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1) HIM (sometimes stylized as H.I.M.) was a Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo and bassist Mikko "Mige" Paananen under the name His Infernal Majesty, the band broke up in 1993, before being reformed in 1995 by Valo and guitarist Mikko "Linde" Lindström. After being rejoined by Mige, as well as new additions keyboardist Antto Melasniemi and drummer Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, the band, now called HIM, released their debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 in 1997. In 2000, now with drummer Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen and keyboardist Juska Salminen, the band released the album Razorblade Romance, which reached the number one spot in Finland, Austria and Germany. Their first single, "Join Me in Death", also charted at number one in Finland and Germany, eventually going platinum and gold respectively. Following the addition of Janne "Burton" Puurtinen on keyboards, HIM released Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights and Love Metal in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Both cracked the top ten in several countries, and allowed the band to tour the United Kingdom and the United States for the first time.
In 2005, HIM released Dark Light, which became the group's most commercially successful album to date, charting in fifteen countries. With Dark Light, HIM also became the first Finnish group to receive a gold record in the US. In 2007, HIM released Venus Doom, the making of which was marred by problems in Valo's personal life. Despite this, the album gave the band their highest chart position in the US at number twelve. After 2010's Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice, HIM went on hiatus as drummer Gas Lipstick took medical leave. Following several months of uncertainty, the band regrouped and eventually released the album Tears on Tape in 2013. In 2015, Gas Lipstick announced his departure from the band to pursue other musical projects, and was subsequently replaced by Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger. On 5 March 2017, HIM announced that the band would be disbanding following a farewell tour in 2017. The band played their final show on New Year's Eve 2017 as a part of their annual Helldone Festival.
HIM is one of the most commercially successful Finnish bands of all time, with sales of over ten million records. The band have released eight studio albums, five compilations, three video releases, and two box sets, along with one live and one remix album. HIM has also received numerous accolades, including eight Emma Awards.
Critics have referred to the music of HIM as gothic rock, gothic metal, alternative rock, alternative metal, and dark rock. The band themselves have referred to their music as "love metal", the title of their fourth studio album. According to Ville Valo, the term "love metal" was coined as a response to people having difficulties categorizing their music.
A central of part of HIM's image has been the heartagram. The heartagram is the trademarked symbol of the band, which was created by vocalist Ville Valo on his twentieth birthday in 1996. A combination of a heart and a pentagram, the heartagram is meant to represent the juxtaposition of "the soft and the hard, the male and the female, the yin and the yang" according to Valo. Musically the heart is also meant to represent the softer side of the band, while the pentagram symbolizes their heavier influences. This juxtaposition was also prevalent in the band's album titles. On their first album, HIM used a heart with "666" inside it as their logo, which Valo later felt was "a bit boring". The heartagram was first predominantly used on the cover of HIM's 2003 album Love Metal, and has since appeared on numerous releases from the band. Valo has later stated that the heartagram "is probably the best thing I've ever come-up with", and that it's "worth a lot more than money" and is "bigger than our band". The heartagram has also made several appearances on TV, including Charmed, LA Ink, Viva La Bam, and Criminal Minds.
2) HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for Crooklyn Dub Consortium and Wordsound, "Interpretive Belief System", HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker, members or occasional members of Tortoise and Isotope 217. Their first album was the underground hit Sworn Eyes, produced by Doug Scharin. A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup including members of June of 44. Golden released Our Point of Departure in 1999, which signified a very clear shift toward a more jazz-like sound, followed by a major American and European tour. In 2003, HiM released Many In High Places Are Not Well on Fat Cat Records, which was received as their most successful and fully realized release. Peoples was released in mid-2006, featuring a cleaner sound with more vocals than any of HiM's previous releases. Included in this line-up are Martin Perna and Jordan McLean from Antibalas, Griffin Rodriguez from Need New Body/Icy Demons, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade).
The latest HiM records, "1110" and ん,released in 2008 and 2009 on Afterhours in Tokyo, are collaborations between Doug Scharin, Josh Larue and the Tokyo-based group, Ultra Living.
3) The group was composed of the following main members:
* Shizuka Nakajima （vocals）
* Shungo Makihashi (vocals)
* Non (dancer)
* Yocco (dancer)
4) H.I.M. (Her in Mind) an r&b singer best known for his reply album to H.E.R.'s album in 2017.
Drunk on Shadows
HIM Lyrics
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The veil of broken dreams
We find her weeping
On her once white wings
She will be carrying the weight of our deeds
And she bleeds for love
Forever gone
Drunk on shadows and lost in a lie
Killing ourselves a kiss at a time
Devils dance while angels smile
Drunk on shadows and lost in life
Finding souls to feed
The night side of Eden
We see the struggling
For her love's
Last breath and walk off
Drunk on shadows and lost in life
Killing ourselves a kiss at a time
Devils dance while angels smile
Drunk on shadows and lost in life
She's blinded by the fear
Of life and death and everything in between
We smile when she cries a river of tears
A mirror where we see nothing but a reflection of heaven too far away
Drunk on shadows and lost in life
Killing ourselves a kiss at a time
Devils dance while angels smile
Drunk on shadows and lost in life
So alive
(Drunk on shadows)
So alive
The song "Drunk on Shadows" by HIM is a haunting and introspective journey into the darker side of human nature. The first verse describes a woman hiding behind the veil of broken dreams, weeping and carrying the weight of our deeds on her once white wings. This woman is bleeding for love that is forever gone, representing the pain and longing that we all feel at times. The chorus then reveals that we are all drunk on shadows and lost in a lie, killing ourselves one kiss at a time. The choruses are followed by a second verse that describes a search for souls to feed the "night side of Eden" and the bittersweet struggle for love's last breath.
The song seems to be exploring the idea that we are all living in a world of delusion and shadows, where we are driven by fear and desire rather than reason and compassion. The woman with broken dreams represents the part of us that is vulnerable and longing for love and connection, while the music and lyrics describe the darker forces that hold us back and cause us to harm ourselves and others. The image of angels smiling while devils dance suggests a universe that is indifferent to our struggles and desires, and that our choices and actions have consequences that we cannot escape.
Overall, the lyrics of "Drunk on Shadows" are a visceral and emotional meditation on the complexities of the human experience. The song challenges us to face our own darkness and to strive for an understanding of ourselves and others that goes beyond our fears and desires.
Line by Line Meaning
Hiding underneath
She is concealed in darkness, trying to remain hidden.
The veil of broken dreams
The many shattered aspirations of her past form a barrier around her.
We find her weeping
Observing her closely, we see tears cascading down her face.
On her once white wings
Her pure and perfect wings are now blemished and stained by our past sins.
She will be carrying the weight of our deeds
We have caused her to bear the burden of our actions, which will drag her down.
And she bleeds for love
Despite her wounds and pain, she still yearns to feel affection and tenderness.
Forever gone
The prospect of a happy ending is slipping away, and there is no hope for redemption.
Drunk on shadows and lost in a lie
We are intoxicated by our own illusions, no longer sure what is real or false.
Killing ourselves a kiss at a time
We slowly destroy ourselves with each kiss, taking one step closer towards demise.
Devils dance while angels smile
We embrace immorality, reveling in sin while angels look on in sorrow.
Finding souls to feed
We are always searching for new victims to exploit and consume.
The night side of Eden
This is the sinister and corrupted era of paradise, a place where evil thrives.
We see the struggling
We witness her agony and distress, yet remain indifferent to her pain.
For her love's last breath and walk off
As we take our final breath, we abandon her without hesitation or remorse.
She's blinded by the fear
She cannot see beyond her dread and apprehension, which clouds her judgement.
Of life and death and everything in between
She is terrified of the unknown, everything between birth and death.
We smile when she cries a river of tears
We derive pleasure from her suffering, seeing it as a form of entertainment.
A mirror where we see nothing but a reflection of heaven too far away
We are incapable of recognizing ourselves in her, seeing a version of paradise that is out of reach.
So alive
Despite everything, we continue to exist and feed on our illusions.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE VALO, VILLE HERMANNI VALO
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AtomicToad11
Still an album to this day I wont skip a song on
WhenTheWorldWasAtWar
The whole damn this is perfect
Christina Rosella
Unpopular opinion; my favorite song by HIM, hands down. I love all the variety of instrumentals and of course the lyrics. Drunk on shadows & lost in a lie 🖤
Lenny Cash
3:08 really hits for me. 👍
dragana pasti
An album to which I always return with the same passion and devotion. Especially this song. Supernatural music just like lyrics. Listening to it as if I’m orbiting the Jupiter. Better said the whole Universe. So encrypted and realistic at the same time.. Adore that “ contradiction”. Sounds so fresh and lovely. Always.
87in7
It feels so odd to listen to this after not having heard anything for 10 years.
domien klerx
this sounds corny as hell but this band really kept me going when i was really depressed and when i really didn't see a future for myself, i started using drugs and alcohol as "medication" and after abusing both of those became a problem a really good friend of mine took me on a holiday for a week, no drugs no alcohol, hell not even cigarettes, first 3 days were the hardest days of my life.. 4th day we went to a live performance of HIM, it was in a small bar, maybe 25 people were in that night and at the first note they played, i got shivers, started to get really emotional and after just 2 songs i really felt that i had to change every single thing in my life otherwise i wouldn't make it past 23.. the music hit me so hard that evening and still does to this day this band really changed my life a full 180 degrees around.. i quit the drugs, alcohol and the overall toxic lifestyle i was living, only bad habit im still guilty of is smoking cigarettes but at least i live a normal, happy, healthy life.. and all of that.. thanks to this amazing band
Mémo Valo
Im happy for you bro, HIM is legends, greetings from Moroccan in France ❤️🤟🏼
OctoberRain
well i wanted to kill myself while i was listening to them and realized that i woul dnever hear this amazing music so i got my shit together and kept breathing. be proud of you bro
Daniel Smith jr.
Keep it up homie