r/coheed's Song Of The Day #13: Three Evils(Embodied In Love And Shadow)

Three Evils is a fun song. I like to listen to it. This song is the first song off of In Keeping Secrets that I actually enjoyed the first couple times I listened through the album.

The Fiction: The first three paragraphs of this song detail Mayo's interrogation of Sizer. He is an IRO-bot, a robot, so instead of just killing him, Mayo literally chops his limbs off with a chain saw - "sever the limbs from his torso."

The next part starting with "slowly discarded" detail how Mayo tosses Sizer's remains in an alleyway. Claudio, Coheed and Cambria's son, who has been a recluse the past decade, stumbles upon his remains while arguing with Ambellina. He recognizes it as an IRO-bot, something Claudio is as well. He "fixes and restores" him.

The last part, "pull the trigger and the nightmare stops," harkens back to the interrogation. It is something Sizer was yelling at Mayo, begging him to kill him so that the interrogation can end. (credit to anakanakin at songmeanings)

The Real: I can't make anything out of these lyrics. Someone else give it a shot!

The Part: The guitar, drums, and vocals of the end of the song mix to make musical bliss. The exact reason I fell in love with In Keeping Secrets and gave it another chance. Ended up becoming my second favorite album by far.