The Ring in Return is the first song of Coheed and Cambria's 2003 album In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. The melody of this song is a recurring piece, previously heard in The Hollow, The Broken, Everything Evil and God Send Conspirator, and will be heard again later in the saga on the tracks The Light & the Glass and Keeping the Blade (The tune is present in the opening to Welcome Home, but slightly altered.). As with most interludes of this nature, it is believed by fans to represent the passing of time, or a change in scene. In this case, the passing of time since the end of the last chapter, The Second Stage Turbine Blade and it's closing track IRO-bot.