r/coheed's Song of the Day #17: The Camper Velourium II: Backend of Forever

Da song. This song is actually very important to me. It has significant lyrical accuracy to a tough point in my life. My girlfriend moved away to Connecticut for school, and I couldn't accompany her. We both wanted to be together, but it made no sense to do so. We were both completely miserable, and I felt like the only girls I wanted just didn't work out for whatever reason. Lyrics. We both listened to that song while apart, and found love for it on our own, and when we eventually got back together, we bonded over love for Coheed.

The Fiction- Ambellina’s presence on the Velorium Camper stirs up memories and Al begins to to think of past relationships. He obsesses over Ambellina, who tends to avoid interaction with him. He works up the situation in his head until he feels completely rejected by her, as he once was, and swears never to love again. (cobaltandcalcium)

Our very own zakfennie has this to say about what I put here: While this was the popular fan theory for years, it's really just about Al's creepy attraction to his ex-girlfriend, Luci. While Ambellina is on his ship, it's never shown that he falls in love with her. He does try to rape her though, but that doesn't get far, and that's in the next song anyway.

The Real- This is about Claudio lamenting his failures and successes with women. He's with Chondra, but it's obviously hard to live life over the phone, and this is how they do it. He just wants a happy, normal relationship.

The Part- The end of the song, as with a lot of Coheed songs is completely powerful and way better than the rest of the song. The buildup is amazing. The high "I wish I would never hurt again". The feels man.