Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen
So unsure but it seems, 'cause we've been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway
I see a distant light, but girl this can't be right
Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be
Arrived too early
And when I think of all the places I just don't belong
I've come to grips with life and realize this is going too far
I don't belong here, we gotta move on dear
Escape from this afterlife
'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on
Far away from here
A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain
Can leave this place but refrain, 'cause we've been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway [ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/a/avenged_sevenfold/afterlife.html ]
This peace on earth's not right (with my back against the wall)
No pain or sign of time (I'm much too young to fall)
So out of place don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign
I've made up my mind
Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye
Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life
I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
Escape from this afterlife
'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
Far away from here
Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I'd hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right
Loved ones back home all crying 'cause they're already missing me
I pray by the grace of God that there's somebody listening
Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be
(I am unbroken; I'm choking on this ecstasy)
Oh Lord I'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me
(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live)
I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
Escape from this afterlife
'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
Far away from here
Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I'd hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right
He isn't trying to kill himself, he is trying to come back to life.
"fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
of your afterlife... "
He is having some sort of near death experience, and his loved one is there. He realizes he "arrived too early" and tries to run back to his life. He knows he cannot take his love with him, which is why he tells her "please understand i have to leave and carry on my own life. "
He knows he will be back, but he regrets leaving his love for his life, when he says "id hope you might take me back inside when the time is right," the right time being his true death.
Obviously his family wants him back. "loved ones back home all crying cause they're already missing me. "
he needs to return there, "oh lord i'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me (unbreak me, unchain me, i need another chance to live)"
This whole song is his plea to return to his life.
I really love the descriptions of heaven though. "a place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain," and "this place full of peace and light," it's really beautiful.
I agree with the person above me. The only spin i have on it, is when he says "such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be
arrived too early": tells me that there was an accident or something where he lost a pulse or what have you, and arrived in heaven. Then it goes on to say "just giving you a small taste
of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway": tells me that the person he is conversing with knows that it's not yet his time to die, but he will be back soon, meaning that when it is his time to go, he will be back in heaven. So the person is trying to convince him not to return to his body, but to stay...
The song is about someone's entrance into the afterlife (presumably heaven, because of his conversation with a higher power). But, the lyricist metaphorically uses the afterlife to represent complacency, or stagnancy, to express the lyricist's need for change, or the need to challenge himself. He is apparently unhappy in "... A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies and no rain," and desires a life in which not everything is provided for him. It rocks
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by Unregistered on Feb 9th 2012 2:19 pm
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Afterlife is like after you die and go to heaven or hell but this song is like amazing and i love it so much
by Unregistered on Feb 9th 2012 10:24 am
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Ka chunga ziak khian a t ve my2 anh khi ,egmah a hre tak2 lo, a duhthusam a ziak anh khi, nagma gyhdan kha a pwi mwh ber, midag ngaihdanah buai suh... Tak2a ahla h a mwi khwp my, lung a t leg alwm le, kn naupan lai vel mn t hre cuak lwm le.. Ha3..
by Unregistered on Feb 8th 2012 7:17 pm
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This song to spirit my life and give me a power to fight the world
by Unregistered on Feb 7th 2012 9:50 am
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Backed into a corner feeling like this is the end but he cant go because everything isnt right his concience isnt clear so he must make amends with everything
by Unregistered on Feb 4th 2012 9:13 pm
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It means that someone passed, maybe suicide, and finds its to terrible and he doesn't want to be in the afterlife, but back to his old self.
by Unregistered on Feb 4th 2012 9:37 am
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Its an awesome song. It means something to me. I love it :')
by Unregistered on Feb 2nd 2012 10:35 pm
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It's mean... People around me... Hate me... So let me go...!!! Nothin else what i can say... And.. I'm so sorry for all mistake i've done
by Unregistered on Feb 1st 2012 10:59 pm
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When he refers to "dear" -- that's heaven. He doesn't belong there because he arrived too early. He needs to escape from this afterlife because he wasn't ready. His family misses him because he's dead, and yes, he's pleading for life. Then he asks "take me back inside when the time is right" -- asking heaven or god to take him back in his true death.
by Unregistered on Feb 1st 2012 1:37 pm
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I believe it is about a man in a relationship. The relationship itself is full of so much love and perfection, its like a blissful afterlife. But he sees his world is full of so much adventure and craziness so he wants to move on. Therefore he leaves and hopes she "... Takes me back in time when the time is right. "
by Unregistered on Feb 1st 2012 2:23 am
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Another peacefull life after death... Just a simple phrases but full meaning...