"No World for Tomorrow"

Album Art by Ken Kelly.

**"No World for Tomorrow"** is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the second song on their 2007 album *Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow*.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Wait! There's never been a mess like this

No more hands to hold

When the page turns tomorrow, with the hurt to give up

Curse us, as God has *(sold us)*

Believe me

Hell has no room for your crime *(here)*

Beat me

Until the blood and the bone find our end near

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Bye, bye world

Or will our hope still hold on?

Boy, you're never going to see

The things that'll come of these *(days)*

**[Chorus]**

*(Raise your hands high!)* Young brothers and sisters

There's a world's worth of work and a need for you

Oh, a change is coming, feel these doors now closing in

Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?

So march to the drumming, show them you're coming

You've been their play *(toy)*

Cut to the carving, bleed them 'til robbing

Enough! They'll take no more

**[Verse 2]**

You've been given all the power, boy

Now, go and make your move

Curse us, these gods aren't faking

Have mercy on the cowards, boys

They'll pray to have you lose

Help us, this world's now breaking

So now, they've noticed all you've given in sound

Let us in, let us in

Give me love over life, the sweet soft of ground

Let us in, let us in, now

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Bye, bye world

Or will our hope still hold on?

Boy, you're never going to see

The things that'll come of these *(days)*

**[Chorus]**

*(Raise your hands high!)* Young brothers and sisters

There's a world's worth of work and a need for you

Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in

Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?

So march to the drumming, show them you're coming

You've been their play *(toy)*

Cut to the carving, bleed them 'til robbing

Enough! They'll take no more

**[Bridge]**

In the light we'll sing, as all hurt must bring

In the falling cusp of all broken things

In the coming dusk, you will call on us

And unite we must, I'm The Crowing! *(Fly!)*

You all think you've figured me out, do as I say

Your words mean nothing at all, so now, I lay

I said, "Come, Momma! Come, Momma! As I need"

I said, "Come, Momma! Come, Momma! Will watch it bleed"

Oh, what did I do to deserve all of this?

What did I do to deserve all of you?

**[Chorus]**

*(Raise your hands high!)* Young brothers and sisters

There's a world's worth of work and a need for you

Oh, change is coming, feel these doors now closing in

Is there no world for tomorrow, if we wait for today?

**[Outro]**

Bye, bye world

Or will our hope still hold on?

## Story Context

**As the official story has not yet been released, anything in this section is speculation, not fact. More so than usual, of course.**

This seems to be a check-in with several characters, primarily Jesse and Claudio. The line, "Hell has no room for your crime" could very well be directed at Wilhelm Ryan, probably spoken by Claudio. The pre-chorus and chorus have lines that seem to be spoken by Jesse: "Boy, you're never going to see / The things that'll come of these (days)" as Boy is something Jesse would say and also "(Raise your hands high!) Young brothers and sisters..." which sounds like Jesse manning the army, something only he could do. Though, he would have to be himself still to do so (that is, NOT in Deftinwolf's body).

If we take the idea that the comic won't be completely split up the way the albums are but are fluidly telling the larger story, this song could depict the moment when the rebellion first lands on the City of Kalline ready to do battle against Ryan's Red Army (Chapter 8 & 9). Claudio is strong and confident in his powers, and he confronts Ryan with that same façade. While Verse 2 seems to be Ryan's rebuttal. And the bridge is probably the moment when Ryder interrupts and takes Claudio away. This is very evident with the "Oh, what did I do to deserve all of this? What did I do to deserve all of you?" lines which are spoken by Claudio in "Blood Red Summer" and Ryder in "The Willing Well III: Apollo II: The Telling Truth".

## Trivia

* This song is the subtitle for the album it belongs to.

## References

1. ↑ Coheed and Cambria. Booklet. *Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow*, Equal Vision Records, 2007.
2. ↑ https://genius.com/Coheed-and-cambria-no-world-for-tomorrow-lyrics