Lyric discussion by CaptainFSU 

Cover art for The Black Rainbow lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

Claudio explicitly states that this album is a prequel to the Amory Wars Storyline.

Yup... said it multiple times... but that doesn't mean he for sure went in only one direction... It could be half is about the AW prequel and the other half could be about the WW... He's had a lot of twists in this story... nothing would surprise me.

I think that was a response to the guy that said this wasn't a "prequel" to AW. A prequel to the AW could be all about TWW, as he is the creator and where the story has it's start.

Though the novel would say otherwise.