Some days you waste your life away
These times I find no words to say
A crime I once committed filled me
Too much of heaven's eyes I saw through
Only when meanings have no reason
They're taken beyond your sense of right

Small boy kneels, wandering in a great hall
He pays pennance to the air above him
White circles, black lines surround me
Reborn, so plain my eyes see
This is the reason that I came here
To be so near to such a person

I'm so tired, I'm so tired


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The Him Lyrics as written by Peter Hook Stephen Paul David Morris

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    Someone feels guilty for the sinns ha have made. He feels sorry for his friends who doesn't realise what he is doing wrong. He visits a church, confesses in the stand (white cirkles, black lines). Feels relieved after. "The Him" is God, and he feels secure, perhaps, when he awaits his death. I like this song. Simple but still emotionall.
    jukkason December 06, 2006   Link
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    I have little idea what this song is really about, if anything. One thing I know for sure is that this song was made for days of heavy rain with no wind.
    mjoaon October 08, 2013   Link
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    This is a really dark song. You can almost feel the despair. Just been to Alfred Street, Lower broughton. Grim
    Arminius44on October 22, 2014   Link
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    I fucking love this song.
    orourkedaon January 19, 2015   Link

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