There is no song I can think of from Coheed and Cambria's career that is more progressive, more disorienting, and more twisted than the second song of the four-part series: "The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness." Though worded differently from the actual album title, this song is obviously the album's title track. To use poetic license, this song is the kind that likes to catch you off guard. It starts off completely one way and by the end has gone the other direction.

At first, one listens to the song and perhaps thinks it might be a slightly happier tune. However, as it progresses it feels like the song catches you in its mouth, chews you up, and then spits your mangled remains of blood and bone all over the wall. That's probably what Claudio Sanchez would think anyway.

While the lyrics remain just as twisted and dark, the song fools you into thinking this might be a lighter approach to the concept because it starts off with a hooky, upbeat guitar riff accompanied by some equally catchy vocals. In some ways it's the most pop sounding riff of the album. Don't let that fool you. It doesn't take long for the song to change its tune and become something else. The chorus consists of a heavier riff, reflect just a bit of the madness to come with the line "You'll burn in hell while they're digging you out."

Of course, then the song just throws you back again as it returns to a second verse consisting of the same catchy hooks, only to return again to the chorus. But even then, the band takes a step further with a bridge full of fast-paced rhythms by Claudio and Josh.