The Evanescence Song Interpretation Thread

[Hiro]

Okay this one is very personal for me (so of course I'll blab about it on a public board right?) Shivercide got it right - to me this is what my life would have been had my wife successfully killed herself (she's suffered from depression as long as I've known her though I didn't always know what it was). The bridge particularly. How betrayed I would have felt after all those years of wiping away all the tears and fighting all the fears to find that it was all for nothing - that I was alone all along.

Thank God I didn't have to live that. So believe it or not this song is positive for me because it makes me grateful for my life with her now that could have very easily ended another way.

[Naeryn]

My Immortal, My Immortal...

I get a feeling from it. I've always thought of it as someone deep in depression because of distancing. They've been cut off from friends or (more likely) lovers. Looking back on their relationship, they realize it's not a new thing, it's always been that way ("though you're still with me, I've been alone all along"). Deep sadness over a breakup or death - that's what I sense from the song. But then, I may be entirely wrong.

Also, I'd like to say - great thread! I love it. And I think an interesting song to do would be Farther Away... just a suggestion...

[Cfw828]

Originally Posted by Naeryn

Also, I'd like to say - great thread! I love it. And I think an interesting song to do would be Farther Away... just a suggestion...

Don't worry, we'll get to that song...eventually.

Right now we're going to start off nice and slow with what I feel are songs that are easiest to make an opinion on. I think the next one may be a bit more difficult.

[Naeryn]

Originally Posted by Cfw828

Don't worry, we'll get to that song...eventually.

Right now we're going to start off nice and slow with what I feel are songs that are easiest to make an opinion on. I think the next one may be a bit more difficult.

Okay good. 'cause I freakin' LOVE that song. And Breathe No More. And Where Will You Go. And Bleed. And Solitude. And Understanding. And... *tangents*

[Euge]

My Immortal

For me this song is about losing someone because he or she commited suicide.
And it shows what happens to the person that was left.
This is what I hear when I listen to My Immortal.

I'm so tired of being here / suppresed by all of my childrish fears / and if you have to leave / I wish that you would just leave / because your presence still lingers here / and it won't leave me alone

If I move, even though I'm tired of being here without you, then I'm afraid I will lose you again. But, leave please, because the love that I have for you, makes you stay with me, even though I am alone. You wanted to leave, and you did, but I can't leave my memory of you behind, time will pass, but I won't forget you, nor the pain your death brought. So now, help me to realize with my heart that you're really gone.

These wounds won't seem to heal / this pain is just too real / there's just too much that time cannot erase / When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears / when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears / and I've held your hand through all of these years / but you still have all of me
You used to captivate me by your resonating light / now I'm bound by the life you left behind / your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams / your voice has chased away all the sanity in me

It's like even though I tried so hard to make you be alright, all that I did, couldn't help you. You had all of me while alive, now you're dead.. and you took your life and mine with you. And what was left of life on me enough to don't die, is so full of you that I can't move on without you in person.

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone / but though you're still with me / I've been alone all along

That's finally when I understand that you're gone for good, phisycally. But, I carry you with me in my heart.
That last line, it's like... more like a regret. It's I've done all this for you, I've been by your side in your bad moments, trying to help you, but it seems like as I couldn't help you, that you've never really been with me. If you had, then I might have saved you.

[Tazzy devil]

My Immortal is about losing someone that you love, and then missing them so much that its almost like they are still there with you, and you are just trying to get on with your life, but you cant help but think about that person and it ruining your life.

thats what i think

[Kennchii]

My Immortal

The song's title gives it a more touching and poetic touch.

Here's what I think

Of course, as many of you know, this song is about someone you loved and knew leaving your life. Whether it be by death, moving, splitting up, etc. But the fact that it was written by a 15 year old justifies the obvious fact that all ages suffer the same. All people, young and old, suffer loss.. Not just big grownups.. The saying "you're too young to understand" is proven wrong. No one is too young to understand the ones they love are gone..maybe even forever.. But they're presence is still with us, whether it be by memory or a photo, etc. You wish that person would go away because your memories of them make you suffer this loss even more.. Anyone who has lost a loved one knows.. I know..

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone. But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along. You don't want to believe that they are gone. You still, in your mind, invision that they are still here with us (like in Hello) You want to believe that they are real and still with us. But though you think you're not alone..you really are.

Well..that's my thoughts...hope it made sense..

[LaDiablo]

This song has a bit of a split meaning for me, depending on my mood... First, there's the common thought that it implies death. Someone you love has suddenly passed away, maybe even by suicide. The bit "But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along" shows this, that even though you're going to remember them you never really knew them, because they never told you how they really felt.

My second interpretation of this song is of somebody who's been ditched by their best friend. Somebody who's been abandoned by the person they've gone through everything with. All you can think of is how you've done everything for them and still love them, but they don't want or need you anymore. You'd love to move on, but you keep remembering how much they mean to you...

Of course I may be totally off, but what's music for? Relate it to your life

[BreatheNoMore82]

To me, it's when your'e in a relationship with somebody and the love and how they act arn't how they used to be. That you feel like you do everything for them and don't feel like it's getting returned. You feel like you've tried everything but the person won't change and even when thier right there you feel so alone. My other one is the same thing but with your relationship with a close friend

[CristaldAmatist]

My Immortal gives me the impression of someone who passed and you don't feel as if you can go on in life without them.