Coheed & Cambria Apollo I: The Writing Writer Lyrics

In these words that crash my ears
I now stomach this in fear
With the turn I gathered name as the b______'s son
Who by fire I would come
Through this wire I might cut
Atop this tower of loss and l___

I'll gravitate towards you
I will, in the now, hate you

I'll make you wish you hadn't burned our time before
I'll live through this in a manner cursed at my own accord

If my shame spills our worth across this floor
Then tonight, goodnight... I'm burning Star IV
Only I don't even think of you
No I don't wanna think of you anymore
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye

In my presence you might wake
Through this fiction I must fake
Your death to grace the face of my character
With these lessons he might learn
That all worlds from here must burn
For as God demands in the end we miss

If my shame spills our worth across this floor
Then tonight, goodnight... I'm burning Star IV
Only I don't even think of you
No I don't wanna think of you anymore
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye

[Spoken:]
There is no room for mistakes, my children.
for as I have been told....today is the day I die.
I'm sorry I never played the part as your father, as I should have,
and from the looks on your faces...it seems that's all you've ever asked of me
it is time for you to go into these worlds alone... with all of my love.
I love you.
I love you all so very much.

I'll make you wish you hadn't burned our time before
I'll live through this in a manner cursed at my own accord

I don't want to go
So come on b____, why aren't you laughing now?
You left me here to fend on my own
So cry on b____, why aren't you laughing now?

If my shame spills our worth across this floor
Then tonight, goodnight... I'm burning Star IV
Only I don't even think of you
No I don't wanna think of you anymore
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye

Only I don't even think of you
No, girl, I don't wanna think of you anymore
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye
Goodnight, tonight, goodbye

Apollo I: The Writing Writer
Claudio Sanchez: "This is where we meet the Writer and learn his motive. As the Writer of this story, can he really be looked upon as a godlike figure to these characters?"

Although Writer has been ever-present in the graphic novel thus far, except for a few frames, his motive is not truly clear. He is coming to terms with his delusional agenda and begins to realize the true control he has had over his story the entire time. Until now, he thought of it independently from his life and control; he simply fostered it. Now, though, he realizes that if he created Ambellina to begin with, he's realizing he can take her away for his own good. During this time, he justifies his actions to his conscience by dwelling on mental images of Erica cheating on him with a man who flew in by plane, though these may very well be delusions as well.
The dialogue in the background of this song is Jesse, or Inferno, telling his IRObot children that he loves them and is sorry he hasn't been much of a father, and that he already knows of his fate. While this is unclear so far in the album and the graphic novel, Apollo II will return to this point later on.

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