Avenged Sevenfold: Victim Meaning

Victim Lyrics

House full of roses
A letter on the stairs
A tape full of messages
for anyone who cares
Collage of broken words
and stories full of tears
Remembering your life
'cause we wish that you were here

Nothing is harder
than to wake up all...

1. brian.anderson.315865

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   Jun 3rd 2012 !⃝

   Are you people that dumb?? It's. about. Jimmy. fucking. Sullivan. and for the people who cant see that need to fuck off >.<
2. zackattack

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   Mar 6th 2012 !⃝

   Okay,so the lyrics at the beginning are wrong.I thought it said that too until i bought the songbook.Instead of "a day full of messages" its actually "a tape full of messages". Instead of "closure broken words" its should be "Collage of broken words"
3. anonymous

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   Dec 17th 2011 !⃝

   This song was written for Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (R.I.P) the band dedicated the entire Nightmare album to him. He was a best friend to all of them and THE BEST drummer. Matt Shadows also wrote the song "So Far Away" for him. "The Rev" is in the music video for "Dear God" if you would like to know who he was. RIP "The Rev" You are missed.
4. anonymous

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   Sep 2nd 2011 !⃝

   This song is 100 percent about rev, he wrote the drumming mends for it just like he did all the other songs on this album after he passed basicly all Exept one or to songs were changed lyricly this is all about Jimmy and nothing els rest in peace rev we miss you
5. anonymous

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   Jun 26th 2011 !⃝

   The only song written for Jimmy was So Far Away it was the first and only song Gates has wrote it was him telling Jimmy how he felt so please get your facts straight cause Jimmy co-wrote this song.
6. anonymous

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   Jun 20th 2011 !⃝

   Ok everybody... Katie Covington, the rev's sister, wrote this song after he passed

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
7. anonymous

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   Jun 6th 2011 !⃝

   ^^ you need to know your facts, man.
   
   All the songs, even So Far Away, were written before Jimmy died (So Far Away was mostly written years back when Syn's grandfather died, but was finished and dedicated to Jimmy after his passing). What M. Shadows says, though, is the band went back and re-wrote nearly all the lyrics for each song, save for Nightmare and Danger Line. In Revolver's A7X issue, Shadows says that the song Victim was about the atmosphere and the moments after Jimmy had died. The band spent weeks at each other's houses and told Jimmy stories and looked at all the little momentos the Rev had left with them over the years (hence, "Tape full of messages..." and "Collage of broken words, stories full of tears/remembering your life..."). This song is specifically written about Jimmy through the events that followed his passing in Shadows's point of view.
8. anonymous

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   Jun 2nd 2011 !⃝

   Your all clearly wrong, this song is not about Jimmy, only one song was actually made AFTER his death, that being So Far Away by Synyster Gates.
   This song could be based on many different things including the loss of a loved one, but it doesn't mean its about the loss of Jimmy. It's certainly dedicated to him though.
9. anonymous

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   May 28th 2011 !⃝

   *Facepalm*
   It is clearly about Jimmy.
   It disgusts me how little people know about a band they claim to love.
   Just proves who the real fans are.
10. anonymous

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    Apr 19th 2011 !⃝

    I think it is about how not to take anything or anyone for granted, because you could awake and see they are no longer there. And some things you can win back, but others can be gone. So basiclly never take things or people for granted or treat them bad, because they may not be there when you turn around.
11. anonymous

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    Mar 15th 2011 !⃝

    i think it's about his girlfriend's either leaving or dying and he doesn't realize how awful it really is until he wakes up and realizes how hes now alone. It also says how we're all just victims of a crisis, meaning we've all had something terrible happen in our lives and we're victims from it.

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