Fishbowl

AFI

I'm here today, just like every yesterday
Heavy heat and the sheets stick to my skin
Can't get away from nothingness
I try to get up, but I have to give in to the force
That is keeping me down

I overcome this gravity
I look outside, a cat cries out
Trapped upon a window sill
But its crying's drowned out
By my screaming inside

What will it take?
I wonder what it's like
Exposed outside
Would I be safe?

When will it break?
Try to look out
I see reflection
I just want to break

Sirens moan, they're forever crying
Someone's probably dying
The sound sticks inside my head
Talk to myself, I'm company
But who is to say if nothing if said?

Two windows stare back at me
Three stories high nothing is new
And I may sit but someday I'll stand
I'll muster up the will and fire myself through

What will it take?
I wonder what it's like
Exposed outside
Would I be safe?

When will it break?
Try to look out
I see reflection
I just want to break

What will it take?
I wonder what it's like
Exposed outside
Would I be safe?

When will it break?
Try to look out
I see reflection
I just want to break



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Fishbowl Lyrics as written by David Marchand Adam A. Carson

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    I think this song is about just caving to the forces of the world, and feeling like there is nothing left for you. Its also about hope (in the last 3 lines) and how he knows he will get through. I've never actually heard the song but I'm a fan of their other works (days of phoenix, god called in sick, a single second, etc). Sounds like it would be a good song.......?
    nonamebandon August 17, 2002   Link
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    i can totally relate to this song. it's about being trapped in your house on a summer day, with nothing to do.
    juffon July 02, 2004   Link
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    Sounds like Davey had social anxiety to me, or something similar.
    mashwon May 16, 2006   Link
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    I think its about someone who has very protective parents and he has to stay home everday without the ability to go out or anything I think the last 3 lines are about how one day he will stand up to his parents and tell them to fuck off with their rules :D I can relate
    chase1420on April 22, 2007   Link
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    At first I was reading the lyrics (I knew the song but I had to look up what the fuck he was saying... I'm new to hard core punk...) and at first I thought it was just a person (Davey) who's life is bleak. He dose nothing pretty much. But he thinks about going out and seeing what life can be... But then I got further into it. Davey says "two windows look back at me Three stories high and nothing is new" made me rethink everything. When he's talking about exploring out slide he means killing himself... I know it sounds weird because it seems like that comes around a lot in AFI. But he probably thinks nothing of himself, he dose nothing, he feels nothing. And some day he'll stand, like he said, and that'll be when he dose it, from three strikes high... see what's going on??? Yea, that's just my opinion that I'm giving at 1:24 am. I think it makes sense.
    AFIprincess337on December 14, 2013   Link

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