"Night-Time Walkers"

"Night-Time Walkers" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the tenth song on their 2018 album Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures.

Lyrics
[Verse 1] Night-time walker, keep your distance Stay away from us, stay where you are History repeats her story, awakened by the sounds of long before I don't wanna see you, I don't wanna believe you're here But it's too hard not to when your songs I hear And all the sweet repeats that make her so beautiful

[Chorus] Maybe it's alright and the world's not quite What you believed is now all upside down Maybe it's alright and the world's not quite What you believed is now all upside down Upside down, upside down, upside down, upside down

[Verse 2] A shattered silence into spinning The panic as you learn, there was nothing here worth living Hidden from this, an end, middle, beginning Imprisoned to watch a play where strangers stare, forgiving I believe that you and I have slowly made it to our final goodbye And when they ask, we'll stray to omit Only truly knowing (that this us) was how we want it

[Chorus] Maybe it's alright and the world's not quite What you believed is now all upside down Go on, here in the sound I drown, our nerves broke down What you believed is now all upside down

[Bridge] She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed It'll be alright, we'll be alright Here, playing dead She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed It will be alright, we'll be alright Here, playing dead And ah, ooh And ah

She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed It'll be alright, we'll be alright Here, playing dead She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed It'll be alright, we'll be alright Here, playing dead

[Outro] Maybe it's my night to turn it upside down and start things over Maybe it's my night to turn it upside down and start things over

Story Context
"" This song seems to describe Nia and Nos' escape to a kind of pocket on the planet that a Window leads them to. Here, they finally have a true heart-to-heart and even discuss their individual dreams of their future son, Vaxis.

The first two lines in the first verse describe how the pair are hiding from the soldiers who are aware of their break. During their sneaking through the tunnels, they have to traverse a body of water, which they dive into, but are quickly separated. This is what "history repeats her story" in that she is left alone again. The rest of the verse describes their heart-to-heart that follows more closely.

The chorus is Nostrand's plea to her that things can go back to normal. They both had misconceptions about what happened and together they can navigate the confusion.

Verse 2 goes over the flashback Nia experiences of being shot and left for dead, being stuck in the position she was in working for the Warden, and now, coming face-to-face with Nos, who she never thought she would see again, and the hint at their future with the child.

The bridge describes their true compromise. Maybe they aren't 100% right yet, but they are both willing to work on getting there. In the moment, Nos is simply happy to have her safe and sound beside him as they hide away, pretending to be dead to the world.