Bleed Well (song)

This article refers to the song "Bleed Well". For the single, see Bleed Well (single).

"Bleed Well" is the eighth track released on the Venus Doom album. It is also the second single released for promotion of the album. The song was performed mainly on the Venus Doom tour. An acoustic take of the song with an added verse was released on the special limited edition of Venus Doom.

Song Details
Writers	Ville Valo
Also Known As	-
First Known Performance	October 24th, 2007
Last Known Performance	December 31st, 2008
Total Times Played Live	-

Song History

Not much is known about the song. It is unknown as to when it was written.

Music Video

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The band appearing in the music video for "Bleed Well"

The music video for the song was directed by Meiert Avis, who also did the music video for "(Rip Out the) Wings of a Butterfly". The filming was done on November 15th, 2007 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. It was filmed during the afternoon not to conflict later with the band's performance in the evening for Digital Versatile Doom.

The music video features footage of the band performance and having fun, while selected people who got up on stage walk amongst them and have fun.

Lyrics

Bleed Well

You had demons to kill within you screaming
With a gun loaded with guilt, you opened their eyes
Love preys the living and praises the dead
In the heart of our hearts, by death we were wed.

Bleed well the soul you're about to sell for passion deranged
Kiss and tell, baby we're bleeding well
Bleed well the heart you're about to fail for reasons insane
Kill and tell, baby we're bleeding well .... in Hell

"No love lost under her will", I heard you weeping
And on those words a church was built to keep the pain in
If death is the answer to love's mysteries
Then bleed on my darling to the sound of a dream

Bleed well the soul you're about to sell for passion deranged
Kiss and tell, baby we're bleeding well
Bleed well the heart you're about to fail for reasons insane
Kill and tell, baby we're bleeding well .... oh, yeah

Bleed well the soul you're about to sell for passion deranged
Kiss and tell, baby we're bleeding well
Bleed well the heart you're about to fail for reasons insane
Kill and tell, baby we're bleeding well .... in Hell

Oh, we're dying in Hell..hell...hell..
We're bleeding well in hell

Bleed Well (Acoustic Version)

You had demons to kill within you screaming
With a gun loaded with guilt, you opened their eyes
Love preys the living and praises the dead
In the heart of our hearts, by death we were wed.

Bleed well the soul you're about to sell for passion deranged
Kiss and tell, baby we're bleeding well
Bleed well the heart you're about to fail for reasons insane
Kill and tell, baby we're bleeding well .... oh, in Hell

"No love lost under her will", I heard you screaming
And on those words a church was built to keep the pain in
If death is the answer to love's mysteries
Then bleed on my darling to the sound of a dream

Bleed well the soul you're about to sell for passion deranged
Kiss and tell, baby we're bleeding well
Bleed well the heart you're about to fail for reasons insane
Kill and tell, baby we're bleeding well ....

We start with the circle number one
through two and three
and four and five and six
and oh how we descend to the ninth
the last, there we're judged for what we did
to our sweet venus yeah
we're bleeding well
on all layers of hell...
at least nine or ten

Versions

Bleed Well

This version features a lead-in by guitar with the instruments mixes quieter during the verses. There are sound effects, a Gregorian-like melody and a speed duration change in the drum track done during the bridge. The track eventually returns to it's original speed with a drum lead into kill me on the beginning stanza of the last verse. The notes of the fade out are different to the 616 version.

Bleed Well (Acoustic Version)

This version features a lead-in by keyboards with the instruments mixes louder during the verses. The sound effects and other changes during the bridge on the finalized track are missing here. It is instead replaced with the guitar going down half a step each note. The drums kick into kill me on the beginning of the last verse. The notes of the fade out are different to the finalized version.

Bleed Well (Digital Versatile Doom)

This live version is taken from the Tavastia Club on December 31st, 2003. This performance can be found either in the live clips section of And Love Said No, or the "A-Z" section on Love Metal Archives Vol. 1. Originally when this show was broadcast on television the only songs the band didn't want aired were in the encore which included this song.