"Justice in Murder"

Album Art by Ken Kelly.

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

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Is this the way I want them seeing me?

Please, leave your memories at the door

Why has the world gone off and deserted me?

Why, there's just no room inside these walls

**[Pre-Chorus]**

You want it all, but did you want it tonight?

Oh, you don't remember as you wait by the light

Oh, can you see what you've been asking of me?

With the turn of this knife know I will take your life

This ain't a crime, no, I'm calling for mercy

Now it's time, please pray for me

**[Chorus]**

There will be justice in murder

There will be justice in murder

Now, you've been for me what no other could be

Will I now grow old, to forget all those?

Blow off sorrow, goodbye tomorrow

**[Verse 2]**

There is no worse than the curse they've given me

This mule's seen its end in love and war

I'll wish you the best when I'm lost to eternity

Now do what you will, so it hurts no more

**[Pre-Chorus]**

You want it all, but did you want it tonight?

Oh, you don't remember as you wait by the light

Oh, can you see what you've been asking of me?

With the turn of this knife, no, I will take your life

This ain't a crime, no, I'm calling for mercy

Now it's time, please pray for me

**[Chorus]**

There will be justice in murder

There will be justice in murder

Now, you've been for me what no other could be

Will I now grow old, to forget all those?

Blow off sorrow, goodbye tomorrow

**[Chorus]**

There will be justice in murder

There will be justice in murder

Now, you've been for me what no other could be

Will I now grow old, to forget all those?

Blow off sorrow, goodbye tomorrow

Blow off sorrow, goodbye tomorrow

## 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 is the final moment when Ryan is brought to justice. But it is debated who actually enacts this justice. Many are split between Claudio and Jesse. The argument for Jesse is two fold: Claudio's destiny is to destroy Star IV; to break apart that which holds Heaven's Fence together: the Keywork. God did not command him to destroy Ryan, save Heaven's Fence, or otherwise interact with the people. Therefore, it seems more likely that it is Jesse and Ryan who have a confrontation in this song, rather than Ryan and Claudio.

With that in mind, the first line ("Is this the way I want them seeing me?") could allude to the fact that he is currently in Deftinwolf's body. The rest of the verse continues in that vein. Everyone whom he's ever loved is now either dead or occupied with other aspects of this battle and so here he stands alone. Or perhaps it's even from Deftinwolf's perspective. Does he really want his subordinates to view him as a traitor? Does he fight against Jesse's conscious for control and look like a nut, thus the "Please, leave your memories at the door," line. Deftinwolf could just feel like now, at the end, no one gives a damn about him anyway, least of all his master.

The pre-chorus has some suggestions that it depicts a proper conversation between either Deftinwolf or Jesse and Ryan, with the chorus being Jesse's ultimate thought or word on the matter.

Verse 2 seems to be from Jesse's PoV. He's been all alone for so long (his curse) that he's tired. He's carried Mariah's goal on his shoulders for so long and seen all his friends and loved ones go that he's ready to die. He tells someone (maybe even Deftinwolf) to kill him now that he's completed the mission his life was for.

## 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-justice-in-murder-lyrics