The Camper Velourium I: Faint of Hearts Lyrics

Lyric discussion by akanakin 

Cover art for The Camper Velourium I: Faint of Hearts lyrics by Coheed and Cambria

At this point in the story, we have the group of Claudio, Ambellina, and Sizer. They need to make their way to the House Atlantic on the world of Silent Earth to face Wilhelm Ryan. However, they are stranded on the world of Godder Damm.

To get off the planet, they need the help of a character named Al, because he has a ship that can get them off-planet.

However, this song is strictly about Al and his backstory. He is a serial killer who kills women that remind him of an ex girlfriend (or possibly ex wife). Her name is Luci. He is obsessed with befriending women that remind him of Luci, and then killing them.

This song is just about him killing women.

He wants to "hold their neck" and have them feel him squeeze. He asks if someone "took their tongue" (because they can't speak while being strangled). As he's strangling them, they struggle, "stretch their legs."

The "Coo Coo Cachoo" can be explained by the phrase itself being nonsense. When it was used in "I Am the Walrus" it was used purely because it didn't make sense, just like the entire song. In this song, its use only emphasizes the insanity of the character, Al. It's that simple.

Also, this song is not about Al's gun at all. He rarely used a gun at all to begin with. They mention the word "gun" once in this song, and that does not warrant the song being about a weapon at all. In the rest of the song, he uses the term "my love," meaning the woman he is killing. In the last line, the word "love" is changed to "gun" because the woman is essentially the trigger that sets him off. She is the catalyst, or the "gun" that sets him off.