ack, this is a long post... enjoy, if you feel like reading it all.
this song, IMO, is about suicide. from the perspective of the commiter, and the
person close to him/her. i'm going to say that the suicidal is a girl, and the
lover is a boy.
note: when i say "here he's blah..." i'm talking about davey havok, the singer.
after that, i'll talk about him as the actual person in the song. as a he or
she.
I cannot leave here, I cannot stay
Forever haunted, more than afraid
Asphyxiate on words I would say
I'm drawn to a blackened sky
*As I turn blue
here he's someone close to the suicide. most likely an old friend, or lost
lover. in the first line, he's feeling the sudden panic and gripping sadness of
hearing about it. like time stops. shocked and frozen. the "forever haunted" is
him being followed around by the thoughs of 'could i haven helped? could i have
done something?' the last lines are him not being about to tell her how he
cares, because she's dead.
There are no flowers
No, not this time
There will be no angels
Gracing the lines
Just these stark words I find
I'd show a smile
But I'm too weak
I'd share with you
Could I only speak
Just how much this hurts me
here he is the suicidal. the first 5 lines, she's talking about the funeral, and
how it's empty. no one knows her, no one cares. the last lines are her talking
to the person she cared about, and how she wished they recipercated. the very
last line is her pain from their coldness.
I cannot stay here, I cannot leave
Just like all I loved, I'm make-believe
Imagined heart, I disappear
Seems no one will appear here
*And make me real
this verse is still the suicidal, but before she's dead. she's just talking
about how alone, and make-believe she feels. especially when you look at this
and the above/below together. the line "seems no one will appear here and make
me real" is her wanting that someone, but not getting them.
There are no flowers
No, not this time
There'll be no angels
Gracing the lines
Just these stark words I find
I'd show a smile
But I'm too weak
I'd share with you
Could I only speak
Just how much this hurts me
again, this is him as the suicidal person. look above for my whole comment.
I'd tell you how it haunts me
I'd tell you how it haunts me
Cuts through my day
And sinks into my dreams
I'd tell you how it haunts me
Cuts through my day
And sinks into my dreams
You don't care that it haunts me
back to the lover. he's become distant from the suicidal, and not really noticed
how deeply she's sunk into her depression. until she dies. then, as seen in this
bridge, he's struck by remorse and sadness. the rest of his life, he's followed
by the momory of her, and the what-if's. ties back to the first verse.
There are no flowers
No, not this time
There'll be no angels
Gracing the lines
Just these stark words I find
I'd show a smile
But I'm too weak
I'd share with you
Could I only speak
Just how much this hurts me
Just how much this hurts me
Just how much you...
same as the above, but with a difference. here, she say's the same thing, with
the "just how much this hurts me", the "this" being his coldness and is
distance. but, in the last line, she kills herself, her last waking thought
being "just how much you...", or, i love you, but i can't take the pain anymore.
it's a terribly sad song. but hey, it's AFI. this isn't britney spears, or
ack, this is a long post... enjoy, if you feel like reading it all.
this song, IMO, is about suicide. from the perspective of the commiter, and the
person close to him/her. i'm going to say that the suicidal is a girl, and the
lover is a boy.
note: when i say "here he's blah..." i'm talking about davey havok, the singer.
after that, i'll talk about him as the actual person in the song. as a he or
she.
I cannot leave here, I cannot stay Forever haunted, more than afraid Asphyxiate on words I would say I'm drawn to a blackened sky *As I turn blue
here he's someone close to the suicide. most likely an old friend, or lost
lover. in the first line, he's feeling the sudden panic and gripping sadness of
hearing about it. like time stops. shocked and frozen. the "forever haunted" is
him being followed around by the thoughs of 'could i haven helped? could i have
done something?' the last lines are him not being about to tell her how he
cares, because she's dead.
There are no flowers No, not this time There will be no angels Gracing the lines Just these stark words I find I'd show a smile But I'm too weak I'd share with you Could I only speak Just how much this hurts me
here he is the suicidal. the first 5 lines, she's talking about the funeral, and
how it's empty. no one knows her, no one cares. the last lines are her talking
to the person she cared about, and how she wished they recipercated. the very
last line is her pain from their coldness.
I cannot stay here, I cannot leave Just like all I loved, I'm make-believe Imagined heart, I disappear Seems no one will appear here *And make me real
this verse is still the suicidal, but before she's dead. she's just talking
about how alone, and make-believe she feels. especially when you look at this
and the above/below together. the line "seems no one will appear here and make
me real" is her wanting that someone, but not getting them.
There are no flowers No, not this time There'll be no angels Gracing the lines Just these stark words I find I'd show a smile But I'm too weak I'd share with you Could I only speak Just how much this hurts me
again, this is him as the suicidal person. look above for my whole comment.
I'd tell you how it haunts me I'd tell you how it haunts me Cuts through my day And sinks into my dreams I'd tell you how it haunts me Cuts through my day And sinks into my dreams You don't care that it haunts me
back to the lover. he's become distant from the suicidal, and not really noticed
how deeply she's sunk into her depression. until she dies. then, as seen in this
bridge, he's struck by remorse and sadness. the rest of his life, he's followed
by the momory of her, and the what-if's. ties back to the first verse.
There are no flowers No, not this time There'll be no angels Gracing the lines Just these stark words I find I'd show a smile But I'm too weak I'd share with you Could I only speak Just how much this hurts me Just how much this hurts me Just how much you...
same as the above, but with a difference. here, she say's the same thing, with
the "just how much this hurts me", the "this" being his coldness and is
distance. but, in the last line, she kills herself, her last waking thought
being "just how much you...", or, i love you, but i can't take the pain anymore.
it's a terribly sad song. but hey, it's AFI. this isn't britney spears, or
justin timberlake.
anyways, please comment. i'd like some feedback.
noah