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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.
Wings Of A Butterfly
HIM Lyrics
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We're standing still in time
The blood on our hands is the wine
We offer as sacrifice
Come on, and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
For your soul
This endless mercy mile
We're crawling side by side
With hell freezing over in our eyes
Gods kneel before our crime
Come on lets show, them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
Don't let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
For your soul
Come on, and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
Don't let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
For your soul
The lyrics to HIM's song "Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly" are dark and haunting. The opening lines, "Heaven ablaze in our eyes, We're standing still in time," paint a picture of two people frozen in a moment of passion. The next line, "The blood on our hands is the wine, We offer as sacrifice," indicates that this passion may have violent undertones. The repetition of the phrase "rip out the wings of a butterfly" throughout the song further emphasizes the idea of violence and destruction.
The song's chorus is a plea to "show them your love" by ripping out the wings of a butterfly. This could be interpreted in two ways: as a metaphor for the destruction of a pure and innocent thing (the butterfly) in the name of love, or as a call to action to prove one's love by engaging in violence.
The second verse continues with the theme of violence and the destruction of innocence. The line "With hell freezing over in our eyes, Gods kneel before our crime" suggests that the singer and their lover are capable of great evil.
Overall, the song is a meditation on the dark side of love and passion, and the destructive tendencies that can come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Heaven ablaze in our eyes
We are seeing a divine vision in our shared experience
We're standing still in time
We are momentarily in a timelessness where only our perception matters
The blood on our hands is the wine
The act of sacrifice is significant and meaningful to us, even if it involves violence
We offer as sacrifice
We willingly participate in the act of sacrifice, regardless of the cost
Come on, and show them your love
Encouraging a partner to commit a bold act for love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
To harm something beautiful and delicate to prove devotion
For your soul, my love
This act of violence is done for the spiritual benefit of the beloved
This endless mercy mile
We are on a journey of mercy, but this struggles seems endless
We're crawling side by side
We are moving through this painful process together, as equals
With hell freezing over in our eyes
Our determination is so strong that it can change the climate of our surroundings
Gods kneel before our crime
Our act of sacrifice is so powerful that even divine forces take notice
Don't let go
Urging the partner to stay committed to the act, regardless of the consequences
For your soul
This sacrifice is ultimately done for the spiritual benefit of the beloved
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: VILLE VALO, VILLE HERMANNI VALO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Heaven ablaze in our eyes
We're standing still in time
The blood on our hands is the wine
We offer as sacrifice
Come on and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
This endless mercy mile
We're crawling side by side
With hell freezing over in our eyes
Gods kneel before our crime
Come on and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
Don't let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
For your soul
Come on and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
Don't let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
For your soul
Don't let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
For your soul (soul, soul, soul, soul, soul, soul...)
@ksn8908
I love how you don't forget lyrics to something you haven't heard in a decade
@krzysztof8461
Kimberly Bennett bro feel the same
@xXmelix3
literally ME right now, I totally forgot about HIM and only remembered them because I saw a comment about them on youtube.. I sang along to the whole song!
@whispr956
Or you forget them when you're trying to remember the song, then you hear it and like an instinct the words come out right..lol👌
@threeeyedraven9264
Exactly!
@billie_blaze2052
Tell me about it
@madytza2000
2022 and still love HIM! 👨🎤😍
@amoilanen
SAME!
Mâdâlina!
@hapiz-albanjari
Me too...2022 still listening to HIM..
@amoilanen
@Mohd Hapiz Al-Banjari 💪🏻