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A common theme in AFI’s lyrics is isolation and seclusion; typically from the “mainstream” or from what is accepted as “normal”.
Their 2006 album, Decemberunderground, brings these themes to the forefront:
Decemberunderground is a time and a place. It is where the cold can huddle together in darkn...
[Verse 1]
Raise high monolithic statues, so fragile as they fall
I am ever enthralled
Gaze, lie and smirk in time, your arrogance will suit you well
'Til fashion is dispelled
[Pre-Chorus]
As waves of plastic fame go out of fashion
You're going out, going out, forever unknown
These waves of plastic fame go out of fashion
(These waves of plastic fame are drying up and I smile)
You're going out, going out
(Because you're dying to become forever unknown, unknown)
[Chorus]
From above, a rain of ashes descends
Like anathema, I will remain, forever will remain
From below, in my seclusion
Look up to the sky to see paper wings and watch them burn
[Verse 2]
Without habitation, you'll never find a soul inside
No life, but nothing's died
No lights, but quite the show
Just as long as no one ever knows
All motion is pantomime
[Pre-Chorus]
As waves of plastic fame go out of fashion
You're going out, going out, forever unknown
These waves of plastic fame go out of fashion
(These waves of plastic fame are drying up and I smile)
You're going out, going out
(Because you're dying to become forever unknown, unknown)
[Chorus]
From above, a rain of ashes descends
Like anathema, I will remain, forever will remain
From below, in my seclusion
Look up to the sky to see paper wings and watch them burn
[Bridge]
Dancing in the rain of descending ash
Dancing on your grave, I'll see you all falling
Dancing in the rain of descending ash
Dancing in your dust, I'll see you all falling
[Bridge 2]
I'd stop it, had you a heart (your heart)
I'd stop it, had you a heart (your heart)
[Chorus]
From above, a rain of ashes descends
Like anathema, I will remain, forever will remain
From below, in my seclusion
Look up to the sky to see paper wings and watch them burn
From above, a rain of ashes descends
Like anathema, I will remain, forever will remain
From below, in my seclusion
Look up to the sky to see paper wings and watch them burn
Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings) was written by Jade Puget & Davey Havok & Adam Carson & Hunter Burgan.
Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings) was produced by Jerry Finn & Butch Vig.
AFI released Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings) on Tue Mar 11 2003.