"The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye"

Album Art by Ken Kelly.

**"The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye"** is a song by the American rock band Coheed and Cambria. It is the tenth song on their 2007 album *Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow*. It is also the second part of "The End Complete" song suite.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

We're throwing all caution to the wind

It's better to think about what's ahead, than behind them

Only I've got a better chance at failure

But my mind has a clever way

Of turning all the worst to right, I've found

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Oh no, so tell them like you did it

No maybes

**[Chorus]**

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

No, what you've done, no...

**[Verse 2]**

Return to the dirt with this cursed affair

A lever to pull upon and the buried, we'll leave there

Only how will they ever find their way

To the road, to a better place?

Where the memories, they don't live to fade away

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Oh no, so tell them like you did it

Oh no, so tell them like you knew

Ditto, so tell them like you knew

No maybes

**[Chorus]**

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

**[Bridge]**

Like you... it's the curse of the radio bye, bye

Like you... it's the curse of the radio bye, bye

Like you... it's the curse of the radio bye, bye

Like you... knew

**[Pre-Chorus]**

Oh no, so tell them like you did it

Oh no, so tell them like you knew

Ditto, so tell them like you knew

No maybes

**[Chorus]**

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

We'll leave it on the radio, we're calling all cowards

Now boy, that you've made it, so

Why are you afraid of what you've done?

## 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 song may be the most unknown to fans, as far as meaning goes. It's really hard to see what could be happening. The prevailing theory is that it has something to do with the burning of Star IV—before or after, who knows? Is the radio a real one or a figurative one? If figurative, how and why is it being used? What's being broadcast?

A real mystery.

## Trivia

* Nicholas Manrique Gardner provided additional bass and vocals, & Rami Jaffee provided Synthesizers.

## 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-the-end-complete-ii-radio-bye-bye-lyrics