Lyrics for Wings of a Butterfly as interpreted by superted

Wings of a Butterfly Lyrics
Heaven ablaze in our eyes
We're standing still in time
The blood on our hands is the wine
We offer as sacrifice

[Chorus]
Come on, and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul

This endless mercy mile
We're crawling side by side
With hell freezing over in our eyes
Gods kneel before our crime

[Chorus]
Come on lets show, them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
Don’t let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
For your soul

[Chorus]
Come on, and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly)
Don’t let go
(Rip out the wings of a butterfly) [x2]

For your soul

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StarveUrFear
01-10-2006

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People That Have Just Listened To This Song Because Of MTV are a bunch of posere bitches and you can go fuck urself i hate people that say that they listen to H.I.M just because of this song or people that say that H.I.M aucks because of this song...Go Fucking buy there goddamn cd's.....and until Then
SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!

H.I.M Rocks

And for all That Dont Know what that stands for it is His Infernal Majesty....pecce Bitches......To All The H.I.M Fans Thanks For Throwing It Up For H.I.M and supporting something you love...thanks

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virtualfactor
01-11-2006

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HIM have gone commercial.

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virtualfactor
01-12-2006

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My Chemical Romance is fantastic. Tell the world.

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TaintedGlove
01-18-2006

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The guitar riff is fantastic. If the standard of the lyrics was why I listen to Him i'd be a little worried..But its a good song.

And StarveUrFear...There is nothing wrong with getting into a band because you saw them on mtv. Surprise suprise, thats how most people end up listening to a band- Hearing them through the media. I started listening to HIM after seeing Wicked Game on a music video program. Wow, what a poseur bitch I am. And as for hating/liking HIM based on one song..You've heard one you've heard them all.

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rodrigos
01-25-2006

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I really liked the song and the video, this is the firts time I hear HIM, and even do I liked the song I need to know the meaning of it since I belive that this is kind of Satanic.
"The blood on our hands is the wine
We offer as sacrifice" Hey how many times you drink blood? this site has helped but just not the way I thought, is there any interview of Ville on the we you can send me?

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A_total_basketcase
01-27-2006

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i get a like euphoria when i listen to this song... i don't know why... HIM has a hell of a lot of talent because the vocals are amazing...

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shiiftedpleasure
02-01-2006

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NO question that the vocals kick some major ass. H.I.M. is the best when it comes to capturing the truth about love and death. Ville has an awesome talent of displaying emotion in his voice. I belief that this song is calling out someone who is full of "love" and showing that they really are hateful and just like the rest of us.
Hey-rodrigos-I drink blood whenever possible. Not Satanic but rather gothic/christian

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shiiftedpleasure
02-01-2006

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Starveurfear-I agree wit you. Gotta love all the original shit before you earn the new shit.

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ms_grudge
02-11-2006

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I find the lyrics of these HIM songs very vauge. I enjoy good poetry as much as the next guy. I don't appreciate the confusion between faiths!
I respect a Christain trying to reach out to those who don't hear the message in other arenas. However, I would appecitate some upfront answers from the band itself.

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speeder1989
02-15-2006

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I think im becoming a HIM fan, because of this song.

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Pixie_dust_tt
02-16-2006

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is this maybe a cover of another song, cos i do not listen to HIM but the first time i heard this song i knew the words. or maybe its subliminal messaging or something =>

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Ratiug23
02-17-2006

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Just another emo/pop band with no talent that has become popular because of MTV...what the hell has music become?

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SophieBlack
02-19-2006

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i'm not sure why, but when i hear this song i have a picture in my mind from buffy the vampire slayer. you know, the underground cave where the vampire king or whatever lives? i imagine some sort of vampire initiation ritual going on there whereby you have to rip out the wings of a butterfly to become immortal. i know, i'm strange, don't ask me where i got that from.

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Love Metal
02-19-2006

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I do have to agree with Walking Behind on one thing in his/her post. HIM has changed, they aren't the same band they were when Razorblade Romance came out. I personally like the new stuff. It is a really significant change for the band and I do hope they write more hit songs in the future and make it as big as they can get. They really do deserve to make it really big.
As for the meaning of the song, I agree with stigmatacornholio about his/her views of the song. Too me it represents innocence as a small child ripping out the wings of a butterfly, because they do not know the hamr they caused to it. Really good song though.

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MySpace WhOrE
02-22-2006

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I'm not even a huge fan of HIM...i'm getting into them slowly...in fact, i used to hate them, but now, i just gradually hear good ongs from HIM and this is one of them. and video kix some major ass! ITS AWESOMe!

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woohoo10134
02-28-2006

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I really enjoy this song. IMO he's singing about how organized religion affects people. He's singing about an innocent person perhaps a child, being corrupted by an adult, getting their wings ripped out. The innocense and free spirt of a child being destroyed and their heads filled with religion. The free spirit is now controlled and can no longer fly.

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roccer
03-01-2006

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shifted pleasure how could u agree with that cold ass bitch? starve ur fear has some issues and needs to get a punching bag. if we are a bunch of poser bitches then that's our proiblem. you dont' need 2 get all bitchy over something that other people do. sorry but people like starve ur fear really make my skin itch. oh by the way GO FUCK URSELF!!!!

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morbidlyupbeat
03-06-2006

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"And for all That Dont Know what that stands for it is His Infernal Majesty" - Starveurfear
Actually, it's not. According to Ville, HIM is just three letters pronounced pretty much the same in every language. His Infernal Majesty was a shitty band (techno I think, not quite sure) from the states that sued HIM for their name. That's why they temporarily changed their name to 'HER'. But then the other band broke up so they took HIM back. They've started adopting His Infernal Majesty since most people believe that it's their correct name, but HIM still doesn't actually stand for anything.
As for the meaning of the song, I think it's about destroying something beautiful and innocent to live forever.
>>Jenni

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roccer
03-06-2006

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thanx for supporting my opinion!! jenni? u r totally right and well that is all i have 2 say i just
fucking llove this song!!!

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Randomhugs
03-15-2006

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I know what this song means, its pretty simple if you look at it. The guy who seems to be evil is offerering the girl to join him, and abandon everything she knows for him, so inb context its about good and Evil, hes evil shes good.

"Come on, and show them your love" SHow the how much you love them, by destryoying them, its like a mock.
"Rip out the wings of a butterfly" Butterfly is a metaphor for the weak or helpless, and what Ville means is basically they look up to you, tear them apart and destroy something that cant fight for itself.

"For your soul, my love" He means blacken your soul by doing this, and my love goes without saying.

So basically hes making an offer to her, and tempting her to join him and be by his side destroying them.

"This endless mercy mile
We're crawling side by side
With hell freezing over in our eyes
Gods kneel before our crime"
Hes saying this mile or the distance they seem to be crawling is getting them nowhere, they dont seem to be moving, and hell freezing over in their eyes, all that she thought was impossible as the saying "when hell freezes over" well what she thought was imnpossible or unimaginable seems to be happening, and "Gods kneel before our crime" They are inlove, and care for eachother, the Gods which are like their armies and parties if u want to say or frowning upon them because them being inlove is a crime.

This song is great and the video rocks totally

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Randomhugs
03-21-2006

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"gods kneel before our crime" its a way of saying, they fall to their knees, which makes this line almost funny.

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maggie_oi
03-31-2006

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musicOMH.com: The new single, (Rip Out The) Wings Of A Butterfly, is very catchy and upbeat, but what's the title all about?

Ville: I have no idea what the f**k it's all about! [Laughs.] No, I read about some ancient myth or legend - I can't remember but it wasn't a Finnish one - saying that immortal souls have the wings of a butterfly. So I was thinking, for me, it was more about "rip out the wings of a butterfly for your soul". I was thinking: 'Are you willing to destroy your past and burn some bridges down to be able to step up to the next level, in a relationship or even spiritually?'

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Richard Enahobo
04-05-2006

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personally i can't stand this song. Love is THE most overused topic i can think of. But hey, if u like this song that's your opinion (even though i think you're crazy) :)

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Night_Sun
04-08-2006

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morbidlybeatup--okay sweetheart---don't talk about things you don't know. HIM STARTED as his infernal majesty---now stay with me on this--when they wanted to get their first album (that would be Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666) In order to get it signed they had to tell everyone (the press and their fansite included) that they were NOT in any way related to His Infernal Majesty.(But if you look at their original EP 666 ways to love they had His Infernal Majesty on the bloody cover) They got signed and the rest is history. And the reason why they were called HER in the start in the states was because there was a Chicago based Jazz band call HIM. They already had copyright laws in the states so Finnish HIM had to go by HER for a while but then later paid the American HIM so they could have the name internationally.

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blahboy13
04-13-2006

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to bleedthecoloursopen, the song isnt about him hating gays. a few friends of mine are lesbian and even bigger HIM fans then me!! plus, valo is bi. if it wer about gay bashing, HE WOULDNT BE SINGING IT!!!!!!!!!!! it is about love and willingness to become immortal.

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