r/coheed's Song of the Day #55: Pearl Of The Stars

Pearl of the Stars is one of the few songs of this nature by Coheed that I can get in to. I remember the first time I heard it, being blown away by Claudio's deeper singing. I dig the atmospheric tones of the production for once on the album, and I think the solo is incredible. The little stuff, like the viola, make this song worth a lot. It's not my favorite on the album, but it's good. If the end was a bit more exciting, like Mother Superior, it'd be waaaay higher up on my list.

The Fiction- This chapters tells of what is going though Pearls mind after being kidnapped by Wilhelm Ryan. They have locked her in a glass coffin that is being suspended above a deep pit. Now clearly this song dosnt sound anything like I just described but my guess is that this is not from Pearls view but from Leonards view. The chapter before this named World of Lines (hint hint another song) Leonard found out about Pearls fate and of his duty to develop the Monstar. So Im guessing this song is him weeping over the missing Pearl. (songmeanings)

The Real- This is like Gravity's Union. Claudio is imagining what it'd be like if Chondra had a child and then passed away; leaving him alone. This song is that reaction.

The Part- When the solo comes in after the second "my pearl of the stars". That kind of shit is what I live for.