS SIDEEYEING EVERYONE! Great song btw my new favorite

Welcoming the new god, Technoblade

I literally love this song. One. Its a vibe. Two. It has amazing vocals. Three. it has amazing lyrics. Four. It is amazing in general!

At the end it started to sound like The Hanging Tree from the hunger games when all of the subjects started to sing with Katniss

Underrated artist much?

Embers are what we where left with to remember… So long blood god.

This was the original video that got me hooked on your channel, and it still holds to to the test of time! Thank you Knight for all you've made!

Aaaaaahhhhhhh, this is so cool! Thank you for letting me work on this project with you. I had so much fun, and it really turned out great! So many references in such little space, and the sound is great, and, well, you already know what I think ‘cause we’ve talked about it. The final version of the art turned out really cool, too. I especially love the effect of the buildings in the background. Excellent job, amīca, keep up the good work! I’m so excited to hear what else you come up with.

I'm super impressed with this so I'll attempt to explain every link First 45 seconds and "Prometheus": Promethius is the mythological greek figure who bestowed fire upon humanity despite his brother in legend telling him not to. He presumed it a gift to God's people only to realise that only destruction ensued. "Build their tower Higher" Tower of Babel: A haven where in myth humans all spoke the same language and resided here. they continued to build this haven thinking it would reach heaven but God punished them by creating the languages so that lack of communication would halt its construction and let it fall. It is an allegory for the arrogance of man and a demonstartion that the only way to reach divinity/heaven is to abide by god's rules and do no sin. Theseus: The mythological founder of athends known for intelligence and heroism in slaying the Minotaur. "Listen theseus" is likely a defiant statement to the collective Dream SMP that think each of their agendas is rightfully heroic as well as the political entanglement as politicians are typically intelligent but in cunniving ways. Significance of the month November: I don't know if there was a significant event in the DSMP in November but the month houses Guy Fawke's day which is host to the infamous Gunpowder plot's attempt to blow up parliement. A connection the the destruction of L'manberg. Icarus: Greek myth. Another allegory for man's ambitions and birthed the idiom "don't fly too close to the sun" or you will fall. The ambitions of the DSMP members led to their downfall by Techno's fire. The Raven: Scavengers but are also in faith presumed to herald bad news as with crows. The Raven's symbolism is also greatly enhanced by its use in the famous poem by Edgar Allen Poe "The Raven" to which the raven is somewhat of an eternal tormentor to the poet. Techno is not the one the ravens will dismember, he IS the torment. "A flood a thousand fold": Could be nothing but it's an event of biblical proportions comparable to Noahs Ark. Techno is a godlike force to be reckoned with. "Fell in love with shadow": I know this connects to something but I can't quite put my finger on it. Shadow represents the dark side, corruption, no spiritual or moral compass. Alternatively in modernism the shadow represents indecision as a critical failure in not seeking redemption (T.S. Elliot "The Hollow Men") (This is just probs a cool line in the lyrics though, I'm overthinking stuff here) "All is fair in love and war": Self explanatory. Conventional rules are broken in states of anarchy. "My hounds are at the ready": Could be the hounds of hell. At the herald of destruction your sinned soul sends you to hell inescapeable. Also I remember techno had an army of dogs at one point.

I love love LOVE *LOVE* this song. The lyrics, the rythm... Every second of it is *epic.*

This is the best techno song I have ever heard. This is a perfect summary of his character.

This is such an underrated song. It's so good. Theres clearly alot of effort put into it and it fricking shows!!! I love this song already and I just heard it.

I come back to listen this once again, rest in peacy king

BRO THIS HITS HARDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG! i listen to this on reapet.

While listening to this I just wanted to say "First things first..." and scream "PAIN You build me up, you made me are a believer! Believer!"

Bro this is a bop im surprised it isn't popular. Low key want to practice this song.