Yep, it is. Here is a link to the interview where he says it.
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/avenged_sevenfold_were_really_focused_on_our_songwriting.html
thank you:) i'm glad you liked it. and i'm sorry it made you cry!! lol. god, i wrote it and as i was writing i was crying....the entire time i kept asking myself "why the hell am i making this so depressing!!!"