r/coheed's Song of the Day #49: Guns of Summer

Guns of Summer will always be a polarizing issue among Coheed fans. I know when I first heard it, I was like "uhhhhh..." Eventually, I changed my tune and learned to really enjoy it, but that didn't happen for a good amount of us. Those wild drums, those weird guitars, that crazy electronic production in the background that is rampant in YotBR... It all adds up to the least likely Coheed song there is, next to maybe Number City.

The Fiction-This seems to be debated on songmeanings, so I'm not sure with it. But... However, I believe the "Guns of Summer" that are "cold as winter" are the fire truck hoses they fire onto the crowd during the parade through apitimy prime that are filled with champagne. The story states a night of wild dabauchery ensues and this could be the reference "point and watch them run" its a little out there but it fits with the way claudio writes and thinks. Its a sort of double meaning imo.

The Real- Seems like he's nervous about the band's path and how things are going during the album recording. Claudio has mentioned feeling burnt out, this song could be a product of that.

The Part- Drums during "Cold as winter's guns of summer". I just shake my head like crazy. ALSO great: "in these ollllldddd WAaaaAAYYYYs" crazy sounding shit