I'm a big Coheed fan, and I listen to their music a lot. I know the Amory Wars story very well and know what each song is about in relation to the story. However, one day, I was listening to their music while I had my TV on mute, and a baseball game was on. And as those two things were going on, I thought, "You know, if you look at the lyrics another way, their songs would be perfect for a baseball game during certain situations!" I know I could get some flack for suggesting this, but it's been with me for some time now, and I wanted to share it, so here we are. I'm going to list a song, the situation it would be played, and how the lyrics would be interpreted to fit the situation at hand. So, here goes. "The Running Free" - Played after a walk-off home run This song was the first where I listened to the lyrics and saw a use for it in a baseball game. This song in my opinion would be perfect after a walk-off home run. The interpretation I saw was this: 'Cause you're going home You're running free The player who just won the game is obviously going home because he hit a home run to end the game. And he's running free because he's taking his victory jog around the bases. No possibility of a play from the opposing team. As only you would be If you never owed them anything With the game on the line, he'd owe it to his team to win it. But his cool, calm presence in the batter's box allowed him to make contact and end it right there. And now You've found your way out In the trust you've seen Your path on home The batter ending the game found a way out for his team by nailing the ball into the stands and thus breaking a deadlock or turning a potential loss into a win. As a result, he sees his path on home (home plate). This next one came to me as I was thinking back to a Phillies game (I'm from southeast PA) where we were down in the bottom of the ninth and needed to score three to win. This song would serve to pump up the crowd and get them to will the players into a rally. "No World For Tomorrow" Bye bye world. Or will our hope still hold on? Boy, you're never going to see the things that will come of these (days) Half of the crowd is dead, while half are attempting to rally the team. It looks bad, but there's a glimmer of hope for your team and it isn't over yet. Raise your hands high! Young brothers and sisters. There's a world's worth of work and a need for you. Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing in. Is there no world for tomorrow if we wait for today? This is obvious: GET OFF YOUR ASS AND START MAKING NOISE! They need your support! Don't give your team the sense it's over and they won't think it's over. So march to the drumming Show them you're coming. You've been their play toy. Cut to the carving Bleed them 'til robbing. Enough! They'll take no more. Don't let your team's opponent relax. They may have gotten the better of your squad for most of the game, but now it's time to help rally the team and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. For a playoff game, this would be especially fitting: "No way they come in here and end our season!" This last one isn't quite like the first two. This would use mostly the beginning of the song (when it has no lyrics) to give the sense of an important event. This struck me after I heard that part of the song played after a break on ESPN Radio. "Welcome Home", Beginning instrumental - Played when a star player makes his return after a stay on the disabled list. The beginning instrumental sounds so epic to me, like it's announcing the arrival of someone important. Obviously, if the team's big star is returning after a long abscence due to injury, this I think would be perfect in heralding his return. I realize fully that this probably wouldn't work in practice. Most baseball fans tend to be older people or those not familiar with Coheed. But, I listen to Coheed and I also follow baseball, so I began to see these connections after I thought about it and reinterpreted the songs. Obviously, a baseball game doesn't fit in with the Amory Wars storyline, but I just thought about it and saw the connections. That's all I got for now. Feel free to comment.