Cover art for The Sinking Night by AFI

The Sinking Night

AFI
Track 1 on Burials 

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Oct. 22, 20131 viewer

The Sinking Night Lyrics

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

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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 used.

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