AFI: "The Nephilim"
Story behind the song Days of the Pheonix:
Okay, here's a bit of a summary of it:
AFI broke up when 3 of the band members moved away to go to college. They played a reunion show at the Pheonix theater. Before the reunion show, nobodyu really cared about them, but at the show, over 100 people showed up, and they realized that that was what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives. Days of the Phoenix is about that show.
"the ghost upon the stage" Davey wasn't well known
"Ghost stories handed down, reach secret tunnels below" the phoenix theater is rumored to have hidden tunnels below it and to be haunted, but no one can confirm or deny it
"no one could see me" when AFI is up on stage playing, it is like they blend in with everyone
"I fell into fantasey" As far back as he can remember, Davey Havok has always wanted to be in a hardcore band
"The girl on the wall is waiting for me, she was always smiling" on the wall opposite the stage, there is a picture of a smiling woman
"The teenage death boys, the teenage death girls, and everyone was dancing" all the fans out in the crowd hardcore dancing
"no one could touch us then" when they play, everything just melts away, it's a sense of euphoria that takes over them when they are playing
"our dreams seemed not far away" before they broke up, they were so close to their goal without ever realizing it
"I want to stay" Their realization that this is what they should be doing, it is what makes them happy
"the circle of rage" mosh pit, the area where the real dancing happens at hardcore shows
I once knew what every phrase ment, but I've forgotten some of them
