The Black Rainbow

didn't read all the comments because there were so many but i don't understand how people can be so misinformed and state things as facts. This is absolutely a "prequel" album. Buy the book! its a prequel too lol. This song is about the black rainbow (see title) its the way the citizens of the fence felt based on the appearance of the black rainbow. Nothing to do with the writer or erica court. He wasn't even part of the story here. Claudio wrote in the writer as the only way to deal with his emotions at the time of GA:I because forcing that stuff into the actual story line would've been lame. Also the lyrics you ahve up there are really off "we were stealing your heart" is the actual lyrics I also believe at some points it says "its over little boy" but Im not sure if that was in the liner notes (thoug they are often different when the album comes out anyway with coheed) I may be entirely wrong about that last bit but the rest is pretty much common knowledge on cobaltandcalcium.com and the fact that is a prequel is, well, silly to contest because you obviosuly dind't read the novel or listen to anything claudio said since the release of NWFT

Claudio explicitly states that this album is a prequel to the Amory Wars Storyline.

my only complaint is that this is the only 7-8 min song on the album, i always enjoyed those. good song tho

i think its actually "in all we are" instead of "and all way over"

It sounds as if he is saying "in all we are, would you be afraid?"

i hear "in all we are, we're truly afraid"

This Album is pretty good I agree with x7Kuroneko7x about everything. I give this album an 8/10 because I didn't like the track Guns of Summer it just seemed out of place and to different for this album.

You were all that we needed To believe in our doubt The hurt we allowed

We had sworn to believe them And scattered across Our memories found

You were all that we needed To believe in our doubt The worst, I’m afraid The hurt we allowed

We defined the lines and crossed Into a great unknown to read all The words we left out

In all we are, we’re truly afraid In all we are, of the one thing we can make In all we are, we’re truly afraid Wishing one day we could be stronger

It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart While you were sleeping We were stealing your home It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart Now I’ll never let this go, I say

It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart While you were sleeping We were stealing your home It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart Now I’ll never let this go, I say

It’s over, it’s over; it’s all coming apart (coming apart, coming apart) While you were sleeping We were stealing your home It’s over, it’s over; no more, truly no more

It’s over, it’s over; coming apart You know, you know, you know

(it get’s too garbled for me to make out individual lines anymore after this)

Someone on Cobalt provided a very interesting theory: This song is about the end of the KBI and the entire song is Coheed and Cambria having their memories erased, and I feel the song lends itself to this theory quite well. Noise just keeps on building until the sudden silence, which is the exact moment when Coheed and Cambria have their memories completely cleansed. The rest of the song seems like time is simply passing, and the sound of what seems to be work being done makes me believe that Coheed has found a job and settled down well with his family. The laughing can be interpreted as life going on peacefully until the day Mayo aproaches him outside the factory, which is the exact moment I'm thinking this song ends at.

Also, it's "Now I'll never let this go...I sang." according to the lyric book.