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


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

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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

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 :(

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...

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

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


:eek: *dies* omg20chars

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I can't really see Amy singing this live, the song made me choke up just by listening. After I listened to this song, I just stopped playing the other tracks and the silence is really strange now.

i don't think this will be performed live. but if it is...the crowd had better respect it.

I don't know. I think she might perform it. She's expressed that she's moved on from her past (think Good Enough), so I think she might be ready to perform both Hello and this one.

Also, I just thought of this- she said that on every CD they've done she tried to put aside a song for her sister.

Fallen- Hello
TOD- Like You
Origin- Even In Death? (She's performed THAT one live....)

Origin- Even In Death? (She's performed THAT one live....)

EID was about her sister? This I did not kow. i always thought it was more about loving someone as in a man kinda love. *shrugs*

This is an amazingly somber song. I think this is about the saddest Evanescence song I've heard. It's right up there with Hello and Even in Death, anyway. And Tourniquet, I suppose. (Nice observation by Draconian that EID could very well be dedicated to Amy's sister as well.) Makes me teary. :(

I love the beginning and how they managed to work in the guitars throughout, especially at the climax towards the end. I thought the guitar would be subtle throughout. I also like the humming she does before the "Halo..." bit. The climax portion I'm mixed on. I think her voice drops lower too quickly, and part of me thinks the "forevermore" bit is a little overdone vocally. But another part of me likes how it's just this keening cry type of thing that practically drowns out the rest of the instrumentals.

As much as I'd love to hear this live, I'm thinking it's going the road of "Hello" and might not be. As great as it would be to hear it performed, I think it'd be a big downer. But maybe she has moved on in some respect and would be able to perform the song.

From the first listen, I knew this song would be [by far] my favorite song on The Open Door.

Okay, so I haven't even heard the song yet... but those lyrics brought tears to my eyes and goosebumps that refuse to go away. Absolutely amazing.

Origin- Even In Death? (She's performed THAT one live....)

Nah that's the necrophilia song! :D

This song is really touching. Well okay it made me cry a lot. It's just so sad the part where she says "I hate me for breathing without you," like she feels guilty for being the sister that lived.

This is the first new song I heard, and I think it's going to be my favourite.
The lyrics are... I can't explain it. It's sadder than Hello, and I think any other song I've ever heard. ::cries::

EID was about her sister? This I did not kow. i always thought it was more about loving someone as in a man kinda love. *shrugs*

I don't know. It was just a guess. Because if she dedicates a song to her on every CD, then EID would probably be the one from Origin.

Considering how tender the subject is, I was REALLY suprised at the lyrics, especially the last verse. How blunt are they? So chilling.

This is an amazing song.. I love it. I think it's a great representation about how the band has grown.

Amy is not afraid anymore, she has grown confidence, and she's a lot more blunt in the way she sings about her sister. It's much more obvious what the topic is, whereas Hello expresses the emotion through the use of metaphor.

Fantastic song, deeply thought out.

Hey, some people actually are thinking the same thing I posted about earlier,...so I'm not crazy in thinking that. I'm really eager to hear this song, to see if it resembles Even in Death, instrumentally, as well as lyrically.

Hey, some people actually are thinking the same thing I posted about earlier,...so I'm not crazy in thinking that. I'm really eager to hear this song, to see if it resembles Even in Death, instrumentally, as well as lyrically.

IMHO, I dont think it resembles EID hardly at all. It is its own song, it is just written for the same person (if EID in in fact about her sister)

This song is amazing. The lyrics are so chilling, beautiful, and sad. Another one of my favorite tracks!

I'm trying really hard not to listen to any of the songs yet, so I've settled on reading the lyrics. Wow, I really teared up at this one... Now I really want to hear this song. The lyrics are so sad! *sniffles*

Grace

I love this song so much better than Hello. It's so beautiful.

I'm not a singer, so I don't know the correct term for it, but I think Amy's learned to maintain control over her vocals better than ever before. Her voice just has this very defined tone whenever she hits the high notes, very different than in "Hello." She sings this spendidly! I don't really know how to explain it, but I like it. :)

I don't want to feel anymore for you

I believe our love can see us through in death

I love how Amy's voice sort of fades into the guitars at for you. It goes all wispy and magical. And again at in death. Those two bits seem so powerful to me.

Definately one of my favs off the album. so beautiful

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

WOW

Definately one of my favs off the album. so beautiful

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

WOW

my thoughts exactly. one of the first posts in her said this was a 'suicidal' type of song. i have to say i kinda agree. but really i think amy just knows that someday, she will see her sister again, so she isn't grieving.

From what I've heard thus far from the album. This is by far one of my favorite songs. It's very heartwrenching. I can relate to the song so well. It had me in tears.

Gosh, this one just might be my favorite off the album. I love how I get such a mixture of feelings from it. It's heart-breaking, creepy, sweet, angry, full of longing. I see such unsettling images in my head when I listen to this. :(

this one is heart-breaking! sadness

this song is my first favourite from the album. its amazing! the lyrics are so powerful and the whole song just tells a story. its so sad it bought tears to my eyes. amy did so well on this song. i love it!

Has anyone else noticed throughout the song they play the same guitar bit thats throughout BMTL, or is it just me ?

This is deffinetly the saddest song on the album.

the lyrics "i long to be like you, lie cold in the ground like you, there's room inside for two" just really hit me hard :( I can really (as many can) releate to this song.

yep totally agree with you ^^^^ the part that hit me the most when she actually says 'i long to be like you, sis' thats a really good line. so sad

The lyrics have such an impact, that I can only feel sorry for Amy when I listen to it. She put her whole heart and soul into writing this piece, and it shows how much she loved her sister. :(

"I long to be like you, sis" Shit, that took so much guts to say I think...anyways...

"I long to be like you, sis" Shit, that took so much guts to say I think...anyways...

looking at the lyrics she dnt say "I long to be like you, sis" it says

" 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"

unless im reading the lyrics wrong, then in that case im sorry.

Look at the bottom chorus. She says it in the final chorus; it's the only time she does, apparently.

looking at the lyrics she dnt say "I long to be like you, sis"


I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you did

what Katya said

yh i hear it now im sorry :(

OMG.
i can't describe my emotion about the song. it's so sad, depressive and weird. it always takes me away.. i almost cry whan i listening to it. :(

I am a MAN! and I'm almost in tears.

lol..when i figured out what this song was about..i nearly fell off my chair. it was so beautiful, yet sad at the same time. I didnt read the lyrics first, but as i was listening i was like wait...what did she just say!?!? holy...sausages!!

Inspiration from the song....

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/tatersmomma/lillikeyou.jpg (http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b319/tatersmomma/likeyou.jpg)

Very pretty. I like it. :)

I don't know. I think she might perform it. She's expressed that she's moved on from her past (think Good Enough), so I think she might be ready to perform both Hello and this one.

Also, I just thought of this- she said that on every CD they've done she tried to put aside a song for her sister.

Fallen- Hello
TOD- Like You
Origin- Even In Death? (She's performed THAT one live....)


I thought Field Of Innocence was about her sister. The whole "I still remember the world from the eyes of a child..." but I could be wrong.


I absolutely LOVE this song. It's very personal, and extremely deep. The lyrical content is phenominal. Kudos Amy. I know it's been tough on you, but the fact that you can go on and live, with or without her, is an amazing feat. It's hard, coming from someone who's lost siblings....Thank you for this. It gave me a reason to cry again.

Does anyone else hear what sounds like dolphin sounds in the middle of the song? where she says no matter what they told you, you're not alone.

Can't say I heard Dolphin sounds personally, but there is a musical phrase in there that's been re-used from Give Unto Me, & if I'm right, I bet if you listen closely enough, Give Unto Me, Hello & Like You are all linked musically rather than just lyrically... This is a very powerful song there's no doubt what the song's about without even being told, I didn't read any of these threads before I heard these new songs, but yet it is very obvious the meaning's of most of them.

first time i listen this song,it's an other pop song of The Open Door,somehow it reminds me some pop love song,not like typical Ev style,it still rock,but not my favourite song of this album.

song is amazing made me cry as well. Love it :D

Beautiful lyrics but I still have to hear the song! doesn't matter too much 'cause soon I'll hear it :D (by soon I mean Oct 3rd)

first time i listen this song,it's an other pop song of The Open Door,somehow it reminds me some pop love song,not like typical Ev style,it still rock,but not my favourite song of this album.

This is def. NOT a pop song... read the lyrics again, listen to the music and beautiful ballad, let alone the raw emotion!

Pop music definition

read this.... click (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music)

This is too emotional to be anything, really. Except maybe goth, because my personal defination of goth is extreme human pain/emotion turned into a beautiful art.

I somehow didn't notice the "sis" part. I really just have too many thoughts and feelings running around in my head to write any of them in English, so I guess I have to leave it at that.....

....certainly NOT a happy cupcake sprinkly funland.

This is too emotional to be anything

It's emo. :cool: :D

I think i'd define it as a piano ballad from a rock band.

very sad depressing song. i like it tho but i dont understand. Amy said everything was going good and now she wrote this song thats saying she wants to die. I'm confused :confused:

I nearly cried when I heard it... knowing what it's about

EDIT: I cried at the end

very sad depressing song. i like it tho but i dont understand. Amy said everything was going good and now she wrote this song thats saying she wants to die. I'm confused :confused:

It's written from the perpective of how she felt as a child when her sister passed away. I think the "lie cold in the ground like you" is more like she wants to be with her sister again, than kill herself.

It's written from the perpective of how she felt as a child when her sister passed away. I think the "lie cold in the ground like you" is more like she wants to be with her sister again, than kill herself.

I agree. It's just that the only way she can do that is....well....to be dead.

I really don't cry for movies or songs that often, but even I tear up and get goosebumps with this song. It is the most emotional thing I have ever heard. I want it at my funeral. I guess I'll have to add it to my not-made-up-yet funeral playlist. (Because I'm morbid like that :p)

Jesus, Amy!

Though not my favorite of the album, its the most powerful song and by far the saddest song. Reminded me too much of Hello though which as I understand covers the same subject.

I loveeee this song so much.. it's my favorite from the album.

I guess I'm just a sucker for those really depressing Ev songs..

The lyrics are so touching (I lost one of my best friends to a drunken driver car accidnet). It's really sad that she lost her sister though.

Does anyone else hear what sounds like dolphin sounds in the middle of the song? where she says no matter what they told you, you're not alone.

Oh just realized what you're talking about.. yea I noticed that too but to me it sounds like someone's trying to start their car lol..

this is definatly one of my favorite songs on the album...if not the favorite...its so beautiful. the lyrics are amazing

Deep feelings there. I imagine what it sounds like.
To go after her own sis and be with her, cuz she misses her, that day today.
Yeah, experiences from the childhood are deep and its beautiful her love for the sib.
'I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you did'
Yeah, but, she's not cold, children that young go to Heaven. Thats comfort at least. And one day you meet with them up in Heavens.
And in spirit, while on earth, you with them, so its all good.
Although sad song, its about love, someone you could die for.

part of the guitar sounds like one song glory from rent. i just wanted to say that...

this song is so much more powerful than Hello for the simple fact that the lyrics are more blunt and straightforward. this is not a metaphorical song in any way. she is straight to the point and that makes it that much more hardhitting and emotional

IMHO best song on this album

somehow it's an other Forgive ME,but this one is more heavy.

Amazing. This totally left me speechless. One of the best things I've ever heard.

I'm petrified. All that pain...It's so sad and at the same time so beautiful. I listen to it and I wanna sceram "Take me with you!" without even knowing where I want to go or who I want to follow...It's a song about reality - death is real and we can't deny it exists.There are some things that just can't be forgotten - like the loss of somebody you love. I don't want to feel like this ever...

They have all listened through the leak :)

i'll not do that , i'd prefer to hold the album in my hands as i listen to these songs which will probably kill the disappointment of the first single,but i may let myself just one song , just one ; and this may be it.

Ev owes me new headphones! i was laying in bed, listening to each song for repetition and the second time around of Like You came and i starting BAWLING. i got tears all over my earphones! curse amy's excessive talent and voice! :D
my GOD, this song is so sad. kinda reminded me of the Police's "every breath you take" with the guitar. i'm sure that's prolly been said in this thread...

I think the lyrics are wrong.
it's

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you ter

I love this song! its so beautiful and sad. this is my new favorite ev song. *points to signature*:D

i love this song to pieces! the lyrics are amazing to me and its one of my favs on the album.

i love this song, so straight to the point and multilayered,

hey was i the only person who heard the pengiuns in the background towards the end

also lol whats with the duck in the only one lol

penquins and ducks. Maybe there happened to be a zoo near the studio and thy got an idea that some of the animals would maybe like to perform in they're new album too. The one's of the animals that are Evanescence fans.

I don't hear a penguin though. Must listen to it again.

Because of the death theme this is the gothiest song on the album.

The lyrics are awesome and she sings it emotionally. One of my faves too (I'm starting to fell that I've said that in almost every song's thread. Guess the whole album is my fave)

You know I just heard this song this week and I thought it may have been about her sister...but I wasn't sure. Of course the Ev Board is the place to look for all information so I should have come here first. ha. Anyway, I lost my mom when I was a little girl and I just lost my dad two years ago. I love this song, but it's painful to listen to. Ah, Amy's writing is MY therapy, too.

I admire Amy so much for being able to write songs like this... The lyrics are so personal. I love every single note of this song. Its amazing.

I.. I'm almost in tears from this song. It's one of the most powerful and emotional songs I've ever heard... It's one of the three songs I love from the first listen. [Lithium and Good Enough being the other two]

The song is so personal, making it my favourite, i love songs where the writer just lays their heart out there...

Great song! I love this as much as Hello....btw....What's that rickety sound in the song?

i love this song, so straight to the point and multilayered,

hey was i the only person who heard the pengiuns in the background towards the end

also lol whats with the duck in the only one lol
I heard what sounded like dolphins towards the end. their lilttle clicking sound

I must say that the first time I heard this song I didn't like it, I was giving an overall overview to the album and comparing it to the others, it was the less good song from the album and also I didn't understand what she wanted to say, but after listening more to it, reading the lyrics and some other people comments, I really like it, now I know what it's about and it's really sad.

When I first read that it was kind of the "second part of hello" I could not believe so so I ran to get the lyrics and listened to the song carefully, I was in shock, I could not believe she said all of those things just like that, even in some parts it reminded me of "Even In Death" but after the shock I really liked it.

After all I've said I just can add that I love this song, and though it's not my favorite one, I really love it, it's so deep lyrically and musically, one of the best "Lyric Writing" job in this album. :mrgreen:

One of the saddest songs I have heard in a long time.

this was...

i just listened it and

for all those that has been as disappointed as me with call me when you're..; dont worry.

this song was.. before the dawn + hello + even in death. it was so... i mean it is not very different or interesting but it is full of emotions.woaa.

This song really made me cry...I know what it's like to lose someone so close to the heart...this song brought tears to my eyes..and I think so far, it's my favourite.

I love this song...
thanks Amy!
There has been an year seens my grandpa died... And I was Always wonder where is In myself to write a Song. And you write this And I cry without hearing the song yet.
I still can't deal with the thing that he's gone but I know that he is here with us everytime.
This is a sad but a beautiful song.
Love it.

I've been listening to this song quite a bit recently, just because it is so beautiful and powerful. However, (as harsh as this sounds) it didn't make me cry, it just saddened me.

But for some reason, this time round, I put myself in Amy's place and imagined how it would feel to lose my own younger sister... and that was it, tears were streaming down my face...

When they say
I long to be like you, SIS. Lie cold in the ground like you.....I just wanna bust out in tears....This one I think is more personal, and just beautiful...Amy, you've brought tears to my eyes....it's a good thing though....ROCK ON EVANESCENCE \m/

When they say:

You're not alone....

I swear I heard them say:
I long to be like you, SIS. Lie cold in the ground like you.....

it does...read the first page and the lyrics

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you did

what Katya said
Me thinks it's "do", even thought it sounds like did as well. "Do" just makes more sense.

Lie cold in the ground like you do.

Or is that grammatically incorrect? Might be. I suck.

Me thinks it's "do", even thought it sounds like did as well. "Do" just makes more sense.

Lie cold in the ground like you do.

<3

i was thinking the same thing. because 'did' just makes it weird

lie cold in the ground like you did

nuh uh...doesn't work.

i love the part:

"no matter what they told you you're not alone"

when the band comes in...very haunting!

i was thinking the same thing. because 'did' just makes it weird

lie cold in the ground like you did

nuh uh...doesn't work.

I personally think it's "dead." It sounds like that, and IMO, "dead" makes the most sense.

Whenever she says "sis" I get this really tingly feeling in the back of my skull and I get that wave of sadness and misery coursing through my whole body that I only get when I'm REALLY sad/emotional. This song is truly in a league of its own.

I personally think it's "dead." It sounds like that, and IMO, "dead" makes the most sense.

Whenever she says "sis" I get this really tingly feeling in the back of my skull and I get that wave of sadness and misery coursing through my whole body that I only get when I'm REALLY sad/emotional. This song is truly in a league of its own.

yeah that part just gives me chills. that and in the first chorus when she says 'cold' i swear you can almost tell she is wanting to cry. it is so hard for me to hold back my own tears.

Wow. Well what is there to say? I have yet to be able to listen to this song without choking up. I listened to it first and knew instantly what it was about and was moved incredibly, but it wasn't until I read the lyrics, the parts that I couldn't make out that I felt just a little bit disturbed. "Lie cold in the ground like you". That's chilling, and almost shocking. Incredible. And again, as I have felt with this entire album, I give Amy so much gd credit, the girl is fucking brave. It was different with "Hello", she never made it clear to anyone who wasn't in-the-know that it was for her sister, and with this song she didn't feel like she needed to hide it - which really surprised me. She even talked about it in an interview. Wow.
The most emotionally charged and gut-wrenching song of the album, hands down. And I'm moved and in awe. Just...incredible.

This is probably one of the darkest if not the darkest song on the album. It's sad, but so beautiful at the same time. I think Amy did a really good job with the lyrics, these are some of my favorite song lyrics on the album too. I also like how they incorporated the band into the song too! Definitely one of my favorites!

I think this song is lovely, but it doesn't have the same haunting, emotional kick to it that "Hello" did for me.

This one makes me sad, but that one still has me tearing up.

I don't know. The part where she says "sis" kind of distracts me and doesn't really flow all that well. I generally skip this one. Dunno why.

I really wonder if she'll do this one live. I don't know, I can't even imagine belting out a song so emotially raw as this one. I'll be pretty surprised (and probably in tears) if she sings this in concert.

The part where she says sis brings me to tears..It's such an amazing song, and it's definately one of my favourite so far...

I love blasting this one... when she goes "you're not alooooooooooooooooooone" BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAM!!!!! *floored*

I think the lyrics are wrong.
it's

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you ter



agreed. I hear this also.

'Did' doesn't make sense here. It's past tense, unlike the rest of the song. Also, 'did' implies that something no longer is the way it was. I don't want to sound mean, but her sister is still dead, that didn't change.

I think she finishes 'sis' with 'ter', even if it's a whole line away.

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you, ter

I hope I just made sense.

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you, ter

I hope I just made sense.

It's...

I long to be like you, Sis
Lie cold in the ground like you, did.

Don't question the tense. Just accept.

I thought Lithium was going to be my favorite song on this album so far, but I've just heard Like You and I'm in awe, hypnotized by the strong lyrics, wiping tears from my eyes. It is a strong song lyrically and vocally and well frankly it rocks. I love this song and I'd love to hear it live but I don't know, Amy might have a tough time with it, who knows. I like the idea that Even In Death is the missing link so to speak as far as songs for her sister goes, was wondering about that after I read the interview. Looks like it's time to do some searching for this girl.

With that said I became creative and made this.
-Click- (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v180/_Broken_Fallen_Angel_/LikeYou-1.jpg)

wow- just heard the song... powerful!

I loved this song right off the get-go, and now that I know what it is about, I have a better appreciation for it. I think Amy does a wonderful job of taking tragedies and turning them into influences for her art. This song is great. :)

Pardon me if it's been said and please don't burn me at stake, but I think Amy Lee kind of exploits her sister's death with this song... I just think that it's very obvious that she's singing about the death with this song, not subtle and genuine like in "Hello." And, I could be wrong, but it seems like she wasn't using the song to channel emotions; it seems like she used it to play on the fact that most of her fans probably know that she had a sister that died, and that she could make a hit out of it. It's still a really good, pretty song though, and probably healthy for Amy...

Well, ok. Besides the fact that I don't know why *anyone* would want to exploit such a painful experience as a death in the family - especially at a young age - it's been mentioned in an interview that Amy has(and/or will) included a song about her sister on each of her albums as a way of honoring her memory, to keep her memory alive.
And the fact the Like You is a little more literal and straightforward than Hello could lend itself to Amy's finally coming to terms with it. Perhaps shes found more peace with the death. Although this song definitely proves that there is still a lot of pain there, it just feels like Amy's grown and is expessing it differently than in Hello.
Just my opinion, I don't pretend to know for sure what Amy feels/thinks/does. Whatev. I give her tons of credit for this song.

aw. This is amazing. Amy and the rest of the band have really grown and you can see that in the lyrics.

This song is so beautiful, but it makes me cry. I just can't imagine losing a sister. I don't want to imagine it. This is one of my favorite songs by Evanescence, the emotion is so intense just like the song Hello on Fallen.
Overall this song is amazing.

I have one question about the song...in the beginning of the song it sounds like someone is whispering really softly it sounds like Amy could be saying...breathe, please breathe...is it just instruments...or is it her whispering really quietly. I'm thinking it's just how the song is and there's no whispering...but I'm not quite sure.

i knew right when I heard this song it was about her sister
it's a little obvious in some ways
I really like that she writes about that so much
before I heard this song I was a bit iffy on the album and this made me like it a lot more, I just like the feeling from it.. idk how to describe it!

I guess it's one of the songs that makes you think that all the bad things that happen to you might have a purpose and help you in the future!

While "Hello" is quite a resonating song, for some odd reason, I think this one takes the cake in being more haunting. It's so much more powerful to me and gets my emotions going more than the aformention has (not to say it hasn't at all, just not as much).

I just heard the song (no I'm not telling where!) and read the lyrics. The band has grown. I never had disbelive in them, but I love them even more now!

those are really strong lyrics and i know how Amy feels!!my mom miscarried both of my sisters
and it really hurt me when she lost them but i had evanescence's music too help me through it!!i think this song shows a lot more sympathy than Hello!!i mean don't get me wrong Hello's a good song but i like this one a bit better!!

I listened to this song over and over again while reflecting on 9/11. It made me think about all of those people who lost loved ones...they probably felt this way. And the fact that this song is sort of written from a child's perspective really cuts me to the core. Children grieiving is the most heartbreaking thing to wittness.

This is a beautiful song. It's strong, yet the lyrics are so delicate. This is definitely one of my favourite, I can't get it out of my head sometimes.

to me, this song seems as if that amy doesn't want to grieve for her sister anymore becuase it's taking over her but she cant help it becuase she misses her too much.

compared to "Hello" it's much more out there! she's saying what she thinks and feels. no metaphors. telling it straight and it's emotionally strong.

it's very sad! when i first read the lyrics, without listening to the music, i was shocked and nearly in tears! i feel for amy. i too wish i could change things for her :( i hope she knows that our support is here for her!

love you amy <3

At first I wasn't as impressed with this song as I thought I should have been. I liked Hello better. But today, I was in my car and had ToD blasting, and this song came on. About halfway through, I realized how deeply unsettling this song truly is. I got goosebumps all over. I especially like when Amy sings "I long to be like you, sis" at the end. It makes it so much more personal and heartfelt than Hello was.

So beautiful,
yet so, so sad.

This song is so emotional.
In my opinion, I think it's more emotional than 'Hello'.
Probably because this song takes personal to a whole new level.

Just like "Hello'', I doubt they will do this live.
Way, way to emotional.
Heck, the whole audience would be crying.

to me, this song seems as if that amy doesn't want to grieve for her sister anymore becuase it's taking over her but she cant help it becuase she misses her too much.


I think she says "I'm not grieving for you" because she says "I'm coming for you" right after it. :) It's like, she's not grieving because she knows that she'll see her again, not because it's taking over her.

_danny

God....when i first heard this i was reminded of 'Hello' immediatly.

I almost cried when i heard the chorus....its so beautiful and moving..:)
This has to be one of my faves on the Album. Most definitley.

I get these wierd mental images about a young child at a gravesite staring down into the ground whenever i hear it.....

I think she says "I'm not grieving for you" because she says "I'm coming for you" right after it. :) It's like, she's not grieving because she knows that she'll see her again, not because it's taking over her.

_danny


I think she says that line because she has finally accepted the fact. And because she realizes that crying and grieving won't solve much, if anything.. it would just hold her back ;)

Does anyone have any thoughts on that metallic type noise that plays during the "You're not alone" portion of the song?

To me, it sounds like a casket being lowered slowly (though at first I thought it was construction outside because at the time I was on the bus :p ).

wow I never thought of that! I always thought it some weird bird thingy....that is so weird lol. but the casket being makes a lot more sence. wow. thats really powerful.

I have downloaded Like You and CMWYS because I wanted to know if this album is worth its salt. I was worried that it would absolutely suck and I would hate it. But I don't. I LOVE THESE TWO SONGS!!!

NOTE: I WILL BUY THE ALBUM. I REFUSE TO DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE THING B/C EVANESCENCE IS MY FAVORITE BAND. I JUST DOWNLOADED THESE TWO BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW IF BUYING THE ALBUM WILL BE WORTH IT. IT WILL!!! JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ADD THAT BEFORE EVRYONE STARTED ATTACKING ME ABOUT DOWNLOADING. I ALWAYS DOWNLOAD FIRST AND BUY LATER IF I LIKE THE SONGS.

I almost cried on "Lke You." For some reason it reminded me of that movie Prince of Egypt. I don't know why, but it did. It should definitely be one of their singles. It is very moving. I know how painful it is to lose someone you love. I have never lost a sibbling, but I have lost a few beloved members of my family, such as my grandpa TH (I get my writer's pen name from him) and my Aunt Janice. So I can relate.

Does anyone have any thoughts on that metallic type noise that plays during the "You're not alone" portion of the song?

To me, it sounds like a casket being lowered slowly (though at first I thought it was construction outside because at the time I was on the bus :p ).

Sounds like a dolphin to me. at about 2:57 into the song. listen to a dolphin then listen to that and see what you think.

The first time I read the lyrics, I was listening to the song at the same time..and I really connected with it, and it was making me cry. Me, someone was has NEVER cried because of a song. It was really powerful. I still cry sometimes when I listen to it, but only if I think too much about the lyrics. I think this one is a lot more personal than Hello. I mean, yeah, most hard-core fans(and some not-so-hard-core fans) realized that one was about her sister, but this one, you know, for sure its about her sister, and it makes it far more personal. Almost like I shouldn't be listening to it.
Like every album I have, my favorite songs switch back and forth, but this one is definately the one that will stay.

I LOVE the piano intro to this song. It's so mournful and almost lullabye-like at the beginning, but it gets more and more powerful. Simply beautiful.

This song like acctually made me cry, its so sad.... I just want to like run over and hug poor Amy.... The song is amazing though

When I first heard this song I never really took in the words, then i decided to read then while listening to it and wow this song is heartbreaking, so painful that it made me cry especially when she sings I Long to me like you, Sis :( .

Its extremely hard to loose someone close to you like a sibling and it amazes me how Amy puts her feelings into words, I don't think I ever could.

I Love this song and Its definately one of my Favourites.

Gemma xoxo

A really beautiful and sad song, it makes me cry when she sings this: you're not alone, no matter what they told you, you're not alone, I'll be right beside you forever more, I long to be like you sis, lie cold in the ground like you did" it's so emotional , I guess it's hard to lose someone you loved so much, specially when you're too young, I lost my fish long ago and I still cry :rolleyes: haha! anyway, amazing song! :cool:

okay I just saw a "rehersal" of Like You on youtube. It was in black and white and it really sounded like Amy but she had short hair. I dont know if I can post it though, if someone could tell me that I can/can't I'd appreciate it!

okay I just saw a "rehersal" of Like You on youtube. It was in black and white and it really sounded like Amy but she had short hair. I dont know if I can post it though, if someone could tell me that I can/can't I'd appreciate it!

You can post things from YouTube here. <3

That's not real. That video was determined to be a fake. Someone put that video together.

okay! Thanks for clearing that up! I didn't think it was real cause Amy would have had to cut her hair really short and I dont think she'd do that.

Personally this is the first song I heard out of all of them, and while I liked it at first it has dawned on me that perhaps it is the least distinctive song on the entire album.
Really, until the bridge it has nothing special that jumps out. (If one forgets the lyrics, anyway.)
It's a good song, although it is of my opinion that it's (musically) the least individual.

Lyrically...I think it's the best one. It's so obvious that it's not in fact about Shaun but about her sister, which I find touching. The other songs could be interpreted different ways but this one's message is so obvious that it's hard not to like it.

Okay, just gotta say I am in love with this song. This song is so sad but beautiful at the same time. It's so heartbreaking to listen to it. Amy sings it with so much emotion you can almost feel what she's feeling. When she sings, "No matter what they told you, you're not alone, I'll be right beside you forevermore" I get the chills. But overall I love the song and hope they perform it live but considering the story behind it it's doubtful.

Jeeze Amy how many times are you gunna make me cry over the songs on this CD, just kidding, I cried its lyrics are beautiful and haunting, I SOBBED when she said "i long to be like you, sis" i almost went through losing my sister, this song is all too real of what could of happened

when she says i dont wanna feel anymore for you

is she saying she doesn't want to feel anything (like i hate me for breathing without you)

or is she saying she doesn't want to feel anymore (like I'm not grieving for you)

???

This song is haunting, so sad yet so beautiful.
Great lyrics.

This song owns just about all of me at the moment.
It makes me want to draw.

I have to admit this song didn't stick out to me at first, but lyrically ... it's just like WOW. The music really suits the mood that the lyrics portray. Very much a song of loss and mourning, and it really works

Oh My God this song makes me wanna go and put flowers on all the graves in the graveyard! I absolutely, positively, 100% love it. It leaves me with a whole bowl full of emotions......by far favorite (lyrically) on The Open Door...GO AMY

It is a pretty music, not my preferred one, more is pretty…

Only two songs have ever made my eyes tear up (Slipped Away by Avril Lavinge and Killing Loneliness by HIM) and this one makes three... It also makes me love my brother a little more though he has seriously screwed up recently; life's too short to hate.

When i first looked up the lyrics to this song, my first reaction was :eek: . I was amazed at the words; they caught my attention....
But then I got to listen to it, and man did it hit me hard. It makes me teary eyed each and every time i hear it...

Makes me wonder how Amy was feeling when she was actually singing this one for recording..

"you're not alone, no matter what they told you, you're not alone, I'll be right beside you forever more, I long to be like you sis, lie cold in the ground like you did.."

^ my favorite part of the whole song....it just seems to fill you up....

I love the lyrics for this - just reading them made me cry. Then again, I cry very easily. Still, it's a beautiful, emotional song and I can't wait to hear it.

As someone else as I already siad, I find this song to be suicidal. It is almost like Amy is wanting to die so that she can be with her sister forever and be put out of the misery she has of missing her. I still really love it, though, because it is such a pretty song and the sadness of it just makes you want to cry. I can really fell Amy's pain about missing her sister from listening to this song and reading the lyrics. I believe this is one of the better songs on the album.

Ok, so...the part before she gets really loud "...You're not alone", is it just me or are there like...birds in the background? o_O *has no idea if this was discussed or she's just being insane*

Absolute favorite song on the album! It's beautiful but oh so unbelieveably sad :( I'll admit to getting a little freaked out by the suicidal angle that it seems to be written in, but that's my interpretation. it's definately more "out there" than Hello. which is my 2nd favourite evanescence song. <3 them all!

that almost makes me cry...

I also lost my little sister in a car accident 3 years ago she was only 10 so i can relate.

The bit where she goes "I long to be like you (sis), lie cold on the ground like you (ter)" is very effective...also the "there's room inside for two" and "i'm coming for you" really freak me out...the whole song is just beautiful and sad...one of my favourites on the album!

The bit where she goes "I long to be like you (sis), lie cold on the ground like you (ter)" is very effective...also the "there's room inside for two" and "i'm coming for you" really freak me out...the whole song is just beautiful and sad...one of my favourites on the album!

yeah i also think it's (sis) (ter) i hoped that it will be written in the booklet but its not. :( :(

yeah i also think it's (sis) (ter) i hoped that it will be written in the booklet but its not. :( :(

it's actually "lie in the ground like you, did" not "ter"

it's actually "lie in the ground like you, did" not "ter"

errm. i think its "ter"
"did" just doesnt make sence.
i mean did = past
but her sister is still laying there..

but she laid down once, years ago.. doing the action of laying down.. it sounds like "did" anyway..
i like the piece "no matter what they told you, you're not alone"... what a strong feeling in these words in amy's voice...

*like you* and *hello* are just so touching. For a few days I couldnt even listen to *hello* because it brought tears to my eyes.
But yeah, it is freaky that it sounds suicidal.
Its so hard losing someone you love. Its even harder to comeout and talk about it. Shows how brave Amy's being with her songs. More so in TOD.

PS: Dynasty, I love your avatar :D

Amy said there'll always be a little place for Bonnie in her records.. if you think about.. in Origin is it "Even in death"? (sorry if someone already told that, i don't know ^^)

p.s. (thank you exorcist ^^)

Amy said there'll always be a little place for Bonnie in her records.. if you think about.. in Origin is it "Even in death"? (sorry if someone already told that, i don't know ^^)

p.s. (thank you exorcist ^^)
I've heard someone say that, so I assume it is...It sounds right, doesn't it?

it's actually "lie in the ground like you, did" not "ter"

It's not written in the booklet, so how do you know for sure? Unless Amy confirms it, otherwise it just sounds like "ter" to me.

Edited: ok, it's clarified now. I heard "did" this time!

...Because 'did' almost rhymes with 'sis'?

I long to be like you, sis,
lie cold in the ground like you did

No, not quite gramatically correct, but since when have poetry verses/lyrics stuck rigidly to proper grammar and syntax?

I'd like to know why you think it's "ter" and how that can make more sense than 'did'. I very clearly hear 'did' when I listen to it.

...
Forgive me for being a weird cryptology kind of person...it's like, (sis), (ter). Sister.

I'll shut up now. XD It does make sense...if you're obsessed with things like...the Da Vinci Code >_>

I already said this earlier in the thread....

It's "did".

Thank you, Tracie. And with that, I think this discussion is definitely over. *nod*

From the first time i listened to it i hear "did".
it makes sense..

Like you did - Lie cold in the ground like her sister did when she died -

i think is that what Amy wanted to say.

It's a very dramatic piece.

I love this song, one of my top3 favourites from TOD.

I love this song, It makes you want to cry, I think It'll be a hard song for Amy to perform like "Hello" as well. It's one of my favorites on TOD.

...Because 'did' almost rhymes with 'sis'?

I long to be like you, sis,
lie cold in the ground like you did

No, not quite gramatically correct, but since when have poetry verses/lyrics stuck rigidly to proper grammar and syntax?

I'd like to know why you think it's "ter" and how that can make more sense than 'did'. I very clearly hear 'did' when I listen to it.

Ok fine, that makes more sense now, I separated the "did" from the sentence so it sounded weird. But now I know what you mean. Anyway, it would have been creepier if it was (sis)(ter) like some code...if you see what I mean. Anyway, end of discussion.

I never thought this would be a song that makes me really think about what's gone on in my life, but the other day, I felt pretty teary from listening to this. It felt quite saddening to know how Amy was feeling at one point of time when creating the open door. As a fan I just feel like I should be reminding her that she really is good enough

My first imopression of this song was that Amy tried to cram to much in lyrically and the melody couldn't hold it...

But that didn't last long.

At the moment this is definately my favorite song on the album. I love the end of the first verse

and though I may have lost my way
all paths lead to you.

I get this seriously creepy mental picture of Amy as a young girl, lying on top of Bonnies grave as if trying to get as close to her as possible though. It's disturbing and its making me cry.

I wouldn't be surprised if Amy did perform this one live. It's different from Hello; Hello was raw, stricken, desparate, grief however Like You is almost mournfully hopeful. It's a song of rememberance rather than an emotional outburst.

Personally I think it would make an amazing single however I think that could be pushing it a bit far

My favourite song of the new album. It really makes me think about different things in my life. It's sad but somehow beautiful. It kinda reminds me of the feelings I had when my grandpa died a few months ago & this song simply reminds me of him so much.

this song put tears in my eyes! It's such a great song but incredibly sad........ :(

It sounds like she's close to crying when she sings "I long to be like you / Lie cold in the ground like you". It makes me very emotional :( .

unfortunatelly its not written in the booklet. for me it's (sis)(ter) :rolleyes:
i dont think amy would use the word "sis" in such a serious song. but its just my opinion. :o :p

It can be a serious song but over all it's a personal song and 'sis' is more intimate than sister... I hear either 'did' or 'dear'. But whatever :p

I hear did or dead.
And she does say sis, right? Because I can't hear sister.

I cried the first time I heard this song. It makes me think of my brother who passed away 2 years ago. Even though it brought back all the feelings of grief, it's a way of coping. I can't help but to love this song.

I hear "I long to be like you sis, lie cold in the ground like you did" I think it's more personal if she use sis cause it's about her little sister and I don't think she'd sing sister, I don't know why, it just makes more sense to me the word "sis" :rolleyes:

Well it would hardly make sense to split one word up in two lines, now would it? "I long to be like you, sis, lie cold in the ground like you, ter" ? Yeah, that's amazingly brilliant English.

By saying "lie cold in the ground like you did", not only does it make sense, to me, Amy is saying that her sister isn't in the ground anymore - she's moved on to the next world, or Heaven or whatever you want to call it. And Amy wants to be with her.

"like you did" makes more sense than "you ter" and I think those of us who can hear it are probably right. :p

This has to be my favorite track off the record. I got chills from the first listen and the way the background music sounds.

I'd imagine this track would sound pretty solemn if played with just the piano. But something about the arrangement of the crunchy guitars, the DJ Method tracks, the piano....makes it so creepy. And then when the heavy guitars and drum come in towards the end makes it sound like she's really really pleading.
I can't imagine writing this song, when I first heard it I thought it was eeiry, and now it's just super sad for me to hear it. I finally put together all the pieces and well, it's one of my favorites on the album. It's amazing how raw her emotions are in this piece. I never thought she would write such a literal piece about her sister's death, I imagined Hello was about it but it was so metaphorical to be sure. This song is so beautifully arranged, not just slow and ballady like Hello, but takes it to another level.
This is where the song hit me in the heart and fall in love with it:

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

What an awesome video this would make....it's so visual. We can all dream I guess...

This song makes me cry. I've never lost (or had) a sister, but I lost my first real friend when I was 6. She had a heart attack even though she had no diagnosed heart problems and now my best friend has some sort of heart problem that no one can diagnose, which brings it all back and makes me really relate to the song.

Like a lot of people have said, when she says "sis" it's just so... real. I cried then. And when she says "I know you remember me" that for me just paints the picture of two little girls lying in a coffin together. I know it's morbid, but that one line really puts the whole song into a child's perspective.

The one thing I really hate is how the song runs into Lose Control. The two songs just DO NOT go at all. The emotional jump is so big, and if you're not still crying from Like You, you almost feel guilty about wanting to get into a song like Lose Control after such a sad song. And they share an end and a beginning like Tourniquet and Imaginary (but that transition never bothered me) so they don't sound right separated either. Grr... that really bothers me. I think it would be better if Your Star was there because that song could kind of bridge the gap... it's just my opinion though.

I love this song so much. It's so sad, poignant, and admittedly a little creepy.
The lyrics are unnerving. But I think I understand.
Does anyone else feel (and this could have been mentioned before because I haven't read through every single page) that, the soft percussion section between 'I'm coming for you,' and the murmur, 'you're not alone,' sounds like a weak body moving, almost in a trance, towards a grave? That's what I picture in my head...

This song reminds me of 'Even In Death,' and makes me wonder if Amy had Bonnie in mind when she wrote that, too.
I think Amy is so brave to put her emotions out there like this, and I hope it helps her.

Love always,
Gail xxx

I love this song, Amy was so brave in putting her feeling out there, so much more openly than in the past. As I said I love this song, but I can't listen to it, I lost my twin sister and it makes me think of her, admittly it makes me admire Amy more for being brave enough to do this song..I couldn't.

this song breaks my heart. i lost both my twin sisters when i was little so i can relate. a very beautiful song

Ok...I'm gonna go out on a limb here...

Don't get me wrong, I really like this song. It's beautiful. But...am I the only one that thinks some of the lyrics are a little, uh...sick?

Ok...I'm gonna go out on a limb here...

Don't get me wrong, I really like this song. It's beautiful. But...am I the only one that thinks some of the lyrics are a little, uh...sick?

Not sick. It's not like she is talking about getting devoured by worms or anything.

I think they are juvenile. "Lie cold in the ground like you...". I know she said she retreated to writing the song like a child, but it is possible to portray the emotions of a child without using the language of one.

Not sick. It's not like she is talking about getting devoured by worms or anything.

I think they are juvenile. "Lie cold in the ground like you...". I know she said she retreated to writing the song like a child, but it is possible to portray the emotions of a child without using the language of one.


Yeah I totally agree with you.. it does seem kind of like a juvenille approach.
To each his or her own tho, right?

I'm not over the moon about alot of the lyrics on this album to be perfectly honest but that's just my opinion.

Not sick. It's not like she is talking about getting devoured by worms or anything.

I think they are juvenile. "Lie cold in the ground like you...". I know she said she retreated to writing the song like a child, but it is possible to portray the emotions of a child without using the language of one.
I totally understand where you're coming from, but maybe she wanted to write it as a child would write it or would say it, not like someone older trying to portray a child's point of view.

I mean I think it's a bit warped that when talking about someone she loves being dead she says she's lying cold in the ground. I just think that's strange.

gosh i'm loving this song even more. the bridge gives me the ultimate chills when it's all quiet with the piano and them BAM the band kicks in. ahhh awesomeness!

I mean I think it's a bit warped that when talking about someone she loves being dead she says she's lying cold in the ground. I just think that's strange.

Yeah, I thought that seemed a bit like something someone wouldn't say.

This song is actually my favorite of TOD. The music is very personal for me too*just like other songs ^^* but that is my song.

This song sounds pretty good on my system and doesn't annoy me.

I love, love, love this song. One of my (few) favorites on the album. It's so extremely powerful and emotional and beautiful and just..wow..love everything about it.

Like You was probably the first to catch my attention, but after hearing it a few times, it's nothing compared to Hello. The perspective of a child was a good idea, but it just didn't translate well in the end.

Like You was probably the first to catch my attention, but after hearing it a few times, it's nothing compared to Hello. The perspective of a child was a good idea, but it just didn't translate well in the end.
The same with me. When I first listened to TOD, I didn't like it, only Like You. That's the song that got stuck in my head.

But yea, Hello is much deeper and emotional.

really wanna listen to this song now. lyrics are really powerful.

I think this song is just SO beautiful, its beyond words!! Its so very deep, emotional, Heartful, and just so much feeling!! I always cry to this song whenever I hear it!! This must be one of the songs Amy has ever written, that she holds the closest to her heart!! Its very personal, and I am truly honored, that she is able to share it with all of us!! It takes so much, courage, faith, Hope, believe, and Strength to write a song so deep as this one!! Amy, you are such an insperation, and show so much strength, I will always be greatful, honor, respect, and support, and always stand by you!! Thank you for always being Just YOU!! YOU ROCK AMY, AND YOU ARE AlWAyS # 1!!! MANY BIG HUGS TO YOU!!:D:smile:

It is so unbelievable how Amy can write something so sad like this. (Of course I understand that this song is for her sister and I appreciate that with all of my heart) but although it's just a song and I'm almost in tears when listening to this song.

I lost a sister in Feb 2006, and this cd came out like 8 or 9 mounths later. when I heard this song before I got all the way throught I was in tears. It's still really heard to hear this song. I really felt the pain of it and still do, The hardest part is the part when she says *I Hate me for breathing with out you* Thats how I felt for weeks after I lost my sis. She was older then me so she was always there then to lose her it was like losing myself. :(. I just wish it would have came out sooner, it may have helped me thought it sooner, This song was like theropy, I could just play it over and over and let all of the emotions go, and not feel alone for once.

This song is another favorite of mine on The Open Door. The lyrics are deep, sad, powerful, and I like hard it somewhat starts off slow in a way but gets a little heavy at the end with the guitar. Another great song. :)

This is the only Ev song that gives me chills and goosebumps. Just listening to Amy sing, she sounds so...like she only lost her sister yesterday, you know? A lot of emotion went into it, which must have made it very hard to record...the song literally makes me cry, the lyrics just make me want to cry for hours. I can't imagine the pain behind those lyrics, I really can't...

I don't know if anybody has mentioned this, but the lyrics go

"THE humming, haunted somewhere out there"

Yeah, just clearing that up.

I personally adore this song. It's so deep and powerful. I know tons of people like Hello better, but I prefer this one. It makes me cry 80% of the time I listen to it.

Here's a random bit of info: in the piano book, the lyrics "I long to be like you, sis, like cold in the ground like you did" weren't there. It was just the same chorus as at the beginning. Maybe Amy just thought of adding that beautiful part to the song during recording? I don't know...

I feel so sad for Amy that she still feels like she'd want to be in the cold ground with her sister - I wonder if she has actually dealt with her grief, because it seems like the two songs, Hello and Like You are songs in which she openly grieves, while she's singing, if you know what I mean...

i know how she feels in the song cuz i lost my uncle when i was really young also wich i deeply loved alot and i think my whole family just forgot him so i can relate to this song so much its truly beutifull

This is one song, I kind of feel like right now.
Among other ones as well, all at the same time.
I don't like to mension this, because its really personal to Amy,
But I know exactly how she feels, when she lost her little
sister, 20 years ago.
I don't know what, or what it takes to get past the grieving stage,
or how to over come, and of the feelings and emotions I am feeling
right now.
This is one of the very main reasons, As to why, I really respect Amy
We can relate to SO many things, and have been through so many of the exact same things as well.
This is also why I will always stand by her, and always defend her.
She writes such amazing music, it just
captures Everything you are possibly feeling inside.

I lost a sister in Feb 2006, and this cd came out like 8 or 9 mounths later. when I heard this song before I got all the way throught I was in tears. It's still really heard to hear this song. I really felt the pain of it and still do, The hardest part is the part when she says *I Hate me for breathing with out you* Thats how I felt for weeks after I lost my sis. She was older then me so she was always there then to lose her it was like losing myself. :(. I just wish it would have came out sooner, it may have helped me thought it sooner, This song was like theropy, I could just play it over and over and let all of the emotions go, and not feel alone for once.

Aww. That almost made me cry. I feel so bad for you. I'm sorry for your loss. :BIG HUG: to you m' dear.

I don't know if anybody has mentioned this, but the lyrics go

"THE humming, haunted somewhere out there"

Yeah, just clearing that up.

I personally adore this song. It's so deep and powerful. I know tons of people like Hello better, but I prefer this one. It makes me cry 80% of the time I listen to it.

Here's a random bit of info: in the piano book, the lyrics "I long to be like you, sis, like cold in the ground like you did" weren't there. It was just the same chorus as at the beginning. Maybe Amy just thought of adding that beautiful part to the song during recording? I don't know...

It's just "Humming, haunted somewhere out there."

If anything people would think it's "A humming, haunted somewhere out there," because Amy puts air behind it so she doesn't glottal.

I agree and personally prefer like you than hello. I also think it's way more personal.
Like, in hello you could assume it was about other things, not just death of her sister.
But in like you, it is the only theme the song addresses.

This is the one Ev song, I would feel like,
right now.
Amy and I, don't have the exact same situation, but very simular,
just in a different way.
I Know exactly how she feels, and exactly what she is, and was going
through.
I lost my son, and with her, she lost her sister, who she loved
very dearly, and who she will Never stop loving her.
This is the exact same way, I will always feel towards my very own son.
This song means so very much to me, and will always be in my heart.

:rose::rose::rose::rose:

I love this song, it's the only song from Ev that ever made me cry... sort of... I just love it, and I can relate to it in a way, it's simply a beautiful song with breathtaking lyrics, it gives me chills every time I hear it...

Lyric is so deep.... <3

I love it....It brings me closer to my sister! *Cries*

That song the first time I heard it was amazing... and the line "I hate me for breathing without you" is so powerful... and the emotion in her voice sent shivers up and down my spine...
The song is wonderful and the music compliments the song so perfectly

I think it's a really beautiful song and sad to.
Losing a brother or sister is a horrible thing. I can't imaging living without my sister or brother. They're very important for me.

[quote=mercury_amy;905520]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 (http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?t=31982) thread.



and she feels like she has a place on every record for bonnie too, yaka die yak nothing new about that then i wonder if they will release it that would be awesome

Songs like these, make me think in a whole other way.
I would never take my siblings for granted, because you never
know, it is just that fast, you can lose them, and have to live
with all that regret, for the rest of your life.
I am sure, that one memory still haunts Amy, but she has learned
how to deal with it now, and knows her little sister watches her
up from heaven.
:rose::rose:

I definitely prefer Hello over Like You. I feel that you'd really need to be a true musical artist to write something like Hello, whereas, I feel as though any amateur could've written Like You; there just isn't any depth to it like there is with Hello. I honestly don't care for songs that are very superficial in meaning, because I think music should be more than that and real artists will create music above that.

Of course there's something to be said about being straightforward and honest, but I don't believe it was the best approach in terms of the content of these songs, especially now that we're able to compare the two back to back. It's an emotional song, but that's because it's about losing a family member... the content of the song creates the interest, not the song itself. Whereas Hello has more to stand on.

this song is really sad..
it makes me bust into tears..

The lyric is just awasome!!! <3 :(

The lyric is just awasome!!! <3 :(

I agree with you 100%!!!

I have always thought, when it came to writing a song like this, it
seems like Amy will put every feeling and motion into it.
Making it very powerful, deep, extreamly heartfelt, and So very real.
This has always been one of the things, that has always attacted me
to their music, just how every song is so real, and deep, just like you can
feel everything that Amy is feeling. ;)

i really feel her emotions shine through this song and i love it

Yeah me too :( i Understand why she dont sing song like this at concerts....

Yes... its a very sad song. It shook me up, but I couldn't cry. :( Shame on me. I swear... at the intro it says: 'Please breathe, please, please breathe.'

Yes... its a very sad song. It shook me up, but I couldn't cry. :( Shame on me. I swear... at the intro it says: 'Please breathe, please, please breathe.'


yeah in beck vocals i hear whisper...... it says something like this :confused:

The first time listening to the song (and I'm sure someone has already mentioned this but I don't have time to read all the posts) I didn't notice her saying, "I long to be like you, sis". After listening to the song a few times I picked up on it and actually had to play it for someone to make sure I wasn't hearing things.

I love this song, it's very well done and very emotional, it makes me want to cry. Amy Lee has such a powerful voice and such a gift for music and lyrics, it constantly amazes me.

~Monica

I really love this song I know what amy feels when she wrote this song cuz I lost my son and I would lie in the ground with him and the song is so sad she wrote it very well

This song is so deep for me. It's very sad. It's funny because I brought this album in October of '06, and I loved this track. My Grandma died in November, and "Like You" took on a whole new meaning for me. I really wanted to be like her; wanted to do myself in so I could be with her again. She was my best friend.

This is definitely one of Evanescence's deepest and most heartfelt songs.

Yes... its a very sad song. It shook me up, but I couldn't cry. :( Shame on me. I swear... at the intro it says: 'Please breathe, please, please breathe.'

yeah... i think i heard something in the intro too. i'll have to listen to it again.
her songs are so powerful, but this one in particular shook me up the most.
I cried myself to sleep after listening to it. this song is so powerful!!!

Yes... its a very sad song. It shook me up, but I couldn't cry. :( Shame on me. I swear... at the intro it says: 'Please breathe, please, please breathe.'

I hear this too. It gives you the mindset of a child, looking at a dead person that they love and thinking, "Please breathe..."

This Is A Really Deep Song..

I've Lost a sisster.. So this song really means a lot to me..
Its beautiful. I cried when I First Heard It..

That verse....Please Breathe please, please breathe
I just started bawling my eyes out. :(:(
I can only imagine how Amy felt, just having to sing this
song in the recording studio.
Being able to sing this song staight through...that took so
much courage, and so much strength.
<333 To Amy and all the strength she really has and expresses.

Yeah it is really sad. I was in the same moment that Amy. She lost a sister and I lost a brother :(

I love this song, but it makes me feels weird... i don't know how to explain...
Seems like i'm getting a blow with a stone-hammer in torax..
Weird isn't?



_(Bad english? Sorry;))

I love this song, but it makes me feels weird... i don't know how to explain...
Seems like i'm getting a blow with a stone-hammer in torax..
Weird isn't?



_(Bad english? Sorry;))


Yes it is :)

I've owned TOD since it was released, and for the longest time, I didn't make a connection as to what the lyrics meant... I think I got caught up so much in the music that I didn't pay attention or something. Anyway, when I realized what this song was about, it really struck a chord... I lost my younger sister as a child as well, and even though it's been over 20 years, I've been having a really hard time dealing with it lately (I think giving birth to my daughters, and knowing that they would never know her brought back those emotions more than anything).

As sad as it is, I'm glad Amy was able to write this song, because when I'm having a hard time dealing with my loss, I listen to it and it helps me to realize that I'm not alone.

~Kysha