"Elf Tower New Mexico"

"Elf Tower New Mexico" is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the eleventh track and first bonus song on the reissue of their 2002 album The Second Stage Turbine Blade. This song is not related to the story of The Amory Wars.

Lyrics
[Intro] Elf Power, New Mexico Elf Power, New Mexico

[Verse 1] Well, thank God you're still angry at me I've got a better chance of seeing you dead and buried I'll thank her for this one last big mistake It's your turn, come shoot for it, if you win Well, you can lead the way

Midday subway into New Jersey Did you think maybe I was doing quite well Without you in the frame, still?

[Chorus] Killed in defense, calm with your cold years after I'm giving you up, go on, find someone new 'Til then, pretend I touched before you'd ask her I'm giving you up, go on, find someone new

Dear Nikki, what, what if I Could have found a better half here, in you? Oh Nikki, here in Elf Power, New Mexico

[Post-Chorus] Elf Tower, New Mexico

[Verse 2] Stay here In our last standing hourglass circumstance Devoted here, to the midst of the weary eyes Lost and buried here, in your big surprise again

Well, your fingers find my back Familiar fit in the questions that I had to ask Did you think maybe I was doing quite well Without you in the frame, still?

[Chorus] Killed in defense, calm with your cold years after I'm giving you up, go on, find someone new 'Til then, pretend I touched before you'd ask her I'm giving you up, go on, find someone new

Dear Nikki, what, what if I Could have found a better half here, in you? Oh Nikki, here in Elf Power, New Mexico

[Interlude] Somehow, tonight, you run out of air

[Bridge] I'll mark my words in learned lessons Dear god, before I heard this was your intention Before I could have figured how to love another Dear, there's Coheed and then Cambria In departure, absence makes the heart grow fonder

[Verse 3] Thank God they recovered your body in New Mexico Three days, it's spoiled, love We miss you in every way, you could've been dear Wish you were here in the frame, still

[Chorus] Killed in defense, calm with your cold years after I'm giving you up, go on, find someone new 'Til then, pretend I touched before you'd ask her I'm giving you up, go on, find someone new

Dear Nikki, what, what if I Could have found a better half here, in you? Oh Nikki, here in Elf Power, New Mexico

Trivia

 * The song was written by Sanchez as a way to express heartbreak and anger following the end of the relationship that birthed the idea for the characters Coheed and Cambria. It's speculated whether or not the song was written during the band's Shabütie days, as Claudio uses the actual name of former girlfriend Nikki Owen, rather than the character Newo Ikkin, who bares the anadrome of the name.
 * Elf Tower, New Mexico is a fictitious city the band considers to be their hometown, since the individual members were from various parts of New York, and called it a portal to take people from reality to the fiction of The Amory Wars.
 * Being that this was never solidified amongst the members, the name of the city could either be "Elf Power" OR "Elf Tower."
 * During the standalone Neverender for Second Stage in 2011, an acoustic version of this song was finally played live by Sanchez and Stever. Sanchez stated that due to the nature of the song and considering all that's happened, it feel weird to play the song and that he doesn't like it.
 * The lyric booklet did not include this song.