Anxious

By AFI

On Burials

Released on October 22, 2013

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[Verse 1]

Tear into silence, my ears begin to ring

Begin to ring in the new sound anxiously

Oh, I am anxious and aching, breathing the burning air

Caring for something that is not there


[Verse 2]

Knowing what's fated, begin my fatal flight

Flying obscenely into the light

But the light will evade me to bring down punishment

Punishing soundly it lets me live


[Chorus]

Swing the serenade (I heard it swing)

Swing love down and find the saddest song

I heard you swing the promises (You'll watch me swing now)

Swing love now and choke what we've become


[Verse 3]

Black without blindness, my eyes begin to sting

As my lips part to poison, sweet poisoning

Oh god, I feel like I'm dying, I've found death finally

And it feels like heaven, I'll never reach


[Chorus]

Swing the serenade (I heard it swing)

Swing love down and find the saddest song

I heard you swing the promises (You'll watch me swing now)

Swing love now and choke what we've become


[Bridge]

Swinging now, will you watch me?

Swinging now, will you watch me?

Turn it down, drown it slowly

Is it off? I'm still listening

Swinging now, will you watch me?

Swinging now, will you watch me?

Turn it down, drown it slowly

Is it off? I'm still listening


[Chorus]

Swing the serenade (I heard it swing)

Swing love down and find the saddest song

I heard you swing the promises (You'll watch me swing now)

Swing love now and choke what we've become

(I'll bite your lips though I know better than this)

(This is a death I can't resist)