Lyric discussion by auzzman 

Cover art for Afterlife lyrics by Avenged Sevenfold

simple. it about an accidental drug overdose. and the narrarator wants to go back to earth.

okay, no... good guess but no... it is about a man who dies, and goes to heaven. he realizes that he died at the wrong time and never settled the affairs he made on earth, he needed to get back to earth to fix everthing and then he can go back... music vid came out, watch ull see.

you nailed it

all right i think both of you are right in your own respect.

the song is about a man that ODed on purpose and instead of going to heaven or hell he was sent to purgatory. While in purgatory God and Satan tell him to observe the "highlights" of his own life. When he is done over looking all the good and bad decisions and actions of his life, HE (not God or Satan) makes the choice if he is more suited for heaven or hell. But instead of choosing one or the other he "escapes" from purgatory to...