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Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow) Lyrics
Across the floor in the hand of where we drove the drill
A cautious ear to the mouth of your confession
Think of all the things we put him through
In the face of his God would he tell the truth?
Still recorded were the words that dribbled out his kiss
When eyes go blind in this man of what could once become
Sever the limbs off his torso in sleep
And burn what remains so the world may now see
No longer...will we wait for your answers
Back to the hell where you've come from
Think of all the times you've once had
Write them in a letter that says goodbye
You'll listen to reason while you're face down in the dirt
You'll stomach the hurt and break for him here just how much he's worth
Slowly discarded were the remains of his lonely youth
Among the alley where the dwellers scare to notice
Picture a young boy in pieces and streets with leveled malfunctions
No name to be called redeemer
We'll fix him restore him... with the love if no other
Think of all the things you did before
Write them in a letter that says reborn
You'll listen to reason while you're face down in the dirt
You'll stomach the hurt and break for him here just how much he's worth
What'll we do when the innocent walk in the way? I'll fire on
On the wrong way out
On the causeway to never where
Dear my friends
In the time we spent forever after beyond this when will our nightmare ever end?
Pull the trigger and the nightmare stops...
A cautious ear to the mouth of your confession
Think of all the things we put him through
In the face of his God would he tell the truth?
When eyes go blind in this man of what could once become
Sever the limbs off his torso in sleep
And burn what remains so the world may now see
Back to the hell where you've come from
Think of all the times you've once had
Write them in a letter that says goodbye
You'll stomach the hurt and break for him here just how much he's worth
Among the alley where the dwellers scare to notice
Picture a young boy in pieces and streets with leveled malfunctions
No name to be called redeemer
Think of all the things you did before
Write them in a letter that says reborn
You'll stomach the hurt and break for him here just how much he's worth
What'll we do when the innocent walk in the way? I'll fire on
On the causeway to never where
In the time we spent forever after beyond this when will our nightmare ever end?
Pull the trigger and the nightmare stops...
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Submitted by
fallacies On Apr 08, 2004
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The first three paragraphs of this song detail Mayo's interrogation of Sizer. He is an IRO-bot, a robot, so instead of just killing him, Mayo literally chops his limbs off with a chain saw - "sever the limbs from his torso."
The next part starting with "slowly discarded" detail how Mayo tosses Sizer's remains in an alleyway. Claudio, Coheed and Cambria's son, who has been a recluse the past decade, stumbles upon his remains while arguing with Ambellina. He recognizes it as an IRO-bot, something Claudio is as well. He "fixes and restores" him.
The last part, "pull the trigger and the nightmare stops," harkens back to the interrogation. It is something Sizer was yelling at Mayo, begging him to kill him so that the interrogation can end.
Your interpretation to the last part is pretty close but Sizer wasn't really "begging" per say for Mayo to stop. It was more like "Pffft, I wish you would". By that point he didn't really have anything left to loose and death would be nothing but a relief.
Your interpretation to the last part is pretty close but Sizer wasn't really "begging" per say for Mayo to stop. It was more like "Pffft, I wish you would". By that point he didn't really have anything left to loose and death would be nothing but a relief.
Not necessarily Adisk. Could be pulling the trigger and killing the person who is making things a nightmare.
People who take the meaning of a song from one line are..... silly.
This song is directly related to the Armory Wars, an ongoing series of comic books written by the band's singer. 3 Evils represents the 3 "evil - related" acts happening around Heavens Fence (the universe the comics take place in). The 1st act being embodied in shadow, the 2nd love & the 3rd both. Key lyrics from the song: "Pull the trigger & the nightmare stops" are actually the exact words that come out of a character 'Sizer's' mouth before he's killed by another character 'Mayo'. Sizer is a hulk-like creature who is captured & torn apart by 'Mayo'. That key lyrics line is something Sizer was yelling at Mayo, begging him to kill him so that the interrogation can end.
this is my favourite song on the new album. not too sure how it fits into the main storyline, but we'll find out sometime soon.
Great song....... can't wait to see them in concert....Shabutie!
what is shabuti i heard in in their song devil in jersey city
Shabutie is Claudio's first band. It doesn't really mean anything in the concept of the story, he just threw it in for laughs I guess.
Shabutie is Claudio's first band. It doesn't really mean anything in the concept of the story, he just threw it in for laughs I guess.
adisk- Shabutie is a band Claudio used to be in and eventually was changed into Coheed and Cambria I think with a few member changes.
I think Three Evils is about Coheed's last moments as even partially himself. I'm not sure who's standpoint it is told from, whether from Claudio, Inferno, or Coheed himself (I am going with Coheed at this point except with the "crossing the interstate walking away I'll fire on" that throws me off) But anyway, I think it is primarily telling of Coheed after the Monstar has almost completely taken over him. He is struggling to keep control but is failing and knows what has to be done and wishes for his friends/family to kill him/the Monstar because not only does it hold the ability to fix the universe/Keywork, but it can also destroy everything. So far he has done a lot of murdering and ruthless killing and what is left of his own mind feels horrible regret for it and wishes for himself to be killed to stop the Monstar. "dear my friends in the time we've spent forever after beyond this when will our nightmare ever end?" that line backs up a lot of that theory. He is trying to convince them to not think twice about being able to restore him to his normal self and the only way to rid themselves of the Monstar is to kill him. And with Cambria and 3 of his 4 children being dead (I can't remember if he knows it at this point) he doesn't really have a reason to be alive. Again, this is only my theory on the storyline.
xAsiDKx, Shabutie was the name of Coheed and Cambria before they were... well, Coheed and Cambria. And, Alaceo's ideas do make sense to me... the part about " We'll fix him restore him " could be talking about when the monstar was injected into Coheed when he was young, in order to save his life. Then the end also makes sense. The " Pull the trigger and the nightmare stops, being killing Coheed to end the nightmare.
In the CD jacket of the Cd, it says not to take this song seriously. I think people realize that it's all part of a story that Claudio is writing...not suicide.
I got the impression this song had something to do with an "I, Robot".... It talks about the thing they found (person or robot??) in mechanical terms, "Fix him, restore him". Just a thought...