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Amy Lynn Lee

2007-06-28T22:34:38Z

Nanalilly: /* Professional */

[[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 in show biz, she would help people by being a nurse or social worker. Especially helping abused kids. 
*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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Haunted

2007-06-28T19:12:27Z

Nanalilly: /* Demo Version #1 */

{{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>

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

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/DemoCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Demo%20CD%20-%2009%20-%20Haunted.mp3 Haunted (Demo #2) - Listen]

''Download for the Demo #3 will be soon available''

== 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]'''<ref name=demo3>This track is Haunted (demo version #1) and Origin from the album Origin merged together</ref>
*''Recording date:'' 2001
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''Live versions:'''

'''Haunted [Anywhere But Home DVD live]'''<ref name=ABHversion>This live version has a new guitar solo by Terry</ref>
*''Performing period:'' 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #1)

'''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 Demo Version #2===
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 

=== Demo Version #1 ===
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]
== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Haunted

2007-06-28T19:11:21Z

Nanalilly: /* Fallen and Demo Version #2 */

{{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>

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

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/DemoCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Demo%20CD%20-%2009%20-%20Haunted.mp3 Haunted (Demo #2) - Listen]

''Download for the Demo #3 will be soon available''

== 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]'''<ref name=demo3>This track is Haunted (demo version #1) and Origin from the album Origin merged together</ref>
*''Recording date:'' 2001
*''Status:'' Unreleased

'''Live versions:'''

'''Haunted [Anywhere But Home DVD live]'''<ref name=ABHversion>This live version has a new guitar solo by Terry</ref>
*''Performing period:'' 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #1)

'''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 Demo Version #2===
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 

=== Demo Version #1 ===
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]
== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Fallen songs]]
[[Category:Anywhere but Home songs]]

Lose Control

2007-06-28T19:07:24Z

Nanalilly: /* Lyrics */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

''Written by [[A. Lee]] and [[T. Balsamo]]''

Amy's description of the song:
<blockquote>"Terry uses a lot of delay and noises. His guitar playing is really creepy! He also uses a lot of half-step two chords, which I love. I felt like I wasn't really allowed to use stuff like that before, because Ben didn't like it. But songs like "Lose Control" go from C to a C sharp, back and forth. I love those. It's that Portishead influence." <ref>C. Bottomley. [http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs] - VH1.com</ref></blockquote>

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Lose Control'''
*''Recording date:'' September 2005 - March 2006
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[The Open Door]] (track #9)

'''Live versions:'''

'''Lose Control [intro instrumental]'''<ref name=intro>This intro is for the opening the shows with Weight Of The World. This no have lyrics and dure 1:00 aprox.</ref>
*''Performing period:'' May 26, 2006 - present
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Live at Rock Am Ring 2007

== Lyrics ==
You don't remember my name 
I don't really care 
Can we play the game your way? 
Can I really lose control? 
 
Just once in my life 
I think it'd be nice 
Just to lose control, just once 
''[With all the pretty flowers]'' in the dust 
 
Mary had a lamb 
His eyes black as coals 
If we play very quiet, my lamb 
Mary never has to know 
 
Just once in my life 
I think it'd be nice 
Just to lose control, just once 
 
If I cut you down to a thing I can use 
I fear there will be nothing good left of you 
 
''Just to lose control, just once'' 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:The Open Door songs]]

Even in Death

2007-06-28T18:44:53Z

Nanalilly: /* Acoustic Version */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Amy Lee says that this song is about loving someone so much that you’d bring them back from the dead. 1 of 5 pre-Fallen songs to ever be played on radio (the other four are [[Lies]], [[Understanding]], the earliest demo version of [[Whisper]] and [[Give Unto Me]]). Only pre-[[Fallen]] song ever performed live on radio.

Features a clip from [http://imdb.com/title/tt0109506/ "The Crow"] movie <ref name=listen> Clic [http://users1.nofeehost.com/gerardarmando/Evrelated/Pdbrlsf.mp3 here] to listen to the song and the qoute merged together, by [[User:Gerard_armando]]</ref>.

Ben's quote about the song from Metal Edge article:
<blockquote>"That was so long ago...I was like eighteen, and we just found this little loop thing, and we just thought it sounded really cool and crazy and we thought it would be really cool to build a song around it. Then, one day, Amy and I thought about someone who’s in a relationship, they lose their loved one, and they kind of flip out, and they go and dig them up, kind of like [Tom Petty’s] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane's_Last_Dance "Mary Jane’s Last Dance"] – We kind of thought we’d take that one step further."</blockquote>

Amy's quote about the song from the same magazine:
<blockquote>"It’s interesting – I don’t understand why, but it’s more sexual, not necessarily in the lyrical content, but just in the feel of the music for me, the song seems really sexual. I have no good reason for that, but that has always been that song for me, it’s cool because that song is kind of different. The song wasn’t written from life experience, it was basically just a cool story."</blockquote>

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/OriginCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Origin%20-%2007%20-%20Even%20In%20Death.mp3 Even In Death - Listen]

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Even In Death'''
*''Recording date:'' 1999
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Origin (album)|Origin]] (track #7)

'''Live versions:'''

'''Even In Death [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2000-2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Rock am Ring festival

'''Even In Death [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' the acoustic performance at Juanita’s

== Lyrics ==
=== Album Version ===
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 leaves me to where you lay 
They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
 
Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love ''[my love]'' 
But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love 
They don't know you can't leave me 
They don't hear you singing to me 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
''People die, but real love is forever''

=== Acoustic Version ===
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 leaves me to where you lay 
They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
 
Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love 
But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love 
They don't know you can't leave me 
They don't hear you singing to me 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==

== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Origin songs]]

Even in Death

2007-06-28T18:37:49Z

Nanalilly: /* Album Version */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Amy Lee says that this song is about loving someone so much that you’d bring them back from the dead. 1 of 5 pre-Fallen songs to ever be played on radio (the other four are [[Lies]], [[Understanding]], the earliest demo version of [[Whisper]] and [[Give Unto Me]]). Only pre-[[Fallen]] song ever performed live on radio.

Features a clip from [http://imdb.com/title/tt0109506/ "The Crow"] movie <ref name=listen> Clic [http://users1.nofeehost.com/gerardarmando/Evrelated/Pdbrlsf.mp3 here] to listen to the song and the qoute merged together, by [[User:Gerard_armando]]</ref>.

Ben's quote about the song from Metal Edge article:
<blockquote>"That was so long ago...I was like eighteen, and we just found this little loop thing, and we just thought it sounded really cool and crazy and we thought it would be really cool to build a song around it. Then, one day, Amy and I thought about someone who’s in a relationship, they lose their loved one, and they kind of flip out, and they go and dig them up, kind of like [Tom Petty’s] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane's_Last_Dance "Mary Jane’s Last Dance"] – We kind of thought we’d take that one step further."</blockquote>

Amy's quote about the song from the same magazine:
<blockquote>"It’s interesting – I don’t understand why, but it’s more sexual, not necessarily in the lyrical content, but just in the feel of the music for me, the song seems really sexual. I have no good reason for that, but that has always been that song for me, it’s cool because that song is kind of different. The song wasn’t written from life experience, it was basically just a cool story."</blockquote>

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/OriginCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Origin%20-%2007%20-%20Even%20In%20Death.mp3 Even In Death - Listen]

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Even In Death'''
*''Recording date:'' 1999
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Origin (album)|Origin]] (track #7)

'''Live versions:'''

'''Even In Death [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2000-2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Rock am Ring festival

'''Even In Death [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' the acoustic performance at Juanita’s

== Lyrics ==
=== Album Version ===
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 leaves me to where you lay 
They took you away from me but now I'm taking you home 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
 
Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love ''[my love]'' 
But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love 
They don't know you can't leave me 
They don't hear you singing to me 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
''People die, but real love is forever''

=== Acoustic Version ===
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 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
 
Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love 
But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love 
They don't know you can't leave me 
They don't hear you singing to me 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==

== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Origin songs]]

Even in Death

2007-06-28T18:32:39Z

Nanalilly: /* Album Version */

{{Songs}}
== General Information ==

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

Amy Lee says that this song is about loving someone so much that you’d bring them back from the dead. 1 of 5 pre-Fallen songs to ever be played on radio (the other four are [[Lies]], [[Understanding]], the earliest demo version of [[Whisper]] and [[Give Unto Me]]). Only pre-[[Fallen]] song ever performed live on radio.

Features a clip from [http://imdb.com/title/tt0109506/ "The Crow"] movie <ref name=listen> Clic [http://users1.nofeehost.com/gerardarmando/Evrelated/Pdbrlsf.mp3 here] to listen to the song and the qoute merged together, by [[User:Gerard_armando]]</ref>.

Ben's quote about the song from Metal Edge article:
<blockquote>"That was so long ago...I was like eighteen, and we just found this little loop thing, and we just thought it sounded really cool and crazy and we thought it would be really cool to build a song around it. Then, one day, Amy and I thought about someone who’s in a relationship, they lose their loved one, and they kind of flip out, and they go and dig them up, kind of like [Tom Petty’s] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane's_Last_Dance "Mary Jane’s Last Dance"] – We kind of thought we’d take that one step further."</blockquote>

Amy's quote about the song from the same magazine:
<blockquote>"It’s interesting – I don’t understand why, but it’s more sexual, not necessarily in the lyrical content, but just in the feel of the music for me, the song seems really sexual. I have no good reason for that, but that has always been that song for me, it’s cool because that song is kind of different. The song wasn’t written from life experience, it was basically just a cool story."</blockquote>

*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/OriginCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Origin%20-%2007%20-%20Even%20In%20Death.mp3 Even In Death - Listen]

== Versions ==

'''Studio versions:'''

'''Even In Death'''
*''Recording date:'' 1999
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' [[Origin (album)|Origin]] (track #7)

'''Live versions:'''

'''Even In Death [live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2000-2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Rock am Ring festival

'''Even In Death [acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' the acoustic performance at Juanita’s

== Lyrics ==
=== Album Version ===
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 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
 
Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love ''[my love]'' 
But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love 
They don't know you can't leave me 
They don't hear you singing to me 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
''I will die, but real love is forever''

=== Acoustic Version ===
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 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
 
Some say I'm crazy for my love, Oh my love 
But no bonds can hold me from your side, Oh my love 
They don't know you can't leave me 
They don't hear you singing to me 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 
 
I will stay forever here with you, my love 
The softly spoken words you gave me 
Even in death our love goes on 
And I can't love you, any more than I do 

== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==

== Notes and References ==
{{Ref}}
 
{{Evanescence}}
[[Category:Origin songs]]