"Night-Time Walkers"

Album Art by Chase Stone.

**"Night-Time Walkers"** is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the tenth song on their 2018 album *Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures*.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Night-time walker, keep your distance

Stay away from us, stay where you are

History repeats her story, awakened by the sounds of long before

I don't wanna see you, I don't wanna believe you're here

But it's too hard not to when your songs I hear

And all the sweet repeats that make her so beautiful

**[Chorus]**

Maybe it's alright and the world's not quite

What you believed is now all upside down

Maybe it's alright and the world's not quite

What you believed is now all upside down

Upside down, upside down, upside down, upside down

**[Verse 2]**

A shattered silence into spinning

The panic as you learn, there was nothing here worth living

Hidden from this, an end, middle, beginning

Imprisoned to watch a play where strangers stare, forgiving

I believe that you and I have slowly made it to our final goodbye

And when they ask, we'll stray to omit

Only truly knowing *(that this us)* was how we want it

**[Chorus]**

Maybe it's alright and the world's not quite

What you believed is now all upside down

Go on, here in the sound I drown, our nerves broke down

What you believed is now all upside down

**[Bridge]**

She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed

It'll be alright, we'll be alright

Here, playing dead

She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed

It will be alright, we'll be alright

Here, playing dead

And ah, ooh

And ah

She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed

It'll be alright, we'll be alright

Here, playing dead

She's sailing safely inside my head while we lay in the comforts of our own bed

It'll be alright, we'll be alright

Here, playing dead

**[Outro]**

Maybe it's my night to turn it upside down and start things over

Maybe it's my night to turn it upside down and start things over

## Story Context

This song seems to describe Nia and Nos' escape to a kind of pocket on the planet that a Window leads them to. Here, they finally have a true heart-to-heart and even discuss their individual dreams of their future son, Vaxis.

The first two lines in the first verse describe how the pair are hiding from the soldiers who are aware of their break. During their sneaking through the tunnels, they have to traverse a body of water, which they dive into, but are quickly separated. This is what "history repeats her story" in that she is left alone again. The rest of the verse describes their heart-to-heart that follows more closely.

The chorus is Nostrand's plea to her that things can go back to normal. They both had misconceptions about what happened and together they can navigate the confusion.

Verse 2 goes over the flashback Nia experiences of being shot and left for dead, being stuck in the position she was in working for the Warden, and now, coming face-to-face with Nos, who she never thought she would see again, and the hint at their future with the child.

The bridge describes their true compromise. Maybe they aren't 100% right yet, but they are both willing to work on getting there. In the moment, Nos is simply happy to have her safe and sound beside him as they hide away, pretending to be dead to the world.

## References

1. ↑ Coheed and Cambria. Booklet. *Vaxis - Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures*, RoadRunner Records, 2018.
2. ↑ https://genius.com/albums/Coheed-and-cambria/Vaxis-act-i-the-unheavenly-creatures
3. ↑ https://genius.com/Coheed-and-cambria-night-time-walkers-lyrics