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Song ID: 82229
We held hands on the last night on earth. Our mouths filled with dust, we kissed in the fields and under trees, screaming like dogs, bleeding dark into the leaves. It was empty on the edge of town, but we knew everyone floated along the bottom of the river. So we walked through the waste where the road curved into the sea and the shattered seasons lay, snd the bitter smell of burning was on you like a disease. In our cancer of passion you said, "Death is a midnight runner." The sky had come crashing down like the news of an intimate suicide. We picked up the shards and formed them into shapres of stars that wore like an antique wedding dress. The echoes of the past broke the hearts of the unborn as the ferris wheel silently slowed to a stop. The few insects skittered away in hopes of a better pastime. I kissed you at the apex of the maelstrom and asked if you would accompany me in a quick fall, but you make me realize that my ticket wasn't good for two. I rode alone. You said, "the cinders are falling like snow." There is poetry in despair, and we sang with unrivaled beauty, bitter elgies of savagery and eloquence. Of blue and grey. Strange, we ran down desperate streets and carved our names in the flesh of the city. The sun has stagnated somewhere beyong the rim of the horizon and the darkness is a mystery of curves and lines. Still, we lay under the emptiness and drifted slowly outward, and somewhere in the wilderness we found salvation scratched into the earth like a message.
I cannot leave here.
I cannot stay.
Forever haunted, more than afraid.
Asphyxiate on words I would say.
I'm drawn to a blackened sky as I turn blue.
There are no flowers, no, not this time.
There will be no angels gracing the lines,
Just these stark words I find.
I'd show a smile but I'm too weak.
I'd share with you,
Could I only speak,
Just how much this hurts me.
I cannot stay here.
I cannot leave.
Just like all I loved,
I'm make-believe.
Imagined heart, I disappear.
Seems no one will appear here and make me real.
There are no flowers, no, not this time.
There will be no angels gracing the lines,
Just these stark words I find.
I'd show a smile but I'm too weak.
I'd share with you,
Could I only speak,
Just how much this hurts me.
I'd tell you how it haunts me.
There are no flowers, no, not this time.
There will be no angels gracing the lines,
Just these starks words I find.
I'd show a smile but I'm too weak.
I'd share with you,
Could I only speak,
Just how much this hurts me..
Just how much this hurts me..
Just how much you...
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13. This Time Imperfect
66 comments on this song.
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Groovejet
A masterpiece.
added: 11/24/2003, 04:59 PM
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Ross
Wonderful. The poem at the beginning has some very interesting words and I love the morbid-sounding piano effect as well. It is also pretty cool that the words in the poem are read off by, at first a child, then Davey, then an old man. Very cool. Also
added: 11/24/2003, 08:13 PM
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user kyle
The piano at the beginning of this song is simple but it sounds beautiful. This whole song is very touching ...
added: 11/25/2003, 07:24 PM
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paigeislame.
The poem is just amazingly written, and the song made me cry. If a song can make me cry, then it has to be good. I believe this is an epic song.
added: 11/26/2003, 05:00 PM
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chokingonoxygen
i have to just say... amazing.
added: 11/27/2003, 11:05 PM
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patrico picco
this is a work of art, so moving and poetic its far past beautiful. The poem is incredible, and the song is perfect. It is a masterpiece
added: 12/01/2003, 06:23 PM
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A FIRE INSIDE
The poem has that mystical sound to it and it's wonderfully written. "I kissed you at the apex of the maelstrom and asked if you would accompany me in a quick fall, but you make me realize that my ticket wasn't good for two. I rode alone."
added: 12/11/2003, 01:12 AM
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fallingxapart
all that i have to say is...simply amazing. once again Davey Havok is a genius.
added: 12/14/2003, 10:45 AM
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A FIRE INSIDE
About the poem, it is said in three different stages of life. The first part it sounds as if being told by a little kid, the second, by what seems to be a guy in the 20's and the ending is a guy in the late 60's. I've fucking analyzed this CD so much.....
added: 12/21/2003, 09:06 PM
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asphyxiated dreams
extreamly the best writing that AFi has ever done...these guys are the best band in the world and they shouldnt stop performing, this is one of the most flawless song/poem that they have writin....make sure to get all of AFI's cds cause thrs a song 4 evr1
added: 12/22/2003, 10:01 PM
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I am me
In my opinion, this is the most impressive song on the album. From the astonishing lyrics to the innovative stylings, this song is truly one of a kind.
added: 12/24/2003, 03:15 PM
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PinkJelly
this song is so deep and meaningful that it scares the bejesus ouuta me (especially the beginning)..but thats why i luv it.
added: 12/24/2003, 05:04 PM
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111LessThanPerfection
i love the poems in the beginning specially davey's part. . . and the song is good too, its an overall great experience
added: 12/24/2003, 07:56 PM
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Des
Just perfect..
added: 01/03/2004, 08:37 PM
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Ivy Murder
This song is everything I wish I could express in one way or another. It's mind-blowing how brilliant this song is.
added: 01/04/2004, 03:28 AM
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ThEUnKnOwn
This song is the best song on the album, and probably one of there best songs period.
added: 01/16/2004, 11:45 PM
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Godsend56
perfect way to end off a near-perfect album. Creepy, meaningful, deep...love it.
added: 01/18/2004, 06:05 PM
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Megalomaniac
Well he sang with unrivalled beaut almost make's me cry. Beautiful
added: 01/22/2004, 01:56 AM
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Stifler1611
" There is poetry in despair" clearly the best line I think I have EVER heard
added: 01/24/2004, 04:28 PM
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Locke Xenocide
The lyrics in this song are incredible. VERY beautiful song.
added: 01/26/2004, 07:59 PM
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Christopher Grotesque
"Screaming like dogs, bleeding dark into the leaves" Love it, love it, love it
added: 02/16/2004, 02:54 AM
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Vash
possibly the loveliest song they've ever made.
added: 02/22/2004, 12:36 PM
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xX|*DemonicAngel*|Xx
I fell in love with this song. It is perhaps their best. It's just so powerful...almost brings tears to my eyes.
added: 02/23/2004, 09:05 PM
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i
almost brings tears to your eyes? this song DOES bring tears to my eyes. very moving and beautiful
added: 02/27/2004, 11:06 PM
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sickgirl04
the poem and song are so fucking beautiful it's crazy... but something about the poem just scares the shit out of me, and i freak out everytime i listen to it and go off into a tangent of tears. but it's lovely. absolutely amazing.
added: 03/04/2004, 06:14 PM
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RockJunkie
sometimes it takes a lot of guts to be this artistic in any kind of music, afi made me a believer...i wish more groups could brake the mold like this. powerful stuff.
added: 03/13/2004, 09:20 PM
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Stifler1611
Beauty like that just makes me think...No tears...Just amazed someone wrote that
added: 03/16/2004, 05:25 PM
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live4ball
can't even begin to count the number of hard times this song has gotten me through. an awesome song. just perfect.
added: 04/01/2004, 09:28 AM
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eddy cocaine
the beginning of this song is so creepy, but the rest of it is beautiful. i love this song so much.
added: 04/08/2004, 06:41 PM
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canman24
beautiful...in away i guess. the song is real powerfull....one of the best on the cd.
added: 05/01/2004, 04:57 PM
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Sadly, No
I dunno, I keep hearing Smashing Pumpkins with the guitar and all. Bad tune.
added: 05/14/2004, 03:35 AM
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Love Is Insane
'this Time Imperfect' is everything but imperfekt.
added: 05/22/2004, 02:21 AM
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allEGe
Really creepy at the beginning...but once it really gets started, I love the bass lines and the chorus. The tune of the verses isn't that well defined, but I still like this song a lot.
added: 05/22/2004, 08:57 AM
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ChrisBrownsSecretLover
A truly beautiful song. I will admit that the first time that I heard the beginning I was like "WTF?" But then I really got into it. The feel of it and all.
added: 06/06/2004, 04:55 PM
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~*~Ashley~*~
wow... i love the line "Id show a smile, but im too weak, id share with you, could i only speak, just how much this hurts me.." i think alot of people can relate
added: 06/14/2004, 09:11 AM
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DistortedLogic
how in the world can anyone rate this song less than perfect? that bar should be full! absolutely stunning, beautiful, incredible, undoubtedly the best piece of art, poetry, music or otherwise that i have ever had the privelage of being able to witness. truly amazing. thank you, afi, for another work of creative genius.
added: 06/25/2004, 06:24 AM
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Death King
Such a great great song. That is some of their best work there. The poem before it is kinda creepy soudning but stiil cool.
added: 06/29/2004, 01:13 AM
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LostInYesterdayX
I love the bass line. And I am totally enthralled by the poem in the begining.
added: 08/13/2004, 11:19 AM
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Brendy
the poem might be creepy but i love it. the mood suits the words, i cant get enough of this song, i write it wherever i can, back of test papers, diarys wherever, i love it. pure genius by davey UR A GOD MAN!!
added: 08/16/2004, 07:16 AM
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TwistedDuder
Best song on the album.
added: 09/10/2004, 04:43 PM
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ShredForDimebag
this song is fucking amazing! i dont understand how it could be considered to be less than perfect either. absolute genius...
added: 09/17/2004, 08:19 AM
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MidnightLuna
the poem is a masterpiece and it adds a lot to the song in my opinion. one of the best songs they've ever done. i love it.
added: 09/25/2004, 11:38 AM
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« Joy »
I love the changing of age in the poem to show the changing of times. "salvation scratched into the earth like a message" fucking amazing shit there.
added: 10/03/2004, 06:26 PM
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KyBy
This song is one of AFI's best slower songs in my oppinion...it also reminds me of someone special which makes it that much better
added: 10/04/2004, 09:42 PM
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Artad
i definitely appreciate the reference to Paper Airplanes "the cinders are falling like snow" i do however wonder if anyone from afi wrote this...yes it kicks much ass and it has an afi feel...but whatever...yes it is genius
added: 10/11/2004, 12:54 PM
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DiStUrBeD82
Excellent poem to say the least. I love how they show the change of age.
added: 10/28/2004, 04:45 PM
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Kiss x Kiss x Kill
i relate to this song really well...it's an emotional song
added: 11/12/2004, 09:40 AM
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Tristan.
Beautiful way to end this CD.
added: 11/26/2004, 10:10 AM
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PatchworkedSky
Couldn't get any better.
added: 12/06/2004, 03:21 PM
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metalhead4evr
perfect, except that its fused w/but home is nowhere on the non-bonus disc
added: 12/09/2004, 12:34 PM
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Love Is Insane
Probably the best song on the CD. With an awesome introduction poem and enchanting writing.
added: 12/13/2004, 03:27 PM
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Nowhere_Kid
amazing...just fucking amazing...
added: 12/29/2004, 02:30 AM
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x-tina
of corse this would be the best fucking song on the whole cd... the poems always give me goosebumbs... its deffinatly one of my favorites... the disination of the ages kicks ass!
added: 01/06/2005, 01:22 AM
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Agent Orange
Pwnage to the max.
added: 02/15/2005, 10:00 AM
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xxxXeRoXxxx
totalleh
added: 02/23/2005, 04:55 PM
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Ganon
I love this song a lot but... The poem just brings me out of the whole modd of the CD and fucks up the high that I'm on when this song should start... But regardless this is one beautiful piece of work.
added: 03/03/2005, 02:43 AM
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xxxXeRoXxxx
i cant even begin to explain how this song makes me feel
added: 03/04/2005, 04:55 PM
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gloryisfading
this song is just...simply beautiful. i love afi for making such amazing music.
added: 04/09/2005, 02:34 PM
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Fall_Child1990
Amazing
added: 07/10/2005, 02:46 PM
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jk224
the poem is about a tragedy. the kid is someone who wasn't there when it happened, and showed up to see the aftermath. davey was a victim of it, and the old man was a survivor... this song is, as everyone here has said, amazing. deep, powerful, and all the rest. brought me to tears more than once, saved me from tears more than once as well. afi never ceases to amaze me.
added: 07/25/2005, 05:59 PM
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teddygrams
the only thing that ruins my favorite song for me...is the piano..its so loud i can barely hear it!...oh well...i love this song...its an amazing work of poetry...
added: 09/07/2005, 08:20 PM
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clay
very deep and powerfull, i love it
added: 07/20/2006, 10:59 PM
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FFAF
I don't know the right words to describe this song, I just know that it is absolutely amazing.
added: 07/27/2006, 10:58 AM
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KieraScene
simply amazing. Even more amazing live. The first time I ever heard this was at one of their concerts and it was the most beautiful thing you could ever imagine.
added: 04/10/2007, 11:12 AM
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5x Fire Damage
i can't get enough of this song..
i love when he goes into the higher octave.
added: 09/28/2008, 01:25 AM
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Lyin Heart
Best ending ever!
added: 08/12/2009, 11:59 PM
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