Flipping through the dictionary, whilst hunting down a definition for history, I spotted the entry 'love-lies-bleeding'. This turns out to mean 'n. any of several amaranthaceous plants of the genus Amaranthus, esp. A. caudatus, having drooping spikes of small red flowers.'


And I thought: why is this not the name of some terrible whiny emo band? Surely it would be perfect!

A google search later, and I found my answer: Love Lies Bleeding is the name of an Elton John song, and naming oneselves after a song by Elton John (intentionally or otherwise) may well damage the credibility of a terrible whiny emo band.

Mystery solved!