The twist just continues to grow, the madness is ever-expanding, and the band is getting better all the time. "Apollo I: The Writing Writer" is the first of a two-part series within FFTEM that details the Writer's finalized decision to end his story. What the Writer never seemed to know what just how much control he's always had over his story; he felt he simply fostered it. However, the characters are his, and the story is his to manipulate to whatever need he desires.

Though he still wishes there could be another way to end the story than his killing off his beloved character, the Writer sees no other way. Trying to justify his actions by thinking of Erica Court cheating on him, the Writer knows he must kill off the representation of the good side of Erica so he can end his suffering. Where Newo represented the bad side, the good side is represented by the character whom Claudio Kilgannon has grown to see as a confidant and even romantic interest, one who has been there with him and guide him to his destiny -- Ambellina.

Coheed and Cambria wrote one of the darkest songs on this album with this single tune. Though it isn't quite as heavy as "Welcome Home" is, "Apollo I" nevertheless has a darker atmosphere. Within the song we see a man struggling with his inner demons and delusions, a man who wants nothing more than a means to an end, and sees the only way of coming to that end is to forcibly end a life. As crazy as that sounds (after all, it's now been proven that the story we were led to follow within the first two records is just fiction), it's important to not see it merely as fiction. The characters of Heaven's Fence are living, or as living as they could get. For the Writer, it is not just killing off a character. The Writer is essentially God of this universe.

This concept is why the songs on this album have become as dark and as twisted as they have become. Claudio's vocals on this song, which I personally believe are some of the best he's ever done off any given song, even the newer records. Aside from continuing to show he's grown better at controlling his voice, Claudio is also demonstrating his knack as a singer by using a heavier style, which only helps to strengthen the story he's trying to tell.

The garbled dialogue in the background after the second chorus is Jesse/Inferno speaking to his IRO-Bot children, apologizing for not being much of a father figure to them as he spent more of his energies and focus on the war against Ryan. This is very telling, as the later part of the album will reveal what happens to Jesse.

Once again, I don't feel I need to explain too much about the band's technical skill. I know firsthand how well the band plays their instruments. While a dark, somewhat heavy song, "Apollo I: The Writing Writer" is as catchy and hooky as "Ten Speed (Of God's Blood & Burial)" is, but just on a different level.