Again the burden of losing rest
Upon my shoulders
And its weight seems unbearable
Your tomb is where your heart is,
I should have told her
But within Me 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, no
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
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile

If I should die before I wake
Pray no one my soul to take
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile

The kiss of vanity you blessed me with a spiritual murder
Fed the gods of war
Your home is there in the darkness, 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, no
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
Bring no one my soul to take
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile

If I should die before I wake
Pray no one my soul to take
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile

Oh, it seems to cry is to know that you're alive
And my river of tears has run dry
I never wanted to fool you, no
But a cold heart is a dead heart
And a desert soul is gone
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
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile,

If I should die before I wake
Pray no one my soul to take
If I wake before I die,
Rescue me with your smile

I've been buried alive by love
I've been buried alive by love
Buried alive by love
I've been buried alive by love
I've been buried alive by love
I've been buried alive by love


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Buried Alive by Love Lyrics as written by Ville Hermanni Valo

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    Oh come on...

    "their lead singer is a guy who isn't afraid to be sensitivity or discuss emotions and romance"

    No-

    Their lead singer is a turd, singing a bunch of meaningless sentimental bullshit, because he knows that a bunch of brain dead goth wannabes will get wet over it.

    "Stop trying to be so fucking macho"

    I'm not trying to be macho, I just like to listen to stuff that actually means something, not this meaningless crap.

    All of HIM's songs follow a very simple formular:

    1) take some crappy 80's depeche mode sounding beat.

    2) Add a bunch of meaningless lyrics about being in love and dying and shit.

    3) Add the words "my love" and "my darling", sporadically.

    4) Sing it in a voice that sounds like your dog has just died.

    5) Finally give it a name like "In Love and Death" or "Hearts in Rapture.

    And there you have it, it takes no skill at all, just 5 simple steps and you will have a bunch of little black-clad freaks crying into their heart-o-gram t-shirts.

    While I don't like the guy, I do however have to give props to Valo for the excellent job he is doing at cornering the market. Who knew that no talent and a bunch of 14 year olds wanting to suck your dick could become so profitable.

    quiffpornon June 07, 2004   Link

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