The Light and the Glass Lyrics

Lyric discussion by ap0llo2113 

Cover art for The Light and the Glass lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

I find that all of the songs on this cd, except for this one and 2113, are somewhat easy to see what the significance of is to the story. This song has me completely stumped however. I think that the first part might have something to do with claudio and his parents (Coheed and Cambria) and i think that claudio might just be thinking of them and remembering the memories of them, i'm really not too sure tho. I think that maybe the end of the song has something to do with apollo since they do mention his name, but apollo also is a dog and theres the line, "like an old dog youre better off" thats really all i can think of. this and 2113 are definately the hardest songs on the cd to translate

21:13 is the time of which Josephine was struck by Coheed's hammer after her rape. As you probably know, Claudio strikes Josephine after Cambria (Josie's mom) tells her that everything will be O.K.. A while after she is struck, Coheed returns home after his date with Newo. Claudio sees Josephine lying in the pool of blood and she tells him "Dear Claudio, We'll make it if you believe" (Everything Evil)

The Light and The Glass After escaping from House Atlantic on Jesse’s ship, the Grail Arbor, Claudio drifts off to sleep and dreams of Newo and the times they...