shoeless and clueless...

 

hide me in your dark

where nothing will be seen

lock the door and throw away the key

let me beg for life and punish me

abandon me forever, forget all about me

leave me screaming for you

 

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an ode for a slowly stopping heart

come and breathe life into me

I am pale now, almost faded away

afraid of life, afraid of death

living somewhere in between

a life without living, a death without dying

 

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satisfy my longings

and find me weeping on the floor

tear me apart

and find me craving for more

the more you ignore me, the more I want you

 

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I translated an article and interview with Ville Valo from the swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.

Ville wants some peace and quiet

HULTSFRED. HIM still likes to party. But for now Ville Valo is longing for some peace and quiet.

- To do normal stuff. Like going to the grocery store and buy toilet paper, he says. Everything is happening rally fast for HIM. The Finns have been on tour almost constantly since their fifth album, Dark Light was released last fall. The album has been a great success for them.

- We’ve soon been selling gold in USA. Something no other Finnish has ever done. Says Ville Valo.

They almost glow from pride.

The singer, the man who practically is HIM glow from pride and looks forward to a summer of festivals, which probably must be feeling like a vacation.

- We only have gigs in the weekends, he says. We’ll be able to stay and enjoy Helsinki for the summer. I’m rally looping forward to see my parents, for example.

The slow down does on the other hand not affect their forthcoming album.

- Our Newt album will be more rough and more punkish, but of course it’ll sound dark and melancholic as usual. Maybe a bit more like we sound live.

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Ville vill ha lugn och ro

HIM säljer snart guld i USA.
Foto: JERKER IVARSSON

HULTSFRED HIM gillar fortfarande att partaja. Men just nu längtar Ville Valo efter lugn och ro.
  - Att göra normala saker. Gå till affären och handla toapapper, säger han.

   Tillvaron snurrar fort för HIM. Finnarna har varit på turné nästan konstant sedan "Dark light", bandets femte fullängdare, släpptes i höstas.
  Arbetet har burit frukt.
  - Vi har snart sålt guld i USA. Det har ett finskt band aldrig lyckats med, säger Ville Valo.
  
Lyser av stolthet
  Sångaren, mannen som i praktiken är HIM, lyser av stolthet. Och ser fram mot en festivalsommar som måste kännas som rena semestern.
  - Vi lirar bara på helgerna, säger han. Kommer att kunna vara hemma och njuta av Helsingfors. Jag ser fram mot att träffa mina föräldrar, till exempel.
  Temposänkningen gäller dock inte det nya material Valo filat på.
  - Nästa platta blir nog ruffigare och punkigare, men det kommer alltid att vara mörkt och melankoliskt. Lite mer som vi låter live.

Gustaf Höök