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Snow White Queen

2007-05-13T17:56:09Z

LisaNicole: /* Lyrics */

{{Songs}}
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== General Information ==

Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[T. Balsamo]]

The first song [[Evanescence]] did for [[The Open Door]].

In issue 88 of "Rock Sound," Amy revealed exactly what the song is really about. She explained how the song is based on "scary experiences." She explained how many nights she was forced to stay in hotels, because a stalker was erm...stalking her. She took part of the title from [[EvBoard]], as her username is "[[Snow White]]." The word "Queen" was presumably added because of how a stalker would over idolize a victim.

Amy's description of the song: <ref>C. Bottomley. [http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs] - VH1.com</ref>

<blockquote>"I went through some weird experiences with stalkers. It's weird how it works. My lyrics are so intimate that people feel like they really know me, and I don't know them at all. My privacy had been completely invaded and there were a couple of nights where I couldn't stay at my house. So I wrote a song about it through the eyes of the stalker, and with my perspective, too."</blockquote>

''Originally Posted by [http://www.evboard.com/member.php?u=31945 pixelle]<ref name=pixelle>[http://www.evboard.com/member.php?u=31945 EvBoard - pixelle Profile] - EvBoard.com:''</ref>

<blockquote>...this song sounds like the narrator is almost about to be raped.

The setting of the song is so off-kilter, it basically arrests you from the first listen. It's violating. It's like the narrator is talking to the attacker, and the attacker is attempting to justify their actions in the chorus ("soon I know you'll see you're just like me."), either to the narrator or to themselves as they attempt to commit the crime.

I'm not trying to say that this song is based on a rape attempt, but the way the subject is discussed, it's very carnal ("all your hands on me/I can't scream", "undress in the dark and hide from you", "now I have you", "there's nowhere to run so let's just get it over") and there are a lot of references to the human body, in addition to a chord progression that's flat-out VIOLATING. You can't listen to this song without feeling at least a little disturbed.</blockquote>

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Snow White Queen'''
*''Recording date:'' September 2005 - March 2006
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[The Open Door]] (track #6)

'''Live versions:'''

'''Snow White Queen [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' only a few shows in October 2006 and January 2007
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Live @ Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Canada (January 10, 2007)

== Lyrics ==
Stoplight lock the door 
Don't look back 
Undress in the dark 
And hide from you 
All of you 
 
You'll never know the way your words have haunted me 
I can't believe you'd ask these things of me (ever and ever) 
You don't know me (ever and ever) 
Now and ever 
 
You belong to me 
My snow white queen 
There's nowhere to run 
So let's just get it over 
Soon I know you'll see 
You're just like me 
Don't scream anymore my love 
'cause all I want is you 
 
Wake up in a dream 
Frozen fear 
All your hands on me 
I can't scream 
I can't scream 
 
I can't escape the twisted way you think of me 
I feel you in my dreams and I don't sleep (ever and ever) 
I don't sleep (ever and ever) 
 
You belong to me 
My snow white queen 
There's nowhere to run 
So let's just get it over 
Soon I know you'll see 
You're just like me 
Don't scream anymore my love 
'cause all I want is you 
 
I can't save your life 
Though nothing I bleed for is more tormenting 
I'm losing my mind 
And you just stand there and stare as my world divides 
 
Say you belong to me 
My snow white queen 
There's nowhere to run 
So let's just get it over 
Soon I know you'll see 
You're just like me 
Don't scream anymore my love 
'cause all I want is you 
 
All I want is you 
All I want is you 
All I want is you 
(Forever and ever, ever and ever)

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==

[[Category:The Open Door songs]]

==References==

<references/>

My Last Breath

2007-05-13T17:53:02Z

LisaNicole: /* Lyrics */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Originally recorded for the 2001-2002 demos and became track 10 on [[Fallen]].

Amy once received a fan's painting that was inspired by this song.

== Version ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''My Last Breath [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:''
:[[Fallen]] (track #10)
:[[Mystary|Mystary EP]] (track #1)

'''My Last Breath [demo version]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''Live versions:'''

'''My Last Breath [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2002-2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #6)

== Lyrics ==

Hold on to me love 
You know I can't stay long 
All I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid 
Can you hear me? 
Can you feel me in your arms? 
 
Holding my last breath 
Safe inside myself 
Are all my thoughts of you 
Sweet raptured light it ends here tonight 
 
I'll miss the winter 
A world of fragile things 
Look for me in the white forest 
Hiding in a hollow tree (come find me) 
I know you hear me 
I can taste it in your tears 
 
Holding my last breath 
Safe inside myself 
Are all my thoughts of you 
Sweet raptured light it ends here tonight 
 
Closing your eyes to disappear 
You pray your dreams will leave you here 
But still you wake and know the truth 
No one's there 
 
Say goodnight 
Don't be afraid 
Calling me, calling me as you fade to black 
 
(Say goodnight) Holding my last breath 
(Don´t be afraid) Safe inside myself 
(Calling me, calling me as you fade to black) Are all my thoughts of you 
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/My%20Last%20Breath.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]

[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Haunted

2007-05-13T17:50:44Z

LisaNicole: /* Fallen and 2002 Demo Version */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Developed during the 2001-2002 demo sessions and later released as track #5 on Fallen. Based on a story written by Ben that served as an inspiration for Amy to write the lyrics.

===Ben Moody’s Story about Haunted===

<blockquote>A little girl around 8 or 9 in a little white Easter dress is walking down a neighborhood street bouncing a little red ball. As she approaches an obviously deserted large house with a sinister demeanor, her attention moves from the ball to the house. Not paying attention to her bouncing, the ball hits the curb and ricochets toward the house. As she chases the little red ball toward the house, the ball picks up unnatural momentum and bounces right into the huge gaping front door. The little girl pauses for a moment, looks up at the house, which now appears to be staring down at her, and cautiously enters the house in search of her little red ball. as she slowly walks into the atrium, she surveys the decaying mess that once was obviously a beautiful mansion. She becomes mesmerized by the exquisite detail of every inch of the banister winding up the seemingly endless staircase in front of her. Suddenly her thoughts are broken by a horrifying commotion. She whips around to run out the front door, but finds only a blank wall where the door once stood. Frightened, she runs down the first hallway she sees, trying desperately to find a way out, but with every turn the world behind her changes, bending to the will of the house, so that even finding a path back to the atrium where she began becomes impossible. Terrified, the little girl sinks into a corner, puts her head in her hands, and weeps.

10 years later....

The little girl wakes up in a panic, now a young woman. Dirty, scarred. She's now clothed in black pants, work boots, and a black wife beater. Her skin is pale and dirty. Sun has not graced her flesh in over a decade. She wakes to find a meal placed on a dirty silver tray before her, just enough to sustain life, just like every morning before. Placed there by a figure she can only see in passing, around a corner, walking through a door.... a figure that has become her only friend, and her only hate. Her entire existence has become nothing but to hunt and destroy this shadow that keeps her here. As she hunts him relentlessly day after day, she becomes lost in the dichotomy of her being. This thing that keeps her here, this person that repeatedly rapes her mind and watches her when she sleeps, has become her only friend. For is this person left, she would cease to exist. For she live only to kill him. But lives only FOR him. Every day the house changes around her, so that every day she wakes in a foreign land. The only constant... is him. She hears his heart beating, she smells him, she can only think of finding him, but he is also the only thing she knows of love. <ref name=history>Moody, Ben. [http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?p=43068 WHAT "HAUNTED" IS ABOUT] - EvBoard.com</ref></blockquote>

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Haunted [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Fallen]] (track #5)

'''Haunted [demo version #1]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001
*''Status:'' Unreleased

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

'''Haunted [demo version #3]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001
*''Status:'' Unreleased
:''Note:'' this track is Haunted (demo version #1) and Origin from the album Origin merged together.

'''Live versions:'''

'''Haunted [Anywhere But Home DVD live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #1)
:''Note:'' this live version has a new guitar solo by Terry.

'''Haunted [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' April 15, 2003
*''Released on:'' [[My_Immortal#Commercial Release|My Immortal commercial single]]

'''Haunted [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' the acoustic performance at Tower Records Music Store

== Lyrics ==
===[[Fallen]] and 2002 Demo Version===
Long lost words whisper slowly to me 
Still can't find what keeps me here 
When all this time I've been so hollow inside 
I know you're still there 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I won't let you pull me down 
 
Hunting you I can smell you alive 
Your heart pounding in my head 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Saving me, raping me 
Watching me 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I won't let you pull me down 
 

===2001 Demo Version (original)===
Long lost words whisper slowly to me 
Still can't find what keeps me here 
When all this time I've been so hollow inside 
I know you're still there 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I know I’ll find you somehow 
 
Hunting you I can smell you - alive 
Your heart pounding in my head 
 
Calling me, killing me 
I won’t let you pull me down 
Saving me, raping me 
Watching me 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I won't let you pull me down 
 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Haunted.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]

==References==

<references/>


[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Haunted

2007-05-13T17:49:09Z

LisaNicole: /* 2001 Demo Version (original) */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Developed during the 2001-2002 demo sessions and later released as track #5 on Fallen. Based on a story written by Ben that served as an inspiration for Amy to write the lyrics.

===Ben Moody’s Story about Haunted===

<blockquote>A little girl around 8 or 9 in a little white Easter dress is walking down a neighborhood street bouncing a little red ball. As she approaches an obviously deserted large house with a sinister demeanor, her attention moves from the ball to the house. Not paying attention to her bouncing, the ball hits the curb and ricochets toward the house. As she chases the little red ball toward the house, the ball picks up unnatural momentum and bounces right into the huge gaping front door. The little girl pauses for a moment, looks up at the house, which now appears to be staring down at her, and cautiously enters the house in search of her little red ball. as she slowly walks into the atrium, she surveys the decaying mess that once was obviously a beautiful mansion. She becomes mesmerized by the exquisite detail of every inch of the banister winding up the seemingly endless staircase in front of her. Suddenly her thoughts are broken by a horrifying commotion. She whips around to run out the front door, but finds only a blank wall where the door once stood. Frightened, she runs down the first hallway she sees, trying desperately to find a way out, but with every turn the world behind her changes, bending to the will of the house, so that even finding a path back to the atrium where she began becomes impossible. Terrified, the little girl sinks into a corner, puts her head in her hands, and weeps.

10 years later....

The little girl wakes up in a panic, now a young woman. Dirty, scarred. She's now clothed in black pants, work boots, and a black wife beater. Her skin is pale and dirty. Sun has not graced her flesh in over a decade. She wakes to find a meal placed on a dirty silver tray before her, just enough to sustain life, just like every morning before. Placed there by a figure she can only see in passing, around a corner, walking through a door.... a figure that has become her only friend, and her only hate. Her entire existence has become nothing but to hunt and destroy this shadow that keeps her here. As she hunts him relentlessly day after day, she becomes lost in the dichotomy of her being. This thing that keeps her here, this person that repeatedly rapes her mind and watches her when she sleeps, has become her only friend. For is this person left, she would cease to exist. For she live only to kill him. But lives only FOR him. Every day the house changes around her, so that every day she wakes in a foreign land. The only constant... is him. She hears his heart beating, she smells him, she can only think of finding him, but he is also the only thing she knows of love. <ref name=history>Moody, Ben. [http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?p=43068 WHAT "HAUNTED" IS ABOUT] - EvBoard.com</ref></blockquote>

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Haunted [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Fallen]] (track #5)

'''Haunted [demo version #1]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001
*''Status:'' Unreleased

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

'''Haunted [demo version #3]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001
*''Status:'' Unreleased
:''Note:'' this track is Haunted (demo version #1) and Origin from the album Origin merged together.

'''Live versions:'''

'''Haunted [Anywhere But Home DVD live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #1)
:''Note:'' this live version has a new guitar solo by Terry.

'''Haunted [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' April 15, 2003
*''Released on:'' [[My_Immortal#Commercial Release|My Immortal commercial single]]

'''Haunted [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' the acoustic performance at Tower Records Music Store

== Lyrics ==
===[[Fallen]] and 2002 Demo Version===
Long lost words whisper slowly to me 
Still can't find what keeps me here 
When all this time I've been so hollow inside 
I know you're there 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I won't let you pull me down 
 
Hunting you I can smell you alive 
Your heart pounding in my head 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Saving me, raping me 
Watching me 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I won't let you pull me down 
 
===2001 Demo Version (original)===
Long lost words whisper slowly to me 
Still can't find what keeps me here 
When all this time I've been so hollow inside 
I know you're still there 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I know I’ll find you somehow 
 
Hunting you I can smell you - alive 
Your heart pounding in my head 
 
Calling me, killing me 
I won’t let you pull me down 
Saving me, raping me 
Watching me 
 
Watching me, wanting me 
I can feel you pull me down 
Fearing you, loving you 
I won't let you pull me down 
 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Haunted.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]

==References==

<references/>


[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Terry Balsamo

2007-05-13T17:34:04Z

LisaNicole:

[[Image:Terry20.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Terry Balsamo]]
'''Terry Balsamo''' (born October 9, 1973, in Jacksonville, Florida) can most prominantly be seen and heard in the band's [[Anywhere But Home]] (2004) Live CD/DVD and now on the band's new album [[The Open Door]] (2006). His style and sound have most definately made an impact on the band, and with astounding results. He has become [[Amy Lynn Lee |Amy Lee]]'s main collaborator for Evanescence and co-wrote most of Evanescence's new album including the album's first single, [[Call Me When You're Sober]].

Terry made his start in the music world as an early member of the now infamous Limp Bizkit. He left a few years before the recording of Bizkit's now classic album 3 Dollar Bill Y'All (1997), being replaced by Wes Borland. In late 1999, Terry joined up with fellow Jacksonville rockers; Scooter Ward, Sam McCandless, Jeremy Marshall and Kelly Hayes. Otherwise known as the monsters of Alternative Metal, [[Cold]].

Terry remained with Cold writing and recording with them for their epic yet underrated albums 13 Ways to Bleed on Stage (2000) and Year of the Spider (2003). Near the end of his stint with Cold, the band had joined Evanescence as an opening act on the 2003 Nintendo Fusion Tour. This was of course before the abrupt departure of Evanescence's guitarist, Ben Moody. Terry had filled in for Moody on stage with Evanescence after Moody left during Evanescence's European tour, and when Cold's future suddenly became questionable, Terry jumped ship signing on permanently with Evanescence.

In November 2005, Terry suffered a stroke from a torn neck artery which landed him in the hospital for an unspecified amount of time. Indeed, headbanging was the cause of the stroke. ''"They had to do an MRI. When they did the MRI, the doctor came back in the room and he was like, 'Have you ever had any neck injuries like from a car accident or anything?' And I was like, 'No.' Then we were like, 'Other than banging his head all day and every night for an hour and a half.' I’ve always had weird thing in my neck doing that, but I never would have thought it would have given me a stroke."'' ([http://ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/evanescence_guitarist_filling_ben_moodys_shoes.html 1]) In November, he had claimed to have recovered "a good 50%" from the stroke, getting better every day. He is now touring with the band full time.

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==Tools of the Trade==
''"I use Ibanez guitars. In the studio, I kind of use a similar setup to what I used on the last Cold record I did, which is mix up the amps and combine the sound together. It’s a Diezel and a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier and mixed that for one side. Then I took a Bogner and a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier on the other side. I combined it and made one big wall of metal.''

''Right now on tour I’m using T.C. Electronics, the G-System."'' ([http://ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/evanescence_guitarist_filling_ben_moodys_shoes.html 1])

==Band Projects==
*Limp Bizkit - Guitar (1994)
*Cold - Guitar (1999-2003)
*Evanescence - Guitar (2003-present)

==Links==
*[http://www.evanescence.com Evanescence Official site]
*[http://www.ibanez.com/ Ibanez guitars]
*[http://ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/evanescence_guitarist_filling_ben_moodys_shoes.html Interview with UltimateGuitar.com]
*[http://www.toazted.com/playinterview/1567/Video-interview-with-Terry-from-Evanescence.html Intervew with Toazted.com] (November 2006)

[[Category:Band members]]

{{Evanescence}}

Amy Lynn Lee

2007-05-13T17:31:06Z

LisaNicole:

[[Image:Amyleepromo.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Amy Lee]]
'''Amy Lee''' (born December 13, 1981 in Riverside, California) is the co-founder and lead singer of Evanescence. Her family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, Rockford, Illinois, and finally stopped in Little Rock, Arkansas. Responsible for many of Evanescence’s hard hitting lyrics and is the main songwriter on the new album, [[The Open Door]]. Amy provides the image for the band and does most of the interviews. Ben Moody discovered Amy Lee’s voice in summer camp in 1994 when she performed a few lines of Meatloaf’s ''"I'd Do Anything For Love."'' After that, the rest is history. She is currently one of the most popular and sought after voices in music today.

==Image==
Lee has a trademark neo-goth style, marked by her use of gothic make-up and taste for Victorian-styled clothing (her favorite era of time). She dyes her hair jet black though her hair is actually darkish brown. Her eyes are greyish blue but she is roumored to use blue contacts. She also designs many of her own clothes, including those worn in the music video for Going Under and the dress she wore at the 2004 Grammy awards. After she designed it she chose Japanese designer H. Naoto to make it for her,<ref name="MTVleegrammys">[http://www.mtv.com/news/grammys/2004/backstage.jhtml?id=amylee&c=7 Amy Lee - Instant Fashion Profile] - MTV News</ref> although she does sometimes make her own clothes. In concerts, she often wears a corset and fishnets. Amy used to have a notable piercing on her left eyebrow which she has taken out and had re-pierced a few times, but she took it out for good sometime in mid-2005.

Many fans praise Lee for her refusal to emulate other celebrities by using sex appeal in her music. She has stated on a number of occasions that she would never flash her breasts or engage in other publicity stunts that would draw attention to herself. In fact, in the music video for [[Everybody's Fool]], she aimed to mock such artists by suggesting celebrities who use sex to appeal to an audience are, in fact, merely peddling "lies" (the unifying theme of the music video). <ref name=VH1>Moss, Corey. [http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1488307/06102004/evanescence.jhtml Evanescence's Amy Lee Hopes To Get Into Film, Rages Against Cheesy Female Idols] - MTV News via VH1.com</ref>

In her personal life, she enjoys being a girl. Her clothing style is quirky and marked by her frequent use of not-so-goth clothes (she stated in an interview with AOL that she was wearing "something floral" ). She explains it as a professional thing, saying that her image onstage is so different from her normal clothes because it completes the image; if she were to come out onstage in pink boots and a track suit and sing about despair, it would totally ruin the image.

==Out of the Shadows==
In 2005, Amy became a spokesperson for the Epilepsy Foundation and launched a campaign called [http://www.outoftheshadows.com Out of the Shadows]. The goal is to help spread awareness about epilepsy and to encourage people to not discriminate against people with epilepsy. This campaign is important to Amy, as well as her family, because her younger brother has epilepsy and she has seen first hand the effect it has.

==Other Appearances==

In 2000, Amy sang guest vocals on [[David Hodges]]' songs 'Breathe' (The Summit Church: Summit Worship CD) and unreleased song of his called 'Fall Into You'.

She did back up vocals on [[Big Dismal]]'s song '[[Missing You]]' off of their 2003 debut release CD, Believe.

Did some vocals on the [[Underworld]] soundtrack in 2003 but after some issues with her record label her voice was never used. Her name still appears in the credits though.

Amy is featured on Seether's song [[Broken]]. The song was released as a single in 2004 and can be found on '''The Punisher''' soundtrack and on Seether's '''Disclaimer II''' album.

She appears on Korn's 2007 [[MTV Unplugged: Korn|MTV Unplugged]] album on the track 'Freak On A Leash'. The song was also released as the first single.

==Tools of the Trade==
On tour, Amy uses a Baldwin baby grand piano with a keyboard insert; A baby grand piano shell with an electronic keyboard instead of a physical piano on the inside. She also uses a stand-alone Baldwin keyboard and [http://www.shure.com/index.htm Shure Microphones].

==MySpace==
Amy Lee does not have a MySpace page. There are several impostor MySpace pages claiming to be Amy Lee. They are not real. <ref name=myspace>Lee, Amy. [http://www.evboard.com/showpost.php?p=795379&postcount=2 So Supposedly Amy has Myspace.] - EvBoard.com</ref>

The [http://myspace.com/evanescence Evanescence MySpace page] is operated by the label ([[Wind-up Records]]).

==General Facts==
===Personal===
*She was born at Parkview Hospital and is a Sagittarius; she was born in [http://www.c-c-c.org/chineseculture/zodiac/Rooster.htm The Year of the Rooster].
*She is named after the 70's song ''"Amie"'' by Lonestar.
*She didn't really have any childhood names, it was always either Amy, Ames, or Amers.
*When she was in middle school, she insists that she was "overweight and had poofy hair."
*In high school, she was active in choir and drama. She was also president of the choir (hence her name for herself, "choir nerd"). While there, she wrote the song [[Listen To The Rain]], which was performed by the Pulaski Academy mixed choir.
*Her immediate family includes father [[John Lee]], a well known DJ on [http://k1063radio.com/ K106.3] in Little Rock, mother Sarah Lee, brother Robby, and sisters Carrie and Lori. Lee had a third sister, who died in 1987 at the age of three from an undisclosed illness, who is known to be the inspiration for a few very personal songs. "On the last record, I wrote [[Hello]] about her. [[Like You]] is her place on this record [[The Open Door]]."
*Past romantic relationships include [[Ben Moody]] and [[Shaun Morgan]].
*She currently is married to a long time friend, Josh Hartzler, who is a 29-year-old therapist. She wrote [[Bring Me To Life]] about him and he also inspired the song [[Good Enough]], the last song on [[The Open Door]]. The two were engaged on January 8th, and Amy made the first official announcement on January 9th.<ref name=engaged>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAA1xQkX8Ag Amy Engaged - Live @ Much] - YouTube</ref> They were married on May 6th.
*She currently lives in Manhattan.

===Professional===
*Some of her influences include [[Björk]], Portishead (Beth Gibbons), SoundGarden, Nirvana, KoRn, Carole King, Michael Jackson, Janis Joplin, Tori Amos, and Mozart. 
*Her favorite [[Fallen]] song is [[Going Under]]. 
*She took acting lessons for stage presence before they started recording [[Fallen]]. 
*She would prefer to stay at home and play in one place, but she still likes to tour. 
*She can play the guitar, as demonstrated in the [[The Cartoon Network Song]]. 
*If she wasn't famous she would be a choir teacher or a composer of film scores. 
*Before Evanescence took off she was about to start Part-time work as a waitress 

===Music Likes/Dislikes===
*The first album she owned was the California Raisins tape. 
*Michael Jackson was her idol growing up. 
*Her favorite 80's song is ''"Everything She Wants"'' by Wham!. She has sung the song karaoke at least five times. 
*She hates "Who Let The Dogs Out" by the Baha Men. 
*She admits to listening to Mariah Carey. 
===Movie Likes/Dislikes===
*One of her favorite movies is ''An American Tail''. 
*Her favorite movie is the ''Nightmare Before Christmas''. 
*Her favorite zombie movie is ''Dead Alive''. 
*Her favorite Johnny Depp film is ''Edward Scissorhands'' 
*Her favorite actors are Giovanni Ribisi and Johnny Depp. 

[[Image:Amy Cat.jpg|thumb|200px|Amy and her cat.]]

===Pets===
*She used to have a cat named Fievel. She found him in a ditch, and he now lives with Amy's family.
*She later had a cat named Zero, until it met a coyote.
*She now owns a few cats, one of which (in the photo) is a Bengal cat.

===Miscellaneous===
*She is allergic to lobster. If she eats it, she'll go into a coma. 
*The beach is one of her favorite places - she loves the ocean. 
*Her favorite holiday is Halloween. 
*Her favorite era is the Victorian era because they had such cool clothes. 
*The one thing she would bring with her to a deserted island would be a piano. 
*She is the shortest member of the band, past or present. 
*She's been to the Haunted Mansion at Disney World "a million times." 
*Her most embarrassing celebrity crush is Corey Feldman from ''The Goonies''. 
*She thinks pirates are better than ninjas. 
*Her favourite color is aqua 

==See also==
*[[:Category:Amy dresses|Amy dresses]]
*[[Snow White]]

==External links==
*[http://www.evanescence.com Evanescence Official site]
*[http://www.outoftheshadows.com Out of the Shadows]
*[http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=BMI&cae=433042599&keyID=872531&keyname=LEE%20AMY&querytype=WriterID BMI Repertoire Listing for Amy Lee]
*[http://www.gibson.com/Products/Pianos/Baldwin%20Pianos/ Baldwin pianos]
*[http://www.shure.com/index.htm Shure Microphones]

==References==
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{{Evanescence}}

[[Category:Band members]]

Going Under

2007-05-13T17:10:13Z

LisaNicole: /* Demo Version */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Amy Lee wrote the song about a previous emotionally and physically damaging relationship. This was the last song written for Fallen and would have been the first single had Bring Me to Life not been put onto the [[Daredevil Soundtrack]]. It became the second single.

== Version ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Going Under [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:''
:[[Fallen]] (track #1) – the second single off the album
:All Going Under singles and numerous compilation CDs

'''Going Under [demo]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased 

'''Live versions:'''

'''Going Under [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2002-2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #2)

'''Going Under [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' April 14, 2003
*''Released on:'' [[Going_Under_CD_Single|Going Under commercial single]] 

== Lyrics ==

=== Fallen Version ===
Now I will tell you what I've done for you 
50 thousand tears I've cried 
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you 
And you still won't hear me 
''(going under)'' 
 
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself 
Maybe I'll wake up for once 
Not tormented daily defeated by you 
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
 
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
So I don't know what's real and what's not 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
Always confusing the thoughts in my head 
So I can't trust myself anymore 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm 
 
So go on and scream 
Scream at me I'm so far away 
I won't be broken again 
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
Going under 
I'm going under 

=== Demo Version ===

Now I will tell you what I've done for you 
50 thousand tears I've cried 
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you 
And you still won't hear me 
''(going under)'' 
 
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself 
Maybe I'll wake up for once 
Not tormented daily defeated by you 
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
 
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
So I don't know what's real and what's not 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
Always confusing the thoughts in my head 
So I can't trust myself anymore 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm 
 
So go on and scream 
Scream at me I'm so far away 
I won't be broken again 
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
 
I'm going under 
I'm going under 
I'm going under 

==Video==
[[Image:GoingUnderVideo.gif|left|200px|Video]]The video is a live-performance/action video and was directed by Philip Stolzl. The video was filmed in Berlin, Germany, but most of it was filmed in Los Angeles, California in May of 2003. It follows the band performing at what can be assumed is a concert in which they’re the headliners, Amy swimming and singing underwater, and Ben being questioned relentlessly by the media (the media’s constant questions about the band’s religious affiliation inspired that part in the video). Evil Dead, one of Ben’s favorite movies inspires the use of the zombies in the video; normal people attending the gig transform into said zombies throughout the course of the video. The underwater scene was Amy's idea. She also designed two of the costumes she's wearing in the video. The crimson corset cost her $2,500, the biggest amount of money she’d ever spent on a piece of clothing. The other outfit had been stitched by Amy herself. "It's white and has a lot of shreds. It reminds me of something someone who died would wear.” The idea of them came to her while she was nursing an illness in a hotel in Los Angeles.

[http://evanescence.com/video.asp Going Under Video on Evanescence.com]

==Commercial Release==
:''Main Article: [[Going Under Single]]''
The Going Under single was commercially released in the UK on September 9, 2003, and to the rest of the world on September 15, 2003.

Tracks released with the single include:
# Going Under [Album Version]
# Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
# Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
# Going Under [Commercial Video]
# Going Under [Instrumental Version (the Commercial Video with lyric subtitles)]
# The Making of the Video [With some interview footage of Amy]
# Going Under [Album Version] (Audio Only)
# Going Under [Live Acoustic (Courtesy of 40 Principales Radio, Spain)]

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Going%20Under.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
 

{{Evanescence}}

[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Going Under

2007-05-13T17:09:51Z

LisaNicole: /* Fallen Version */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Amy Lee wrote the song about a previous emotionally and physically damaging relationship. This was the last song written for Fallen and would have been the first single had Bring Me to Life not been put onto the [[Daredevil Soundtrack]]. It became the second single.

== Version ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Going Under [Fallen version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:''
:[[Fallen]] (track #1) – the second single off the album
:All Going Under singles and numerous compilation CDs

'''Going Under [demo]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased 

'''Live versions:'''

'''Going Under [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2002-2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #2)

'''Going Under [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' April 14, 2003
*''Released on:'' [[Going_Under_CD_Single|Going Under commercial single]] 

== Lyrics ==

=== Fallen Version ===
Now I will tell you what I've done for you 
50 thousand tears I've cried 
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you 
And you still won't hear me 
''(going under)'' 
 
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself 
Maybe I'll wake up for once 
Not tormented daily defeated by you 
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
 
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
So I don't know what's real and what's not 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
Always confusing the thoughts in my head 
So I can't trust myself anymore 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm 
 
So go on and scream 
Scream at me I'm so far away 
I won't be broken again 
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
Going under 
I'm going under 

=== Demo Version ===

Now I will tell you what I've done for you 
50 thousand tears I've cried 
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you 
And you still won't hear me 
''(going under)'' 
 
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself 
Maybe I'll wake up for once 
Not tormented daily defeated by you 
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
 
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies 
''(So I don't know what's real and what's not)'' 
So I don't know what's real and what's not 
''(So I don't know what's real and wat's not)'' 
Always confusing the thoughts in my head 
So I can't trust myself anymore 
I'm dying again 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm 
 
So go on and scream 
Scream at me I'm so far away 
I won't be broken again 
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under 
 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
I'm going under 
Drowning in you 
I'm falling forever 
I've got to break through 
 
I'm going under 
I'm going under 
I'm going under 

==Video==
[[Image:GoingUnderVideo.gif|left|200px|Video]]The video is a live-performance/action video and was directed by Philip Stolzl. The video was filmed in Berlin, Germany, but most of it was filmed in Los Angeles, California in May of 2003. It follows the band performing at what can be assumed is a concert in which they’re the headliners, Amy swimming and singing underwater, and Ben being questioned relentlessly by the media (the media’s constant questions about the band’s religious affiliation inspired that part in the video). Evil Dead, one of Ben’s favorite movies inspires the use of the zombies in the video; normal people attending the gig transform into said zombies throughout the course of the video. The underwater scene was Amy's idea. She also designed two of the costumes she's wearing in the video. The crimson corset cost her $2,500, the biggest amount of money she’d ever spent on a piece of clothing. The other outfit had been stitched by Amy herself. "It's white and has a lot of shreds. It reminds me of something someone who died would wear.” The idea of them came to her while she was nursing an illness in a hotel in Los Angeles.

[http://evanescence.com/video.asp Going Under Video on Evanescence.com]

==Commercial Release==
:''Main Article: [[Going Under Single]]''
The Going Under single was commercially released in the UK on September 9, 2003, and to the rest of the world on September 15, 2003.

Tracks released with the single include:
# Going Under [Album Version]
# Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
# Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
# Going Under [Commercial Video]
# Going Under [Instrumental Version (the Commercial Video with lyric subtitles)]
# The Making of the Video [With some interview footage of Amy]
# Going Under [Album Version] (Audio Only)
# Going Under [Live Acoustic (Courtesy of 40 Principales Radio, Spain)]

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Going%20Under.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
 

{{Evanescence}}

[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]