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09-27-2004, 10:10 PM
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Mega Post Monkey
 Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NYC and occasionally residing in Long Island.
Age: 25
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Bring Me to Life
Fallen, track 2
Anywhere But Home, track 10 written by: A. Lee, B. Moody, and D. Hodges Amy Lee became inspired to write that song after she was sitting in a restaurant. Somebody walked up to her table and asked her something to the effect of “Are you happy with your life”? It was the second single off of the Daredevil soundtrack (Fuel’s Wont Back Down was first) and the first single off of Fallen. Bring Me to Life became the #1 pop song in the country the week of June 13th, 2003 only to be replaced a week later by Kelly Clarkson’s Miss Independent. The song features Paul McCoy, the lead singer of 12 Stones. Amy Lee’s quote about the song from MTV.com: "Basically, we go through life every day, kind of doing the same thing, going through the motions, and nothing phases us for the most part, then one day something happens that wakes [you] up and makes [you] realize that there's more to life than just feeling nothing, feeling numb. It's as if [you've] never felt before and just realized there's this whole world of emotion or meaning that [you've] never seen before. It's just like, 'Wow, I've been asleep all this time.' " The video is a live performance/action video and was directed by Philip Stolzl. The video was filmed in Romania in January 2003. The video features a nightmare by Amy Lee in which she falls from a building that apparently has endless amounts of stories. Paul McCoy in the video attempts to save Amy but she slips off towards the end. In a magazine interview, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park said that Mike Shinoda was originally asked to be featured on the song. Linkin Park was recording Meteora in the same studio that Evanescence was recording Fallen. Four versions of this song exist:
-- Bring Me To Life - Fallen version How can you see into my eyes like open doors Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb without a soul My spirit sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there and lead it back home Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me and make me real Bring me to life Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Frozen inside without your touch Without your love - darling - only you Are the life among the dead All of this time I can't believe I couldn't see Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems Got to open my eyes to everything Without a thought without a voice without a soul Don't let me die here There must be something more Bring me to life ***************************************** Bring Me to Life - Demo version How can you see into my eyes like open doors? Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb Without a soul My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there and lead it back home Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me and make me real Bring me to life Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Frozen inside without your touch Without your love - darling Only you are the life among the dead Bring me to life Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Bring me to life Bring me to life ********************************** Bring Me To Life - Bliss Mix This version has identical lyrics to the main single. There are no vocal effects on the first line. There are no secondary vocals from Paul McCoy. How can you see into my eyes like open doors? Leading you down into my core Where I've become so numb Without a soul My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there and lead it back home Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me and make me real Bring me to life Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Frozen inside without your touch Without your love - darling Only you are the life among the dead I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems Got to open my eyes to everything Don't let me die here Bring me to life Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life Bring me to life Bring me to life
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11-21-2005, 08:41 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Bring Me To Life has two different live versions. In the first one you can hear Ben's guitar intro. In the second one Amy takes his place playing piano intro and singing. Amy's intro version is much longer. It was released on Anywhere But Home DVD.
The live acoustic version of BMTL appears on BMTL DVD and on Alice@97.3: This Is Alice Music, Vol.7 compilation (track #5). Being a hit song, BMTL was covered a lot of times. Here is the list of several known covers: Band/Musician - Album - Track # - Description Kidz Bop Kids - KidzBop 4 - 4 - Kids singing popular tunes The Kids Picks Singers - Kids Picks Hit Mix - 14 - Another compilation of hit songs sung by kids John Tesh - A Deeper Faith II (Digi-Pak) - 9 - Nice female voice singing along with guitars ? - Karaoke 4 Kidz, Vol.2 - 5 ? - Karaoke Bay: Pop Hits 6 - 8 - This track is identical to the previous one + covers on various tributes (see Tributes in Evanescence Reference) |
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07-08-2006, 04:28 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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I think adding a male rapper to this song really changed the meaning for me. The demo versions that i have heard, only consisting of Amy, seemed to be pointing towards finding something to wake her up inside. However the male rapper seems to drag the meaning further onto someone. The use of the line "Frozen inside without your touch without your love, darling. Only you are the life among the dead", kind of points towards it being about a person, however Amy says the song can be interpreted either way. Which way do you all think about it? No discussions of personal opinions in the songs thread, please. -mercury_amy Last edited by mercury_amy : 07-09-2006 at 07:42 AM. |
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07-12-2006, 02:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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People have been saying that the highest recorded note Amy has ever hit is the third G above middle C during the live intro to Bring Me to Life.
I don't think this is right - I think this note is the second G above middle C, not the third. People assume it's higher because Amy has a very high-pitched voice. I'm convinced of this because when she goes slightly lower to finish the intro, she's basically in chest voice, and that would have been impossible if she were as high as G5 beforehand.
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07-12-2006, 10:08 PM
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It's definately the second G. The third G is somewhere up in the upper stratosphere and if she could pull it off with that much power... well amazing as it would be it might hurt your ears a little!
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