Lyric discussion by josheppardfan831 

Cover art for Keeping the Blade lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

Claudio Sanchez: “It’s a collection of intros from both previous records, but put together which can only mean the end.”

Like all the other albums, Good Apollo begins with an instrumental to represent a passage of time. As Claudio S. explains, it’s a compilation of instrumentals from the previous records to symbolize the story coming to a close.

I also believe the repetition of the instrumentals at the beginning of each album as the albums progress is to show the order of the events described. Hence why YOTBR has none of these instrumentals due to the fact is the beginning of the story as a whole.