god October 2nd, 2006 08:26AM  
Almost forgot:

the crux of the lyrics appear to tell of a tortured soul not wanting to age and leave behind the beauty and fame possessed in youth.And since the romantic era was one of passionate beliefs in mysticism and the afterlife, the lyrics seem to run parallel with the thoughts of that time--think goerthe, yeah I know a boring read.
So suicide to vainly keep beauty in the afterlife is really a romanticism thing. Die young and leave a beautiful corpse--at the height of fame.

anonymous October 3rd, 2006 09:25AM  
I'm still trying to figure it out. The film clip did remind me of Hitler, but there is an uncut version of the song too;

anonymous October 8th, 2006 03:47AM  
Music videos don't show exactly what the song is about......... What I get out of this every time he says, "left behind" is jesus or god leaving us behind and to make our own decisions, the make beauty stay if I take my life" part seems as if he would rather die young when you look naturally healthy right and not old?

anonymous October 8th, 2006 01:41PM  
Ummm. Has anyone asked the guy who wrote it what he meant by the choice of words?

That seems to me the most direct way to go.

Cent13

anonymous October 9th, 2006 11:34PM  
It sounds like the song is about the rise and fall of elvis. However, the video appears to be about yukio mishima.

anonymous October 15th, 2006 09:00PM  
I think that he wants to give his life up for a beautiful women. It also says that he would gladly put his life upon it and it could mean that he would give his life to be famose but his life would stay were it was. Also to give it up for fame and what he belives in.

anonymous October 16th, 2006 02:57PM  
It seems as if the best fit is that some guy was obsessed with beauty and believed that he could make his image last by killing himself. Miss murder is the personification of "death" so he is asking death if by commiting suicide he can make beauty last.
He must be someone in power because the heavens bowed before him.
He must have killed himself by crashing his car, maybe on a starry night off a cliff.
He asked what the rift was in the mystery. He is refering to the reason behind his suicide. He says he would bet his life that the man who died would pay the price of love to not let his light fizzle out

anonymous October 19th, 2006 05:07PM  
There was this woman who murdered her lovers after she slept with them. Get it? Miss murder?

Macayla

anonymous October 21st, 2006 07:16PM  
The song is about the death of Freddie Mercury
hasn't anyone noticed that in the "bohemian rhapsody" it says:

"goodbye everybody-i’ve got to go-
gotta leave you all behind"

well, that's what its talking about...

anonymous October 24th, 2006 07:33PM  
Does anyone agree with me that this song sounds a little " green day-ish"...It sounds like " holiday " with the " hey! In the backround of the chorus!

Don't get me wrong I love afi! Ive ben a huge fan for nearly 9 years now ! But this song ...=
its a lot different..In fact the whole decemberunderground cd is different....Ahhhh and I'm sick of seeing them on fucking mtv and trl!!!...Ah w/e.

As for what I think miss murder means..
I think it's about god ...But not in a good way...Hes talking about..How gods abbandoned us.
Thats what I think.

Later

anonymous October 27th, 2006 01:46AM  
While listening to this song, i, at first, agreed with most that there was a sharp similarity to the story of jesus. The only part I could never fit was the second verse

"dreams of his crash
won't pass
oh how they all adored him
beauty will last
when spiralled
down."

it occurred to me during a boring night watching the history channel that too many similarities to the story of james dean were present.

Jd was absolutely adored by all of america in the early 1950's. He was the young iconic star of movies and tv. His "beauty" was so widely envied that he became what curt Cobain was to the late '80s early 90's crowd. He commanded such a following of women, that it was often said his squinted look could make you fall deep in love with him. So enraptured was america, that when, in 1955, at the youthful age of 24, he was killed in a terrible car crash, america mourned in a similar fasion to, once again, when Cobain died. Woman were said to have cried for months. Yet, his early death guarenteed him legendary status of being forever remembered at the heighth of his "beauty". The "golden ring" of any actor is of course an academy award. Dean was posthumously nominated for his first aa in 1956 for his movie 'giant'.

Little known facts about jd: he has received more posthumous fan mail than any other person. He has also been mentioned in more hit songs than any other real person.

anonymous October 29th, 2006 01:21AM  
Anybody remember hitler? Get a clue. Look at his arm movements in the video. What is he doing? The hail to hilter. That's right! And what happened to hitler? Think about it. ;) oh and have a nice day.

anonymous November 13th, 2006 04:04AM  
I don't understand how daveys christian
he just totally changed his seen in the last 3 albums
this song is totally about hitler or christ
but has anybody notice
on the album shut your mouth and open your eyes
he had a song called the devil loves you?
And he was all about satan back then
back in the afi-punk days it was all about
be rebelious, don't listen to your parents
like in "I wanna get a mohawk but mom won't let me get one"
hes talking about being rebellious
i swear something happened to davey
and nobody notices...
He turned sxe when sing the sorrow came out
and now he's singing about something related to jesus in basically every song
its just metaphorical so he can make the song relate to the latest scene
being scene kids
again like in affliction
were you holding hands when my palms bled
yeah that's definately about jesus
but stop and think, half the kids are listening to afi
just because davey has "emo hair"
and they think theyre an emo band
and their feeding that by making songs about jesus
sound like suicide
so I think this song is most definately
about rather jesus
because every song is by afi now

Chocolate November 15th, 2006 09:34PM  
I don't think afi would be a band to mislead their fans. I seriously think it's about hitler, as much as I don't like the idea, I think it's true.

anonymous November 18th, 2006 03:19AM  
Well at the beging of the song it says it december everyday.I think that it is about a guy that thought he had his soul mate but they couldn't work it out and they had a bad ending and they are trying to move on because they say something about drank my war from years before..

anonymous November 30th, 2006 11:41PM  
Well, I've been sitting here stewing over this for a good hour now, because I love this song and I've always wondered what it's about.

First of all, I think the Christ one can't be right. Sure, a few lines fit in, but there are too many that don't fit that interpretation, making it to sketchy to be right. I mean, if you intentionally write a song about something, you don't just write a few lines about it and then fill in the rest with gibberish.

So that leaves Hitler, Lucifer, Cobain, and that Yoshi Mikimo guy. All three of these seem to make pretty good sense, except I saw no good explanation of the whole screaming bridge part relating to Yoshi. So that one is probably out, and Cobain's seemed a bit sketchy, although it was definetely possible.

The two most plausible ones, I thought, were Hitler and Lucifer. So those two are the ones I've been considering. Take into account the video, and it seems like the song has to be about Hitler. But there were those few parts where "well, Hitler probably wouldn't go to a woman for advice" or whatever those guys said. And Lucifer tempting Eve fit in quite well there.

Before I unveil my theory, let me remind you of all the people who said that Davey wouldn't write a song about Hitler because he is Catholic. Maybe my explanation will provide some solace for these fans.

So, after careful consideration, I have concluded that Davey is portraying Hitler as an earthly embodiment of Satan! The two are obviously very similar, for there has been so much confusion on this song that could be about either of them. Look--they both started out okay, without enemies, but still with a lot of power. They were adored by many. Further along, they and their followers gained power and posed some sort of conflict against a religious entity. Both of their failures led to their eventual demise. And, as an added point, Hitler is definetely evil, as is Lucifer. So, Davey is not so much writing a song about Hitler or Lucifer because he is fond of either of them, but instead because he is comparing them.

That's my theory. Obviously I can't say for sure whether it's correct, only Davey can. I would love to hear, directly from him, the exact interpretation of the song. Despite his current "popular" appearance, he seems like a very intelligent and poetic guy. But perhaps this song is to reamain forever a mystery. A verbose one.

anonymous December 5th, 2006 01:01PM  
guys I have no idea what the song is about!!
at firts I thought it was about jesus..
but the hitler theory does sound good.
the thing is I doesn't matter to me I love that song and that's all I care about!!

fuzzybear_11 December 31st, 2006 03:07PM  
What is with thos bunnies? That chick gave him a peice of paper with 3 bunnies at the begining and was walking with a bunny in her arms. WHat up with that?

anonymous January 4th, 2007 05:38PM  
Dudes! It's not about friggin' Hitler. You can't look for a literal meaning behind every word. Lyrics are intentionally metaphorical.

The beginning of the song is about people's hope and faith in religion. The screaming "hook" and "twist" section is the speaker telling us that it's all an illusion. That the promised eternal life that we all strive for and believe we were promised does not exist and if it did, none of us would be worthy of it.

And whether "Davey" is catholic is irrelevant. The lyrics are not necessarily his views, just the views of a hypothetical speaker. He (Davey) may be critical of the speaker.

As for the video, who the hell knows. Videos are not supposed to be a roadmap to the meaning of a song. They may, in some cases, show some aspect of the meaning. Perhaps the Nazi-esque imagery symbolizes the fallibility of man and why we are unworthy of eternal life.

anonymous January 17th, 2007 07:04PM  
"Well at the beginning of the song it says it december everyday.I think that it is about a guy that thought he had his soul mate but they couldn't work it out and they had a bad ending and they are trying to move on because they say something about drank my war from years before.."

wrong song...