LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
We are so young
Our lives have just begun
And already, we are considering
Escape from your world
And we've waited for so long
For this moment to come
We're so anxious to be together
Together in death, whoa-oh

[Chorus]
Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you die?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby, join me in death

[Verse 2]
Slowly, I carve my wrists
Open wide for you
Turning paler, oh, I am dying
Just to be with you
And there is no way now
No way we can lose
Before life tears us apart now
Let death consume us

[Chorus]
Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you die?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you join me in death?

[Bridge]
'Cause you're all I want
And you're all that I have
So let this be the end
The world is a lonely place
Be gone

[Chorus]
Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you die?
Baby, join me in death
Won't you die tonight for love?
Baby, join me in death
So, won't you join me in death?

Woah...

[Refrain]
Won't you join me in death?
So, won't you join me in death?
Baby, join me in death
So, won't you join me in death?

[Outro]
Join me in death
Join me in death
Join me in death
Join me in death

HIM performed this song for the first time in Ilosaarirock, Finland, on 11 July 1998, which featured an extra verse not included in the studio versions.

The song has been met with controversy regarding its subject matter. "A couple of people blamed me for a suicide someone committed over here saying that 'Join Me' is an invitation to kill yourself," HIM frontman Ville Valo told the European magazine Metal Hammer in 2003. "What I was trying to do was sort of rip-off 'Don't Fear the Reaper' by Blue Öyster Cult, making a rock track of Romeo And Juliet." Lyrics such as "Would you die tonight for love?" have contributed to the misconception that the song is about suicide, which Valo denies, claiming the lyrics refer to giving things up for the sake of love. "It's not about suicide, that song. It's about giving it all away," Valo told the magazine Modern Fix.

Four versions of the song's video exist: three "lazer versions", two of which include different scenes from the movie The Thirteenth Floor, and the fourth being an "ice version", with a vague Romeo and Juliet theme also attributed to the song.

HIM - Join Me In Death (Demo 1998)

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HIM - Join Me In Death (Demo 1998)

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