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Whisper

2007-06-25T23:30:39Z

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:''For the Whisper EP, see [[Sound Asleep]].
{{Songs}}

== General Information ==

''Written by: [[A. Lee]] and [[B. Moody]]''

Originally recorded on the [[Whisper EP]] in 1998. There are currently 6 versions of the song. A demo version of Whisper contains sound clips from the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack. are the clips. This version begins with a sample intro from "O Verona" and "Juliet's Requiem". There are a few versions of the song floating around the internet and various bootleg discs (see [[Fake]]). One version has a burst of noise before the vocals in the intro sample (at approx 0:29). Another version does not have this burst of noise, but has distinct 'skipping' sounds that appear after the 0:30 mark

"Servatis a periculum, servatis a maleficum" is roughly translated from Latin as "Save us from danger, save us from evil"

According to many sources the line is grammatically incorrect, but Amy Lee maintains that she's a hell of a Thai chef.

At the beginning of the original version, the one on the [[Whisper EP]], there is an introduction which is actually a part of the song itself played backward that culminates in a sound clip from the movie [http://imdb.com/title/tt0051962/ My World Dies Screaming], also known as "''Terror in the Haunted House''" (1958), the same film some clips on [[Understanding]] are taken from.

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/OriginCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Origin%20-%2002%20-%20Whisper.mp3 Whisper (Origin) - Listen]

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/DemoCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Demo%20CD%20-%2001%20-%20Whisper2002.mp3 Whisper (Demo #3) - Listen]

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/SoundAsleepEP_files/Evanescence%20-%20Sound%20Asleep%20EP%20-%2002%20-%20Whisper%20(Demo%20Version).mp3 Whisper (Sound Asleep) - Listen]

Downloads for Demos #1 and #2 available soon

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Whisper [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Fallen]] (track #11)

'''Whisper [Origin version]'''<ref name=origin>In this version [[David Hodges]] sings in the chorus</ref>
*''Recording date:'' 1999
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Origin]] (track #2)

'''Whisper [Whisper/Sound Asleep EP version]'''
*''Recording date:'' 1998
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Sound Asleep EP]] (track #2)

'''Whisper [demo version #1]''' <ref name=demo>This is the Whisper/Sound Asleep EP version without the sample at the beginning of the song</ref> <ref name=origin />
*''Recording date:'' 1998
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[We The Living, Vol. 3]] (track #6)

'''Whisper [demo version #2]''' <ref name=demo2>This track is Whisper and Origin from the album Origin merged together</ref>
*''Recording date:'' 1999
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Automata Magazine|Automata Magazine 3.0]] (track #2)

'''Whisper [demo version #3]''' <ref name=demo3>The demo containing sound clips from the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack</ref>
*''Recording date:'' 2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''Live versions:'''

'''Whisper [Anywhere But Home DVD live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' Anywhere But Home (track #13)

'''Whisper [live in Cologne]''' <ref name=live>Has a fantastic guitar solo by Ben.</ref>
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Everybody's Fool#Commercial Release|Everybody's Fool Single]] (track #3)

'''Whisper [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' The acoustic performance at Juanita's

== Lyrics ==
=== Fallen Version ===
Catch me as I fall 
Say you're here and it's all over now 
Speaking to the atmosphere 
No one's here and I fall into myself 
This truth drives me into madness 
I know I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
I'm frightened by what I see 
But somehow I know 
That there's much more to come 
Immobilized by my fear 
And soon to be blinded by tears 
I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Fallen angels at my feet'' 
''Whispered voices at my ear'' 
''Death before my eyes'' 
''Lying next to me, I fear'' 
 
''She beckons me shall I give in'' 
''Upon my end shall I begin'' 
''Forsaking all I've fallen for'' 
''I rise to meet the end [I rise to meet my end]'' 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''[Servatis a periculum]'' Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
''[Servatis a maleficum]'' Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
''[Servatis a periculum]'' Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
''[Servatis a maleficum]'' Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''[Servatis a periculum]'' Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
''[Servatis a maleficum]'' Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
''[Servatis a periculum]'' Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
''[Servatis a maleficum]'' Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Servatis a periculum'' 
''Servatis a maleficum'' 
''Servatis a periculum'' 
''Servatis a maleficum'' 
''Servatis a periculum'' 
''Servatis a maleficum'' 
''Servatis a periculum'' 
''Servatis a maleficum'' 
''Servatis a periculum'' 
''Servatis a maleficum'' 
''Servatis a periculum'' 
''Servatis a maleficum'' 
''Servatis a periculum'' 

=== Whisper/Sound Asleep EP Version ===
''Death in- Death in it's most hideous form'' 
 
Catch me as I fall 
Say you're here and it's all over now 
Speaking to the atmosphere 
No one's here and I fall into myself 
This truth drive me into madness 
I know I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
I'm frightened by what I see 
But somehow I know 
That there's much more to come 
Immobilized by my fear 
And soon to be 
Blinded by tears 
I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Fallen angels at my feet'' 
''Whispered voices at my ear'' 
''Death before my eyes [death before my eyes]'' 
''Lying next to me, I fear'' 
 
''She beckons me shall I give in'' 
''Upon my end shall I begin'' 
''Forsaking all I've fallen for'' 
''I rise to meet my end [I rise to meet my end]'' 
''[I rise to meet my end]''
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 

=== Origin Version ===
Catch me as I fall 
Say you're here and it's all over now ''[it's all over now]'' 
Speaking to the atmosphere 
No one's here and I fall into myself 
This truth drive me into madness 
I know I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
I'm frightened by what I see 
But somehow I know 
That there's much more to come 
Immobilized by my fear 
And soon to be 
Blinded by tears 
I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Fallen angels at my feet'' 
''Whispered voices at my ear'' 
''Death before my eyes'' 
''Lying next to me, I fear'' 
 
''She beckons me shall I give in'' 
''Upon my end shall I begin'' 
''Forsaking all I've fallen for'' 
''I rise to meet the end''
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 

=== Demo Version #1 ===
Catch me as I fall 
Say you're here and it's all over now 
Speaking to the atmosphere 
No one's here and I fall into myself 
This truth drive me into madness 
I know I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
I'm frightened by what I see 
But somehow I know 
That there's much more to come 
Immobilized by my fear 
And soon to be 
Blinded by tears 
I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Fallen angels at my feet'' 
''Whispered voices at my ear'' 
''Death before my eyes [death before my eyes]'' 
''Lying next to me, I fear'' 
 
''She beckons me shall I give in'' 
''Upon my end shall I begin'' 
''Forsaking all I've fallen for'' 
''I rise to meet my end [I rise to meet my end]'' 
''[I rise to meet my end]''
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 

=== Demo Version #2 ===
''I'm sure it's getting darker'' 
''Don't make a sound'' 
''Don't make a sound'' 
 
''You hold the answer deep within your own mind'' 
''Death in it's most hideous form'' 
 
Catch me as I fall 
Say you're here and it's all over now ''[it's all over now]'' 
Speaking to the atmosphere 
No one's here and I fall into myself 
This truth drive me into madness 
I know I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
I'm frightened by what I see 
But somehow I know 
That there's much more to come 
Immobilized by my fear 
And soon to be 
Blinded by tears 
I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Fallen angels at my feet'' 
''Whispered voices at my ear'' 
''Death before my eyes'' 
''Lying next to me, I fear'' 
 
''She beckons me shall I give in'' 
''Upon my end shall I begin'' 
''Forsaking all I've fallen for'' 
''I rise to meet the end''
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 

=== Demo Version #3 ===
''Intro Lyrics required''
 
Catch me as I fall 
Say you're here and it's all over now 
Speaking to the atmosphere 
No one's here and I fall into myself 
This truth ''[this truth]'' drives me into ''[into]'' madness ''[madness]'' 
I know I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away ''[will it all away]'' 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
I'm frightened by what I see 
But somehow I know 
That there's much more to come 
Immobilized by my fear 
And soon to be blinded by tears 
I can stop the pain 
If I will it all away ''[will it all away]'' 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
''Fallen angels at my feet'' 
''Whispered voices at my ear'' 
''Death before my eyes'' 
''Lying next to me I fear'' 
 
''She beckons me shall I give in'' 
''Upon my end shall I begin'' 
''Forsaking all I've fallen for'' 
''I rise to meet the end'' 
 
Don't turn away ''[Don't give in to the pain]'' 
Don't try to hide ''[Though they're screaming your name]'' 
Don't close your eyes ''[God knows what lies behind them]'' 
Don't turn out the light ''[Never sleep, never die]'' 
 
== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Whisper.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Whisper%20%5bOrigin%5d.pdf Piano sheet music with vocal - arranged by amadeus88]
== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Sound Asleep EP songs]]
[[Category:Origin songs]]
[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Tourniquet

2007-06-25T23:26:20Z

Flawedseraphim: /* General Information */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]], [[D. Hodges]] and [[R. Gray]]''

Originally recorded as a demo and revamped as track #6 on Fallen. Rocky Gray is credited with writing the song for his band [[Soul Embraced]] (The original, titled “My Tourniquet,” was a track on an album called “For the Incomplete") and the rest of Evanescence reworked it for Fallen; Amy wrote a melody and a whole other second verse.

On Fallen this track is titled 'Tourniquet' but on 2002 Demos it's called 'My Tourniquet'.

On Fallen version of the song Amy screams “I want to die”. On demo versions it's a sample by Claire Danes from [http://imdb.com/title/tt0117509/ the Danes/DiCaprio movie version of ''Romeo & Juliet''] saying "I long to die".

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/DemoCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Demo%20CD%20Alt%20Takes%20-%20My%20Tourniquet%20(Demo%20V.1).mp3 My Tourniquet (Demo #1) - Listen]

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/DemoCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Demo%20CD%20-%2007%20-%20My%20Tourniquet.mp3 My Tourniquet (Demo #2) - Listen]

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Tourniquet [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Fallen]] (track #6)

'''My Tourniquet [demo version #1]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''My Tourniquet [demo version #2]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''My Tourniquet [demo version #3]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''Live versions:'''

'''Tourniquet [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003-2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #11)

== Lyrics ==
=== Fallen Version ===
I tried to kill my pain 
But only brought more ''[so much more]'' 
I lay dying 
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal 
 
I'm dying ''[dying]'' 
Praying ''[praying]'' 
Bleeding ''[bleeding]'' 
And screaming 
Am I too lost to be saved? 
Am I too lost? 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
 
Do you remember me? 
Lost for so long 
Will you be on the other side? 
Or will you forget me? 
 
I'm dying ''[dying]'' 
Praying ''[praying]'' 
Bleeding ''[bleeding]'' 
And screaming 
Am I too lost to be saved? 
Am I too lost? 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
 
''I want to die'' 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
 
My wounds cry for the grave 
My soul cries for deliverance 
Will I be denied? 
Christ ''[christ]'' 
Tourniquet 
My suicide 
 
''Return to me salvation'' 
''Return to me salvation'' 

=== Demo Versions ===
I tried to kill the pain ''[kill the pain]'' 
But only brought more ''[so much more]'' 
I lay dying 
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal 
 
I'm dying ''[I'm dying]'' 
Praying ''[praying]'' 
Bleeding ''[bleeding]'' 
And screaming 
Am I too lost to be saved? 
Am I too lost? 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
 
Do you remember me? ''[remember me]'' 
Lost for so long 
Will you be on the other side? 
Or will you forget me? 
 
I'm dying ''[I'm dying]'' 
Praying ''[praying]'' 
Bleeding ''[bleeding]'' 
And screaming 
Am I too lost to be saved? 
Am I too lost? 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
''[Return to me salvation]'' return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
''[Return to me salvation]'' return to me salvation 
 
''To speak, I long to die'' 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
''[Return to me salvation]'' return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
''[Return to me salvation]'' return to me salvation 
 
My wounds cry for the grave 
My soul cries for deliverance 
Will I be denied? 
Christ ''[christ]'' 
Tourniquet 
My suicide 
 
''My God, my tourniquet'' 
''Return to me salvation'' 
''My God, my tourniquet'' 

=== Soul Embraced's Original Version ===
What I thought would kill the pain 
Only brought more 
I lay dying 
My wrist pouring crimson regret and betrayal 
 
I'm dying 
Praying 
Bleeding 
And screaming 
Am I too lost to be saved? 
Am I too lost? 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
 
My wounds cry for the grave 
My soul cries for deliverance 
Will I be denied? 
Christ 
Tourniquet 
My suicide 
 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
My God, my tourniquet 
Return to me salvation 
 
My wounds cry for the grave 
My soul cries for deliverance 
Will I be denied? 
Christ 
Tourniquet 
My suicide 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Tourniquet.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]
[[Category:Covers]]