r/coheed's Song of the Day #22: Keeping The Blade and Always & Never

Now I'm getting excited! Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume I: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness is my favorite album ever across all musics, and I'm very excited to see what folks think about it. This album has it's own color, it's own taste, it's own feel that is entirely unique and I am so proud to be able to listen to it. Keeping The Blade is a cool opener. It's my personal favorite that doesn't have words. It's simply gorgeous! After that comes Always & Never. A pretty good song, but goddamit those annoying ass meow oink noises.

Keeping The Blade

The Fiction- From Claudio himself: It’s a collection of intros from both previous records, but put together which can only mean the end.

The Real- Empty. baybee.

The Part- Man, when the Keywork theme comes in. Shit. So pretty. I love it. Also, this is hilarious

Always & Never

The Fiction- From "ClaudioSanchez" at songmeanings: Claudio Sanchez: “The Writer starts to lose his mind over the devastation of this love he’s been separated from. In the second verse the Writer talks about her, and the influence on what is to come in the story.”

This is the intro into the scene in the graphic novel where Writer is lying on his bed thinking about his now estranged ex-girlfriend, the blond haired blue eyed Erica Court. He is in a deep despair, which is obvious from the look of his room which is messy, bleak, disorganized, and sparsely decorated. He is laying on his bed, staring at a broken picture frame containing a portrait of her, imagining what he would have said to Erica, and what he would like to hear from her, if they had another moment together. In his grief, he is slowly but surely isolating himself and beginning to lose his mind.

The Real- This is Claudio's heartbreak. Much of this album is simply this. Claudio would share children's lives with Chondra. She misses all that Claudio does for her behind sealed eyes. And he's still waiting for one kiss from her. Well, not anymore. But then.

The Part- Yum still waiting here for one kiss from youuuuu... Also, those electronic noises after the song ends make for a neat setup as to what this album tastes like. I like these songs as lead-in to Welcome Home. If you're listening straight through the discography, it's a nice relaxing break between the end of In Keeping Secrets and the often intense Good Apollos.