The Open Door, Track #13
Written by: Amy Lee

LIVE @ VH1.com (mp3 rip from video) (http://evanescencereference.info/music/etc/Good%20Enough%20%28Live%20%40%20VH1.com%29.mp3.zip )
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Sheet Music (http://www.box.net/public/1j5ruvr0zu)

There is a piano and the voice is really intimate and generator of emotional part of the lyrics: Am I good enough for you to live..(dark) good enough to love me. It's a 8 minute song.

(Could only make out some parts) This album has until now had a pretty dark tone. Good Enough is a big change. It is 9 minutes long (not sure, but definitely looks like a 9 to me) Overall, The Open Door is definitely our favourite, surpassing Fallen (Quoted: Good enough for you to love me).

Credit for translation goes to julie.

From ToD news (http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?t=31982)thread.



On "Good Enough," a plaintive piano ballad, Lee's voice drops to a lower register, giving it a richness and nuance not present on previous albums. "I just feel purified," says Lee. "I still listen to the album now, and it couldn't mean more to me."

From ultimate-guitar.com article (http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/evanescence_ready_to_return_despite_troubles.html? 200606190827)


"Good Enough is completely different than anything I've ever written before. It's not about strain, struggle, pain and everything. It's a happy song." - Amy Lee, Rolling Stone interview



From Metal Edge magazine:

The closing ballad “Good Enough” is decidedly upbeat and showcases an Amy Lee that is letting someone in and who sounds happily in love. She thinks it is the bravest track on the album. “It’s totally scary to be so vulnerable when I know however many metalheads are going to diss it because it’s not the exact same thing [as the other songs],” Lee says. “And it doesn’t end with, ‘And then he died’ or ‘I pushed him off a cliff’ or ‘He’s a ghost really.’ It’s so cool to me and weird to me. I’ve never written a happy song, ever.

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"Good Enough"
I'm okay, you're okay. All pianos and gentle vocals, ending the album on a hopeful note.
Amy Lee: I had gone through a lot of difficult things during the writing of the whole album, and by the end of it, I had stepped away from those bad situations. That's really hard. You have to be really brave and strong about it. After doing that, I felt so amazing. For the first time I felt like I could write a song based on how good I felt. I have never done that before ever.

Source: VH1 (http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml)

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GOOD ENOUGH

Under your spell again
I can't say no to you
crave my heart and its bleeding in your hand
I can't say no to you

Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly
now I can't let go of this dream
I can't breathe but I feel

Good enough
I feel good enough for you

Drink up sweet decadence
I can't say no to you
and I've completely lost myself and I don't mind
I can't say no to you

Shouldn't have let you conquer me completely
now I can't let go of this dream
can't believe that I feel

Good enough
I feel good enough
its been such a long time coming, but I feel good

and I'm still waiting for the rain to fall
pour real life down on me
cause I can't hold on to anything this good
enough
am I good enough
for you to love me too?

so take care what you ask of me
cause I can't say no

This is my favorite song off of the new album. Amys voice is full and rich like never before and the piano is OMG beautiful. I hope there's more songs like this to follow.:)

Nirvana complete.

It's like the life story of Amy Lee. I wonder how she can top this in the future? I feel happy for her, but also kind of miss the dark feeling. Mixed emotions, I guess.

This definately supports the cover of the album, with her walking out of the door into heaven. Like the whole cover was made for this one song.

Wow. I.. words cannot describe how I feel. I just had a mental breakdown. I can't wait 29 days. I want to apologize to Amy and her band in advance if I crack and decide to listen to a few songs. I'll still buy five copies of The Open Door, though.

I wouldn't say this song was happy. It's content. It isn't "the world is full of sunshine and kittens" it's more like "some serious shit has happened but I've accepted it and now I'm in a good place."

it isn't 9 minutes long...its only 5 and some change.

but this is the PERFECT outro to the album. i love it and i can't wait to hear it performed live. a definite candidate for a single

This is just so different to the other tracks.. It's so refreshing and uplifting, and it's definately seperated from the rest of the album.

It's like "That was my journey, and now Im ending happily". It's fantastic, fell in love with it on first listen.

There are some songs like Lose Control that are very twisted and complex, but this is a very simple yet effective outro. It's like "Everything's not complicated anymore". Brilliant

I say, I totally can't say no to this song.

<3 + cheese.

^Yes. I like this one a lot too, really beautiful. <3 the intro.

I love the bit after the Narnia intro is done, and the "actual" intro for the song comes. Mmmmdarkpiano.

Really an awesome song..amy is really good in it

I just listened to the song again and man oh man, it gets me more every time.

Although the Narnia intro fits well with this song, I still can't help but want to hear the rest of it. I think it's a brilliant intro and would have fitted the film extremely well.

Damn those stupid people who refused it, they wouldn't know good music if it came along and kicked them up the arse >:(

I already love this song, it's so cool and the ending it's so cool too! Too bad it wasn't on Narnia :( this song was pretty cool for the movie, it was good enough for the movie :D by the way, the title of this song reminds me of one part in the Lies song "you'll never good enough" also the name of the album The Open Door, "how can you see into my eyes like open doors", it was just coincidence or something more??

I know that this is supposed to be a happy song but I am sitting here sobbing like a baby. This is certainly my favorite, and I am still trying to catch the breath it stole from me.

I like it. But there are some parts that sound like a church/blues/country song and I don't like it :eek: :o ... I guess I'll get into the song later

I love the opening piano bit. This is an amazing piece of music.

Wow, this piece definitely stood out from the rest! And it is somewhat similar to a lot of Tori Amos's songs!

I love the jazzy 20th century feel, and of course, the instrumental is nothing short of BEAUTIFUL! :)

What a way to end the album!

There is a small glimmer of negativity in this song (Come on, its Ev, there has to be some doubt in every happy spot ;) )

and I'm still waiting for the rain to fall
pour real life down on me
cause I can't hold on to anything this good
enough
am I good enough
for you to love me too?


There's doubt that this amazing feeling (whether it love or what have you) is simply a fantasy. A dream. This part of the song gets me.

Holy Shit! I'm crying right now because of this song and the fact that the whole album is amazing! You can feel how good Amy feels in this song. its amazing. Awesome closing for the album.

How can a person not be incredibly moved by this song?? Especially after having listened to almost every Ev song available...and hearing all the deep pain and fear in this groups music for so long. This resolves all of that. Back when I listened to Fallen obsessivly..I would be in a very dark and depressed state after it was over. This is such an uplifting ending..and not in an overt "Happy Cupcake Sprinkly Funland" way. I need to be revived!

I love this song!!! In the beginning it kind of sounded like church or gospel music... haha But this song really sounds like christina aguilera... her voice is AMAZING!

This is such an uplifting ending..and not in an overt "Happy Cupcake Sprinkly Funland" way. I need to be revived!

could this song be the precurser (sp?) to the Happy Cupcake Sprinnkly Funland album :eek:

This one is the perfect song to end the album. It's so brilliant! You can nearly feel the bliss of the victory. It's like Amy's finally won the battle with herself and now she knows who she really is - she is strong and good enough. Real life is something that we all need to reach. Well, there's always the little "I'm still waiting" moment but the future is ahead. I can also feel the tears urging to come out but I know it's happiness. I love this song!

In the middle of this song, I actually just randomly got goodbumps and shivered a lot for the rest of the song. 'twas weird.. I'm not usually like that with songs like this, I'm on of the few that's not a bit fan of MI and all that.. hmm

That's my favourite song, too (so also Lithium)..
I love the melodies. <3

I love this song. It really reminds me of a happy version of Fiona Apple's 'Never is a promise" with the piano's, the way its sung and the violin. Just beautiful. The lyrics are so captivating.

My jaw nearly dropped to the floor during this song. It just gets more beautiful as it keeps playing. Totally beats my immortal (and who thought that was possible??)

Can't say why, but this song makes me cry. It's so pretty. By far my favourite track. <33

i love this track..it's so deep the part where she sings...#good enough, i feel good enough"

and when she sings "i can't say no to you" it has that feeling that she's singing blues or jazz..something like that..i don't know why but it does.

it's beautiful anyways:mrgreen:

It's depressing because I wanna be happy too. Damned happy people! ;)

Love this song, geez loving the whole cd. I cave in and DL it lol. Glad I did caz the cd is amazing. I'll still going buy the cd on Oct. 3nd (hehe going buy alot of copys). Back to the song, so beautiful and touching i cried "amazing"

Well... Anywhere isn't my favourite wedding song anymore :P The part where Amy sings "good enough" just blows me away.

Drink up sweet decadence
I can't say no to you
And I've completely lost myself

WOW...i literally went :eek: when i heard that!

really love the lyrics to this song. im in love with it.

Wao, it seems like..
'Good enough
I feel good enough for you
its been such a long time coming, but I feel good' is what she's been wanting for a longer period of time. 'Good enough'. As she's not been good enough. why? Who would have thought that SW feels as she's not been good enough.?!:confused: :) Nobody's perfect, i guess, even when you're rock star.
(so many songs to read, think i'll spend the whole night:D )
didnt hear it yet, but yes, happy song, happy lyrics and what a different closure to the album compering to Fallen. What's the connection between Whisper and Good Enough..dont have a clue. Its probably two contrasts.
Good Enough sounds.so sweet. and innocent. Like she's turning into little girl.
'I can't say no to you' sounds. as. she's been waiting to 'cant say no', in my ears. like it was wrong to say no.:rolleyes: :cool:
'I can't breathe but I feel', wao, even that it pressures her, its ok.
'Drink up sweet decadence' haha. sounds. funny.
'and I've completely lost myself and I don't mind
I can't say no to you'. wao, what a breakthrough.:eek: :)

and I'm still waiting for the rain to fall
pour real life down on me
cause I can't hold on to anything this good
enough
am I good enough
for you to love me too?

the rain is great.

can i just say.... THIS SONG IS AMAZING

i like this song,it remind me Hello mix My Immortal,it's a happy song of Amy.

this song really speaks to me...

"Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly
now I can't let go of this dream
I can't breathe but I feel"

that line especially

it's a in a sad way but i'm over the situation it reminds me of and i like to think of it as "i'm better than you" now lol :)

This is, without a doubt, the most touching song I've ever heard. I'm stunned, especially because this is coming from Evanescence. Amy was making a big deal of this for awhile, and finally I understand why. The intro to the chorus with the soft piano sweeps me away every time.

And I can't stop listening.

Wow, it is a "content" song, at least the lyrics are "content". Man, I wanna hear it so badly!

I'm in love with this song, it's so beautiful and really relaxing.Different from anything else from the album, and it really fits with the album cover, like someone said before.
Just...lovely <3333333

I loved the song, it has an amazing piano part and Amy's voice sound wonderful. But I can't feel happy listening to it and that's so depressing!!! lol
I specially loved the part "I'm still waiting for the rain to fall"...
*chills* :D

I love this song!!

It is so beautiful!

I love it when she sings, towards the end...

"am I good enough, for you to love me too"

Just the way she sings the last part of that.
I love it.

Awesome CD.
I personally think its better than 'Fallen'.

I'm in love with this song! Oh my, it does take me to another world somehow...

I'm confused. I thought part of the Narnia Song was added as the intro to Good Enough, right? But the Narnia Song was rejected as being too dark. This isn't dark at all.....

Do I have the right song here?

I'm confused. I thought part of the Narnia Song was added as the intro to Good Enough, right? But the Narnia Song was rejected as being too dark. This isn't dark at all.....

Do I have the right song here?

They probably meant "dark" as in lyric-wise, a dark song can still be slow -- it depends on the lyrics.

I thought Amy said that ''the Narnia Song'' was only a music piece (no lyrics). I may be mistaken...

And maybe they just took a part that wasn't dark so it would match with the rest of the piano part and the lyrics

the very beginning of the song is the Narnia intro, then when it stops and breaks into the quicker tempo piano, that is the actual Good Enough Intro

Oh okay thanks. It just didn't seem dark, epic, and scary enough. ;)

i really like the song....

i LOVE it when she's like

"i've completely lost my self and i don't mind"

*hopes those are the right lyrics*

i really like the song....

i LOVE it when she's like

"i've completely lost my self and i don't mind"

*hopes those are the right lyrics*

my favorite part as well, along with the "I'm still witing for the rain to fall, etc."

leave it to me to love the downer and depressing part of the song ;)

i definitely wouldn't have ended an album with this song, however i do like it. it's just not a closing track. the whole order of the album is awful. i think thats what destroyed my overall opinion of it.

This is the one song I'm actually dying to hear. It sounds like it's really beautiful n breath taking. :] Can't wait!

So any of you amazing piano people out there have the sheet music written out yet? :p

i definitely wouldn't have ended an album with this song, however i do like it. it's just not a closing track.I actually agree with you about that.

I think it ends WAY too abruptly.

I have been playing with it in Sony acid, and I'm thinking tha the string arrangement needs to be at the END instead of as the intro. Makes for a much more satisfying song all around.

And it is somewhat similar to a lot of Tori Amos's songs!
I was wondering if anyone else felt that too! When I first listened to it, I was like, "Tori!" It also really reminded me of "Give Unto Me" in the darker parts.

God, I am so in love with the way her voice cracks at one point. Can't recall where it is exactly at the top of my head. But it makes my heart implode with happiness.


"So take care what you ask of me
Cause I can't say no"

Those lyrics get me every time. :(

So this wasn't the narnia song???? when will we hear that?

So this wasn't the narnia song???? when will we hear that?
The intro is from the Narnia song. And at this point, I don't think we know if we'll get to hear the whole thing. :(

The one thing I was really hoping for was that just once Ev would put out a happy song. It didn't have to be that good; I just wanted to see if they could do it.

The one thing I was really hoping for was that just once Ev would put out a happy song. It didn't have to be that good; I just wanted to see if they could do it.

Are you saying this is/isn't what you expected ? I'm confused hehe.
I love this song. Ever since i read what it was to be about i wanted to hear it. When i did i had tears in my eyes, can't stop listening to it and singing it. Evanescence frigin rock......EVANESCENCE ARE BACK PEOPLE! :D

This a a very beautiful and impressing song although I don't really relate. It's emotional.

This is my favorite TOD song along with Lithium... It has something very different, I love how Amy sings it and ooh the piano!
I can't wait to have some free time to try to play it! :mrgreen:

So any of you amazing piano people out there have the sheet music written out yet?
I'll have it soon. I'm working on it. It's in C, so it's pretty easy.

I'm in love with this song. I love the way she sings "It's been such a long time coming but I feel good." It gets me every time.

The intro didn't sound like the rest of the song at all, I'm kinda surprised Amy got Good Enough from what she wrote for Narnia.

Is it just me or the very first sentence it sounds like she says "One day you'll smile again." For a while I thought thats what she was saying..but "Under your spell again" makes more sense.

idk..

Never been a fan of balads but this one is OMG!!! Just purely amazing. :cool:

its not "under your spell again?"????

Damn. I listened to it for the first time. I heard the piano and I went: "Wow..." and then with Amy's voice and the violins and everything...and I went more like: "Holy shit...that's beautiful!".
I'm just absolutely loving it! :)

its not "under your spell again?"????

I dont know! To me it sounds like she could be saying either of them.

so I just sent this song to all my friends last night and they are all in love with it. the fact that Ev has a happy song is amazing, and i am just as addicted to it as the rest of my friends are.

My little review of this amazing song:

I liked it since the first time I heard it, it's so relaxing and the lyrics are beautiful. I was still doubting that Amy could write a good happy song and I didn't like the idea, but after listening to it at the end, after all the other lyrics in all the other songs, I really felt like "Oh My God it really worked, it express everything it wanted and it's very well placed on the album"

I really like it's beginning, the piano sounds very well, it's calm but still moved, it's amazing, a very hard rhythm to take out of your head. Lyrics are just Amy-escence , it just feels like you really can understand how she was feeling and it makes this song an excellent one.

Everything I can say is that I love it, it's not my favorite one (Lacrymosa claimed that title first) but I really love it :mrgreen:

Well, let me update y'all. I was listening to the song AND reading the sweetest thing I ever read. I cried a little tear because it was all so pretty, the words and the sounds together...it makes me emotional... :)

This song is awesome. I love the laid back feel to it. This ones in my head when i go to sleep at night.:o I'm loving the fact that the main instrument was piano, i'm glad there was at least one song on the album like this.
This song was amazing live in London. :)

All I can say is.. this is the most beautiful song I've ever heard.




Ever.

this song made me cry. I can't be more happy for her. *eyes well up again, gets tissue* <3

When I first listened to this, all I could do was smile, and my eyes welled up with tears. This is indeed the most beautiful song I have ever heard. I went through a lot of difficult times this year, and as I heard the words to this song it made me ultimately feel as if life is easier to conquer, and that we're all "good enough" for what it has to offer. It made me feel infinite, or something. Just...brilliant. I feel so happy for Amy hearing it.

I Love it!!
:D

gar.

moms suck

i made my mom listen to this song and i told her it was the happy song from the album. and after it was over she was being all sarcastic

'oh yeah its so happy it makes me just want to run through a field of daisies'

i was like for Ev, this is a VERY happy song.

she likes the song, just doesn't think its actually very 'happy'

i love this song it's probably my favorite on the album like dyegov said the beginning is great it's calm but it's still moved. all i could do with this song is smile it really makes your soul happy! Her voice is amazing in this song i close my eyes when she hits those high notes and just go wow! For some reason it reminded me of high school i don't know why but it did *weird*. i can't say nooooo tooooo you! i love it!

It's so beautiful, with a more mature richness that outperforms My Immortal. I believe that this song inspires happiness in a world filled mostly with darkness and deep words. It's a song that's out in the open. It is truthful and filled with rich lyrics and piano accompaniment. The reason for the repeated Good Enough in the song is that when she feels in this pure, happy way, she will continuously proclaim her joy and her intense feeling.

It took awhile, but when this one grabbed me, it grabbed hard. It took me back to high school, and relationships I had then, and how I had never felt good enough, and then fast forward a few years and here I am feeling entirely capable and worthy. I love that the album is rather creepy and dark, but this ending is so gorgeous and hopeful. It leaves me feeling at peace, and I appreciate that in ways I can't describe.

This song is great...I thought I would never hear amy sing something like "its been such a long time coming, but I feel good" lol
and the piano work is just perfect :)

sorry if this has been asked... (i checked and didnt see this question) but i thought this song was supposed to be 8-9 minutes long? technically, it is the longest song on the album but it only lasts for 5 mins and 31 seconds.

i mean. i guess that could have just been a rumor... just wondering.

thanks. :)

Seeing Amy playing this live is simply orgasmic. :p

This Song Is Perferct!!!!:D :D :D :D :D :p

I absolutely love this song to bits.

Now as many people may have seen already in other threads, my piano playing is pretty sucky! BUT I've made a whole new resolution to try & change that. I have studied music quite exensively into A levels at least, so I can read music no problem, BUT as there's no sheet music for this song yet, I have a slight difficulty, I've worked out the "Easy Piano" version with a basic chord note & the tune, but if you've heard it you know the tune is not played at all in the piano part....so I was wondering, can anyone help me work out the fiddly bits? If so please PM me & I'll be more than happy to give out my msn address / e-mail address as necessary, I think it'd be totally cool to be able to play this & then put my vocals to it, which after all is my speciality in the music field...just for fun, not really for anything, except my own amusement & the kick I get from accomplishing something that's difficult for me to do.

Thanks for any help anyone can give me :)

I love this song. I already know that it's my favorite song now :mrgreen:

Well this one is pretty beautiful I like the lyrics and melody and of course Amy's voice:)

My last relationship I loved someone... but they didn't love me back and I never felt "good enough." But now I'm in a relationship where the other person is reciprocating their feelings.

This song has a lot of meaning to me... and now I'm in college seperated from the person I love and I get emotional almost every time I listen to the song.

Just an update, for those of you waiting for sheet music: I have finished transcribing the piano part for the whole intro, and the first verse. I'm about one minute 30 seconds into the song.

BTW, anyone want a written line for the vocal melody? If not, I'm not going to type it out, because I think everyone can pretty much figure it out... I might just put the lyrics out above it, so people can follow along better.

I love writing out music, haha. It takes a while but it's relatively easy for those of us with perfect pitch:p

beautiful song :D

At first, she sounded like a slave woman from back in the day. Now that it grew on me, it sounds more Evanescence-y. She really outdid herself on this song and I hope it's a single. I wonder what the video would look like.

The video would be unimaginably, incredibly beautiful. That is, unless Amy decides to have a bunch of pimps standing around making out like everyone else.
This song is the best on the album. I'd like to see it as a single.

The piano and the voice of Amy were beautiful :D :D ! Is my favorite song. is PERFECT!:D :D :D :D ;) ;) ;)

Very beautiful. I burned my open door mp3s to a cd, and added some old ev at the end of it. So i was listening to it late at night with my cd player and after the end of Good Enough, it started going into light strings, and i'm thinking Oh my god, there's a hidden song at the end of Good Enough, but sure enough it was just the intro to Whisper 2002. I felt retarded, but they do go really well together. Wouldn't that be really cool, if there was a hidden song on the Open Door, like on Origin.

Absolutely amazing. It gives me hope.

Just an update, for those of you waiting for sheet music: I have finished transcribing the piano part for the whole intro, and the first verse. I'm about one minute 30 seconds into the song.

BTW, anyone want a written line for the vocal melody? If not, I'm not going to type it out, because I think everyone can pretty much figure it out... I might just put the lyrics out above it, so people can follow along better.

I love writing out music, haha. It takes a while but it's relatively easy for those of us with perfect pitch:p


Relative Pitch is more important! but i'm not about to go into a music debate so I can get on topic!


Looks like i'm not the only one who couldn't wait any longer and had to grab TOD. Finally a song that is HAPPY from the band. Life doesn't suck every second and finally their is a song that relates to the better side. Good song, even though I find the album kind of a disappointment but still good this song works awesome.

I love the bit after the Narnia intro is done, and the "actual" intro for the song comes. Mmmmdarkpiano.
The first part of the song before the real intro is the Narnia thing that they rejected?! That was really good! I love the song, and I too hope there are more like this to come.

This song amazes me each and every time I hear it. And let me tell you, I have gone waaaay overboard with the amount of times that I have listened to it. I absolutely love what Amy does with her voice...the vocals seem even more soulful to me, and that's what makes this song.

Relative Pitch is more important! but i'm not about to go into a music debate so I can get on topic!


Looks like i'm not the only one who couldn't wait any longer and had to grab TOD. Finally a song that is HAPPY from the band. Life doesn't suck every second and finally their is a song that relates to the better side. Good song, even though I find the album kind of a disappointment but still good this song works awesome.

lol, how can relative pitch be more important? Why be so close when you can get the exact pitch. lol.

This song amazes me each and every time I hear it. And let me tell you, I have gone waaaay overboard with the amount of times that I have listened to it. I absolutely love what Amy does with her voice...the vocals seem even more soulful to me, and that's what makes this song.


I've gone overboard as well.

Teehee.

I adore this song. It was my first favourite on the CD.

After not liking this one all that much at first, I am in love with it now. Her vocals are so utterly amazing in this one. She sounds so intense and convincing. I love it. Although this song kinda reminds me of that song about which we can't speak,for some odd reason.

I actually agree with you about that.

I think it ends WAY too abruptly.

I have been playing with it in Sony acid, and I'm thinking tha the string arrangement needs to be at the END instead of as the intro. Makes for a much more satisfying song all around.*hides* I retract what I said. I've listened to the whole album over and over again and I must say...it actually does satisfy me for an ending. Nice and soft and so logical to end an emotionally tormented album like this!

Musically, It winds you down from the heaviness of ATILF and brings you up from that mood with it's wonderous beauty.

*eats his words*

this is the only song i skip listening in the album...:( i don't know why, but it bores me

Amy said Good Enough was a ¨happy¨ song but I don't see how it is when she makes it sound so god damn bloody depressing. Mehh.

<3
- Nina

this is the only song i skip listening in the album...:( i don't know why, but it bores me

it bores me too :( I don't like it very much cause it seems too long for me, I like the lyrics and the intro though, but it's not my favorite, I imagined it more happy more cool but it's ok, I still listen it when I want to feel good :p

Yeah, so much for happy but it seriously makes my heart ache everytime I hear it. Especially on the "Still waiting for the rain to fall, pour real life down on me/ Cause I can't hold on to anything that's good enough, am I good enough?"

WOWZAHS. that part gets me everytime.

I have been trying to play it on the piano, its pretty tough. ;)

I dont really like this song that much. I dont know why, but it just kinda annoys me.

GilMod rating of the worst TOD song: Good Enough!

Everytime I try to listen to Amy...

She's starting to get on my nerves! :p

Amy was right when she told that Good Enough was the bravest song, cause it's tottally different from what I expected and she has to have the courage to fight the bad critics about this song! like I said the lyrics are good but I don't like it cause it's very long and it's not happy/good enough for me :(

This isn't one of my favorites, actually it's my least favorite from The Open Door, BUT, *heavenly music and a ray of light* this is a very good song. I understand where you all are coming from, but I love this song. Yeah, it took a while to grow on me, but I'm hoping for this to be a single. I like this song better than many of their older ones. I'll love it even more when I memorize it. It would be better w/o the long intro, but I love the intro and it definitely fits with the song. I thinks it's a masterpiece and I'm glad it was done.
Nevermind, I'm listening to it and it's starting to grow on me more. It'll soon be among my favorites.

Good Enough is an instant facking classic imo

i took me a while to get used to it, but i love this song now. because i live in louisiana, when i listen to this song, i think of wind blowing through sugarcane and trees on a hot, sunny day! lmao, corny

Awww it's so fantastic that after all the struggles Amy's had she can finally write a song like this, so upbeat and positive.
I'm glad that she finally feels like this (upbeat and positive)
Hehe my Mum just walked in the room and I was listening to this song and shes like "Wow, thats a happy song for Evanescence, it's about time they wrote like this."
lol, even my Mum likes this song.

:cool:

When I first heard this, it wasn't at the top of my list of favorites. Now, however...I love it :) I just adore the intro and how it blends into the song itself. I love piano + strings as it is, and this song is really beautiful :)

Amy said Good Enough was a ¨happy¨ song but I don't see how it is when she makes it sound so god damn bloody depressing. Mehh.

<3
- Nina

I have to agree. No happy song should involve the words 'crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hand'. Just... no. I was listening to this - and the Cartoon Network song - thinking 'And this is her in a GOOD mood?'. I think that this is one of the songs that broke my love of Evanescence. The way she sings it bugs me.

Oh, and completely random but I get the feeling that this song was written after sex. And that's just something I really didn't need to hear. Oh don't judge me, you all thought it. "Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly"? How do you not get something dirty from that? ...No? Only me? Well then.

I have to agree. No happy song should involve the words 'crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hand'. Just... no. I was listening to this - and the Cartoon Network song - thinking 'And this is her in a GOOD mood?'. I think that this is one of the songs that broke my love of Evanescence. The way she sings it bugs me.

Oh, and completely random but I get the feeling that this song was written after sex. And that's just something I really didn't need to hear. Oh don't judge me, you all thought it. "Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly"? How do you not get something dirty from that? ...No? Only me? Well then.

I'm not Amy, but people express happiness in different ways. She did sing a lot of the lines "I feel good enough for you," "It's been a long time coming but I feel good", how many lines do you need to make it a "happy" song? The "crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hands" is perhaps how Amy writes happiness. It may not be "ideal", but it's how she expresses herself.

And I'm not sure if it was written after sex, but I don't think it was. But I mean, you're judging this song based on a thought you have which is most likely not true?

This is a happy song, it's just written poetically.

Oh, and completely random but I get the feeling that this song was written after sex. And that's just something I really didn't need to hear. Oh don't judge me, you all thought it. "Shouldn't have let you torture me so sweetly"? How do you not get something dirty from that? ...No? Only me? Well then.

Okay, that's extremely disturbing... I don't reckon Amy would like to think that the fans are hearing "oh yeah, thats the song Amy wrote after having a quick shag"...
On another note, Your sig's hilarious. Funniest thing I've seen in a while :D

Umm anyways, this is my fave song at the moment.. I love how Amy's vocals are extemely strong throughout the whole song.
I also like how the narnia intro blends into the song intro...very well done. I just wish we could hear the real Narnia song :(

To Ammer: I'll never hear Good Enough in the same way again now that you've added the "after sex" opinion. Thanks :rolleyes:

Now, it's taken this song some time, but it's grown on me completely. I love it. Not to mention that it's really pleasing to sing around the house. :D Good exercise for the vocal chords, hehe.

I'm not Amy, but people express happiness in different ways. She did sing a lot of the lines "I feel good enough for you," "It's been a long time coming but I feel good", how many lines do you need to make it a "happy" song? The "crave my heart and it's bleeding in your hands" is perhaps how Amy writes happiness. It may not be "ideal", but it's how she expresses herself.

And I'm not sure if it was written after sex, but I don't think it was. But I mean, you're judging this song based on a thought you have which is most likely not true?

This is a happy song, it's just written poetically.

I know people express happiness in different ways but to me this is a more of an 'I can't believe I'm happy' song. It's a 'kind of afraid to be happy' song as well, and while I recognise the feeling, I don't find it to be purely happy. After all the hype about 'EVANESCENCE HAS A HAPPY SONG!!!11' it's just not as happy as I was expecting. And it's really not so much the lyrics, which are fairly uplifting, it's the music. For example my current 'This song makes me so happy!' song is 'It's Good To Be In Love' by Frou Frou. The lyrics are actually about someone you love being in love with someone else. But the music and tune are so happy that I don't care. I expected this song to just SOUND happier. Anyway, that's just how I feel.

And I know that it wasn't written after sex, that it's probably about surrendering and trusting a person with your happiness/feelings/love and feeling scared and vulnerable but completely content at the same time, but that WAS my first impression, and yes it has tainted the way I listen to the song forevermore. I blame the media. But Nyx you should blame me because I was the one who brought it up. :o

Hee, and thanks for the compliment, Ben. And I agree, it is disturbing. I am a twisted person.

To Ammer: I'll never hear Good Enough in the same way again now that you've added the "after sex" opinion. Thanks :rolleyes:


Uh, I didn't make that opinion. I just commented on how it probably wasn't made after sex, after i-miss-roses thought it might've been.

Yeah, I said she should blame me. It's my dirty mind.

And I just want to lay out a big disclaimer here: I never seriously believed the song to be written after The Act. When I say it was my first impression, I mean it was in the way you hear something, snort, and think 'Heh, dirty'. It was just an innuendo thing I took away from certain lyrics, in no way serious, and meant as a throwaway comment that could be amusing to someone. Sorry if I disturbed you but... the world was going to do it anyway.

Hey guys, I just listened to "Good Enough" in the AOL preview. Is the music in the background the supposed music she written for Narnia? I remember Amy stating the instrumental will be on this song, was it just not included in the preview? The one I listened to was 5:31, is that right?

After the song was finished, at first listen, I was like.. wait.. where's the Narnia instrumental?

Hey guys, I just listened to "Good Enough" in the AOL preview. Is the music in the background the supposed music she written for Narnia? I remember Amy stating the instrumental will be on this song, was it just not included in the preview? The one I listened to was 5:31, is that right?

After the song was finished, at first listen, I was like.. wait.. where's the Narnia instrumental?
It was the part at the beginning with the piano and strings. It goes up to like 55 seconds then the Good Enough intro starts.

It was the part at the beginning with the piano and strings. It goes up to like 55 seconds then the Good Enough intro starts.
Oh interesting.. I wish they would have extended it a bit more. I'm sure there's alot of us who would have liked to hear a whole instrumental piece. I mean, the instrumental after "Away From Me" which if I remember correctly, is "Eternal", was a pre-Fallen song, and I love that instrumental so much. Meh, I just got my hopes up, I thought the whole ending of the CD was an 8-minute instrumental. I still love "Good Enough" though, I just got my hopes up that it was gonna be an epic score in the end, hehe. I guess I listen to too much symphonic metal.

Since I heard the story behind this story, I started to love it even more... it's very romantic :p

This days I've heard the song many times and after hearing it like 500 times I love it! at first I didn't like it very much and you can read it in my posts, but now I think it's a very beautiful song and that I'm really pleased to see that amy is happy now :) and now I feel connected to the song very much, I feel good enough now too! :p

After a few times listening to this song, it brought me to tears. It is so beautiful, and such a change to what we all usually hear. It is undoubtably my favorite song because of the beautiful orchestral composition. The introduction is especially wonderful because it gives us a taste of what Amy's classical-renditions are like. She could truly be a neo-classicism composer. This, along with "Missing", and "Lacrymosa" are my favorite songs (they all have the quintessential string arrangements I love so dearly).

i adore this song!!!! i love the smooth delicate piano that just keeps going all the way through...

i think its a "in the end, you grow from dark experiences" song, and i think its a new step for amy...she's branched out from the dark rock and started something new

It's a good song, but it didn't grab me like the other songs did.

This song can be related to just about anyone, i'm thinking. Even the 'meatheads' that might criticize it. I think it is a good song to end the album with. :)

I don't find this song to be happy, I just find it to be a pure love song that shows a lot of relief and compassion. It is tied with Lacrymosa as my favorite song on the album. The intro to it is the best on the entire album and Amy's voice is at its best in a lot of points in this song, especially in the second stanza. I also believe this song is a lot like My Immortal, essentaily because they kind of share the same subject.

Completely different from anything Amy has ever done before. For me is not happy is not a sad song is something in the middle. And Amy's voice is amazing. One of the best song of the album for me!

This song I decided, reminds me a lot of what I describe as a "Happy poem" for me- it never actually ends up as what an optimistic person would call happy, just in my perspective it's happier than the norm...but it's still a really hopeful song.

Do you think they'll do a My Immortal style band version of this live?

Do you think they'll do a My Immortal style band version of this live?
I hope not, it should be just Amy playing the piano. A band version wouldn't have the same feeling.

I love this song, I lvoe the paino and Amy's voice is very good in this song, and when you hear the song, it makes you want to cry, I love it.

I loved the acoustic version now that i heard of the album version i discovered a very interesting intro!!

yea the song isn't really that happy. The opening piano part doesn't really sound happy at all. However, I do wish it was a little bit darker. I miss all the really gothy stuff. :(

I bought the album today. I didn't allow myself to hear the songs before the album came out, but now I have it so I can listen to it as many times I want :D.

I fell in love with this song from the first listen. It's so different, but i just love it. Just love love love it.

I love the Narnia intro to this song...magical! And I like it - not as much as I'd expected - but I know it will grow on me.

However, something about the lyrics makes me a little uneasy. It's supposed to be a 'happy' song, but when she sings: 'So take care what you ask of me, because I can't say no...' I think wildly: NO, AMES! YOU HAVE TO SAY NO! DON'T LET A MAN WALK ALL OVER YOU AGAIN! PLEASE!

Is it just me?

I really Love this song. I just can't help but to smile every time I hear it because it makes me feel good to hear that Amy is feeling saticefied with the way that things are going now.:D

Ya know...I didn't listen to this song until the other day and I really, really like it. It's so beautiful.

I don't like the songs right before it much, so I would always end up skipping the end. I'm glad I listened to the whole thing while painting my room lol

I really love the begining it's sooo pretty....

This is another song off the album that I can really relate to.

For me it's almost in your face. For years my dad has told me that I'm not good enough and I'd love to just sing this song to him at the top of my lungs and just say "Screw it, I am good enough." I know that's not the real words... but that's just what it means to me personally.

i know this song is a positive one but it brings up a few negative feelings in me. over the summer i had a fling with a guy who i really like but i wasn't good enough for him... do you see where im going with thie? he basically used me and i couldn't say no to him. i was under his spell so to speak. but im over it now and i can see the good that came from it. i love the song although it reminds me of a not so great summer, it reminds me not to go there again.

Okay, I'm finally starting to like this song. :) I still think it's kind of boring if you're not in the mood for it, and I'm still not too keen on the neediness of the lyrics. But I'm in a relationship now and it's starting to give me tingles when I listen to it. It's not a happy song, I don't find - it just represents that sweet, warm, contented infatuation.
Plus it's gorgeous to sing.

;)

This song should have been a solo of hers cuz it definetly doesnt sound like anything EV

In my opinion, Good Enough was the best song from TOD. It was probably the only song that really moved me. Most of the others were 'shallow' of terms of meaning, yes, they were good songs, but not the best. It didn't need anything more added to it. Sure, it's not the usual Evanescence style, but it's the best song from The Open Door, which is sad in its own way.

Reminder: Do not post links to the Good Enough video. It has not been officially released yet.

I'm just hoping they push for what they need to push for in this single.
Especially with a b-side, which btw, does anyone know what it is?
Well, i hope they dont "Sweet Sacrifice" this single...

I'm just hoping they push for what they need to push for in this single.
Especially with a b-side, which btw, does anyone know what it is?
Well, i hope they dont "Sweet Sacrifice" this single...


There have been rumors that the B-side is "Together Again"

more than rumors i think
it's like they've GOT TO put Together Again as a bside
there was a fake image on the web that 'showed the CD' but it was created in an image-editor..cuz there's a SERIOUS mis-translation
it says 1.Good Enough and then 2. Toghether Again...and i SERIOUSLY doubt that they made a mistake AT the record label...more likely a fan-made image...it is nicely done though...the thorns ..but then photoshop's powerful...and many ppl (like me) have got a pdf file with the thorns and stuff..

...but well someone asked amy about the narnia song she said that Together Again IS the narnia song..
and well the rumors were that there were 3 bsides :words:
TLSIWOY...already released
Together Again..narnia song
If you don't mind..not confirmed
aaand recently they said another one called Through her eyes was a bside too..but i don't think so

if there are really 3 bsides
your star should be the 5th single
ooor lacrymosa

I heard romour that there were five songs cut out of TOD. They were TLSIWOY, If You Don't Mind, Together Again and other 2 songs. But by the way things go, we're going to need another guy to leak them for us, or we might never hear a word from them.

...but well someone asked amy about the narnia song she said that Together Again IS the narnia song..


Where did you read it?, cause till what i know Amy told a lot of times that the narnia song has no name yet

"Good Enough" have taken some time to like, but it has a way to creep up on you and make you feel at ease with it. The first times I guess I was in the wrong 'setting' to appricate it enough.

Now i have a different feel about it, and it is not on the top of my list, but it is good enough :)

IAW GandalfTheGrey. I'm probably being really stupid here and have missed something that everyone else already knows, but when is it going to be released? or has it been already...:confused:

I love this song! I just don't agree with it as a single. But hey, it's Amy's choice I guess.....I'm just so happy that Amy is happy! :)

It was released on Open Door, last year. I am not sure if it was released before that on any single, but someone here should know that.

It was released on Open Door, last year. I am not sure if it was released before that on any single, but someone here should know that.

If you were talking to me, I know that, I have TOD, I meant like when the video and stuff was going to be officially released. Or has it been, and i'm just completely stupid and missed it?

I like this one until 1:14 into it. :/
This one bores me.

If you were talking to me, I know that, I have TOD, I meant like when the video and stuff was going to be officially released. Or has it been, and i'm just completely stupid and missed it?

No. I'm pretty sure that the video hasn't been officially released. I think the song may have been released to radio stations and such because I have seen the Good Enough DJ single selling on ebay.

Sometimes, I think they are never going to freaking release it!!! :mad:

Sometimes, I think they are never going to freaking release it!!!

I agree completely!

I have this WEIRD feeling it's not going to be released until November. I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but seeing how this sounds so much like a swan song, and the fact that there's been speculation to Ev breaking up in November, it seems fitting.

This is one song off TOD, I can really relate to!! This song is SO deep, so full of feeling and emotions! I use to feel the same way, that I was never good enough. I have always had a hard time in school, because I was born with, ADHD, and FASD. So it was really hard for me to just sit at my desk and do any work! As I got older, I was so deep in depession because as being a kid, I was so full of life, and energy, but that all came to an end when I was fourteen years old. I was diagnosed with scolliosis, which is a curvature of the spine. I have already gone through seven surgery's, and now I have to live with my entire spine made out of metal. I never thought I was good enough to be anyone, or do anything. But I have learned to have the strength, and change my life into everything possitive, because I am alive, and I am still walking! I have learned the beauty of life, and all the joy and happieness it can bring! I am not able to do alot of things, but there are still alot that I can do, and I do everything I can to its very fullest!! So I think, everyone, and I am Good Enough!!!:D:smile:

I never thought I was good enough to be anyone, or do anything. But I have learned to have the strength, and change my life into everything possitive, because I am alive, and I am still walking! I have learned the beauty of life, and all the joy and happieness it can bring!

All that from a SONG?!?!
*blink*
Tbh, the only thing I get from this song is "I want a happy song so people don't think my band is totally emo"...no sir, I don't like it...

All that from a SONG?!?!
*blink*
Tbh, the only thing I get from this song is "I want a happy song so people don't think my band is totally emo"...no sir, I don't like it...

Or "a happy song because I am such an artist and thats what artists do, make crappy albums and songs that don't fit into the band.Band, whoops just kidding. I run the show so it's all about what I want. Screw the fans and everyone who fell in love with Evanescence. I am going to make albums the way I want."

I am not a fan of this song. I don't like it. I want it to go away.

I love how some how, every thread starts with OMG LOVE IT and ends with...what a crummy song, etc.

I dunno, at first I wasn't so into this song as the others but I listened to it anyway and now I like it :)

For the people that think she shouldn't have done this song because it's like, not loyal or whatever to fans, I disagree. I mean, it IS Evanescence's album. Not Evanescence's Fan's Album... Bad explanation, but whatever.

I agree with annikka88. It's not our album, it's Evanescence's and we really don't have a say in what is written. But that's just a bit OT. The video is a little less intresting than the other Ev videos IMHO, but it seems to me to fit the song well. I didn't even like GE at first, but now I like it somewhat, even if it's not my favorite song on the album. I'm way behind I know, but when is the single gonna be in stores. Or is it already? I checked on bestbuy.com and it said they just had fallen, ABH, and TOD. So sorry if i'm asking the obvious...

I have this WEIRD feeling it's not going to be released until November. I sincerely hope I'm wrong, but seeing how this sounds so much like a swan song, and the fact that there's been speculation to Ev breaking up in November, it seems fitting.
I hope they don't break up!
They need to make more songs, even a few more like Good Enough.
I think it's great that Amy finally feels good and shared that with us through this song. :)

OMG now that I'm in love again, I love this song more!!! it just describes the way I feel right now :D

I think I know why "Good Enough" was released :D

I love the song "Good Enough" but I'm not so sure that I think it means what it really means. I thought it was just somebody being happy about finding love and feeling good enough for them. I dedicated it for my fiance and one of my friends told me I was a dink. A little help from anyone that knows or could at least give me input?:confused:

I think I know why "Good Enough" was released :D

Maybe that could help?

I love the song "Good Enough" but I'm not so sure that I think it means what it really means. I thought it was just somebody being happy about finding love and feeling good enough for them. I dedicated it for my fiance and one of my friends told me I was a dink. A little help from anyone that knows or could at least give me input?:confused:

What an individual hears in a song is theirs. There's no solid ground in this - it can be many different things depending on how you see it. That's a lot of what makes music, along with any other type of art, such a beautiful thing. So if it makes you feel or think something, then that's what it is to you and there's nothing wrong with that.

Tell your friend to STFU. :mrgreen:

I think this sonng is one of Ev's/ Amy's best off the album.
I am really glad they made it to be a single, even though I am suprised that
it is.

I think every song is so unique, and tells its very own story.

The way I interpid Good Enough....
To me its about, feeling bad about your self for so long, and never
thinking you were able to be good enough for anyone, or anything.
But finally seeing the true you, and all that you can do, and that You Are
Good Enough, to do anything you put your mind to, and that you are good enough to be your true self, and that your good enough to deserve to be happy. Getting over your own past, and moving forward, and that you don't have to live in your own sorrows anymore.

This song is so special to me,
Its exactly what I use to feel, and sometimes I still do just a little bit, only
when I am feeling down, but I always think about how far I have come,
and where I am now!

I think EVERYONE deserves to be happy, and feel that they
are GOOD ENOUGH!! :smile:
Everyone is very special, and deserves to feel that way, no matter what!

I think this sonng is one of Ev's/ Amy's best off the album.
I am really glad they made it to be a single, even though I am suprised that
it is.

I think every song is so unique, and tells its very own story.

The way I interpid Good Enough....
To me its about, feeling bad about your self for so long, and never
thinking you were able to be good enough for anyone, or anything.
But finally seeing the true you, and all that you can do, and that You Are
Good Enough, to do anything you put your mind to, and that you are good enough to be your true self, and that your good enough to deserve to be happy. Getting over your own past, and moving forward, and that you don't have to live in your own sorrows anymore.

This song is so special to me,
Its exactly what I use to feel, and sometimes I still do just a little bit, only
when I am feeling down, but I always think about how far I have come,
and where I am now!

I think EVERYONE deserves to be happy, and feel that they
are GOOD ENOUGH!! :smile:
Everyone is very special, and deserves to feel that way, no matter what!
I agree with you! This song is different from the others in the album! And it reminds us that we are unique and if we feel lonely,there is always someone who really cares about us!

Yeah..... and so your never alone.... never

OMG now that I'm in love again, I love this song more!!! it just describes the way I feel right now :D
Same here.
Before i didn't relate to this song at all, now it perfectly fits how i feel.

Same here.
Before i didn't relate to this song at all, now it perfectly fits how i feel.

I think its funny sometimes, the way that
happens......
You can listen to a certin song, but think it has nothing to do with you,
or the way you can possibly feel.
After listening to it a couple/few times, and really get to listen to what
its really saying, you get a whole different point of view on it, and then
only to realize, it totally fits the way you feel, and or what you feel
in your life.
I always listen to each song really carefully, and every single Ev song I have
ever heard, there is always a story to each one, and in each song, I can
always relate to so many things.
Its all about what Amy has been through in her own life, witch is so much.
I have soo much faith, when someone is going through a harsh time like that,
and believe that things will always evenually get better!! :smile: