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Evanescence (Ft. Paul McCoy) – Bring Me to Life
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After Wind-Up Records insisted the group bring on a full-time rapper and the band refused, Evanescence went home, assuming they no longer had a record deal. However, the label
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Evanescence – Lithium
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Track #4 on the album “The Open Door” and it’s third single, Amy Lee wrote the song as a song that “embraces feelings over numbness”.
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Evanescence – Sweet Sacrifice
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“Sweet Sacrifice” is a song by Evanescence released on May 25, 2007, as the third single from their second studio album, The Open Door.
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Evanescence – Everybody's Fool
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“Everybody’s Fool” is a song by American rock band Evanescence. The song was released as the fourth and final single from their debut studio album, Fallen.
Lyrically, the song is
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Evanescence – What You Want
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As the lead single from Evanescence’s eponymous 2011 album, “What You Want” marked a departure from their previous material. Lyrically, the song was inspired by frontwoman Amy Lee’
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Evanescence – Tourniquet
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Tourniquets are used to cut off blood supply to certain limbs, oftenmost used when a limb has been severed from the body.
The song, however, was originally written by Rocky Gray
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Evanescence – Taking Over Me
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Evanescence would never again scale the heights their debut record Fallen propelled them to. When you hear a track like “Taking Over Me,” an album cut, it’s clear how they sold 15
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Evanescence – Whisper
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First released on Evanescence’s second EP in 1999, “Whisper” has gone through a lot of changes throughout its seven released versions. Here, it serves as the album closer for
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Evanescence – Secret Door
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“Secret Door” is a harp song featured on the deluxe version of Evanescence’s self-titled record.
Amy Lee revealed the story behind the song in a Spotify fan interview:
I was
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Evanescence – Call Me When You're Sober
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As one of the last songs recorded for The Open Door, “Call Me When You’re Sober” was predominantly inspired by Amy Lee’s ex-boyfriend and Seether frontman, Shaun Morgan. In an MTV
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Evanescence – My Last Breath
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“My Last Breath” is the tenth track off of Evanescence’s debut album, Fallen. The song was inspired by the 9/11 attacks that killed just under 3,000 people in New York City, New
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Evanescence – Snow White Queen
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This song was the sixth track on Evanescence’s second studio album, The Open Door.
It is not a frontrunner of popularity on the album, however, it is one of the most personal and
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Evanescence – Lacrymosa
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“Lacrymosa” is a song recorded by Evanescence for their second studio album, The Open Door. The song samples the Lacrimosa sequence from Mozart’s Requiem from 1791. Amy Lee said
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Evanescence – Imaginary
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Released as a promo single in Spain, “Imaginary” describes the artist’s strong desire to live in a dream rather than live in reality. The song uses imagery to describe the dream
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Evanescence – Yeah Right
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“Yeah Right” is the fourth track and fourth single from Evanescence’s fifth effort, The Bitter Truth. The song was originally penned for their self-titled album, but was scrapped
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Evanescence – Lies
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“Lies” is track 9 on Evanescence’s demo album Origin.
The song features guest vocals by Living Sacrifice’s Bruce Fitzhugh. Later, it was remade with different lyrics.
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Evanescence – Hi-Lo
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Originally intended to be on Evanescence’s third album but never made the cut, “Hi-Lo” found its home on Synthesis. Violinist Lindsey Stirling makes a guest appearance on the song.
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Evanescence – Imperfection
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“Imperfection” is a pre-order release off Evanescence’s Synthesis album. It is the first song on the album to have its own music video, directed by P.R. Brown.
The song is “a plea
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Evanescence – Disappear
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“Disappear” is track #15 on the deluxe edition of Evanescence’s third, self-titled album. Its working titles were “Release the Kraken” and “Kraken”.
In a Rockline radio interview
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Evanescence – Good Enough
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The song was written by lead vocalist Amy Lee and produced by Dave Fortman. According to Amy Lee it was written for her long-time friend and husband, Josh Hartzler. It was placed
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Evanescence – Wasted On You
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“Wasted On You” is the first single by Evanescence, after their 2017 album Synthesis. The high energy rock song depicts an idea of being in a tough circumstance. The song wasn’t
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Evanescence – Anywhere
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“Anywhere” is the track #8 on Evanescence’s demo album Origin.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is often regarded as the inspiration for this song. Amy Lee stated that when she
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Evanescence – Lose Control
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“Lose Control” is track #9 on Evanescence’s second album, The Open Door.
The song is about wanting to be less apprehensive and more “loose”, and wanting to not have so much
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Evanescence – Erase This
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“Erase This” is track #6 on Evanescence’s self-titled album. Its working titles were “Vanilla” and “Sharkfin Backpack.”
Amy Lee said that they couldn’t come up with a chorus for a
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Evanescence – Like You
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“Like You” is track #8 on The Open Door. This is one of the songs off the album that Amy Lee wrote all by herself. Amy has stated that the song lyrics have to do with losing her
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Evanescence – Use My Voice
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“Use My Voice” is the third single from Evanescence’s 2020 album The Bitter Truth. It features background vocals from Lzzy Hale, Deena Jakoub (of VERIDIA), Lindsey Stirling, Taylor
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Evanescence – Your Star
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The eleventh track on The Open Door, “Your Star” is “the hardest thing [Amy] has ever written”. The song was written in the hotel room in Portugal when Amy was feeling “jet-lagged
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Evanescence – Far From Heaven
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[Verse 1] / Give me a reason / Make me whole again / Wounds should become scars but I'm cracked instead / Can't risk believing / That I would stand a chance / Frozen in the doorway
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Evanescence – Cloud Nine
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“Cloud Nine” is track #5 on Evanescence’s second album, The Open Door.
The song deals with breaking up, realising that one can live without the other.
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Evanescence – The Only One
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“The Only One” is the tenth track on Evanescence’s second album, The Open Door.
The song is about Amy Lee’s experience as a teenager with close-mindedness.
Lee said during a fan
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Evanescence – Hello
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This song – the ninth track on Fallen – is about how Amy was feeling when her sister, Bonnie, died. When Amy was 6 years old she was told that her sister Bonnie who was 3 years old
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Evanescence – Solitude
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“Solitude” is a song recorded by Evanescence for their self-titled EP, released in 1998.
It is known that Amy wrote it when she was 13, and is credited as the first Evanescence
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Evanescence – Take Cover
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“Take Cover” is the ninth track from Evanescence’s fifth studio album, The Bitter Truth. It originally debuted live in 2016 with slighly different lyrics and sound. The song was
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Evanescence – Lost in Paradise
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Considered to be “the most intimate song” on Evanescence’s self-titled album, “Lost in Paradise” is a ballad that is very personal to Amy Lee. She thought the song would end up
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Evanescence – Weight of the World
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“Weight of the World” is a song by Evanescence, from their second studio album, The Open Door. It was released as a promotional single in October 2007 in Columbia. The song was
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Evanescence – The Change
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The third song on Evanescence’s third, self-titled album, “The Change” started life as being called “Purple”. This song came together when the band was in pre-production in
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Evanescence – Imaginary (Origin)
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Early version of “Imaginary”, which was later re-recorded on the band’s debut album, Fallen.
The song uses imagery to describe the dream world and help listeners imagine it too
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Evanescence – Away From Me
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“Away From Me” is a song by Evanescence recorded for their demo album, Origin.
The end of the song fades into “Eternal”.
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Evanescence – Exodus
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“Exodus” is a song recorded by Evanescence for their first, self-titled EP released in 1998.
The live performance from May 7th, 1999 features lyrics from “Missing” at the end, and
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