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.
White Offerings
AFI Lyrics
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If I were only here I'd try
I'd try to give you little birds I've made
Oh, everyone takes flight never to return again
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
If I were only If I were only here I'd try
I'd try to gift you paper birds I free and you'd set fire to my sky
Oh, but I will offer you
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
I can feel your color changing
I can feel your color changing
I can feel your color changing
I can feel it change
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
White
White room
White room, white offerings are all I bring
I offer you this white room
The song "White Offerings" by AFI revolves around the themes of loss, regret, and self-sacrifice. The lyrics describe the singer's desire to give everything they have to someone they love, even if that means sacrificing their own happiness. The opening lyrics, "If I were only here I'd try / I'd try to give you little birds I've made / Oh, everyone takes flight never to return again," suggest that the singer feels a sense of helplessness and wishes they could do more for their loved one.
Throughout the song, the singer offers up "white offerings," which could symbolize purity, innocence, or a desire to start anew. They welcome the listener into a "white room" and continue to offer these white offerings, despite the implied sadness and loss in their words. The repeated line "I can feel your color changing" suggests that the singer is aware of the toll their sacrifices are taking on the person they love.
Overall, "White Offerings" is a haunting and emotional song that explores the complexities of love and selflessness. The lyrics may be interpreted differently by each listener, but the overarching message seems to be that sometimes love requires us to make difficult sacrifices in order to bring happiness to those we care about.
Line by Line Meaning
If I were only
The singer wishes they were only in one place.
If I were only here I'd try
If the singer were in one place they'd attempt to make something special for the listener.
I'd try to give you little birds I've made
The singer would gift the listener small, handmade birds.
Oh, everyone takes flight never to return again
The artist recognizes that everything eventually comes to an end.
White offerings are all I bring
The artist only has simple or pure gifts to give the listener.
Welcome to white room, white room
The listener is being invited into a symbolic, simple space.
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
The singer is happily giving the listener a place to go.
If I were only If I were only here I'd try
The artist reiterates their hope to be in one place to give the listener something.
I'd try to gift you paper birds I free and you'd set fire to my sky
The listener would burn the gifts the artist gives to the listener instead of keeping them.
Oh, but I will offer you
Regardless of the potential for gifts to be rejected, the artist will still offer them.
I can feel your color changing
The singer senses that the listener's attitude is shifting.
White
The color white is repeated to further emphasize the theme of simplicity and purity.
White room
The room that the singer created for the listener is always referred to as a white room to reinforce its symbolic meaning.
White room, white offerings are all I bring
The singer reminds the listener that the white room and white offerings are all that they are able to provide.
I offer you this white room
The singer once again presents the listener with the white room and all it represents.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Adam Carson, Davey Havok, Hunter Burgan, Jade Puget
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Vincent Gutierrez
If I were only, if I were only here
I'd die
I'd try to give you
Paper birds I made
But every one did fly
Never to return again
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
If I were only, if I were only here
I'd try
I'd try to gift you
Paper birds I bring
And you set fire to my sky
All that I will offer you
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
I can feel your color changing
I can feel your color changing
I can feel your color changing
I can feel it change, ah!
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
White, white room
White room
White offerings are all I bring
I offer you this white room
Om!
detectfevi
This sounds a lot like the old AFI we love.
Christian Anthony
What's old AFI to you? This basically 2003 not original sounding though. I remember seeing them back in Bakersfield California when I was 7 years old back in 94 and own every album and I'm glad they're still going. But not old sounding what so ever
Manny Marr
@C C Your tripping, classic punk record, definitely far from “Boring”
C C
@PunxBlueRibbon that was the first album i got from them and honestly i just find it so boring. the first two songs rule and the rest of the album is generic 90s hardcore. honestly i'm glad their music matured the way it has because they seem to have more of an identity than they did early on, and at one point they seemed like a baby misfits.
PunxBlueRibbon
We need another album like Answer That and Stay Fashionable
Kyle Vanderwalker
@Ryan Krenek give me the proud of ya album again I'd go off.
Vincent Gutierrez
If I were only, if I were only here
I'd die
I'd try to give you
Paper birds I made
But every one did fly
Never to return again
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
If I were only, if I were only here
I'd try
I'd try to gift you
Paper birds I bring
And you set fire to my sky
All that I will offer you
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
I can feel your color changing
I can feel your color changing
I can feel your color changing
I can feel it change, ah!
White offerings are all I bring
Welcome to white room, white room
White offerings are all I bring
I welcome you, I offer you this white room
White, white room
White room
White offerings are all I bring
I offer you this white room
Om!
Hunter Havok
I love AFI !!!!!!! since I was 13, now I'm 23, still love you guys !!!!!!!!!
Vikki Maddox
Listening since 1999!!!!! 31 now
Lando Dez
Same since 13 now im 31
Long love AFI
Long live my emo phase