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The title of the song comes from the 1988 movie Heathers starring Winona Rider and Christian Slater.
The movie is about Veronica Sawyer who is trying to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation. She teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.
[Verse 1]
Uh-oh, my story's not
The oldest of its kind
I was too touched to see you clearly
Far too young to realize
I, I had loved so dearly
You, whose world I had designed
But the sweet smoke came with mirrors
And it brought tears to my wide eyes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Dying just to see you
Dying since I misconstrued
[Chorus]
Your blue heart, black eyes
Feigning falling, words I won't forget
I died right when I saw you
While you shared that cigarette
[Verse 2]
Uh-oh, I saw you every time
I closed my eyes
In the Hughes film I had scored
Produced and starred in, in my mind
I, I could recite you well
I'd written every line
But you strayed far from my flawless script
On which I'd spent a lifetime
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Falling over dead
Dying since I had misread
[Chorus]
Your blue heart, black eyes
Feigning falling, words I won't forget
I died right when I saw you
While you shared that cigarette
[Bridge]
Falling over dead
Dying since I had misread
[Chorus]
Your blue heart, black eyes
Feigning falling, words I won't forget
I died right when I saw you
While you shared that cigarette
Veronica Sawyer Smokes was written by Davey Havok & Jade Puget & Hunter Burgan & Adam Carson.
Veronica Sawyer Smokes was produced by Jacknife Lee.
AFI released Veronica Sawyer Smokes on Tue Sep 29 2009.