This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Confusion writhes around our hearts impatiently
It drains the faith that lights the dark, and sets us free
From the chains of our war, and the pain we once called love
The poison of doubt enslaves our minds, and we bleed
We abandon the trust that kept us blind, and disappear
Under the crimson wings of hate, where the lost are safe
Until they love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
We pray to the serpent of delight desperately
The questions are answered, and we try not to weep
Until we are sure we're suffering for love
In the dungeon of our dreams, we're so weak
The promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep
We won't open our eyes, afraid we would die for love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
The salvation we seek will be waiting us there
In the heart of darkness, lonely and scared
With a promise of death for our love, for our love
And now that we're free from the chains of our dear love
I am lost, so lost
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
Take me into your arms, and sing me your beautiful song
Hold me until we're one, and sing me your beautiful song
Take me into your arms, and sing me your beautiful song
(The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there)
Hold me until we're one, and sing me your beautiful song
(And that hope will be our love's requiem)
Hold me until we're one, and sing me your beautiful song
[x2]
It drains the faith that lights the dark, and sets us free
From the chains of our war, and the pain we once called love
The poison of doubt enslaves our minds, and we bleed
We abandon the trust that kept us blind, and disappear
Under the crimson wings of hate, where the lost are safe
Until they love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
We pray to the serpent of delight desperately
The questions are answered, and we try not to weep
Until we are sure we're suffering for love
In the dungeon of our dreams, we're so weak
The promise made to be broken still haunts our sleep
We won't open our eyes, afraid we would die for love again
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
The salvation we seek will be waiting us there
In the heart of darkness, lonely and scared
With a promise of death for our love, for our love
And now that we're free from the chains of our dear love
I am lost, so lost
The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there
And that hope will be our love's requiem
Take me into your arms, and sing me your beautiful song
Hold me until we're one, and sing me your beautiful song
Take me into your arms, and sing me your beautiful song
(The heart of darkness is hope of finding you there)
Hold me until we're one, and sing me your beautiful song
(And that hope will be our love's requiem)
Hold me until we're one, and sing me your beautiful song
[x2]
Lyrics submitted by Hardcore_Icon
Love's Requiem Lyrics as written by Ville Hermanni Valo
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Oh my God, I looooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvve this song soooooooooooo much! Whenever I hear it, different images/imaginations, visions, thoughts, and so on play over and over in my head. HIM RULES 4 EVER! Villie's voice, lyrics, and the way he sings them are truly wonderful. This band is or mostly is for people who in some way or form associate with love, death, or both since HIM's songs are about both love and death. The rest of the band is wonderful too. I wish they did music videos for all their songs, though I know there are videos for some songs and are working for other songs. This song will get a good video. i'm sure of it. I cannot wait to see them live and for their new album to come out (which is gonna be in 2007 according to wikipedia.org). I relate to all lyrics in this song, but love the lyrics from "I'm lost" all the way to the end of the song.
If the videos are done like Gone With The Sin was, I'm for it. Although I did like the Poison Girl music video though, but other than that, not really a fan of live music videos where the entire video is a band singing on stage somewhere.<br /> <br /> But Love's Requiem is 8hrs. I think a little over that actually. Don't think they'll do a 8min long music video haha.