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Lights has a tattoo across both of her forearms of lyrics translated into German. It reads “Jetzt und immer die Segen von der Vater und bleibst Unschuldig bis Er kommt” which translates roughly to “Now and always have the blessing of the father and remain blameless until the end,” though it’s not quite grammatically correct. Lights has said she likes tattoo because the German word for “father” which is “Vater” makes her think of Darth Vader from Star Wars.
Lights had a comic book version of herself called “Captain Lights” designed by Marvel artist Tomm Coker for a series of webisodes. The laser gun which she has tattooed on her hip comes from these comics.
Lights has a large tattoo on her back of Wonder Woman pushing off the hand of Giganta from the cover of Wonder Woman 2 volume 3. At the bottom of the tattoo is a banner with the word UNSTOPPABLE written across it. According to Lights, “it really represents being able to fight big things even though you’re small.”
Lights identifies with powerful female figures, and is particularly enamored with Wonder Woman. She explains: “Wonder Woman is kind of my role model. She’s beautiful and she’s pure, and she fights with immense strength but integrity. She fights with justice and honor, and she’s not doing anything in a slimy or destructive way, and she’s doing it with grace and out of respect for everyone. And she’s an ambassador for Themyscira and a real symbol of a powerful woman. I think it’s fantastic. And she can kick ass and still look great doing it, so I feel like she’s a great symbol for us.”
Like many of her tattoos, this one represents strength. “Everything I have on me makes me feel like I can do anything,” she says.
Lights has a hearthstone from World of Warcraft on her ankle. “It’s a World of Warcraft item that—every time you use it—takes you home no matter where you are,” she says.
Lights has “FOUND IN LOVE” written on the inside of her index finger.
One of Lights’ oldest tattoos is a heart with a banner on her left wrist wrapped in a banner reading “unto him.” This tattoo is now surrounded by a colorful coat of arms.
On her left ribcage are the words “in this fearsome pilgrimage unearth a crusader’s heart.” She came up with this phrase herself and intended to use it as lyric in one of her songs, but it never made the cut. “[It] was something that was just drifting through my head for a few days. I was going to use it as a lyric but couldn’t make it work anywhere, but it really spoke to me in the time I was in. One day we had to cancel a show in Denver because the roads were closed due to blizzards and we ended up in a small town called Fort Collins. We were all in terrible moods so I escaped to a tattoo shop we passed on the way in and got it done.”
Lights’ very first tattoos were the sparrows on her hips which she got as a symbol of moving away from home. She explains: “I had just moved away from home and I was 18. I was living in Vancouver at the time and I moved to Toronto, so it’s a big move, it’s like L.A. to New York. I was kind facing the world on my own for the first time and my parents probably would have never let me get a tattoo but I moved out, like ‘I’m a free bird.’ So I got [on my hips] — it’s super cliché, but I got two sparrows. From this hole in the wall place and I was underage. The guy wasn’t that great. But it was exciting because it was my first tattoo.”
Why a sparrow? “I never get anything that doesn’t mean something. The sparrow travels the world but always knows how to get home. And a sparrow is a love bird. They find their partner and they stay with them forever. They’re a really loyal bird. It just had a really cool story behind it.”
Juliet Simms has writing which goes all the way around her upper right arm. It is lyrics from her husband Andy Biersack’s band Black Veil Brides: “When I hear your cries, Praying for life, I will be there” from the song “Saviour.” She first showed off this tattoo in October 2011 at the same time as her “Andy” tattoo.
This little symbol behind Ashlee Simpson’s left ear is a combination of the letters “AE” for Ashlee and her husband Evan Ross’ names.
