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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.
Vampire Heart
HIM Lyrics
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Beating to your funeral song (You're so alone)
All faith is lost for hell regained
And love dust in the hands of shame (Just be brave)
Let me bleed you this song of my heart deformed
And lead you along this path in the dark
Where I belong 'till I feel your warmth
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
I'll be the thorns on every rose
You've been sent by hope (You'll grow cold)
I am the nightmare waking you up
From the dream of a dream of love (Just like before)
Let me weep you this poem as Heaven's gates close
Paint you my soul, scarred and alone
Waiting for your kiss to take me back home
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
Hold me (Like you held on to life)
Like you held on to life
(When all fears came alive and entombed me)
My vampire heart
Love me (Like you love the sun)
Like you love the sun
(Scorching the blood in my)
My vampire heart
The lyrics of HIM's song "Vampire Heart" are a haunting lament of lost love and the corrupting nature of pain and desire. The singer's heart is filled with wrath and longing, beating to a funeral song, as he mourns the loss of faith and the shame that accompanies the pursuit of love. The singer is caught in a dark path, seeking warmth and love, but resigned to his fate as a thorn on every rose, a nightmare that wakes up the dreamers. He weeps a poem of scarred and alone, waiting for a kiss to take him back home.
The chorus repeats the theme of holding onto life, love, and warmth, as a beacon of hope amidst the darkness. The vampire heart is a metaphor for the singer's cursed and immortal longing, a thirst that cannot be quenched, and a desire that can only be satisfied through pain and suffering. The final plea for the listener to hold and love the singer is a cry for connection and redemption, a desperate hope for a love that can transcend death and eternal damnation.
Line by Line Meaning
You can't escape the wrath of my heart
I have intense emotions that you cannot ignore or avoid.
Beating to your funeral song (You're so alone)
My heart beats to the rhythm of your despair and loneliness.
All faith is lost for hell regained
I have lost all hope in love and have instead embraced darkness and despair.
And love dust in the hands of shame (Just be brave)
Love is fragile and easily destroyed by shame and fear, but one must find courage to hold on to it.
Let me bleed you this song of my heart deformed
I will share with you the pain and sorrow that has warped my heart.
And lead you along this path in the dark
I will guide you through the darkness of my emotions.
Where I belong 'till I feel your warmth
I will remain in this state until I feel the warmth and comfort of your love.
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Hold me tight, like you did when I was overwhelmed by fear and felt trapped by my emotions.
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
Love me passionately and intensely, like the sun that burns inside me despite my dark and vampiric nature.
I'll be the thorns on every rose
You've been sent by hope (You'll grow cold)
I will be the obstacle and source of pain in every hope and happiness that comes your way.
I am the nightmare waking you up
From the dream of a dream of love (Just like before)
I am the harsh reality that shatters your dreams of love, just like I have done before.
Let me weep you this poem as Heaven's gates close
I will express my sadness and regret as we are separated by death.
Paint you my soul, scarred and alone
Waiting for your kiss to take me back home
I will reveal to you the damage and isolation in my soul, and long for your love to heal me and take me to a better place.
Hold me (Like you held on to life)
Like you held on to life
(When all fears came alive and entombed me) My vampire heart
Please hold me tightly and never let go, for I am a creature of darkness with a heart that yearns for love and connection.
Love me (Like you love the sun)
Like you love the sun
(Scorching the blood in my)
My vampire heart
Love me with the same intensity as the sun that pumps through my vampire heart, burning with a desire for true love.
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE VALO, VILLE HERMANNI VALO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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HIM
You can't escape the wrath of my heart
Beating to your funeral song (You're so alone)
All faith is lost for hell regained
And love dust in the hands of shame (Just be brave)
Let me bleed you this song of my heart deformed
And lead you along this path in the dark
Where I belong 'till I feel your warmth
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
I'll be the thorns on every rose
You've been sent by hope (You'll grow cold)
I am the nightmare waking you up
From the dream of a dream of love (Just like before)
Let me weep you this poem as Heaven's gates close
Paint you my soul, scarred and alone
Waiting for your kiss to take me back home
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
Hold me
Like you held on to life
When all fears came alive and entombed me
Love me
Like you love the sun
Scorching the blood in my vampire heart
Hold me (Like you held on to life)
Like you held on to life
(When all fears came alive and entombed me)
My vampire heart
Love me (Like you love the sun)
Like you love the sun
(Scorching the blood in my)
My vampire heart
@christinarosella6578
I haven't listened to HIM in literally 12 years - one of the bands that got me through my depressing teens. Nostalgia ..
@dan_terra3663
..my thoughts right now exactly 😅 🖤🤘
@jimmyryans9130
The sacrament and bury me deep inside your heart are breakup essentials
@deadpoolsupreme3003
Same here for real I grew up listening to this and watching the bam margera show he also loves him
@EkaWP
same here 12 years ago and not teenagers.... this influence friendster pages right? haha
@ericlockwood8510
Yeah I use to listen to them alot when I was drunk.
@theamvgirlx
Song is fucking badass. Lyrics are fucking beautiful. Can't ask for more really. This is what got me obsessed with HIM.
@jimlotus7889
+theamvgirlx I agree i love this song so much it's so beautiful ...really got me into HIM too ;)
@norbertm4637
yeah great song :-) XD
@freddypedraza2066
With who? XD