Vocalist and lyricist Davey Havok speaks of the “driving tension” he felt when he first heard Jade Puget’s guitar riff and sought to capture that feeling in the lyrics and vocals, describing the lyrical tone as “tragic.” The song was almost not included on the album, but they were so happy with the...
Drop like the needle
Today I felt the drain
I’ll climb back up to you
On ladders of the rain
Break them down, shake their frail beliefs
I’ll show them, show them a believer
Three hundred thousand amps
And I’m your warm receiver
When they kill the lights
You’ll remain my conductor
And if they didn’t drain your life
I’ll become your conductor
Don’t cut the connection
Bleed in to black clouds
And I will lick them clean
Turn to a tourniquet
And cinch yourself to me
Strike down now, shake their frail beliefs
And make them new born believers
Three hundred thousand amps
And I’m your warm receiver
When they kill the lights
You’ll remain my conductor
And if they didn’t drain your life
I’ll become your conductor
When they kill the lights
You’ll remain my conductor
You’ll remain my conductor
You’ll remain my conductor
The Conductor was written by Jade Puget & Davey Havok.
The Conductor was produced by Gil Norton.
AFI released The Conductor on Tue Oct 01 2013.