"The Homecoming"

"The Homecoming" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the first bonus track on their 2012 album The Afterman: Ascension.

Lyrics
[Verse 1] We are a living absolute Stuck in an anguished innocence This moment loved I greet the sun And wake from a war I could have won Well in your arms I'll keep this memory to me This kitchen floor won't reveal all the things I felt for you

[Chorus] Please level with me Understand, I'd do anything for you Seize any moment while you can This void's coming after you Cause loneliness is why you hurt Just don't kill the messenger

[Verse 2] The dust a-dance against my breath The world awaken slowly dressed A life unanswered in the light With questions scattered in the night And now my heart feels heavy The weight will drag me down You were the only reason They'd find me here tonight

[Chorus] Please level with me Understand, I'd do anything for you Seize any moment while you can This void's coming after you Cause loneliness is why you hurt Just don't kill the messenger

Please level with me Understand, I'd do anything for you Seize any moment while you can This void's coming after you Cause loneliness is why you hurt Loneliness is why you hurt

Please level with me Understand, I'd do, I'd do anything for you Seize any moment while you can This void's coming after you Cause loneliness is why you hurt Just don't kill the messenger

Story Context
"" Though not directly associated with a "chapter" in the book, many fans believe this is another, direct look into Meri's thoughts regarding Sirius' disappearance. Obviously, in "The Afterman", she learns of the loss, and in "Goodnight, Fair Lady" six months has passed. This song is believed to take place within that missing year.

We get lines like, "We are a living absolute / Stuck in an anguished innocence" and "This kitchen floor won't reveal all the things I felt for you" depicting Meri in pain from the loss, and also "And wake from a war I could have won / Well in your arms I'll keep this memory to me" showing her own regret at not being more honest with Sirius—maybe if she had, he would still be here.

She goes on to say, "Please level with me / Understand, I'd do anything for you" which may be her cry for him to just pick his work over her explicitly so she can be free of the turmoil and guilt inside herself. "This void's coming after you / Cause loneliness is why you hurt" shows Meri knows Sirius, possibly better than he knows himself. She knows he seeks recognition from the world and thinks these dangerous missions are the way to achieve that, but the Keywork, ultimately "kills" him.

We get more imagery of a depressed, regretful Meri, who now wonders into the Fair Lady ("You were the only reason / They'd find me here tonight").

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