The Legend of Atlas ( Part 2 ) " The Legend of Atlas ( Part 2 ) " is the continuation of RedEye ' s story about Atlas , and his war against the Junkers , and his death at the suicidal hands of Hope , the Junkers ' de facto leader . the song also mentions RedEye ' s personal thoughts about the story itself . according to the lyrics , Atlas ' body was never found . Lyrics . < poem > So , I told you about Atlas , the meanest Raider to ever wander this world , And how he fell for Hope , a beautiful raider from a rival gang that , didn ' t give two shits about him , Now , like I said , Atlas , he was used to gettin ' his way , so gathered a big old army of Raiders , Marched right up to the town where Hope ' s gang , the Junkers , was all holed up , and demanded that she come out and talk to him , Hope , Headstrong as she was , very politely yelled over the wall , and told Atlas exactly where he could shove his intentions , I hear she launched that golden Brahmin right back over the wall at him too , Atlas , as you might imagine , didn ' t take too kindly to being disrespected , but in his own , special , crazy - ass way , he found himself wanting Hope even more , he was in a bind , now , you see , and he couldn ' t let her insults stand , but he wasn ' t ready to just up and storm the town and risk killing Hope in the process , In my opinion , folks , Ain ' t no relationship worth this kind of trouble , I ' m just being honest with you , Anyway , so Atlas calls out a few of his lieutenants , Talks to ' em all quiet for a few minutes , then these poor saps march right out in front of the walls to rally the town , and I SWEAR to you , they set themselves on fire , right then and there , over the screamin ' , Atlas yells that if he could convince these good men to set fire to themselves , Imagine what he could convince the other couple hundred men to do to their town , personally , I ' d find that a pretty convincing argument , But Hope , she ain ' t backin ' down , She yells that Atlas could set HIMSELF on fire , That ' d get him about as far as anything , Now I tell you , When Atlas hears this , he gets angry beyond ALL REASON , and he slams those giant fists down on the ground , and as the story goes , windows shattered in Diamond City , and a whole section of Lexington comes crashing down , just from the shock of it , Hope and her gang wake up the next morning and find their town is the only thing standing as far as the eye can see , Atlas says it ' s the last threat he ' s gonna make , before he storms their gates , and honestly , between us , this whole thing has already gone way off the rails , Now , Hope , she ' s a good woman , a raider , through and through , but she takes care of her own , She knows that there ain ' t no way her little gang can stand up to Atlas and his army , and so she knows what she ' s gotta do , the white flag goes up , and Hope herself goes right out the front gate and says that if Atlas gives his word that her gang is safe , she ' ll go free , only he ' s gotta shake on it , Atlas , Proud man that he is , takes her up on that offer , and it ' s not until he ' s shaking her hand that he hears " The beeping " , Clever woman that she was , Hope went and strapped herself up with more than a couple of Mini Nukes , She knew what she was about , now I am told that on that day , the Sun might as well not have even come up , for all the good it did , next to the brightness of that explosion , Men , hundreds of miles away , went blind , Birds dropped out of the sky , till days after , and for as big and as tough as he was , they ain ' t never found all of Atlas , Like I said at the top , true story , all of it , Is there a moral in all of this ? Hell if I know ! < / poem > Behind the scenes . The Golden Brahmin reference , may be a nod to the movie " Monty Python and the Holy Grail " , during the first french taunter scene .