"Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord)"

"Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord)" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the twelfth track on their upcoming album Vaxis - Act II: A Window of the Waking Mind and the album's second official single.

Lyrics
[Verse1] Hell wakes you up choking and you feel so afraid Help! Is this my place? Searching to find what to say, am I okay? The fear boy, you own it Guilty, you find an angel in your arms She's plucking her wings She laughs while you go replace them But there's something in your way The mark that you missed, caution you throw Lost in the dark, begging to go (know) And I'm going to tell ya, tell all There's a change of the guard So you play your part Assuming you know where to start As pieces start coming apart She'll stitch those wings to your heart But it's not what you wanted She looks deep into your eyes She sees all your flaws And pulls you together Say what you want causе you are Go on now, let heavеn know The beautiful boy that you are

[Chorus] Call me and I'll be there When you need your great, your great destroyer Oh my, baby boy Don't you cry, it's you and I In a do or die Overboard Now cut the cord

[Verse 2] Remember that blank space Where static invades All that you've succumbed A dead mind once trapped in a change In the dissaving grace As you live out all outcomes The forever you want Is the never you'll get when you learn That you're going to be so alone Oh when your mother and I go But you've go to believe You've got to be strong for her

[Chorus] Call me and I'll be there When you need your great, your great destroyer Oh my, baby boy Don't you cry, it's you and I In a do or die Overboard Now cut the cord

[Verse 3] Silence your tongue Divide your lives, and gift us all your love Your day has come Open your mind, and do what must be done

[Bridge] Call me and I'll be there I'll be your great, your great destroyer Oh my, baby boy Don't you cry, it's you and I Do or die

[Chorus] Call me and I'll be there When you need your great, your great destroyer Oh my, baby boy Don't you cry, it's you and I In a do or die Overboard Now cut the cord

[Outro] Over and out there You'll meet your great (I'm your great destroyer) Your great destroyer (I'm your great destroyer) Oh my, baby boy Don't you cry, it's you and I In a do or die Overboard Now cut the cord Cut the cord Cut the cord Cut the cord

Music Visualizer
On November 10, 2021, when the single was officially released, a "visualizer" was released on the band's YouTube page. It was designed and produced by 351 Studio. The video is steeped in the world of Vaxis; featuring sci-fi space ships, aliens, hover crafts, and the like.



Story Context
""Sanchez said in a press release that the song "explores the reach of love and loyalty and the reality that sometimes you need to be more than a shoulder to lean on—you need to become the destroyer." With the album art of the single, the song seems to be a love letter from Nia and Nostrand to their son, Vaxis, who features heavily in the video.

Background
This song was in the same vein as "Blood" where it was geared toward Sanchez's son. "I'll always be there for for him, regardless of if I'm here or not," Sanchez said, "You're going to have me forever, and I'll do whatever I can to protect you."

Trivia

 * This song was actually discovered 20 days earlier, on Oct 21, through an error in coding on Pandora. As this was prior to the S.S. Neverender I, fans thought this would drop during the cruise as a treat for everyone, but didn't. Its actual drop was hinted at just two hours prior to the midnight release on social media; an ominous plain black square with the text "Rise at Midnight (EST)."
 * Many fans believe Naianasha is Nia's full name, but this seems a bit unlikely (as Nia is spelt I-A where Naianasha is A-I). This theory also cannot be ruled out, however.
 * In a Twitch stream on the release day, Sanchez said that the name is a real name; he had been in a Costco and a cashier had this name. He said that we would meet her (the character) or learn more about her in the next chapter (Vaxis 2).
 * Given the context of the title, it could also be the name of a ship, a new character, a foreign word (like Shabutie, or perhaps an alien language), or a title (like King or Elder). Perhaps even the name of a star.