Evanescence EP, track 4
written by: A. Lee and B. Moody

One of Evanescence’s earliest recorded songs. Released on the Evanescence EP in December 1998. It should be noted that Amy Lee plays the piano in this song. David Hodges didn’t join the band until 2000.

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Exodus

My black backpack stuffed with broken dreams
Twenty bucks should get me through the week
Never said a word of discontentment
Thought it a thousand times but now
I'm leaving home

Here in the shadows
I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go
But I cannot stay where I don't belong

Two months pass by and it's getting cold
I know I'm not lost I'm just alone
But I won't cry, I won't give up, I can't go back now
Waking up is knowing who you really are

Here in the shadows
I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go
But I cannot stay where I don't belong

In the shadows
I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go
But I cannot stay here
Oh, show me the shadow where true meaning lies
So much more dismay in empty eyes

Lyrics by: A. Lee, B. Moody

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