Guys, how about we take a minute to try to understand the story going on in Coma Ecliptic? Here are my theories:
Node:
This could be two things - it's either the protagonist describing how he doesn't like his current life or it's like Goodbye To Everything, which is set at the end of the story.
The Coma Machine:
A pretty obvious description of the guy entering the coma
Dim Ignition:
I don't have a very clear idea, but it could be about the beginning of the man's journey through his past life, with "gather the dwellers" meaning that he now can see how many past lives he's lived in.
Famine Wolf:
Tommy said it's about a world of cannibals - Seems to be that everything is extinct but man, so people now eat each other to survive. There's a slight vegan vibe in the lyrics too.
King Redeem/Queen Serene:
The acoustic part I think is more about the "transition" between one life and the other, whilst the song itself seems to be about a deformed mankind, with no eyes, a fast heart and things like that. Also possibly in the sea. ("Breathe underwater, swim without limbs" - Option Oblivion has a few references to past songs, why not this?)
Turn On The Darkness:
Likely about an ever-dark and deserted world, where a few people wander around, good and bad. The first part of the song is the bad people, and then there's good folks, represented by Paul's verse.
The Ectopic Stroll:
I see this as a mid-coma interruption by some random doctor, and the guy wanting to go back in the coma really bad. The word "Ectopic" also fits this because it means " An abnormal location or position of an organ or a body part ", like if the guy was so getting used to the coma that he finds it abnormal to be back in the real world.
Rapid Calm:
I think that the guy realises that he has to make a choice, whether to stay in the coma (velvet lever) or live on his normal life (golden lever), because the "machine is crumbling". At the end of the song he decides to do
OOOONE LAST SEAAAAAAARCH. (Note the couple of lyrical references to Turn On The Darkness and Famine Wolf, possibly meaning that he's undecided between those two worlds)
Memory Palace:
The guy has a sum-up of his previous lives before him, but he's undecided in what to do. (I did not i did not want to come back.. I did not... take me back)
Option Oblivion:
I think that he decides to give up on the coma, and pulls the golden lever.
Life In Velvet:
He realises that the life he didn't like in the beginning was just another coma, and that the whole journey never actually happened, as he wakes up in a sunny, beautiful and comforting world. But then he dies, and he ends up living in velvet anyways.
I have no clue if this is right, but it seems to make sense to me at least