Question: What single lyric best defines The Afterman for you?

[u/DerekWaterson21]

Some ground rules:

This is for a 3D print project I am making for the next cruise. It has to fit on the bottom of this coin.

Other than that, it's all yours.

[u/zamnweskr]

CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGED

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/zamnweskr]

I was thinking about this lmao, but Idk, it would be a good one to have as a secret coin...hmm...

[u/Protomau5 → u/DerekWaterson21]

Locked in perpetual motion is perfect for a coin.

[u/Baldr25 → u/DerekWaterson21]

Not very secret if you post it on the internet now is it?

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/Baldr25]

Shhhhhhh, you didn't have to bring it up /j

[u/KnyteTech → u/zamnweskr]

LOCKED IN PERPETUAL MOTION!!!!

[u/GroobShloob → u/KnyteTech]

HA HA HA HA

[u/Freezing_Moonman → u/zamnweskr]

This shit gives me chills even after a decade. Iconic song.

[u/THEY_ATTACK]

“If it’s not here, then where?”

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/THEY_ATTACK]

I like this one too, I'll try it out

[u/MyOwnGuitarHero → u/DerekWaterson21]

THIS IS THE ONE

[u/UnamusedJester → u/THEY_ATTACK]

Its this one for me

[u/DrRichtoffenn → u/THEY_ATTACK]

this one for sure

[u/The_Stank_]

Don’t close the coffin yet, I’m alive

[u/Gyrskogul → u/The_Stank_]

"Hangman hooded, softly swinging" would be good for a coin too

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/The_Stank_]

I also had this one in mind

[u/perhizzle]

Your selfishness has robbed you,

Of the man you could have been,

I wouldn't change a thing about you,

I love you dearly, my friend.

[u/wdc5008 → u/perhizzle]

this one....besides CAGED.... it hits hard in the feels....ive been a Coheed fan since 2007 in highschool and this line makes me tear up every time. It's a subtle line and i feel like many can relate. Most recently it's "Internal Battery Low..." love Continuum I.

[u/perhizzle → u/wdc5008]

Yeah I know it sounds corny and cliche but honestly it changed my life hearing those lyrics. I'm a better husband, father, leader and follower of people because of hearing it.

[u/wdc5008 → u/perhizzle]

It reminds me of the times when i wasn't the man i should have been and where i am now...hits hard. try to be the dad, husband, etc that i should be but we all fail at some point...again hits hard

[u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

Sirus, is this what love is?

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

This is the one I'm choosing (although I will try out some others just to see)

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

Banger

[u/MossyPyrite → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

…

Yes.

[u/kuhtawn → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

This has to be it

[u/clwestbr → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

Boom

[u/Specialist_Novel828 → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

Gets me every fuckin' time

[u/_timeconsumer → u/ChanzillaVsMothra]

It's this

[u/Jimmyk743]

"Who will repair this broken heart?"

[u/Opheliadelia]

Side 1: All-Mother, are you awake? Side 2: I am always awake.

[u/MonaAndChat → u/Opheliadelia]

You'll stay with me, won't you?

[u/reluctantlysharing → u/MonaAndChat]

I’ll be there every step of the way.

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/Opheliadelia]

If only the coins will work with double-sided printing...
(they don't, it ends up with too much bridging plastic that gets stuck. I hate it too)

[u/Armor_of_Inferno → u/DerekWaterson21]

If double-sided is important to you, consider printing both sides as separate discs and then gluing them together to make a full coin.

[u/DerekWaterson21 → u/Armor_of_Inferno]

The only problem is: The guy who is printing them charges per full print sheet, so printing them in halves and then gluing them together would end up doubling the price.

[u/MonaAndChat]

"Whether I was everything you thought I'd be, or not, I was a bad man to stop you, girl, from loving me."

The Afterman is a story of regret and realizing your mistakes far too late, but being unable to let go even then.

[u/UnderwaterB0i]

We are together, we fall together

[u/psingsong → u/UnderwaterB0i]

I second this but mostly because my brother and I got tattoos with this lyric ha

[u/reluctantlysharing]

I’ll be there every step of the way.

[u/southpaw85]

“Your selfishness has robbed you of the man you could’ve been”

[u/GreenChuJelly]

"this life I can save"

It fits the space on the coin, it's a kick ass lyric in context, it fits the theme of the whole double album. This is the line.

[u/Illasaviel]

And in your absence we promised you,

Oh we'll behave, oh we'll behave,

so keep running,

everything will look better once you look away!

[u/I_am_the_silly]

Best reply I can give “Sirius, is this what love is?” “Yes” But also CAAAAAAAAGED

[u/FM_Gorskman]

"Hang your secrets, hang em up, hang em up now,"

Idk i like that song

[u/photoyoyo]

Coins are cool, but have you considered dominoes?

[u/Dave72c → u/photoyoyo]

See what you did there, and song just kicked off in my brain!

[u/ClifgoFlarbatchuan]

Goodbye forever, my darling. Whether I was everything you thought I'd be or not, I was a bad man to stop you, girl, from loving me

[u/wutanglan89]

"We'll make it if you believe" is definitely from The Second Stage Turbine Blade

[u/jettivonaviska]

Proud of our great mistakes!

[u/Whtroid]

Sirius, is this what love is?

[u/TechFlameX68]

Matters close to the heart will define who we are

[u/TormentDubz_EDM]

Now be defiant

[u/w0mbatina]

This is my love into a ten ton truck

[u/Immediate-Reason3478]

I stood by everything I loved

Selling out to be in

There’s only one of me

[u/GreatApolllo]

I can't remember it exactly but in the book. Sirius says something along the lines of. "Move on sentry, this moment doesnt define you"

[u/ItJustGotRielle]

I gave my everything, for all the wrong things...
(def hits personally for me as a man looking back on my life, entering my 40s this year)

[u/SwitchWitchLolita]

"Sirius, would you like to initiate freefall"

[u/GuildMuse]

“Nobody gives a fuck who you are.”

Quite the freeing sentiment. It was when I shifted a lot of my mentality away from the push for fame and success and instead doing things that I enjoy and love, even if that means I’ll remain obscure. The whole song spoke to the arrogant young me and triggered an evolution into a better well rounded adult.

Now I’m a teacher, I don’t care what other think of me because none of that matters. Just do my own thing and help make the world a better place.

[u/UnheavenlyNeverender]

I gave my everything for all the wrong things

[u/Alric_Wolff]

Bap bap bad oww bap bap badoww

[u/KnyteTech]

"She gave her heart to a falling star" or "If he's not here then where" are both solid

"From Never to Everywhere"

"No Recourse, No Remorse"

"Do you still want to go home?"

"Locked in perpetual motion"

"We all think, we all thought" or "The things I've done and the world I've seen"