Lyrics The Sinking Night - Commentary - AFI

The Sinking Night is the opening track on the record
And it is actually a fragment of a greater work

It was probably like four or five minutes
Just this really epic track
So when we started kicking around the idea of
Having Burials open with an intro
I started talking to Jade about, you know
What about certain parts of that song?

I just thought it was a good, heavy, dark, moody
Way to intro the record

It is, in fact, one of two songs that I believe Jade and I
Wrote in the dark. Jade started playing that riff, and
The blues melody came to me and I started singing
And it became what went on to be a more layered version of itself

It sounds really full and heavy
It's just a good way to start out the record
Something not too long and involved
But really gets you in the mood of Burials