"Made Out of Nothing (All That I Am)"

Album Art by Bill Scoville.

**"Made Out of Nothing (All That I Am)"** is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the eighth track on their 2010 album *Year of the Black Rainbow*.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Never mind all the lines, I'm coming

There is no better part of me... you'll see

The darkest light, the blind I'll be

I accept that you chose to forget

The horrid thing you made of me, my dear

It is alright... it is so...

The laughing feels so good

But the world misunderstood all I said

There was no joke in what I meant

**[Chorus]**

Someone, please come shelter me

From all that I am, never again

Will I believe the same old story

Someone, please come shelter me

From all that I am, never again

Will I believe the same old story

**[Verse 2]**

I've given up on all I love

For an honest moment of clarity

I need to feel alright

Please let me breathe

In life I'm made out of nothing

To cleanse this useless identity

Will you hear all the world and its whys?

Just wait...

Will the latter half be as good?

If only I misunderstood

I weigh all this judgement, I've been blamed

**[Chorus]**

Someone, please come shelter me

From all that I am, never again

Will I believe the same old story

Someone, please come shelter me

From all that I am, never again

Will I believe the same old story

**[Bridge]**

I failed you... I fail

There's no understanding in miracles

When the worst, it always comes true

I am the nothing you have saved

**[Chorus]**

Someone, please come shelter me

From all that I am, never again

Will I believe the same old story

Someone, please come shelter me

From all that I am, never again

Will I believe the same old story

**[Outro]**

It eats us like cancer, we're hoping for something

Maybe an answer with all that you've done for me

Made out of nothing

It eats us like cancer, we're hoping for something

Maybe an answer with all that you've done for me

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

Made out of nothing

## Story Context

Contextually, this song directly follows the events in "World of Lines" ("Never mind all the **lines**"). It shares its name with Chapter 13. Pearl has been abducted and Leonard is desperate to save her. He feels trapped between a rock and a hard place: Give Ryan what he wants (Coheed, Cambria, and the final, active version of the Monstar Virus) which would free Pearl, or let Pearl die, but save the entirety of the Fence, which he knows is what Pearl would want. He's not sure how he can live with himself either way and searches for some solution. In the end, after a confirming conversation with Cambria, he decides to give Ryan what he wants, but not HOW he wanted it, and creates an antidote for the virus, which will thwart Ryan's plans further.

## Trivia

* Sanchez played the Synthesizers & Keyboard with Wes Styles.
* The line, "cleanse this useless identity," is the title of Chapter 2.
* The line, "the same old story," is the title of Chapter 9.

## References

1. ↑ Coheed and Cambria. Booklet. *Year of the Black Rainbow*, Columbia Records, 2010.
2. ↑ https://genius.com/Coheed-and-cambria-world-of-lines-lyrics