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== General Information ==
== General information ==
''Written By: [[A. Lee]]''


Amy Lee is credited with writing the song while the band was recording [[Fallen]]. It is a piano ballad that was originally meant to be on the album but scrapped from it. Released on the Elektra soundtrack January 11th, 2005.
'''''Breathe No More''''' is an outtake from ''[[Fallen]]''. It is a piano ballad that was originally meant to be on the album, but was scrapped. It was later released on the [[Elektra Soundtrack|''Elektra'' soundtrack]] on January 11th, 2005 and the b-side album, ''[[Lost Whispers (album)|Lost Whispers]]'', on LP on December 9, 2016, then digitally on February 17, 2017. Amy Lee has sole writing credits to this song.<ref name="bmi" />
 
{{quote|"Breathe No More" is one that I wrote as we were recording the album and I recorded it and it just didn't make it, it's mellow... It's a rock record, whatever, but I would really like to have it make it on the next record. We have it recorded nicely, it's on Kazaa.com, you can check it out...<ref name=metaledge />}}
 
Amy, in late 2012, told a fan the inspiration behind the song at a meet and greet:
{{quote|''I wrote the song when I was in quite a dark place. I was in a toxic relationship that was destroying me, the song is really about how sometimes when you're in a toxic relationship you change yourself for the other person, but you start to hate yourself for it. You look in the mirror and hate the person you've become. That self loathing is one of the worst feelings in the world, because you just want the other person in the relationship to be happy but at the same time you don't want to lose yourself, the real you.''<ref name=twitlonger />}}
 
On October 1, 2020, Amy Lee shared an Instagram story where she played an old tape from the 2001/2002 sessions that included a demo clip of ''Breathe No More''.<ref name="demotape" />
 
The [[Fallen Voice Notes|voice notes]] included on a cassette tape of ''Fallen'''s 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set contain audio of Amy Lee working on the vocal melody of the song.


== Versions ==
== Versions ==
===Studio Versions===
'''Breathe No More [''Fallen'' outtake]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status|Released, Available]]
*''Released on:''
:''[[Elektra Soundtrack|Elektra - The Album]]'' (Track #8)
:''[[Lost Whispers (album)|Lost Whispers]]'' (track #5)
:''[[Fallen|Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered)]]'' (track #13)
*''Length:'' 3:47


'''Studio versions:'''
'''Breathe No More [Demo]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased, Available
*''Length:'' 3:51


'''Breathe No More [Fallen outtake]'''
'''Breathe No More [Demo - Clip from Amy Lee's Instagram story]'''<ref name="cassette">This was included on [[Fallen Voice Notes]] on a cassette tape as part of ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set''.</ref>
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Status:'' Unreleased, Available
*''Released on:'' Elektra: The Album (track #8)


'''Breathe No More [demo]'''
===Live Versions===
*''Recording date:'' 2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased
<small>''Note:'' this version has electric guitars, drums, not piano intro and a long effect as an outro.</small>


'''Live versions:'''
'''Breathe No More [Piano-vocal]'''
*''Performing period:'' October 7, 2003
*''Performed at:'' Lisbon, Coliseum


'''Breathe No More [Anywhere But Home DVD live]'''
'''Breathe No More [Piano, acoustic guitar and drums]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2003-2004
*''Performing period:'' October 8, 2003 - August 14, 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Status:'' Released, Available
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #8)
*''Released on:'' ''[[Anywhere but Home]]'' (Track #8)
<small>''Note:'' this live version has an acoustic guitar solo and drums.</small>
*''Length:'' 3:33


'''Breathe No More [2016 Piano-vocal]'''<ref> This version has a larger intro.</ref>
*''Performing period:'' October - November 2016; April 2016


== Lyrics ==
==Download==
*[http://www.evanescencereference.info/music/index.html#Misc Breathe No More (Demo)]


==Lyrics==
I've been looking in the mirror for so long<br>
I've been looking in the mirror for so long<br>
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side<br>
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side<br>
All the little pieces falling shatter<br>
All the little pieces falling, shatter<br>
Shards of me too sharp to put back together<br>
Shards of me too sharp to put back together<br>
<br>
Too small to matter<br>
Too small to matter<br>
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces<br>
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces<br>
If I try to touch her and I bleed<br>
If I try to touch her<br>
<br>
And I bleed<br>
I bleed<br>
I bleed<br>
And I breathe<br>
And I breathe<br>
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Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirit's well<br>
Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirit's well<br>
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child<br>
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child<br>
Lie to me<br>
Oh! lie to me, convince me that I've been sick forever<br>
Convince me that I've been sick forever<br>
And all of this will make sense when I get better<br>
And all of this will make sense when I get better<br>
<br>
<br>
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I bleed<br>
I bleed<br>
And I breathe<br>
And I breathe<br>
I breathe no -<br>
I breathe no-<br>
<br>
Bleed<br>
Bleed<br>
I bleed<br>
I bleed<br>
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I breathe<br>
I breathe<br>
I breathe no more<br>
I breathe no more<br>
<br>
== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Breathe%20No%20More.pdf Piano sheet music - arranged by MJL]


==Guitar tabs & sheet music==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Breathe%20No%20More%20-%20ABH.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs - ABH version]
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Breathe%20No%20More%20-%20Final%20Edit%20Elektra%20Soundtrack.pdf Piano sheet music - Transcribed by Kyle Marcolini]
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Breathe%20No%20More.pdf Piano sheet music - Arranged by MJL]
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Breathe%20No%20More%20-%20Evanescence%20-%20arr%20Michael%20McWilliams.pdf Piano sheet music - Arranged by Michael McWilliams]
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/Breathe%20No%20More%20(Live%20Tabs).pdf Guitar tabs]
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=bmi>{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=6966951&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|title=Breathe No More (Legal Title)|work=Bmi.com|accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=twitlonger>{{cite web|url=http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jtfbol|title=Everybody's Fool @L0v3Bites|work=Twitlonger.com|date=November 6, 2012|accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name=metaledge>{{cite journal|last=Campagna|first=Cathy|date=February 2004|url=http://galeria.evanescence.com.br/thumbnails.php?album=1542|title=Evanescence: New Royalty|journal=Metal Edge|page=24|volume=49|number=10|issn=|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20200524152123/http://galeria.evanescence.com.br/displayimage.php?album=1542&pos=4|archivedate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="demotape">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef20nrb7jhE|title=Amy Lee <nowiki>|</nowiki> EVANESCENCE - Breathe No More Tape (2001-2002)|work=YouTube|date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>
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General information

Written By: A. Lee

Breathe No More is an outtake from Fallen. It is a piano ballad that was originally meant to be on the album, but was scrapped. It was later released on the Elektra soundtrack on January 11th, 2005 and the b-side album, Lost Whispers, on LP on December 9, 2016, then digitally on February 17, 2017. Amy Lee has sole writing credits to this song.[1]

Vin1.jpg "Breathe No More" is one that I wrote as we were recording the album and I recorded it and it just didn't make it, it's mellow... It's a rock record, whatever, but I would really like to have it make it on the next record. We have it recorded nicely, it's on Kazaa.com, you can check it out...[2] Vin2.jpg


Amy, in late 2012, told a fan the inspiration behind the song at a meet and greet:

Vin1.jpg I wrote the song when I was in quite a dark place. I was in a toxic relationship that was destroying me, the song is really about how sometimes when you're in a toxic relationship you change yourself for the other person, but you start to hate yourself for it. You look in the mirror and hate the person you've become. That self loathing is one of the worst feelings in the world, because you just want the other person in the relationship to be happy but at the same time you don't want to lose yourself, the real you.[3] Vin2.jpg


On October 1, 2020, Amy Lee shared an Instagram story where she played an old tape from the 2001/2002 sessions that included a demo clip of Breathe No More.[4]

The voice notes included on a cassette tape of Fallen's 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set contain audio of Amy Lee working on the vocal melody of the song.

Versions

Studio Versions

Breathe No More [Fallen outtake]

Elektra - The Album (Track #8)
Lost Whispers (track #5)
Fallen (Deluxe Edition / Remastered) (track #13)
  • Length: 3:47

Breathe No More [Demo]

  • Recording date: 2001-2002
  • Status: Unreleased, Available
  • Length: 3:51

Breathe No More [Demo - Clip from Amy Lee's Instagram story][5]

  • Recording date: 2001-2002
  • Status: Unreleased, Available

Live Versions

Breathe No More [Piano-vocal]

  • Performing period: October 7, 2003
  • Performed at: Lisbon, Coliseum

Breathe No More [Piano, acoustic guitar and drums]

  • Performing period: October 8, 2003 - August 14, 2004
  • Status: Released, Available
  • Recording date: May 25, 2004
  • Released on: Anywhere but Home (Track #8)
  • Length: 3:33

Breathe No More [2016 Piano-vocal][6]

  • Performing period: October - November 2016; April 2016

Download

Lyrics

I've been looking in the mirror for so long
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side
All the little pieces falling, shatter
Shards of me too sharp to put back together

Too small to matter
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces
If I try to touch her

And I bleed
I bleed
And I breathe
I breathe no more

Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirit's well
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child
Oh! lie to me, convince me that I've been sick forever
And all of this will make sense when I get better

But I know the difference
Between myself and my reflection
I just can't help but to wonder
Which of us do you love?

So I bleed
I bleed
And I breathe
I breathe no-

Bleed
I bleed
And I breathe
I breathe
I breathe
I breathe no more

Guitar tabs & sheet music

References

  1. ↑ "Breathe No More (Legal Title)". Bmi.com. http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=6966951&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Campagna, Cathy (February 2004). "Evanescence: New Royalty". Metal Edge 49 (10): 24. Archived from the original on May 24, 2020. http://web.archive.org/web/20200524152123/http://galeria.evanescence.com.br/displayimage.php?album=1542&pos=4.
  3. ↑ "Everybody's Fool @L0v3Bites". Twitlonger.com. November 6, 2012. http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jtfbol. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Amy Lee | EVANESCENCE - Breathe No More Tape (2001-2002)". YouTube. October 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef20nrb7jhE.
  5. ↑ This was included on Fallen Voice Notes on a cassette tape as part of Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set.
  6. ↑ This version has a larger intro.
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