right. sorry to interrupt your argument here folks but i just wanted to put my opinion on the song's meaning. you know, what this website is for. not slagging off emos. (on a side not AFI are not remotely emo. they are strongly influenced by punk rock and could be described as more 'gothic' than 'emo'. they don't whinge about emotions - they create hypothetical storylines within the narrative of their songs, and often write from a third person perspective.
anyway.
I reckon this song is about being in purgatory. the man in the song is dead and is recollecting everything he can remember about his life in order to find out what his mistakes were and how he can rectify them in order to be recreated:
"I do implore these confines, now, as they penetrate, "recreate me"
I'm hovering throughout time, I crumble in these days
I crumble, I cannot, I cannot find reflection in these days"
he cannot find an answer as to why he is in this horrible place.
his life as a mortal being was so long ago it is almost forgotten. he can faintly hear the distant sound of his once living heart drumming out its final beats.
he wants to keep hold of any memories of his human life and so he kept the pieces of his heart (metaphorically of course), but when he found that he has no use for it in purgatory, he ground the pieces up.
well. that's what i think anyway. it's open to interpretation.
right. sorry to interrupt your argument here folks but i just wanted to put my opinion on the song's meaning. you know, what this website is for. not slagging off emos. (on a side not AFI are not remotely emo. they are strongly influenced by punk rock and could be described as more 'gothic' than 'emo'. they don't whinge about emotions - they create hypothetical storylines within the narrative of their songs, and often write from a third person perspective.
anyway.
I reckon this song is about being in purgatory. the man in the song is dead and is recollecting everything he can remember about his life in order to find out what his mistakes were and how he can rectify them in order to be recreated: "I do implore these confines, now, as they penetrate, "recreate me" I'm hovering throughout time, I crumble in these days I crumble, I cannot, I cannot find reflection in these days"
he cannot find an answer as to why he is in this horrible place.
his life as a mortal being was so long ago it is almost forgotten. he can faintly hear the distant sound of his once living heart drumming out its final beats. he wants to keep hold of any memories of his human life and so he kept the pieces of his heart (metaphorically of course), but when he found that he has no use for it in purgatory, he ground the pieces up.
well. that's what i think anyway. it's open to interpretation.