According to vocalist and lyricist Davey Havok, this song was written in a dark room. It is an excerpt from a longer 4 to 5 minute version of the song which remains unreleased.
Guitarist Jade Puget describes it as “a heavy, dark, moody way to intro the record,” which is why a shorter fragment was u...
Blackness drips down from both of my hands
The gold in my palm was mistaken for sand
Can you feel it?
The blackness, it drips down from both of my eyes
The sand that you made has taken my sight
I can feel it
Over the wind
Under the rain
Out of the chaos
I can hear your name
Through the sinking night
On this sinking night
I see your face
(On this sinking night)
On this sinking night
The Sinking Night was written by Jade Puget & Davey Havok.
The Sinking Night was produced by Gil Norton.
AFI released The Sinking Night on Tue Oct 22 2013.