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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.
The Face of God
HIM Lyrics
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And the devil inside is reading
The words of the saddest poem
To be engraved on the stone of my grave
I'd kill to share your pain
(And carry the shame)
And sell my soul for you just to say
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of god
Nothing will be enough
For the ones Who keep on stumbling
In the garden of withering trust
Without the courage to leave
Oh I'd take my life for your kiss
(Grant me my wish)
And lose it all to take you across the abyss
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of god
You dream what I'm Dreaming
And See what I'm seeing
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the Face of God
Labrynth in a shape of a heart
Love's secret architecture
I find myself to be lost in the
Arms of your fate
I'd kill to share you pain
(And carry the shame)
And sell my soul for you just to say
Love's name in vein
Again and again
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of god
You dream what I'm Dreaming
And See what I'm seeing
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of god
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of
(Face of)
The face of
(Face of)
God
(Face of)
God
The Face of God by HIM is a love song about a willing and fervent desire to share someone's pain and be with them at all costs. The song begins with the singer feeling drained but yearning for more, with the devil inside reading the words of the saddest poem to be engraved on the stone of the singer's grave. They express their willingness to kill and sell their soul just to be with their loved one and say their name in vein over and over again. The chorus talks about how they dream and feel what their lover does, with love being their shadow on the wall and having the face of God. The middle verse mentions the labyrinthine shape of love being a secret architecture, with the singer finding themselves lost in the arms of their lover's fate.
The lyrics also mention how nothing will be enough for those who continue to stumble in the garden of withering trust without the courage to leave. This could be interpreted as the singer recognizing the struggles they and their loved one face and their willingness to go to extreme lengths to be with them despite those struggles. Overall, the song is a passionate declaration of love with religious undertones, where love is seen as divine and all-encompassing.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm drained but aching for more
I'm exhausted, but I still desire more.
And the devil inside is reading
The evil within me is paying attention.
The words of the saddest poem
The phrases of a sorrowful poem.
To be engraved on the stone of my grave
To etch into the headstone of my burial.
I'd kill to share your pain
I'd do anything to feel your anguish.
(And carry the shame)
(And bear the guilt)
And sell my soul for you just to say
I would sacrifice everything I have to say to you.
I dream what you're dreaming
I have the same visions as you.
And feel what you're feeling
I have the same sensations as you.
Love's our shadow on the wall
Love follows us everywhere.
With the face of god
With the radiance of divinity.
Nothing will be enough
Satisfaction will always evade us.
For the ones Who keep on stumbling
For those who always falter.
In the garden of withering trust
In an environment where faith slowly fades.
Without the courage to leave
Without the bravery to escape.
Oh I'd take my life for your kiss
I'd die to feel your lips on mine.
(Grant me my wish)
(Please make my desire a reality)
And lose it all to take you across the abyss
And risk everything to lead you over the cliff.
You dream what I'm Dreaming
You have the same fantasies as me.
And See what I'm seeing
And witness the same things as me.
Labrynth in a shape of a heart
A maze shaped like a heart.
Love's secret architecture
The hidden design of love.
I find myself to be lost in the
I am bewildered in the
Arms of your fate
In your future's embrace.
And sell my soul for you just to say
I'd give up everything to express my love for you.
Love's name in vein
Love expressed in failure.
Again and again
Repeatedly.
Love's our shadow on the wall
Love follows us everywhere.
With the face of god
With the radiance of divinity.
Love's our shadow on the wall
Love follows us everywhere.
With the face of god
With the radiance of divinity.
God
God.
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Christal Mountain
H. I. M. — F a c e O f G o d ‘ I'm drained but aching for more
And the devil inside is reading
The words of the saddest poem
To be engraved on the stone of my grave
{I'd kill to share your pain}
{And carry the shame}
And sell my soul for you just to say
{ I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling }
...Love's our shadow on the wall
...With the {face of God}...
{Nothing will be enough
For the ones who keep on stumbling
In the garden of withering trust
Without the courage to leave}
Oh I'd take my life for your kiss
{Grant me your wish}
And lose it all to take you across the abyss
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the {face of God}
You dream what I'm dreaming
And see what I'm seeing
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the {Face of God}
Labyrinth in a shape of a heart
Love's secret architecture
I find myself to be lost in the
Arms of your fate
I'd kill to share you pain
{please let me stay)
And sell my soul for you just to say
Love's name in vain
Again and again
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of God
You dream what I'm dreaming
And see what I'm seeing
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of God
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of
{ Face of }
The face of
{ Face of }
{ God }
{ Face of }
{ God }
Ode For Cruelty
"I dream what you're dreaming, and feel what you're feeling..."
God I love these lyrics, this is one of HIM's underrated gems.
Princess Guera
This is my favorite song of all time......
Florian Bregu
One of those rare bands who has amazingly captured the meaning of the divine, HIM rocks!
Cobbweb Webster
Finally some one who TRUELLY understads to be a his infernal majesty fan.
Daniel
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful 🖤
Lord Aizen
"...And Lose It All, To Take You Across The Abyss..." beautiful beyond comparison, in its entirety. V.V. an undeniable genius lyrically & musically. Once in a lifetime talent Vocally. Thank you H.I.M. R.I.P. (11/05/2018) My Beautiful Sister, Sonya H. You are Gone With the Sin, and i will forever miss you. I lost such a big part of myself when you left this Earth. Listening to H.I.M. together will forever be one of my most cherished memories... I truly thought I could save you that day... and I am just so very sorry I was too late.... Love, Forever - Aaron H. (05/26/2021)
Christal Mountain
H. I. M. — F a c e O f G o d ‘ I'm drained but aching for more
And the devil inside is reading
The words of the saddest poem
To be engraved on the stone of my grave
{I'd kill to share your pain}
{And carry the shame}
And sell my soul for you just to say
{ I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling }
...Love's our shadow on the wall
...With the {face of God}...
{Nothing will be enough
For the ones who keep on stumbling
In the garden of withering trust
Without the courage to leave}
Oh I'd take my life for your kiss
{Grant me your wish}
And lose it all to take you across the abyss
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the {face of God}
You dream what I'm dreaming
And see what I'm seeing
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the {Face of God}
Labyrinth in a shape of a heart
Love's secret architecture
I find myself to be lost in the
Arms of your fate
I'd kill to share you pain
{please let me stay)
And sell my soul for you just to say
Love's name in vain
Again and again
I dream what you're dreaming
And feel what you're feeling
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of God
You dream what I'm dreaming
And see what I'm seeing
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of God
Love's our shadow on the wall
With the face of
{ Face of }
The face of
{ Face of }
{ God }
{ Face of }
{ God }
Rose 1111
I love this song and lyrics are wonderful.
Michaela Foldynova
in love with Ville's voice ❤
Chris H
Such a great song. Love it!