Crossing The Frame
Coheed and Cambria Lyrics

Home,
Starting the story, the singer ponders over a silence around him

A silence put to glass that stutters words misleading here
The silence is like an illusion behind which there are deceptions and unclear messages

Give me all you got with one shot sent to let me know
Asking his love interest to express everything they feel for him, and give just one straightforward answer

Here across the grass between the glass
He is separated from his love interest by a metaphorical glass, and they're facing each other as if on opposite sides of a lawn

I know
He's aware that their relationship can never be the same if he had never left

You're not the one I left to wait here helping
Acknowledging that the person he left behind is not the same and has moved on

I left in a sudden rush and never said why you
He left without giving any explanation to his love interest

Couldn't know that I had no goodbyes
She couldn't comprehend that he would leave her with no farewells

Oh but I wish that you were
Although he knows she's not the same, he still wishes for her to be the same person he left behind

I'm spying on you Newo
He's watching her from afar, perhaps regretting the decision of leaving her

The way that you would have been if I
He wonders how different her life would have been if they had stayed together

Stayed here at home
If he had not left, their home would probably still be together

I'm givin' it up Newo
He's ready to let go of his past mistakes and move on from his current situation

How important I would have been to you
He believes he could have been a crucial part of her life if they had stayed together

Press the steps I take to cross your door frame
He is describing his attempt to physically reach a door that also symbolizes an opportunity to reconnect

You decide to answer when my fist swings hello
He's waiting for her to respond and repair their relationship

It's a casting quarters into wells that hold our dreams
He's trying to retrieve something he lost, like throwing a coin in a wishing well

You won't believe me
He knows that his love interest won't trust him anymore, no matter how much he tries to change his mistakes

If I told you so
He knows that if he were to explain his situation to her, he wouldn't be able to convince her

Oh oh oh oh
The chorus repeats, emphasizing his emotional struggles over this relationship