Yes, I agree with everyone so far. I don't really like to listen to AFI's older music, but I will present a brief elaboration of what everyone has already said anyway:
First, (I am praying that no one will lash at me for saying this because it's an opinion) I think that AFI has evolved from beginning to mature and kind of screaming sporradically about...err, I don't want to say self-pity/self-doubt at all...maybe you'll get what I'm saying...well they, in my opinion, evolved from that melancholy, immature stage of lyric-writing to a more formal and deeper, almost more beautiful meaning of sadness (because a lot of AFI's songs now are dark).
I can still somewhat relate to these lyrics. I do feel isolated sometimes because everyone calls me different and too mature to have fun at my age. I find it great, personally, and I do have people that like me for who I am, thank goodness, but what really gets me is the fact that my family is...a bunch of ding-bats, excluding my aunt and dad...who is going insane anyway, talking about how depressing and strange AFI lovers look (yes it's true...DON'T get me started on that crap) when yet I'm a "different looking" (as my dad would say) AFI lover. My family chooses to try their best to simply put on rose-colored lenses so everything seems okay. They're really in denial and tell me I don't understand. It's quite funny, but they don't understand the complexities of anything I present to them, and I think that this is the kind of people AFI is talking about. I do have hope and everything and I WILL find "a place" because I'm naturally optimistic, but in a strange sense I consider this like my own theme song.
Yes, I agree with everyone so far. I don't really like to listen to AFI's older music, but I will present a brief elaboration of what everyone has already said anyway: First, (I am praying that no one will lash at me for saying this because it's an opinion) I think that AFI has evolved from beginning to mature and kind of screaming sporradically about...err, I don't want to say self-pity/self-doubt at all...maybe you'll get what I'm saying...well they, in my opinion, evolved from that melancholy, immature stage of lyric-writing to a more formal and deeper, almost more beautiful meaning of sadness (because a lot of AFI's songs now are dark).
I can still somewhat relate to these lyrics. I do feel isolated sometimes because everyone calls me different and too mature to have fun at my age. I find it great, personally, and I do have people that like me for who I am, thank goodness, but what really gets me is the fact that my family is...a bunch of ding-bats, excluding my aunt and dad...who is going insane anyway, talking about how depressing and strange AFI lovers look (yes it's true...DON'T get me started on that crap) when yet I'm a "different looking" (as my dad would say) AFI lover. My family chooses to try their best to simply put on rose-colored lenses so everything seems okay. They're really in denial and tell me I don't understand. It's quite funny, but they don't understand the complexities of anything I present to them, and I think that this is the kind of people AFI is talking about. I do have hope and everything and I WILL find "a place" because I'm naturally optimistic, but in a strange sense I consider this like my own theme song.