In the final curtain call
You left me here with the coldest of feelings
Weight, kind, depression
Blessing the floors with the places you've stepped in

Will they ever measure up to the way you left me?
Here, on the roadside the bloodiest cadaver
Marked in your words
I'm the joke, I'm the bastard

Here wait, so I guess that you knew
That you're a selfish little whore
I'm the selfish little whore
If I had my way, I'd crush your face in the door

This is no beginning, yeah, yeah
This is the final cut, open up
This is no beginning, yeah, yeah
This is the final cut, oh, I am lost


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    Well, I think if you really look at everything as a whole, and forgive me for not citing references as I'm at work and doing this rather quickly, but this song seems to be the killing of Ambellina as to break off Claudio from any hope of love, as it's been stated by Claudio that Ambellina and Newo represent the good and bad sides of Erica respecitvely. This is what allows him to become the Crowing and fulfill his destiny to destroy the Keywork to hopefully bring God back to the Universe as it was told. God left when Sirius Amory put the Keywork in place, or sometime thereabouts. He told the Prise, guardians of the Keywork, to which Ambellina once belonged before having her WINGS REMOVED, that if they interfere with his return there will be consequences. Hence, Claudio or The Writer kills Ambellina.

    As for the hoedown at the end, I have a theory on this, take it or leave it. On The Prize Fighter Inferno (Claudio's solo project) album "My Brother's Blood Machine," the story is supposed to be set on Earth a long time before any of the events of the MAIN CoCa storyline and involves Jesse, hence the name of the project. Well, Claudio has described the story as involving a backwoods Chainsaw Massacre type family involved heavily. So, I get to my theory about the hoedown track. Picture, after dying earlier on the cd, Jesse waking up to a big festival in, oh, I don't know, Margeretville (from the PFI song "The Margeretville Town Dance," and a dog barking at the new stranger(Jesse) appearingly seemingly from nowhere. This would create a neat little transition and connection between CoCa and PFI that fits too well for me not to think it's true. Like I said, just a theory, but I like it.

    ChildofJackalon October 13, 2009   Link

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