Marguerite Lyrics – AFI

Slip into the shadows with “Marguerite,” the pulsing post-punk drive at track eight of AFI‘s twelfth album Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…, out October 3 via Run For Cover Records. After four years since Bodies, this 10-track set pulls the band back to their late ’70s and early ’80s death rock roots, channeling Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees into a dreamy, ethereal mood that’s dark yet grand. Davey Havok calls it a wrestle with life in a godless dystopia, no room for sanctuary or reason, and “Marguerite” fits that with Hunter Burgan’s bass lines echoing Peter Hook and Simon Gallup, layered under Jade Puget’s intricate guitars.

From early listens at signing events, the song builds that familiar AFI tension, with Havok’s voice swinging from baritone croons to soaring highs, painting a world of fleeting beauty amid the void. It shares the album’s singular vibe with singles like “Behind the Clock” and “Holy Visions,” where the band ditched their usual writing flow for a focused dive into goth influences, surprising even themselves. Fans at Amoeba and Banquet Records parties are raving about the cohesive pull, calling it their strongest goth shift yet after mixed takes on past experiments. Whether it’s the biting lyrics on tracks like “Blasphemy & Excess” or the brooding close of “A World Unmade,” Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… feels like AFI at their most timeless, blending bite with beauty in a way that challenges and rewards longtime listeners. Dive into the Marguerite lyrics below and unpack its shadowed drive. Don’t miss other Silver Bleeds the Black Sun… tracks like Blasphemy and Excess for more of AFI’s ethereal goth pull.