Warn your warmth to turn away
Here it's December every day
Press your lips to the sculptures and surely you'll stay
For of sugar and ice, 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 war from years before

She exhales vanilla lace
I barely dreamt her 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
He bit my lip and drank my war from years before

Love like winter
Love like winter

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



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    General Comment:It's obviously about being trapped in the land of Narnia...
    Flag Krukon March 24, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:this is my absolute favorite song by afi period no questions asked and i totally think its about B.A. vaps and their romantic story of their lives!
    Flag gogogirlon September 30, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i dont even get the meaning of this song but i love it!
    Flag gogogirlon September 27, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:Ok this is what I think it means:

    Warn your warmth to turn away (The person doesn't want any happiness to enter their life...for some reason)
    Here it's December every day
    Press your lips to the sculptures and surely you'll stay (these two lines are sorta describing what it is like there)
    For of sugar and ice, I am made (I believe this means they are innocent and pure, sugar and ice are both pure and sweet)

    It's in the blood
    It's in the blood
    I met my love before I was born (destiny)
    He wanted love, I taste of blood (wasn't really in love with him, she/he was sorta using him)
    He bit my lip and drank my war from years before (He ended the pain and conflict that she/he was going through)

    She exhales vanilla lace (She is perfect, very feminine, mostly implying that she is beautiful)
    I barely dreamt her yesterday (she is the person that he/she wants in their life)
    Read the lines in the mirror through the lipstick trace (like read between the lines, find out the truth)
    "Por siempre," she said, (she is saying they will be together forever)
    "It seems you're somewhere far away" (she is noticing he/she is very distant and dreamy)
    To his face (confrontation)

    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 fell in love with he/she and he/she didn't love her back, it was the other way around earlier in the song because the perspective changed to another person, so this could mean they both really DID love each other but they thought they were both just using each other)
    He bit my lip and drank my war from years before (he also took away the pain and conflict)

    Love like winter
    Love like winter (love is cold?)

    I think the song changed perspective to what the other person in the relationship was thinking. They were both in love but didn't really (trust?) each other. It is sorta like a love song but it is about the more difficult side of love and destiny. I have no idea if this made since at all. It made sense in my head at least. :)
    Flagged Idontreallycareon July 18, 2011   Link
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    Song Meaning:the song could be about vampires, they were used in books to represtent someone stealing youth, the song could be about his life already being planned out, and there for youth was taken from him before he could live his life out it was taken. not all vampires are about the living dead, they are symbolic but people dont see things in a deeper meaning anymore, they still see things on the surface
    Flag dagkneton October 13, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:I think the song is about falling in love, and the way it's so instinctive... people have a tendency to prey on those who haven't learned better yet; who aren't yet jaded and cruel, but still innocent in their heart. Not yet broken. But it happens almost inevitably--a person who's been hurt so badly will often be drawn to innocence and openness and vulnerability, but realize sooner than the other person that it's not going to work. Then they move on, and the cycle continues. He kept falling for people, both male and female from the sound of it, but it fell apart one way or the other, and eventually his emotional warmth drained away, leaving a cold and jaded feeling behind... eventually, if you're hurt enough, you no longer care so much about breaking others' hearts. You may even feel like you're doing them a favor; getting rid of that naivete which causes so much pain when you invested so much and your reward for it is pain.

    You can get over that feeling if you meet the right person, but it's so easy to misinterpret your own emotions and the emotions of others. You really have to keep your feet on the ground and not rush it. Otherwise, you fall into the same trap of letting others steal your warmth. The song, in that sense, is like a warning. "Don't fall in love with me; I have nothing left to give you."
    Flag Wynneon September 15, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I agree with Yigamiester, it seems to me he's singing about how this girl is wonderful, and he wishes he could love her... But he "met his love before he was born" meaning he like guys, and there's nothing he can do about it.
    Flag MiakoSamuioon August 19, 2010   Link
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    General Comment: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.

    I think that this is just about how all of his troubles and trials were as big of a part of him as his blood is, and that he was always destined to this specific soul mate. When he finally was kissed by this soul mate, all of his troubles were washed away and gone.
    Flag danaeatsdreamson July 11, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:people who think its about vampires are way off. pull your head out of twilight, fagots.
    Flag Live105forevaon June 02, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:maybe its about someone who falls in love with a cold person, who didnt love them back. and they can see that he doesnt think about them, his mind is far away. and they get so upset that they kill him? i think it could be about murder? well in my mind anyways ^_^
    Flag sistermoonon March 08, 2010   Link

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