I agree, this is the best Avenged Sevenfold song! I think that this is about his waking up in Hell, realizing his life as a mortal was not as good as he could live it. So he starts to pray to God, to see if he can have another chance in life (start over) and be a better person. Yet the Devil or demons, tell him "you'll never change, why even try, just stay here. This Hell is showing u what you've been like as a mortal." Simply just saying this afterlife is your fate, because of the way you acted on Earth. But he just want a second chance!