r/coheed's Song of the Day #30: The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets Of Miss Erica Court

I'm never sure how to feel about this song. Sometimes I love it, sometimes I'm indifferent. It's got a fun chorus, and the end is great with the sorta throwback to Ten Speed. Overall though, it's just the calm before the storm.

The Fiction- Claudio Sanchez: “The Writer starts to realize that there’s something else behind what Ten Speed is telling him: That no one will be following you when you end the story; everyone is going to die.”

Although Ten Speed has only been seen/heard as saying to Writer is in regards to Ambellina, Writer has come to this conclusion on his own. The “unwritten end” refers to the fact that Writer must end the story, because it won’t happen on its own. He realizes that since the entire thing has been a reflection of his internal conflict, he must resolve it by bringing it to an end. “Believer, believe it or not, you know just when it ends and how it goes” is presumably Ten Speed telling Writer that it’s his destiny, if you will, to tie up all of the loose ends. By doing so, he will end everything, including all of the other characters’ existances. -CobaltandCalcium.com

The Real- Seems like Claudio is grappling with the idea that Chondra isn't going to be as important to his story (life) as he thought. He is killing off her character representation and has trouble accepting it as what's actually happening. The second verse is extremely telling of this.

The Part- The guitar back behind the lyrics "on the word of your friends in the unwritten end". It's that recurring similar sound style from the other songs on the album and it's more apparent here.