Lashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust - HIM lyrics
from the album “Greatest Lovesongs vol. 666”

FOR YOU (INTRO)

In the grace of your love I writhe in pain, in six hundred and sixty-six ways I love you and I hope you feel the same.
I’m for you.
I’m killing myself for your love and again all is lost, in seven hundred and seventy-seven ways I love you til my death do us part.
I’m for you (and I’m dying for your love), I’m for you (and my heaven is wherever you are).
In six hundred and sixty-six ways I love you and my heaven’s wherever you are.
I’m here for you, I am here for you.

YOUR SWEET SIX SIX SIX

There are things you should know, and the distance between us seems to grow,
But you’re holding on strong, and oh how hard it is to let go, so hard to let go.
I’m waiting for your call and I’m ready to take your six six six in my heart,
I’m longing for your touch, and I welcome your sweet six six six in my heart.
I’m losing my faith in you, but you don’t want it to be true,
But there’s nothing you can do; yes, I’ve lost my faith in you.
I’m waiting for your call and I’m ready to take your six six six in my heart,
I’m longing for your touch, and I welcome your sweet six six six in my heart.
(How long we have to wait, for love’s fading so slowly, and I know it’s too late, oh my God you’re so lonely.)
I’m ready for the fall and I’m ready to take your six six six in my heart,
I’m longing for your touch, and I welcome your sweet six six six in my heart.

WICKED GAME

The world was on fire, no one could save me but you; it’s strange what desire will make foolish people do.
And I never dreamed that I’d need somebody like you.
No, I don’t want to fall in love, (this world is only gonna break your heart)
And I don’t want to fall in love with you.
What a wicked game to play to make me feel this way, what a wicked thing to do to let me dream of you.
What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way, what a wicked thing to do to make me dream of you.
And I don’t want to fall in love, (this world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don’t want to fall in love with you.
The world was on fire, no one could save me but you; it’s strange what desire will make foolish people do.
No, and I never dreamed that I’d love somebody like you, and I never dreamed that I’d lose somebody like you.
No, and I don’t want to fall in love, (this world is only gonna break your heart)
No, I don’t want to fall in love with you.
Nobody loves no one.

THE HEARTLESS

Your pain ain’t love.
Can’t you see he’s the heartless? Your pain is not love.
He’s taking it too far, don’t you know it is wrong?
You’re the one for me, lady, you are the one.
If you’d only see in my heart you’d know all is not lost.
Your time is running out and you still haven’t made up your mind.
Can’t you see he’s the heartless and you’re one of a kind?
He’s the heartless.
You can’t you see he’s the heartless, your pain won’t ever be love.
It doesn’t matter how hard you try, to you all is lost.

OUR DIABOLIKAL RAPTURE

In our diabolical rapture we live on and on, and death keeps knocking at our door,
So we open the door and we die a bit more, we’re in love with death and we die on and on.
Won’t you close our eyes, we’ll be by your side.
In your heavenly rapture we die on and on, and you keep waiting at our door,
Yes, we open the door, let us die a bit more, cause we’re in love with you and we die on and on.
Won’t you close our eyes, we’ll be by your side.
Your love is the only thing I live for in this world, oh how I wait for the day your heart burns
In these heavenly flames I have already scorched in, I just want you to know I’ll always be waiting.

IT’S ALL TEARS (DROWN IN THIS LOVE)

I’m waiting for you to drown in my love, so open your arms.
I’m waiting for you to open your arms and drown in this love.
Open your arms and let me show you what love can be like, it is all tears and it will be til the end of your time.
Come closer, my love, will you let me tear your heart apart? Now all hope is gone, so drown in this love.
I’m waiting for you to drown in my love, so open your arms.
I’m waiting for you to open your arms and drown in this love.
So, my love, your laughter is finally turning into tears, and you’re begging for more though the end is getting near.
Come closer, my love, I’ll violate you in the most sensual way until you drown in this love.

WHEN LOVE AND DEATH EMBRACE

I’m in love with you and it’s crushing my heart, all I want is you, to take me into your arms, when love and death embrace.
I love you and you’re crushing my heart, I need you, please take me into your arms, when love and death embrace.

THE BEGINNING OF THE END

Your world is coming to its end, but you don’t have to be afraid, I’m here for you.
Save your happiness for tomorrow and today we’ll drown in your tears, a drop of your blood tastes like wine today.
Come closer, my dear, it is just the beginning of the end, yes, I’m here for you.
Save your happiness for tomorrow and today we’ll drown in your tears, a drop of your blood tastes like wine today.
And because I love you so and I’m here for you,
Save your happiness for tomorrow and today we’ll drown in your tears, a drop of your blood tastes like wine today.
Will you let it rain? So won’t you let it rain?

(DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER

All our times have come, here but now they’re gone.
Seasons don’t fear the reaper, nor do the wind, the sun or the rain, we can be like they are.
Come on baby (don’t fear the reaper), baby take my hand, we’ll be able to fly, baby I’m your man.
Valentine is done, here but now they’re gone.
Romeo and Juliet are together in eternity.
Forty thousand men and women every day, like Romeo and Juliet.
Forty thousand men and women every day redefine happiness.
Another forty thousand coming every day, we can be like they are.
Come on baby (don’t fear the reaper), baby take my hand, we’ll be able to fly, baby I’m your man.
Love of two is one, here but now they’re gone.
Last night of sadness, and it was clear we couldn’t go on,
The door was open and the wind appeared, the candles blew and then disappeared,
The curtains flew and then he appeared, saying ‘don’t be afraid’.
Come on baby, and we had no fear, and we ran to him, then we started to fly,
We looked backward and said goodbye, we had become like they are,
We had taken his hand, we had become like they are.
from the album “Razorblade Romance”

POISON GIRL

I did it all just for her, and love’s heart is death for me and my poison girl.
A prey she was for the cruelty of love while its serpent inside crawled straight towards her heart.
The coldest kiss, love ceased to exist while we grew apart like never before.
I did it all just for her, and love wants us dead, just me and my poison girl.
I did it all just for her, and love’s heart is death for me and my poison girl.
The fire in her eyes grew dim and then died as the poison inside reached her heart.
And the coldest bliss, faith ceased to exist as we grew apart like never before.
I did it all just for her, and love wants us dead, just me and my poison girl.
I did it all just for her, and love’s heart is death for me and my poison girl.
And the taste of the poison on her lips is of a tomb.
And love’s heart is death for me and my poison girl in this poison world.

JOIN ME IN DEATH

Baby, join me in death.
We are so young, our lives have just begun, but already we are considering escape from this world,
And we’ve waited for so long for this moment to come, we’re so anxious to be together in death.
Would you die tonight for love? Baby, join me in death.
This world is a cruel place and we’re here only to lose, so before life tears us apart, let death bless me with you.
Won’t you die tonight for love? Baby, join me in death.
This life ain’t worth living.

RIGHT HERE IN MY ARMS

She is smiling like Heaven’s down on earth, and sun is shining so bright on her,
And all her wishes have finally come true, and her heart is weeping, this happiness is killing her.
She’ll be right here in my arms, so in love; she’ll be right here in these arms, she can’t let go.
So hard she’s trying, but her heart won’t turn to stone,
And she keeps on crying but I won’t leave her alone, she’ll never be alone.
She’ll be right here in my arms, so in love; she’ll be right here in these arms, she can’t let go.

BURY ME DEEP INSIDE YOUR HEART

Let me wake up in your arms, hear you say it’s not alright, let me be so dead and gone, so far away from life.
Close my eyes, hold me tight and bury me deep inside your heart.
All I ever wanted was you, my love; you’re all I ever wanted is you, my love; you’re all I ever wanted, just you.
Let me never see the sun and never see you smile, let us be so dead and so gone, so far away from life.
Just close my eyes, hold me tight and bury me deep inside your heart.
All I ever wanted was you, my love; you’re all I ever wanted is you, my love; you’re all I ever wanted, you, my love.
That’s the way it’s always been, my heart stops beating only for you, baby, only for your loving.

I LOVE YOU (PRELUDE TO TRAGEDY)

Can’t you see my darling, that the harder I try the more we grow apart.
Please believe me, the sweeter the kiss the colder turn your arms,
And the colder grows your heart, and baby more I love you.
I see it in your eyes, I feel it in your touch, I taste it from your lips, and baby more I love you.
And tonight my darling, the closer I get the more you’re out of love.
Don’t you feel it? The colder your touch the more it turns me on,
And the faster beats my heart, and baby more I love you.
I see it in your eyes, I feel it in your touch, I taste it from your lips, and baby more I love you.

GONE WITH THE SIN

I love your skin oh so white, I love your touch, cold as ice,
And I love every single tear you cry, I just love the way you’re losing your life.
Oh my baby, how beautiful you are, oh my darling, completely torn apart.
You’re gone with the sin, my baby, and beautiful you are, so gone with the sin, my darling.
I adore the despair in your eyes, I worship your lips, once red as wine,
And I crave for your scent sending shivers down my spine, and I just love the way you’re running out of life.
Oh my baby, how beautiful you are, oh my darling, completely torn apart.
You’re gone with the sin, my baby, and beautiful you are, so gone with the sin, my darling.

RAZORBLADE KISS

I taste death in every kiss we share, and every sundown seems to be the last we have,
Your breath on my skin has the scent of our end, and I’m drunk on your tears, baby, can’t you see it’s hurting?
Every time we touch we get closer to heaven and at every sunrise our sins are forgiven.
You on my skin, this must be the end, the only way you can love me is to hurt me again and again.
Your love is a razorblade kiss, sweetest is the taste from your lips.
Only inside you I am free, I’m tired of waiting, you’ve got to let me dream inside, baby,
I’m not afraid to feel, I want you to love me cause you are the one.
Your love is a razorblade kiss, sweetest is the taste from your lips.

RESURRECTION

There was a time when I could breathe my life in you, and one by one your pale fingers started to move,
And I touched your face and all life was erased, you smiled like an angel, fallen from grace.
We’ve been slaves to this love from the moment we touched and keep begging for more of this resurrection.
You kissed my lips with those once cold fingertips, you reached out for me and oh how you missed,
You touched my face and all life was erased, you smiled like an angel, fallen from grace.
We’ve been slaves to this love from the moment we touched and keep begging for more of this resurrection.

DEATH IS IN LOVE WITH US

I know it hurts too much, I know that you’re scared, I know you’re running out of trust and wishing you were dead,
But in your misery you’re not alone, so come share your tears with me and witness it all go wrong.
I know it and I feel it just as well as you do, honey.
It’s not our fault if death’s in love with us, it’s not our fault if the reaper holds our hearts.
Forty-one plus sixty-six-point-six equals our loss.
We’re breathing only to fade away, we’re running just to get caught.
What love’s lies blessed, what love’s light cursed, just fear for the best and hope for our worst.
I know it and I feel it just as well as you do, honey.
It’s not our fault if death’s in love with us, it’s not our fault if the reaper holds our hearts.

HEAVEN TONIGHT

I hold your hand in mine, I hold your hand and you’re so lonely.
Your eyes have lost their light and you’re empty, oh my God you’re so empty.
I’m in love with you, you are my heaven tonight.
Trying to find the heart you hide in vain,
And you’re my haven in life, and you’re my haven in death, baby, life and death, my darling.
I’m in love with you, you are my heaven tonight, that’s right.

SIGILLUM DIABOLI

I can’t see as I’m facing your pitiful lies, don’t have the strength to carry your heavy load of life.
I’m your Christ to die on you, I just woke up for hers and you know it as well as I do.
And I can’t see through your eyes, bring your tears on me, I will leave the body for your shoulder so you just have to kill it.
I’m your Christ to die on you, I just woke up for hers and you know it as well as I do.
So you’ve come from above, and you say you want to, and I cut myself for your love, I’m killing myself for you.
And I can’t see your sad face and your pitiful eyes, don’t have the strength to carry your heavy load of life.
I’m your Christ to die on you, I just woke up for hers and you know it as well as I do.
Yes you do, my darling, yes you do, my love.

ONE LAST TIME

Is it so hard to believe our hearts are made to be broken by love, that in constant dying lies the beauty of it all?
My darling, won’t you feel the sweet heaven in our endless cry?
At least you could try for this one last time.
Ever amazed how bright are the flames we are burning in, ever smiled at the tragedies we hold inside?
My darling, won’t you cherish the fear of life that keeps you and me so alive.
At least you could try for this one last time, it could be alright for this one last time.
(And we just will be closer, let me fall into your arms, don’t let us get colder, let me close to your heart.
Before it’s all over, let me fall into your arms; before it’s all over, let me close to your heart.)
from the album “Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights”

SALT IN OUR WOUNDS

Here we are in the maelstrom of love, waiting for the calm to soothe our hearts.
Here we are and don’t know how to stop, waiting for the war to end it all.
Love is insane and baby we are too, it’s our heart’s little grave and the salt in our wounds.
Love is insane and baby so are we too, it’s our heart’s little grave and the salt in our wounds.
Here we are right back where we began, waiting for sweet love with open arms.
Here we are just like before, waiting for the warmth of that tender storm.

HEARTACHE EVERY MOMENT

From lashes to ashes and from lust to dust, in your sweetest torment I’m lost and no heaven can help us.
Ready, willing and able to lose it all for a kiss so fatal and so warm.
It’s heartache every moment from the start til the end, it’s heartache every moment with you.
Deeper into our heavenly suffering our fragile souls are falling, it’s heartache every moment, baby, with you.
And we sense the danger but don’t want to give up, there’s no smile of an angel without the wrath of God.

LOSE YOU TONIGHT

Don’t run away cause I can’t live without you, please stay and I’ll learn to love you right.
Cause I was waiting for you, waiting for all my life, and I’ve been crying for you, dying for you all this time.
Cause I was waiting for you, waiting for all my life, and I’m not gonna lose you tonight.
Don’t run away, I never wanted to hurt you, please stay and I’ll learn to treat you right.

IN JOY AND SORROW

Oh girl, we are the same, we are young and lost and so afraid.
There’s no cure for the pain, no shelter from the rain, all our prayers seem to fail.
In joy and sorrow my home’s in your arms, in a world so hollow it’s breaking my heart.
Oh girl, we are the same, we are strong and blessed and so brave,
With souls to be saved and faith regained, all our tears wiped away.

PRETENDING

Love is a flame that can’t be tamed, and though we are its willing prey, my darling, we are not the ones to blame.
Trust is a word all lovers know, the glorious art of staining souls, my darling, we are not the ones to blame.
The more we have the more we want, and the more it hurts our hearts, my baby, it always ends up in tears.
So keep on pretending our heaven is worth the waiting, keep on pretending it’s alright.
So keep on pretending it will be the end of our craving, keep on pretending it’s alright.
When doubts arise the game begins, the one we will never win, my baby, it always ends up in tears.

CLOSE TO THE FLAME

The kiss sweetest and touch so warm, the smile kindest in this world so cold and strong.
We’re so close to the flame, burning brightly, it won’t fade away and leave us lonely.
The arms safest and words so good, the faith deepest in this world so cold and cruel.

PLEASE DON’T LET IT GO

We’re drifting apart, but I want you to know, wherever you are I belong.
Love’s singing our song but we fail to sing along, wherever you go I will follow.
So please don’t let it go, cause if you won’t let it, I won’t let it go.
You try to be strong but you’re always so alone, whatever I do, I do it wrong.
Death sings our song and we eagerly sing along, whatever you do I adore.
So please don’t let it go, cause if you won’t let it, I won’t let it go.
Don’t let go of life, let go of love, let go of all we have; don’t let go of trust, let go of lust, let go of all we share.

BEAUTIFUL

Just one look into your eyes, one look and I’m crying cause you’re so beautiful.
Just one kiss and I’m alive, one kiss and I’m ready to die cause you’re so beautiful.
Just one touch and I’m on fire, one touch and I’m crying cause you’re so beautiful.
Just one smile and I’m wild, one smile and I’m ready to die cause you’re so beautiful.

DON’T CLOSE YOUR HEART

I know how it feels to be on your own in this cruel world where hearts are bound to turn to stone, where you are alone and tired of breathing,
It’s all going wrong and you just can’t stand the pain anymore, you’re too numb to believe in anything.
Baby just don’t close your heart, darling, don’t let me down.
I know how easy it is to let go, surrender to despair lurking at your door, to lose your soul and all your feelings,
Strength all gone and so many things left unsaid and deeds undone, you’ve stopped caring cause it’s all in vain.
Baby just don’t close your heart, darling, don’t let me down.
You are so alone and tired of breathing, it’s all going wrong and you just can’t stand the pain.

LOVE YOU LIKE I DO

On my heart I’ll bear the shame, no prayer can ease the pain.
No one will love you the way I do, no one will love you like I do.
And there’s no escape, just countless mistakes.
No one will love you the way I do, no one will love you like I do.
It will never be the same, witness trust fade away.
No one will love you the way I do, no one will love you like I do.
from the album “Love Metal”

BURIED ALIVE BY LOVE

Again the burden of losing rests upon my shoulders and its weight seems unbearable.
Your tomb is where your heart is, I should have told her but within me hid a secret so terrible.
To cry is to know that you’re alive but my river of tears has run dry.
I never wanted to fool you, but a cold heart is a dead heart and it feels like I’ve been buried alive by love.
If I should die before I wake, pray no one my soul to take; and if I wake before I die, rescue me with your smile.
The kiss of vanity blessed me with a spiritual murder and fed the gods of war insatiable.
Your home is where the dark is, I should have told her, embrace the fire indestructible.
To die is to know that you’re alive and my river of blood won’t run dry.
I never wanted to lose you, but a cold heart is a dead heart and it feels like I’ve been buried alive by love.
If I should die before I wake, pray no one my soul to take; and if I wake before I die, rescue me with your smile.
And they say to cry is to know that you’re alive, and my river of tears has run dry.
I never wanted to fool you, but a cold heart is a dead heart and a deserted soul is gone,
A cold heart is a dead heart and it feels like I’ve been buried alive by love.

THE FUNERAL OF HEARTS

Love’s the funeral of hearts and an ode for cruelty, when angels cry blood on flowers of evil in bloom.
The funeral of hearts and a plea for mercy, when love is a gun separating me from you.
She was the sun, shining upon the tomb of your hopes and dreams so frail.
He was the moon, painting you with its glow so vulnerable and pale.
Love’s the funeral of hearts and an ode for cruelty, when angels cry blood on flowers of evil in bloom.
The funeral of hearts and a plea for mercy, when love is a gun separating me from you.
She was the wind, carrying in all the troubles and fears you’ve for years tried to forget.
He was the fire, restless and wild, and you were like a moth to that flame.
The heretic seal beyond divine, a prayer to a god who’s deaf and blind,
The last rites for souls on fire, three little words and a question why.

BEYOND REDEMPTION

I see your scars, I know where they’re from, sensually carved and bleeding until you’re dead and gone.
I’ve seen it all before, beauty and splendour torn,
It’s when heaven turns to black and hell to white, right so wrong and wrong so right now.
Feel it turning your heart into stone, feel it piercing your courageous soul,
Beyond now, redemption, no one’s gonna catch you when you fall.
I see you crawl, you can barely walk, with arms wide open you keep on begging for more.
I’ve been there before, knocking on the same door.
It’s when hate turns to love and love to hate, faith to doubt and doubt to faith now.

SWEET PANDEMONIUM

Today tomorrow seems so far away and the wait in vain.
So safe in the blinding light of love unchained, in yesterday’s grave.
The truth that could set souls free is buried within sweet pandemonium,
Concealed by disbelief, the riddle stays veiled in sweet pandemonium.
Afraid that everything remains unchanged in this fragile dream,
Ashamed of the shattered remains of promises made.
The truth that could set souls free is buried within sweet pandemonium,
Concealed by disbelief, the riddle stays veiled in sweet pandemonium.
Drained by the anger and grief, phased by the envy and greed,
The secret cries for a release, the lucidity hidden deep in sweet pandemonium.

SOUL ON FIRE

There’s a flame that leads our souls astray, no one’s safe from its tender touch of pain,
And every day it’s looking for new slaves to celebrate the beauty of the grave.
We are like the living dead, sacrificing all we have for a frozen heart and a soul on fire.
We are like the living dead, craving for deliverance with a frozen heart and a soul on fire.
And again we’re falling for disgrace, and hate will shelter us from the rain.
We are enslaved by the sacred heart of shame and gently raped by the light of day.
We are like the living dead, sacrificing all we have for a frozen heart and a soul on fire.
We are like the living dead, craving for deliverance with a frozen heart and a soul on fire.
Addicted to our divine despair, the venom of the cross we bear, the guilt will follow us to death.

THE SACRAMENT

I hear you breathe so far from me, I feel your touch so close and real,
And I know my church is not of silver and gold, its glory lies beyond judgement of souls,
The commandments are of consolation and warmth.
You know our sacred dream won’t fail, the sanctuary tender and so frail,
The sacrament of love, the sacrament of warmth is true, the sacrament is you.
I hear you weep so far from me, I taste your tears like you’re next to me,
And I know my weak prayers are not enough to heal the ancient wounds so deep and so dear,
The revelation is of hatred and fear.
You know our sacred dream won’t fail, the sanctuary tender and so frail,
The sacrament of love, the sacrament of warmth is true, the sacrament is you.

THIS FORTRESS OF TEARS

No one can hurt you now in this haven safe and sound.
No one can save you now from this grace you are drowning in, just hold your breath on your way down.
This fortress of tears I’ve built from my fears for you; this fortress won’t fall, I’ve built it strong for you.
No one can free you now from the chains around your heart.
Don’t be afraid now, just dive in this emptiness and hold your breath on your way down.

CIRCLE OF FEAR

Heartache’s knocking on her door, shadows dance outside her window,
Tears keep falling on the floor as the world around her crumbles.
If you want to save her, first you have to save yourself.
If you want to free her from the hurt, don’t do it with your pain.
If you want to see her smile again, don’t show her you’re afraid,
Because your circle of fear is the same.
Love can be as cold as grave, a one-way ticket to endless sorrow,
An empire of gentle hate, today without tomorrow.
If you want to save her, first you have to save yourself.
If you want to free her from the hurt, don’t do it with your pain.
If you want to see her smile again, don’t show her you’re afraid,
Because your circle of fear is the same.
It’s the circle of regret, the circle of hate, the circle of death, your circle of fear is the same.

ENDLESS DARK

Softly the light shines in through the gates of grace on me and you, deceiving our restless hearts.
A flickering flame so serene devours the night so we could see the fear we hold onto so strong.
But I know where I belong, away from your gods that heal all wounds and light this endless dark.
Lonely, the light shines on you through the gates of fire entombed, feeding on your love.
Weak is the blaze that kept me away from cruelty and tenderness embraced, saving my soul no more.
And I know where I belong, away from your gods that heal all wounds and light this endless dark,
That shine on you and tame your burning heart, that bury my truth right into your arms,
That worship the tomb of our forlorn love, that heal our wounds and light this endless dark.

THE PATH

There is no turning back from this unending path of mine, serpentine and black it stands before my eyes.
To hell and back it will lead me once more, it’s all I have as I stumble in and out of grace.
I walk through the gardens of dying light and cross all the rivers, deep and dark as the night,
Searching for a reason why time would have passed us by.
With every step I take, the less I know myself, and every vow I break on my way towards your heart.
Countless times I’ve prayed for forgiveness, but gods just laugh at my face,
And this path remains, leading me into solitude’s arms.
I see through the darkness my way back home, the journey seems endless but I’ll carry on.
The shadows will rise and they will fall, and our night drowns in dawn.
Amidst all tears there’s a smile that all angels greet with an envious song.
One look into stranger’s eyes and I know where I belong.
I walk through the gardens of dying light and cross all the rivers, deep and dark as the night,
Searching for a reason why time would have passed us by.


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