He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Farewell heartless world
I'll send you a postcard burnt
And the flames you tried so hard to extinguish with fear of failing
I'll write down everything I have learned
And edit it down to a single word
Love, for you I'm waiting, anticipating
Sparks will fly, beneath the Luna alight
Lazarus at Frankenstein’s
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
A little we die, above the lesser light
For you I'm open wide
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
Top hats off to the return
Of the beat to lick a wound to
Cursed for some and blessed for a few
It doesn’t have to make any sense at all
Come hither and we'll fall
In love, for love
I'm crawling out of patience baby
Sparks will fly, beneath the Luna alight
Lazarus at Frankenstein’s
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
A little we die, above the lesser light
For you I'm open wide
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
Paint all your sorrows for me to sing
Heartkiller
Draw your pain and hear me hum it out
Sparks will fly, beneath the Luna alight
Lazarus at Frankenstein’s
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
A little we die, above the lesser light
For you I'm open wide
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
I'll send you a postcard burnt
And the flames you tried so hard to extinguish with fear of failing
I'll write down everything I have learned
And edit it down to a single word
Love, for you I'm waiting, anticipating
Sparks will fly, beneath the Luna alight
Lazarus at Frankenstein’s
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
A little we die, above the lesser light
For you I'm open wide
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
Top hats off to the return
Of the beat to lick a wound to
Cursed for some and blessed for a few
It doesn’t have to make any sense at all
Come hither and we'll fall
In love, for love
I'm crawling out of patience baby
Sparks will fly, beneath the Luna alight
Lazarus at Frankenstein’s
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
A little we die, above the lesser light
For you I'm open wide
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
Paint all your sorrows for me to sing
Heartkiller
Draw your pain and hear me hum it out
Sparks will fly, beneath the Luna alight
Lazarus at Frankenstein’s
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
A little we die, above the lesser light
For you I'm open wide
Babe, I'll be a flatliner for a heart killer
Lyrics submitted by AbbyValo, edited by kellylugosisdead, soullessbunny
Heartkiller Lyrics as written by Ville Hermanni Valo
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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I love love love love the song. no matter what, ville seems to pull it off. but what happened to the dark, gloomy, sad, depressing songs? On venus doom the only song that reallllly sounded like HIM was sleep walking past hope. I hope that Screamworks love in theory and practice has something that sounds alittle more like them. But i guess you seem to see the change in bands over the years. this will be kinda sad :( but never the less still amazing :)