Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights (2001 )

Released August 27, 2001

Producer: Kevin Shirley/T.T. Oksala/HIM
Composer: All songs by Ville Valo
Lyrics: All songs by Ville Valo

The third album of the band and the first album that new Emerson Burton took part in, thus making it the first album with HIM's current line-up.

Track listing

"Salt in Our Wounds" 3:57
"Heartache Every Moment" 3:56
"Lose You Tonight" 3:42
"In Joy and Sorrow" 4:00
"Pretending" 3:54
"Close to the Flame" 3:47
"You Are the One" - 3:25
"Please Don't Let It Go" 4:28
"Beautiful" 4:33
"In Love and Lonely" - 3:46
"Don't Close Your Heart" 4:38
"Love You Like I Do" 5:14
"Again"
"In Joy and Sorrow" (String Version)
"Pretending" (Cosmic Pope Jam)

Lyrics:


1) 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 hearts little grave
And the salt in our wounds

Love is insane and Baby
We are too
It's our hearts 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

Love is insane and Baby
We are too
It's our hearts little grave
And the salt in our wounds

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2) 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 worn

Oh it's heartache every moment
From the start till 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 wanna give up
Cause there's no smile of an angel
Without the wrath of god

Oh 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
My darling with you

From lashes to ashes
And from lust to dust
In your sweetest torment
I am lost
And we sense the danger
But don't wanna give up

Oh 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 with you
That's right

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3) Lose You Tonight

Don't run away
Cause I can't live without you
Please stay
And I learn to love you right

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Die for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I'm not going to
Lose you tonight

Don't run away
I never wanted to hide you
Please stay
And I learn to treat you right

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I've been crying for you
Die for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I'm not going to
Lose you tonight

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I've been crying for you
Die for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I'm not going to
Lose you tonight

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life

Oh, I can't live without you

And I've been crying for you
Die for you all this time

I never want adore you

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I'm not going to
Lose you tonight

I'm going to lose you tonight

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I've been crying for you
Die for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I'm going to
Lose you tonight

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4) In Joy And Sorrow

Oh girl we are the same
We are young and lost and so afraid
ThereŽs 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 is breaking my heart
In joy and sorrow my home's in your amrs
In a world so hollow
It is 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 wipe away

In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
In a world so hollow
It is breaking my heart
In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
In a world so hollow
It is breaking my heart

In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
In a world so hollow
It is breaking my heart
In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
In a world so hollow
It is breaking my heart

And my home's in your arms
And it is breaking my heart
My home's in your arms
And it is breaking my heart

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5) 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

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

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

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

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6) Close To The Flame

The kiss sweetest
And touch so warm
The smile kindest
In this world so cold and strong

So close to the flame
Burning brightly
It won't fade away
And leave us lonely

The arms safest
And words all good
The faith deepest
In this world so cold and cruel

So close to the flame
Burning brightly
It won't fade away
And leave us lonely

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7) 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
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go
So please don’t let it
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
I adore

So please don’t let it
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go
So please don’t let it
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go
Oh no

Don’t let go of life
Let go of love
Let go of all we have

So don’t let go of trust
Let go of lust
Let go of all we share
All we share

So please don’t let it
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go
So please don’t let it
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go

So please don’t let it
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go
Hey my Darling
Please don’t let it
Please don’t let it go
Cause if you won’t let it I won’t let it go
Oh no

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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

Oh and you're so beautiful
My Darling
Oh you're so beautiful
You're so beautiful
Oh my Baby
You're so beautiful
And you're so beautiful
Oh my Darling
Oh my Baby
And you're so beautiful

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9) 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 any more
You're too numb to believe in
In anything

Baby just don't close your heart
Baby just don't close your heart
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
Strenght 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
Baby just don't close your heart
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

Baby just don't close your heart
Baby just don't close your heart
Baby just don't close your heart
Darling don't let me down
Don't let me down
Don't let me down
Just don't let me down

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10) Love You Like I Do

On my heart I'll bear the shame
No prayer can ease the pain
No one will love you
No one will love you the way I do
No one will love you
Love you like I do

And there's no escape
Just countless mistakes
No one will love you
No one will love you the way I do
No one will love you
Love you like I do

It will never be the same
Witness trust fade away
No one will love you
No one will love you the way I do
No one will love you
Love you like I do

No one will love you
No one will love you the way I do
No one will love you
Love you like I do

Love you like I do
Love you like I do
Love you like I do
Love you like I do

Ville about Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights -song by song

Heartache every moment:

"The piano is a tribute to John Carpenter´s Halloween. There the most work in this song, and Kevin Shirley added a lot to it. The text contains parallels to our last album Razorblade Romance. It's my fave of the rocksongs."

Lose you tonight:

"We impudently stole the drum rhythm of Cathedral´s Voodoo. The guitar solo is a tribute to John Fruciante."

In joy and sorrow:

"This is our next single and the last song I've written for the album (in December 2000). The song has beautiful strings-arrangements which were done by John Fryer (I guess he stole them from Massive Attack). The idea of the lyrics arose from an Indian wedding oath."

Pretending:

"This was our first single, but it was not our first choice. We rather saw the song as an albumtrack. The record company sent us to an amusement park to shoot the video, which was very funny. This song is our sentimental version of Iggy Pop's Mask."

Please don't let it go:

"This title originally was planned to be a tribute to the Stooges. When we recorded the acoustic version with Kevin Shirley, we all liked it so much that we decided to use this version. The track is the light at the end of the tunnel."

Beautiful:

"This song caused the most problems with the record companies, because nobody liked it. It's obviously too sentimental for the cold business hearts. I never buy flowers on Valentine´s day, so I dedicated this song to a very special person."

Don´t close your heart:

"This song is sung by someone who tries to save the one who sung Join me (grin). It's the most organic song of the record."

Close to the flame:

"The song has a beauiful christmas-melody and is the sequel of Gone with the sin in a way.
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