Salute the Sanguine - Ville Valo

Death, come blow me a kiss

Through this cathedral of cards

Remind me how to decrypt the cipher

Written in the blood of my heart

Salute the sanguine

Red in tooth and claw, has to feel

Salute the sanguine

Ferociously beautiful, you are

Love, your lips move, but I can’t hear you sing

In my citadel of scars

The ghost of you shimmers within

Revealing what is lost

Salute the sanguine

Red in tooth and claw, has to feel

Salute the sanguine

Ferociously beautiful, you are

Here come the tears

Along with terms of endearment

Distorted by fear

So sincere, it hurts!

Salute the sanguine, sanguine

I’m screaming your name

Salute the sanguine, sanguine

No heart beats in vain

I salute the sanguine

(I salute the sanguine)

I salute the sanguine

(I salute the sanguine)

Hear me screaming your name again and again

Come, salute the sanguine

(Come, salute the sanguine)

Come, salute the sanguine

(Come, salute the sanguine)

All hearts kneel before your grace

Dreams in black and blue

Heart beats in pulsar

Spectral «I love you»

We’re moving on

In scarlet hue

All tomorrows entombed

Days as cold as a dream

We’re moving on