Critics have noted the post-punk, new wave and gothic rock influences on this song (among others from the album). The band themselves have compared it to The Cure, particularly in the bass guitar. Additionally, the song’s chorus melody is almost identical to a song by Echo & the Bunnymen, entitl...
Dust on dust in a new room
First impressions of the sun
Burnt the skin, now are buried
We’ve been staring up too long
Eyes gone dry, no more tears
Salt and shame upon my tongue
Dust on dust, drying flowers
We’ve been coming here too long
Here in the golden mirror
Watch every word you say
Shatter and find a way
To cut like golden days
Flesh on flesh on the dry earth
Our reflections are the same
Wearing dust, match the desert
Past is captured as it’s made
In your image, like an actress
Lying to protect her age
Dust on lens, dying flowers
We shall not return again
Here in the golden mirror
Watch every word you say
Shatter and find a way
To cut like golden days
Watching as I fade
Fading as I’m watching every word I say
Loving how I fade
Fading like a flower knowing that the rain...
That the rain may fall
Too late, it can’t revive my dying flowers
Oh, the rain may fall
Too late, this is our final hour
Here in the golden mirror
Watch every word you say
Shatter and find a way
To cut like golden days
You're watching as I fade
Fading as I’m watching every word I say
Loving how I fade
Fading like a flower knowing that the rain
Here in the golden mirror
Watch every word you say
Shatter and find a way
To cut like golden days
Feed from the Floor was written by Jade Puget & Davey Havok.
Feed from the Floor was produced by Jade Puget & Matt Hyde.
AFI released Feed from the Floor on Fri Jan 20 2017.