AFI has released eleven studio albums, ten EPs, one live album and one DVD. The band first reached substantial commercial success with their fifth album, The Art of Drowning (2000), which peaked at number 174 on the Billboard 200. They then broke into the mainstream with their sixth, Sing the Sorrow (2003), which peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and remained on the chart for 51 weeks. The album was supported by popular singles "Girl's Not Grey" and "Silver and Cold", both of which peaked at number seven on America's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2003. "The Leaving Song Pt. II" was also released as a single, reaching number 16 on the chart. Sing the Sorrow was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2006 and is AFI's best-selling release, having sold over 1.26 million copies as of September 2009.
AFI's seventh album, Decemberunderground (2006), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and featured the hit single "Miss Murder", which topped the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and reached number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. Another single, "Love Like Winter", reached number four on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2013.[6] Decemberunderground was followed three years later by Crash Love (2009), and then four years later by Burials (2013); both albums were also successful, peaking at number twelve and number nine, respectively, on the Billboard 200. The band's tenth and latest album, AFI (The Blood Album), was released in 2017, and peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, making it their second-highest chart position.
A Winter
AFI Lyrics
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Here, it's December
Everyday
Press your lips to the sculptures
And surely you'll stay
Love like winter
I am made
I am made
It's in the blood
It's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
He wanted love
I taste of blood
He bit my lip, and drank my warmth
From years before
From years before
She exhales vanilla lace
I barely dreamt her yesterday (yesterday)
Read the lines in the mirror through
The lipstick trace (Por siempre)
She said, "It seems you're somewhere, far away," to his face
It's in the blood
It's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
She wanted love
I taste of blood
She bit my lip, and drank my warmth
From years before
From years before
Love like winter, oh, oh
Love like winter
Winter
Three, four
It's in the blood
It's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
He wanted love
I taste of blood
He bit my lip, and drank my warmth
From years before
From years before
The lyrics to AFI's "Love Like Winter" may seem cryptic at first, but upon closer inspection, they appear to be telling a story of a love that is cold and dangerous. The opening lines, "Warn your warmth to turn away, here it's December everyday," set the tone for the song, conveying a sense of icy isolation and impending doom. The singer seems to be warning their love to stay away, but simultaneously acknowledging that they are powerless to resist the pull of this frigid season.
The lyrics continue to describe a love that is both sweet and deadly, with the repeated phrase "It's in the blood" suggesting a primal, almost vampiric connection between the two lovers. The lines "She said, 'It seems you're somewhere, far away,' to his face" further emphasize the sense of distance and detachment between the lovers, with the woman expressing a sense of frustration and heartbreak at her partner's emotional unavailability.
Overall, "Love Like Winter" seems to be a meditation on the paradoxical nature of love itself, with its capacity for both warmth and cruelty, passion and indifference. The song's dark, Gothic overtones perfectly capture the mood of a winter romance gone awry.
Line by Line Meaning
Warn your warmth to turn away
Advise your love to retreat
Here, it's December
This moment is like winter, lifeless and frigid
Everyday
A repetition of the same cold hearted days
Press your lips to the sculptures
Embrace the icy environment to stay unfeeling
And surely you'll stay
And you will certainly stay frozen as well
Love like winter
Cold and loveless, matching the season
For of sugar and ice
The singer is filled with not only icy tendencies, but a sweet surface as well
I am made
This is who the artist really is
It's in the blood
The disposition to be cold and unemotional runs in the artist's blood
I met my love before I was born
The icy disposition already existed before the artist arrived
He wanted love
The singer's partner wanted affection
I taste of blood
When the partner bit the artist, they tasted a frosty chill
He bit my lip, and drank my warmth
The partner bit into the singer, filling themselves with the frost that the singer embodies
From years before
The singer's disposition is not only recent, it has been within them for a long time
She exhales vanilla lace
The singer's partner exhales a sweet, yet porous gust of air
I barely dreamt her yesterday (yesterday)
The artist has not known their partner for a long time
Read the lines in the mirror through the lipstick trace (Por siempre)
The artist examines the traces left behind on a surface of themselves by their partner, hoping to understand her or connect with her
She said, "It seems you're somewhere, far away," to his face
She points out to the singer his cold, distant exterior
Love like winter, oh, oh
Reinforcing the cold, lonely nature of love between the singer and his partner
Winter
A cold feeling that permeates the entirety of the artist's life
Three, four
A countdown emphasizing the freezing nature of the relationship, and the song itself.
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ADAM A CARSON, DAVID PADEN MARCHAND, HUNTER LAWRENCE BURGAN, JADE ERROL PUGET
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@AL-HAMEED_alhamdulillah
Warn your warmth to turn away
Here, it's December every day (I like that)
Press your lips to the sculptures
And surely, you'll stay (love like winter)
For of sugar and ice
I am made, I am made
[Chorus]
(It's in the blood
It's in the blood)
I met my love before I was born
(He wanted love
I taste of blood)
He bit my lip, and drank my war
From years before, from years before
[Verse 2]
She exhales vanilla lace
I barely dreamt her, yesterday (yesterday)
Read the lines in the mirror through the lipstick trace
(Por siempre)
She said, "It seems you're somewhere far away," to his face
[Chorus]
(It's in the blood
It's in the blood)
I met my love before I was born
(She wanted love
I taste of blood)
She bit my lip, and drank my war
From years before, from years beforeBridge]
Love like winter, oh-oh, oh-oh
Love like winter, winter
Three, four
[Chorus]
(It's in the blood
It's in the blood)
I met my love before I was born
(He wanted love
I taste of blood)
He bit my lip, and drank my war
From years before, from years before
From years before
@Stancz_yK
*Lyrics
Warn your warmth to turn away
Here, it's December
Everyday
Press your lips to the sculptures
And surely you'll stay
Love like winter
For of sugar and ice
I am made
I am made
It's in the blood
It's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
He wanted love
I taste of blood
He bit my lip, and drank my warmth
From years before
From years before
She exhales vanilla lace
I barely dreamt her yesterday (yesterday)
Read the lines in the mirror through
The lipstick trace (Por siempre)
She said, "It seems you're somewhere, far away, " to his face
It's in the blood
It's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
She wanted love
I taste of blood
She bit my lip, and drank my warmth
From years before
From years before
Love like winter, oh, oh
Love like winter
Winter
Three, four
It's in the blood
It's in the blood
I met my love before I was born
He wanted love
I taste of blood
He bit my lip, and drank my warmth
From years before
From years before
@likeolikeh5807
Listened to this album in 2007.
I was probably only 10 years old. My family moved across Canada over the summer. I bought this album at a Walmart with my own bottle money/allowance. I had a cd walkman my brother gave me.
We moved back across the country again. But it was in the middle of winter.
I'll never forget listening to this album while driving through the Rocky Mountains.
I turn 25 in two months. I still listen to this album. :)
@NiceBoysWin
Fun fact: I was Adam Carson's Uber driver yesterday, and ironically enough, I was listening to Leaving Song Part 2 & Love Like Winter on the way towards picking him up. We talked about Tesla (I drive a Tesla Model 3), CM Punk using Miseria Cantare in AEW, and he even gave me a pair of his drumsticks to take home. Stand up guy. I quit Uber right after; it would be quite the story to tell my kids and grandkids how I was an Uber driver at some point in my life and the very last passenger I ever served on Uber was Adam, one of my heroes from AFI. Love ya Adam, love ya Davey, love ya Jade, love ya Hunter!!!! Thank you for everything and molding me into the person I've become today!
@babydollsparkle1236
That's awesome. Was Adam hot in person?
@Nodes805
Back Jan 2017 AFI had an album release at Amoebas in Los Angeles.. I went to the back to use the restroom and suddenly Jade opens the door to use the pisser next to me.. I hollered Oh Shit It's Jade! Dude is tall AF atleast next to me
@danypunk09
What a great story man!!
@CristinaNakamura
@Pimpslapadapa Haha and what was his reaction?
@darrennoble1474
I might tell my grandkids this same story! Thank you
@gdub999tube
Ha - About to turn 61 and just discovered this band. Better late than never...
Update: This still sounds great to me, as I turn 64. Advice from an old man: Don't ever let that number define you. You can stay young inside if you keep your mind open. And, listen to your children's (and grandchildren's) music without saying 'it was better in my day.' They will appreciate it, and you may just discover something new that you absolutely love.
@animefreekafi
WELCOME FROM ALL OF US AGISNTY HURT PEOPLE IF THE WORLD
☺
@patrickwatkins6616
They put on a great live show if you ever catch them on tour
@racnmiller
Have you ever given HIM (that's the band's name) a listen? You might enjoy them as well. I suggest Killing Loneliness. Or Wings of a Butterfly. Both good songs by HIM.