| AFI – Exsanguination Lyrics | 1 month ago |
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He’s absolutely using vampires as a metaphor for conforming to capitalist society. To me, this song goes hand in hand with the feelings expressed in “Boy Who Destroyed the World” and many other AFI songs of this era when Davey was in his mid-20s. For example, that song opens with the line “Once there was a boy who had a vibrant glow, but as it turns someone took it from him.” This also has an undertone of vampirism, but it’s all about growing up, losing your innocence and beauty, trading your freedom of expression and passion for life in exchange for comfort and security and a seat at the table, then no longer being able to identify your true self or desires in that process, raging and mourning about what has been done to you, and fighting to undo it. This is a common theme in much of death rock, gothic, glam, punk, etc. Look to legends such as Fugazi, Bauhaus, The Cure, et al and you’ll find similar perspectives on the erosion of the self and the anguish that it causes. |
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