"The Broken"

"The Broken" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the second track and first single on their 2010 album Year of the Black Rainbow.

Lyrics
[Verse 1] I'll followed your every move In a stride that wills disguise Little markings clue the find

Your red lips speak of painted figures The teeth of mangled little listeners The thoughts that hide your rusty scissors

And hooded men Swinging honesty across this violence Obscurity has no hero

[Chorus] The world looks better when you're falling Grace to comfort enough to crawling Divided, we must pray for the broken No one can fix us We are, we'll always be the wronged.

(Blah, blah, blah)

[Verse 2] Your touch seethes of emptiness The callous tips against the brush The world's now breaking off to crust

[Chorus] The world looks better when you're falling Grace to comfort enough to crawling Divided, we must pray for the broken No one can fix us We are, we'll always be the wronged

[Bridge] (We're conspiring) Where was your heart when we needed it most? Live in denial and I'll be your ghost

There is nothing to let go, only time will let you know If you're worth anything and you know then Giving up way too early, let the axis turn you free And destroy everything you love

[Chorus] The world looks better when you're falling Grace to comfort enough to crawling Divided, we must pray for the broken No one can fix us

We are, we are We are, we are We are, we'll always be the wronged

Music Video
An official music video was released for the single on March 10, 2010. It was directed by WeWereMonkeys Productions. The description read: "Extreme devastation and mass extinction of living beings has blackened a distant universe, and an epic war continues to rage. On a ruined planet, machines of war battle desperately in a death-match to fulfill an ancient prophecy; the fecundation of a new future."



Story Context
"" This track seems to be depicting the prologue of the novel in which Wilhelm Ryan, who has recently won the governorship of Sector 6, begins to enact his plans to take over the other sectors. His main opponent, Covet Marth, has an infinity for painting, so the lines, "Your red lips speak of painted figures / The teeth of mangled little listeners" could be referring to their meeting in which Marth was painting and told him of his premonition (how he will conquer the Fence) and how their peers do not believe him.

The song, in that way, can be seen as a gloat of victory. As Ryan ultimately succeeds in this, Marth is the one who "looks better when you're falling."

In the bridge, we even get more details that can match with the book. "Where was your heart when we needed it most?" could refer to Marth's disappearance to lay low for a time during which Ryan captured or destroyed the other mages. "If you're worth anything, you'll know that I'm / Giving up way too early, let the axis turn you free / And destroy everything you love," could refer to when Marth gave everything he had to a counterattack, was sure of his victory, but completely underestimated Ryan and ultimately came to his own end as a result.

Trivia

 * Sanchez played the Synthesizers & Keyboard with Wes Styles.
 * Sanchez said the solo guitar section is meant to be hinting at "The Ring in Return".
 * The line, "Obscurity has no hero," is the title of Chapter 1.
 * In the Second Stage comic, it opens with "Long ago, the Universe held nothing but cold, obscure darkness..." So the idea that "obscurity" has no hero, may refer to Ryan's belief that there is no one in the universe who can take him down.
 * The line, "everything you love," is the title of Chapter 14.
 * The line, "I'll be your ghost," is the title of Chapter 21.
 * This song was added to the video game | Rock Band in the DLC pack titled "Coheed and Cambria Pack 01" on Apr 10, 2010.