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AFI – At A Glance Lyrics 20 years ago
I think its about someone commiting suicide. And remembering his "friends" that have abandoned him. and now he is dying and asking if there is anyone that would remember him because he has no friends to do that.. i kno kinda crappy but thats my take on it.

-.xSage

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Garbage – Bleed Like Me Lyrics 20 years ago
You guys do know that Shirley manson was ridiculed as a child so she grew into a cutting habbit. and has recently quit doing it but still feels so ugly inside. thats what i think its about. and how others like her feel pain but noone else knows what its like.

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AFI – Who Knew? Lyrics 20 years ago
Hmm.. i dont really know. im having a total brain fart.. but its one of their most beautiful songs. i love it.

-.xSagex.-

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AFI – Crop Tub Lyrics 20 years ago
When Davey Was A Teenager He Used To Work At A Potato Farm.. so mabye thats what the root of the TITLE is Crop Tub

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AFI – The Checkered Demon Lyrics 21 years ago
YEa me too i had social anxiety.. and sometimes i still feel it thats exactly how i felt that people were making fun of me behind my back and i thought that they are so stupid for staring at someone that they didnt even know(for a person with anxiety staring at them is torture)
When mindless bodies screw tortured souls

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AFI – The Chicken Song Lyrics 21 years ago
..i dont know.. something about this song makes me think of the "american Life" how its so perfect and that chicken soup is like a billboard of american life how they have the perfect kid and the perfect family eating the chicken soup. and in reality that perfect kid is getting beat by his perfect dad. and the perfect mother got away.. the jade thing is funny but if you really think about the song its kinda disturbing...i dont know about the granola bars though..

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AFI – Bleed Black Lyrics 21 years ago
FOrget my comment i just made its stupid..heres my comment again..

this song means that they opened the box and found it empty in the end of clandestine

-I am exploring the inside, I find it desolate-

-(If you listen) Listen, listen
(Listen close) Beat by beat
(You can hear when the heart stops) I saved the pieces
(When it broke) And ground them all to dust -

Ok forget the the ( ) up there it says "I saved the pieces and ground them all to dust"

If you watch clandestine in the end credits It shows the Box is getting burned. so this song has nothing to do with vampires but finding out that theres nothing in that box. and the reincarnation part i think its true because davey's zodiac sign is a rabbit and he says "i know i died and ill never be brought back to life once again i know" so now im thinking that this is the last song in the Cd and the first song is acctually Silver and cold. because in the beginning it has a sound of rain and a Truck.. and somewhere i forgot but AFI makes a reference to "RABBITS ARE ROADKILL" so this song is his death and he knows that he cant be brought back to life with reincarnation.

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AFI – Bleed Black Lyrics 21 years ago
So my idea of this song is that Its about opening the box in their movie Clandestine and finding nothing

-I am exploring the inside, I find it desolate-

and that this is the actual beginning of the CD it represents Reincarnation and Rebirth
I am exploring the inside, I find it desolate

-I do implore these confines, now, as they penetrate, "recreate me"-

and it all makes sence because it realigns the whole cd so that the leaving song pt 1 and 2 are in order. its just like the seasons and since davey is a rabbit in the chinese zodiac and cannot be reincarnated its just like a Never ending cycle thats why in the last song (in my new order) the leaving song pt 2 the spanish words.. i forgot and too lazy to get them he says something like I have been here before and i have returned which means he has been dead before and he is going to get recreated...

the end of that comment was kinda weird cause im kinda tired...

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AFI – Miseria Cantare: The Beginning Lyrics 21 years ago
to dying to live's comment

i found this on someone's xanga site. i
didnt write it, just so you know. But i
think it is very interesting and made me
respect sing the sorrow a lot more.



"Okay, before this album came out, they
released a 10" disk, and called it
"336". No one could figure out why,
and it was a bit of a secret. All they would
really tell us was that when Sing the Sorrow
came out, it would all be made clear. Well,
they dropped some hints in the meantime. One
time while upgrading the messageboard, they
left links to astrology, numerology, and the
ummm.... I think the chinese zodiac? Another
time, a hint was dropped... they said that
"336" wasn't really important.. it
was just "what comes before." It
came before Sing the Sorrow. Meaning that STS
was "337." And we really had to
figure out what 337 meant.
Also, there were the rabbits. They had
posters and stuff with rabbits on them. And
other weird mentions of rabbits. In the liner
notes from STS, it says, "Rabbits are
roadkill."
So Sing the Sorrow came out, and no one could
figure it out. Then their short film,
"Clandestine" came out. It had the
cd, the dvd short film, and a 60 page little
hardcover book, which was like a big colored
version of the cd booklet. Thw whole style is
of faded, worn pages. The pages are old and
stained... brownish stains.. But as you flip
through the book, you begin to realize that
some of the stains and smudges are actually
red. All of the stains are actually blood,
and dried blood.
(I haven't seen the film in a long time, so
I might have a few details wrong.) Now, in
the film, it starts with Hunter holding a box
with the Sing the Sorrow logo on it, running
through the forest. He looks at a paper, and
keeps running. The paper gets dropped, and
you see that it says Room 37 at 3:33. He runs
into a classroom full of kids. The board
says, "nothing from nowhere." Then
you see Adam playing cards. The box is on the
table (in the pot), along with a watch, keys,
a magnifying glass, a bottle of dark fluid, a
white chrysanthemum, and a live rabbit. Adam
has 336 in his hand. He wins, takes the box,
and goes to leave, but the box falls apart in
his hands. You see that two of the guys at
the table have actually smuggled away the
real box. It flashes to Dave in a cafe. He is
writing in a book (the book that comes with
Clandestine... it's like the cd booklet, but
better), with the box on the table. A strange
woman comes up and kisses him, stealing the
box. She leaves, and he goes back to writing.
He notices the box is gone, and leaves. It
flashes to Jade walking into the classroom,
(the board says "I am no one at
all." and through another door in the
class, which leads him into a house. You see
him snooping through the house. Going
upstairs, going through drawers, looking
behind dressers, etc. He goes into the
bathroom, and the tub is filled with a black
fluid. He reaches in, and pulls out the box.
You see a hand at the door of the bathroom
(maybe the hand of the woman from the cafe?),
trying to open it. They unlock the door (with
the keys from the card table?) Jade jumps
into the tub, going down, down into the
water. He comes walking out of the water on a
beach. He walks across the sand to a small
table where all the members sit waiting. He
places the box on the table, and they open
it. End of film. You never see what is or
isn't inside. Throughout the movie, it
flashes the clock, which, for every person's
scene, is on 3:33, and at the very end, I
believe it's 3:37.
Now, I have friends that spent forever
figuring this out, and I helped some. They
looked up esoteric astrology, chinese
astrolgy, and numerolgy, among other things.
Clandestine means something secret or hidden.
Esoteric also means hidden.
"Miseria Cantare" is Latin for
"Sing the Sorrow."
3 x 37 = 111. I'm not positive, but I hear
that 777 represents god, or perfection. In
Transference, Dave wrote, "I'm 111 less
than perfection." 777 - 111 = 666. Dun
dun DUUUUNNN. (P.S., NO, they are in no way
devil worshippers. Just for your info.) Also,
Three denotes divine perfection; Seven
denotes spiritual perfection.
In esoteric astrology, 336 represents
physical death, and the events leading up to
it. There were only 2 songs on the 336 disk.
Some of the lyrics of one of the songs say,
"We're all now in dying days.... I gave
up fighting. I've come to be these
halos."
337 represents the act of reincarnation.
This is important: In chinese astrology, Dave
is a RABBIT. He was born the year of the
rabbit. RABBITS CANNOT BE REINCARNATED.
Rabbits are on their last life in this world,
and do not have another chance.
In numerology, Dave's life path number is 3.
In some middle eastern philosophy, they say
that there are 37 deeds you must do before
you can reach nirvana, or peace/heaven, and
be done on the wheel of life.
The whole cd goes in a circle. The sounds at
the end are backwards. They end in the same
beat and same key as the beginning of the cd.
It's one continuous loop. The music before
This Time Imperfect is the same played
forward as it is played backward.
The front of the album has the symbol of
falling leaves. Falling leaves represent
death, and returning to the earth. The back
of the album has a symbol of water. Water
represents rebirth. All of the art for this
album has been circles. Another symbol of
something repeating, of reincarnation. Also,
at the beginning of the film, Hunter is
running through the forest (leaves), and at
the end, they're on the beach (water). The
black fluid in the bathtub relates to
"Bleed Black." The chrysanthemum on
the card table relates to "The Great
Disappointment." It's all crazy.
Basically, the whole theme is death and
reincarnation, and the fact that he CANNOT
reincarnate again.
Look at the song lyrics. Although each song
as a whole isn't about this, there are
specific lines that corroborate this theory.
Example: "iscarnate." "Nothing
from nowhere, I'm no one at all."
Discarnate means being bodiless. Like
floating in time and space. Essentially,
being... nowhere. Nothing.
There are other questions as well, like why
are the leaving songs out of order? Well,
since the cd is one big circle, we don't
believe that it actually begins with Misera
Cantare. At the end of Clandestine, there is
breathing. Just like at the beginning of
Bleed Black. I believe that the album BEGINS
with Bleed Black. That would put the song as
beginning after Clandestine. There was a
theory that the box at the end was just
empty. (I forget why.) Well, the first words
are, "I am exploring the inside. I find
it desolate."
So, if it starts with Bleed Black, the
breathing at the beginning could represent
life. (Being born, perhaps?) That would put
the song whose lyrics say, "recreate
me," and more importantly, "I know
I died that night, and I'll never be brough
back to life once again." So, playing
that as the first song, and going full circle
around the cd, that puts the leaving songs
into order, and ends the cd with The Leaving
Song Pt II.
Now, some people think that Dave
"ies" over the course of this cd.
Some say that the "eath" (if there
is one) occurs during This Time Imperfect.
That would make sense that Miseria Cantare
would be the beginning... from nowhere.
Bodiless... Then comes The Leaving Song Pt
II, whose very first lyrics say, "on't
waste your touch, you won't feel
anything." The spanish in the song says,
""Yo he estado aquß muchas veces
antes y regreso" ("I have been here
many times before and I return"; "Y
regreso aquß otra vez y comenzo"
("So I return here once again and I
begin". Like being reborn. The circle of
birth and death and rebirth. "I saw its
birth. I watched it grow...."
Also the fact that the poem is read as in the
3 stages of life. Like he is aging through
it.
So yeah, it's pretty creepy.
That's most of it. There are other small
things, like, "Rabbits are
roadkill," and then there's the sound
of a vehicle accelerating through the rain at
the beginning of Silver and Cold. There is
also a very small, very blacked out picture
of what looks to be a truck or something
(maybe the vehicle?) in the book. All sorts
of details"

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AFI – Bleed Black Lyrics 21 years ago
i found this on someone's xanga site. i
didnt write it, just so you know. But i
think it is very interesting and made me
respect sing the sorrow a lot more.



"Okay, before this album came out, they
released a 10" disk, and called it
"336". No one could figure out why,
and it was a bit of a secret. All they would
really tell us was that when Sing the Sorrow
came out, it would all be made clear. Well,
they dropped some hints in the meantime. One
time while upgrading the messageboard, they
left links to astrology, numerology, and the
ummm.... I think the chinese zodiac? Another
time, a hint was dropped... they said that
"336" wasn't really important.. it
was just "what comes before." It
came before Sing the Sorrow. Meaning that STS
was "337." And we really had to
figure out what 337 meant.
Also, there were the rabbits. They had
posters and stuff with rabbits on them. And
other weird mentions of rabbits. In the liner
notes from STS, it says, "Rabbits are
roadkill."
So Sing the Sorrow came out, and no one could
figure it out. Then their short film,
"Clandestine" came out. It had the
cd, the dvd short film, and a 60 page little
hardcover book, which was like a big colored
version of the cd booklet. Thw whole style is
of faded, worn pages. The pages are old and
stained... brownish stains.. But as you flip
through the book, you begin to realize that
some of the stains and smudges are actually
red. All of the stains are actually blood,
and dried blood.
(I haven't seen the film in a long time, so
I might have a few details wrong.) Now, in
the film, it starts with Hunter holding a box
with the Sing the Sorrow logo on it, running
through the forest. He looks at a paper, and
keeps running. The paper gets dropped, and
you see that it says Room 37 at 3:33. He runs
into a classroom full of kids. The board
says, "nothing from nowhere." Then
you see Adam playing cards. The box is on the
table (in the pot), along with a watch, keys,
a magnifying glass, a bottle of dark fluid, a
white chrysanthemum, and a live rabbit. Adam
has 336 in his hand. He wins, takes the box,
and goes to leave, but the box falls apart in
his hands. You see that two of the guys at
the table have actually smuggled away the
real box. It flashes to Dave in a cafe. He is
writing in a book (the book that comes with
Clandestine... it's like the cd booklet, but
better), with the box on the table. A strange
woman comes up and kisses him, stealing the
box. She leaves, and he goes back to writing.
He notices the box is gone, and leaves. It
flashes to Jade walking into the classroom,
(the board says "I am no one at
all." and through another door in the
class, which leads him into a house. You see
him snooping through the house. Going
upstairs, going through drawers, looking
behind dressers, etc. He goes into the
bathroom, and the tub is filled with a black
fluid. He reaches in, and pulls out the box.
You see a hand at the door of the bathroom
(maybe the hand of the woman from the cafe?),
trying to open it. They unlock the door (with
the keys from the card table?) Jade jumps
into the tub, going down, down into the
water. He comes walking out of the water on a
beach. He walks across the sand to a small
table where all the members sit waiting. He
places the box on the table, and they open
it. End of film. You never see what is or
isn't inside. Throughout the movie, it
flashes the clock, which, for every person's
scene, is on 3:33, and at the very end, I
believe it's 3:37.
Now, I have friends that spent forever
figuring this out, and I helped some. They
looked up esoteric astrology, chinese
astrolgy, and numerolgy, among other things.
Clandestine means something secret or hidden.
Esoteric also means hidden.
"Miseria Cantare" is Latin for
"Sing the Sorrow."
3 x 37 = 111. I'm not positive, but I hear
that 777 represents god, or perfection. In
Transference, Dave wrote, "I'm 111 less
than perfection." 777 - 111 = 666. Dun
dun DUUUUNNN. (P.S., NO, they are in no way
devil worshippers. Just for your info.) Also,
Three denotes divine perfection; Seven
denotes spiritual perfection.
In esoteric astrology, 336 represents
physical death, and the events leading up to
it. There were only 2 songs on the 336 disk.
Some of the lyrics of one of the songs say,
"We're all now in dying days.... I gave
up fighting. I've come to be these
halos."
337 represents the act of reincarnation.
This is important: In chinese astrology, Dave
is a RABBIT. He was born the year of the
rabbit. RABBITS CANNOT BE REINCARNATED.
Rabbits are on their last life in this world,
and do not have another chance.
In numerology, Dave's life path number is 3.
In some middle eastern philosophy, they say
that there are 37 deeds you must do before
you can reach nirvana, or peace/heaven, and
be done on the wheel of life.
The whole cd goes in a circle. The sounds at
the end are backwards. They end in the same
beat and same key as the beginning of the cd.
It's one continuous loop. The music before
This Time Imperfect is the same played
forward as it is played backward.
The front of the album has the symbol of
falling leaves. Falling leaves represent
death, and returning to the earth. The back
of the album has a symbol of water. Water
represents rebirth. All of the art for this
album has been circles. Another symbol of
something repeating, of reincarnation. Also,
at the beginning of the film, Hunter is
running through the forest (leaves), and at
the end, they're on the beach (water). The
black fluid in the bathtub relates to
"Bleed Black." The chrysanthemum on
the card table relates to "The Great
Disappointment." It's all crazy.
Basically, the whole theme is death and
reincarnation, and the fact that he CANNOT
reincarnate again.
Look at the song lyrics. Although each song
as a whole isn't about this, there are
specific lines that corroborate this theory.
Example: "iscarnate." "Nothing
from nowhere, I'm no one at all."
Discarnate means being bodiless. Like
floating in time and space. Essentially,
being... nowhere. Nothing.
There are other questions as well, like why
are the leaving songs out of order? Well,
since the cd is one big circle, we don't
believe that it actually begins with Misera
Cantare. At the end of Clandestine, there is
breathing. Just like at the beginning of
Bleed Black. I believe that the album BEGINS
with Bleed Black. That would put the song as
beginning after Clandestine. There was a
theory that the box at the end was just
empty. (I forget why.) Well, the first words
are, "I am exploring the inside. I find
it desolate."
So, if it starts with Bleed Black, the
breathing at the beginning could represent
life. (Being born, perhaps?) That would put
the song whose lyrics say, "recreate
me," and more importantly, "I know
I died that night, and I'll never be brough
back to life once again." So, playing
that as the first song, and going full circle
around the cd, that puts the leaving songs
into order, and ends the cd with The Leaving
Song Pt II.
Now, some people think that Dave
"ies" over the course of this cd.
Some say that the "eath" (if there
is one) occurs during This Time Imperfect.
That would make sense that Miseria Cantare
would be the beginning... from nowhere.
Bodiless... Then comes The Leaving Song Pt
II, whose very first lyrics say, "on't
waste your touch, you won't feel
anything." The spanish in the song says,
""Yo he estado aquß muchas veces
antes y regreso" ("I have been here
many times before and I return"; "Y
regreso aquß otra vez y comenzo"
("So I return here once again and I
begin". Like being reborn. The circle of
birth and death and rebirth. "I saw its
birth. I watched it grow...."
Also the fact that the poem is read as in the
3 stages of life. Like he is aging through
it.
So yeah, it's pretty creepy.
That's most of it. There are other small
things, like, "Rabbits are
roadkill," and then there's the sound
of a vehicle accelerating through the rain at
the beginning of Silver and Cold. There is
also a very small, very blacked out picture
of what looks to be a truck or something
(maybe the vehicle?) in the book. All sorts
of details"

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