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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 – Going Under
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In Amy Lee’s own words, “Going Under” is:
[…] about coming out of a bad relationship, and when you’re at the end of your rope, when you’re at the point where you realize something
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Haunted
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“Haunted” is the fifth track off of Evanescence’s debut album, Fallen.
The song’s lyrics are based off of a short story guitarist Ben Moody had written about an 8-year-old girl
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Before The Dawn
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Recorded during the 2001-2002 demo sessions, “Before the Dawn” is a song about two or more strongly-connected people planning to leave or escape to another location.
David Hodges
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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 – Missing
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“Missing” is a song recorded during the Fallen sessions, but it didn’t make the cut. The song was later released in 2003 as a B-side to the single “Bring Me to Life”, as well as a
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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 – My Heart Is Broken
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The second single from Evanescence, “My Heart is Broken” is inspired by victims of sex trafficking, with singer Amy Lee saying:
As I was writing the song I was putting myself in
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – The Chain
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Amy Lee initially covered the Fleetwood Mac song “The Chain” for the soundtrack of the Xbox video game Gear 5 as a solo project, but later she visualized it as a full-band project.
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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 – A New Way To Bleed
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Released as a bonus track on Evanescence’s self-titled album, “New Way to Bleed” is about the band’s former record label Wind-Up “not getting what we were doing.”
It’s one of the
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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 – 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 – The Game Is Over
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“The Game Is Over” is the second single from Evanescence’s upcoming fifth album, The Bitter Truth. It debuted on YouTube on July 2, 2020. Its music video debuted on July 3rd.
The
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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 – Better Without You
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“Better Without You” is the fifth single released in advance of the album. This title was given out by a Instagram photo posted by producer Nick Raskulinecz, later deleted
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Farther Away
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“Farther Away” is a song recorded during the Fallen sessions, but never made the final cut on the album. However, it was only released as a bonus track on Fallen’s Japanese
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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 – 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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