This is one of my favorite AFI songs, and it's powerful enough that it has the tendency to make me cry.
He said "Who truly belongs here?"
"Not I" She stared, "I’ll lie here with you."
--She says she doesn't belong, but that she would stay with him.
He knows, no one shines forever,
they change with the weather
--That part is about how he knows she'll change and fade, no matter what she's said
He said "I’ve now stayed too long here."
"Goodbye" She said, "I’ll wait here for you."
--Easy concept, he's leaving, and she says she'll wait for him.
He knows the winds carry sorrow
As they leave, she'll follow
They leave tomorrow
--She says she'll wait for him, but he knows she'll eventually wander and forget about what they had. "They leave tomorrow" makes me think that he assumes she'll forget about him soon, instead of gradually over time.
Fragments of joy torn apart,
A freshly drained heart
That beats, disguise themselves through him
--The love that was lost, "drained" and "torn apart"
He’ll say that "It’s nothing new."
--He says that it's not surprising, that it happens all the time.
And swear this is true, for you
I’ll swallow the ocean, I’ll swallow the ocean
--I don't know if this is still him speaking, or the girl. I'm thinking it's the girl, just because she would "wait here" for him. Anyway, whoever it is, they're saying that they would do anything for the other.
I know the sorrow is sacred,
and I’ll never break you,
I’ll softly save you
--I don't know what this part really means. It might just be a general poetic device to add more emotion to the song.
Oh, and by the way, it's "I'll lie here with you", not "I'd lie here with you."
This is one of my favorite AFI songs, and it's powerful enough that it has the tendency to make me cry.
He said "Who truly belongs here?" "Not I" She stared, "I’ll lie here with you." --She says she doesn't belong, but that she would stay with him.
He knows, no one shines forever, they change with the weather --That part is about how he knows she'll change and fade, no matter what she's said
He said "I’ve now stayed too long here." "Goodbye" She said, "I’ll wait here for you." --Easy concept, he's leaving, and she says she'll wait for him.
He knows the winds carry sorrow As they leave, she'll follow They leave tomorrow --She says she'll wait for him, but he knows she'll eventually wander and forget about what they had. "They leave tomorrow" makes me think that he assumes she'll forget about him soon, instead of gradually over time.
Fragments of joy torn apart, A freshly drained heart That beats, disguise themselves through him --The love that was lost, "drained" and "torn apart"
He’ll say that "It’s nothing new." --He says that it's not surprising, that it happens all the time.
And swear this is true, for you I’ll swallow the ocean, I’ll swallow the ocean --I don't know if this is still him speaking, or the girl. I'm thinking it's the girl, just because she would "wait here" for him. Anyway, whoever it is, they're saying that they would do anything for the other.
I know the sorrow is sacred, and I’ll never break you, I’ll softly save you --I don't know what this part really means. It might just be a general poetic device to add more emotion to the song.
Oh, and by the way, it's "I'll lie here with you", not "I'd lie here with you."