Like You - EvBoard

**mercury_amy** · 07-06-2006, 01:30 PM

The Open Door, track #8
Written by: Amy Lee

This is a short track. Lethal’s work is once again noticeable and Amy murmurs on this track as well.

Credit goes to julie for translation.

From ToD news thread.

Quote:

From Metal Edge Magazine:

The most personal on The Open Door is “Like You”. “It is about something that’d hard to even talk about but feels good to write about,” explains Lee. “It’s about my sister who passed away when I was a little girl. I was 6 years old and she was 3. It’s affected my life and definitely affected my music writing, and it’s made me who I am. It’s one of those things that happens early enough in life that it forms you. I think in a lot of ways I made it a thing that I can use in a positive way in my life. I’ve learnt from it and grown up, and I’ve always felt older. Twenty-four sounds young to me, it’s weird.”
Having lost a sister at such a young age put things in perspective for Lee, who says she cherishes making music and wants to love. “What else is there?” she ponders. “I don’t care about the stupid things as much as I would if I hadn’t been through that. The song [‘Like You’] is about me from the perspective of a child back then, and I go back to that place a lot of times. I went there and wrote the song that way. It’s not the kind of thing that I would normally say on a megaphone in front of millions of people.”
“It’s something that changes you,” the singer stresses. “I love her, and I will always love her. Her spirit is always with us. I feel like I’ll always want to have a little place for her on every record. On the last record, it was ‘Hello,’ and I wrote that from the perspective of a child. I was talking about it in a little bit of a different way, but it’s the same inspiration."

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Quote:

"Like You"
Tense, mournful ... and the closest The Open Door gets to Fallen's world-beating ballads.
Amy Lee: "Like You" is maybe the most intimate song on the record. It was about losing my little sister when I was a child. On the last record, I wrote "Hello" about her. "Like You" is her place on this record.

Source: VH1

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LIKE YOU

Stay low
soft, dark, and dreamless
far beneath my nightmares and loneliness
I hate me
for breathing without you
I don't want to feel anymore for you

grieving for you
I'm not grieving for you
nothing real love can't undo
and though I may have lost my way
all paths lead straight to you

I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you

Halo
blinding wall between us
melt away and leave us alone again
humming, haunted somewhere out there
I believe our love can see us through in death

I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you
there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
I'm coming for you

You're not alone
no matter what they told you you're not alone
I'll be right beside you forevermore

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you did
there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
and as we lay in silent bliss
I know you remember me
I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you
there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
I'm coming for you

Ben · 09-04-2006, 03:48 PM

I really love this song, The lyrics are really powerful and I think I like this song much more than Hello. It's really sad, but beautiful

Draconian~Nymph · 09-04-2006, 03:51 PM

I didn't even hear the music yet and I just about cried. No words, just...emotion.

It almost sounds suicidal, which kind of scares me. I've never lost a sister (never had a sister); I can't even imagine what it might be like for her even after all these years...

Hollee Ann · 09-04-2006, 03:53 PM

the first time I listened to the song, that is exactly what I thought of without knowing anything about it. It sounds like she is longing for her sister, yet at the same time she knows that her sister isn't gone, her spirit always lingers. amazing song, definitely caught my attention and almost brought me to tears

Dice · 09-04-2006, 03:54 PM

Quote:

there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
I'm coming for you

*dies* omg20chars

Neglected_Soul · 09-04-2006, 03:56 PM

I am a MAN! and I'm almost in tears. I can understand how something like this can traumatize someone for life. I wish I could change things for Amy.

keziya · 09-04-2006, 03:57 PM

OMG! Have yet to hear the song but the lyrics are so sad. I almost cried.

Awake.At.Night. · 09-04-2006, 04:02 PM

i'm just noticing the lyrics, and i noticed that (like amy said) they are REALLY blunt.

Rose Garden · 09-04-2006, 04:08 PM

Oh. This song seems really sad. I wonder if Amy will be able to perform this live. Remember, she didn't play Hello live because it would be too emotionally painful.
How have you guys heard the songs?
Don't worry, though. I'm waiting for the album to hear it.

KTDidit · 09-04-2006, 04:22 PM

This song seems amazing. I haven't heard it yet though, I'm planning on listening to it when I get the album. But just from the lyrics it seems like it's connected to "Even in Death" like in the first verse

Give me a reason to believe that you're gone
I see your shadow so I know they're all wrong
Moonlight on the soft brown earth
It leads me to where you lay
They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home

Then also with the "People die, but real lives forever" part

Then in "Like You"

Halo
blinding wall between us
melt away and leave us alone again
humming, haunted somewhere out there
I believe our love can see us through in death

I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you
there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
I'm coming for you

To me, when I first read the lyrics, that connection just jumped out at me. The theme of loving someone still, even when they are gone, and doing anything to be with them. I don't know if anybody feels the same way I do.

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Ben Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: England Age: 18 Posts: 252 Points: 3,835.68 Bank: 904.51 Total Points: 4,740.19 Donate	I really love this song, The lyrics are really powerful and I think I like this song much more than Hello. It's really sad, but beautiful __________________ \|BreatheNoMore.org\|My Space\|Livejournal\|My Art Thread\| A Wolf Wannabe

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Draconian~Nymph Fledgling Post Monkey Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Living under a tree with Heather in the Boston Common Age: 18 Posts: 1,703 Points: 1,016.06 Bank: 64,186.66 Total Points: 65,202.72 Donate	I didn't even hear the music yet and I just about cried. No words, just...emotion. It almost sounds suicidal, which kind of scares me. I've never lost a sister (never had a sister); I can't even imagine what it might be like for her even after all these years... __________________ These penguins own your life. PURPLE PARROTS

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Hollee Ann Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: J to the Ville, Tex-ass Age: 20 Posts: 650 Points: 18,566.21 Bank: 2,003.03 Total Points: 20,569.24 Donate	the first time I listened to the song, that is exactly what I thought of without knowing anything about it. It sounds like she is longing for her sister, yet at the same time she knows that her sister isn't gone, her spirit always lingers. amazing song, definitely caught my attention and almost brought me to tears __________________ i'm not good enough for a signature...

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keziya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: THUNDER BAY, CANADA Age: 19 Posts: 628 Points: 1,000.00 Bank: 1,737.46 Total Points: 2,737.46 Donate	OMG! Have yet to hear the song but the lyrics are so sad. I almost cried. __________________ I believe that dreams are sacred. Take my darkest fears and play them like a lullaby, like a reason why...

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Awake.At.Night. Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 343 Points: 4,032.43 Bank: 736.53 Total Points: 4,768.96 Donate	i'm just noticing the lyrics, and i noticed that (like amy said) they are REALLY blunt. __________________ Homewrecker

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Neglected_Soul Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Away from this place i made Posts: 116 Points: 1,871.27 Bank: 0.01 Total Points: 1,871.28 Donate	I am a MAN! and I'm almost in tears. I can understand how something like this can traumatize someone for life. I wish I could change things for Amy.

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Rose Garden Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 98 Points: 3,794.59 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 3,794.59 Donate	Oh. This song seems really sad. I wonder if Amy will be able to perform this live. Remember, she didn't play Hello live because it would be too emotionally painful. How have you guys heard the songs? Don't worry, though. I'm waiting for the album to hear it. __________________ Myspace:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=419 26347 Mymusic:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...did=863 11158

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KTDidit Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cliffs of Insanity Posts: 64 Points: 2,364.54 Bank: 361.52 Total Points: 2,726.06 Donate	This song seems amazing. I haven't heard it yet though, I'm planning on listening to it when I get the album. But just from the lyrics it seems like it's connected to "Even in Death" like in the first verse Give me a reason to believe that you're gone I see your shadow so I know they're all wrong Moonlight on the soft brown earth It leads me to where you lay They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home Then also with the "People die, but real lives forever" part Then in "Like You" Halo blinding wall between us melt away and leave us alone again humming, haunted somewhere out there I believe our love can see us through in death I long to be like you lie cold in the ground like you there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you I'm coming for you To me, when I first read the lyrics, that connection just jumped out at me. The theme of loving someone still, even when they are gone, and doing anything to be with them. I don't know if anybody feels the same way I do. __________________ "Fear and despair possessed her alternately all the time, seizing her heart like cold, grasping fingers, as she sensed him slipping further and further away from her"

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