this is some crazy shit
okay, last night, Chris, Tony and I figured out [or think we did] the entire album...In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3 by Coheed and Cambria. All of Co&Cas songs are about one huge story that the lead singer [Claudio] is writing. Earlier today, tony wrote out everything that we figured out last night. this may be confusing, so be warned. lol.
The first three songs on IKSOSE3 are a part of Claudio's dream. He is having a dream about the war going on at the moment on the ship and everything else bad that is happening. It turns out that his dream becomes a reality…
In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 - this song is in the beginning of Claudio's dream. He is dreaming about the war in general, and the terrible things that come of them. Claudio is dreaming that he is in the war, and the part that starts with "For you, I'd Do Anything…" is when Claudio begins to think about the one he loves during the war, because he knows he could die anytime soon. The one he loves, perhaps being Newo Ikken.
Cuts Marked In The March Of Men - this song tells of the war in deeper description. In this song, Claudio is dreaming of actually having to fight in the war and seeing all the horrible sights, like dead bodies, blood streams, etc. It also seems like the army on Claudio's side is losing the war at this moment.
Three Evils (Embodied In Love And Shadow) - in this song, Claudio is dreaming still of the terrible war, but now he dreams of killing someone brutally. At the end of the song, Claudio's "inner-voice" tells him to pull the trigger and the nightmare stops. If Claudio pulled the trigger, he would be dead and the nightmare, or the war, would be over, but he does NOT pull the trigger, as he is still alive and the war is still going on when he wakes.
++The little "scream" conversion between this song and the Crowing is actually portraying Claudio underground. He probably was in the sewers because of the whole war going on. When he wakes and walks around, he begins to wonder where he is. Then he realizes that his dream is a reality, and he is scared so he lets out a nice, long scream++
The Crowing - Claudio (now awake) recalls back to his dream and putting pieces together he realizes that his dream was real. He is scared and goes into hiding somewhere, to get away from this mess. His mind begins to wander, and then Ambellina comes and tells Claudio that he must go fight in the war or else people will find him and kill him. Ambellina also says that she will watch over Claudio while he is fighting.
Blood Red Summer - Now that Claudio is in the war, he is very scared. This song is probably about when Claudio is asleep in a war bunker and he begins to wonder why all this is happening and why to him. People say this song is about torturing someone, but it is actually like a metaphor for the torture and pain that Claudio is feeling inside of him.
++I have come to the assumption that the Three Velorium Campers are not in the timeline of the story directly, and thus it is like a story within a story, or a "Meanwhile…" type of thing. At least that's what I assumed. All three of these songs are about Al the Killer, and the main focus is on him and his life++
MEANWHILE…
The Camper Velorium I: Faint Of Hearts - this is about Al seeing a girl he really likes but with his sick mind, he rapes her. "The sin that shapes your voice carries my ears, this new disease…No I'm not going to let you get up if you struggle willingly…The shift as you stretched your legs…" many lines lead me to believe this song is about Al raping a white girl.
The Camper Velorium II: Backend Of Forever - Al realizes that the girl he raped does not like him the same way and he beings to wonder and think about what he has done. In a last ditch effort to make things better, Al kills his rape victim, but it only makes things worse. He ponders all the wrong that he has done, and he goes crazy, and becomes mentally insane, which leads into…
The Camper Velorium III: Al The Killer - with all of the things he has done, he has finally gone mentally insane. He now hates white girls, and since he killed one, he thinks its okay to kill them all. At the end of the song, Al becomes to fed up with himself, and eventually commits suicide, which explains the line "Bye, bye world."
++After these three songs, the story picks up back with Claudio fighting in the war++
A Favor House Atlantic - Claudio is fed up with fighting in the war and he wants to go home. He tries to escape and run away with someone, which seems to be of the female gender. "Good Eye Sniper" - Claudio is, or was, a sniper in the war. "I'll Shoot You Run" - Claudio is talking to the girl he's running away with, telling her to run away while he shoots at the people chasing them. In the second verse, the girl he escapes with turns on him and tries to kill him, so Claudio ends up killing her… "Bye, bye beautiful, don't bother to write."
++Claudio has now escaped from the war, but he doesn't know exactly what is going on. Where are his parents and siblings? What has happened?++
The Light And The Glass - Ambellina writes a letter telling Claudio everything he doesn't know. It's about everything that happened while he was in his deep sleep. Claudio now knows that his mother and father are dead, and he misses the dearly.
21:13 - Claudio sleeps and dreams of his lost mother, and thinks of the times when she was here and how he misses her dearly. "When I fall asleep, your face is all I see... Dear momma I love. I fall asleep; your face is all I dream... Dear momma I love." Claudio is dreaming of the t.
imes when his mom was there to help him.
thanks to tony for all that..comment on what you think about it