Love Like Winter
by AFI

Album: Decemberunderground (2006)
Charted: 68
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Songfacts®:

  • AFI filmed a dramatic music video for "Love Like Winter," which was directed by Marc Webb. Webb had previously directed several other videos for the band, including the award-winning clip for "Miss Murder." Featuring outstanding cinematography and an appearance by model Christina Petrovic, the "Love Like Winter" video seems to use the song's lyrics as a script. In the clip, the band members are lost in a cold, mystical land, where lead singer Davey Havok encounters the mysterious, hooded Petrovic. Petrovic lures Havok to his death, as he follows her onto thin ice, which he falls through and is trapped beneath. The video ends with Havok drowning as he's joined by the shadowy woman. The song and video explore the concept of eternity, and the theme of winter as the end of life.
  • The "Love Like Winter" lyrical phrase "Por Siempre" is Spanish for "For Always."
  • "Love Like Winter" was the second single released from AFI's most successful album, Decemberunderground, which topped the US albums chart for one week in June 2006.
  • In a 2016 episode of the digital video show Aggressive Tendencies, AFI guitarist Jade Puget revealed that "Love Like Winter" originally was intended to be a song for his and frontman Davey Havok's electronic-music side project Blaqk Audio.

Comments: 6

  • Joclyn from Lovelock, NvLol i always thought this song was about vampires it fits better i think than the meaning given but oh well i still absoulutely love this song and AFI
  • Teresa from Denver, Cogood tase Kimberly Davey is super sexy and i love his voice. Has anybody heard The Missing Framing
  • Jai from Kingston, JamaicaThanks D! Reading your comment actually helped me to understand the song more. And the video .. in a way. It is an awesome song nice sung! AFI!!
  • D from Chattanooga, Tni think this song would have been amazing for the movie twilight haha :) i hear this song and i can just see edward and bella ... "Warn your warmth to turn away,Here it's December,Everyday." How their his skin is cold forever.... "Press your lips to the sculptures,And surely you'll stay." when she kisses his cold stone lips she's hooked forever.... "love like winter" how it's a love that is beautiful and cold all in one... "for of sugar and ice,I am made" a cold creature that is still sweet, and he sparkles like sugar haha :P so love edward!... " It's in the blood,I met my love before I was born. He wanted love" she met him before she was born as a vampire.... "I taste of blood.He bit my lip, and drank my warmth" not exactly how she was changed but mmm how nice that would have been... "She exhales vanilla lace" how her breath is sooo irresistably, intoxicatingly sweet to him.... "Por siempre" a forever love, immortal.... "She said "It seems you're somewhere, far away" He was a world away as she tried to understand him.... "I met my love before I was born.She wanted love,I taste of blood." he met her before he was "born" into love and an eternity worth living forever.
  • Kimberly from Melbourne, Australiai love afi, their my favorite eva and davey is sxc 4 lyf!!! hehe
  • Jenna from Nova Scotia, Canada"Por Siempre" means "forever". I know not much difference but still... and I must add Davey has a gorgeous voice.
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