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== General Information ==
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== General information ==
''Written by: [[A. Lee]] and [[J. LeCompt]]''


Written by: ''J. LeCompt and A. Lee''
'''''All That I'm Living For''''' is the twelfth track from [[Evanescence]]'s second studio album, ''[[The Open Door]]''. It is described in an MTV article as "a punishing mix of electronica, abrasive guitars and Lee's milky vocals".<ref name="hammerstein" /> It was intended to be the third single from the album, but after listening to requests by the band and fan reactions to the decision, the label chose ''[[Sweet Sacrifice]]'' in its place.<ref name="atilfsingle" /> "All That I'm Living For" was added to the setlist of [[The Open Door Tour]] (2006-07).<ref name="hammerstein" /><ref name="dunkin" /> It was later played at the band's secret gig at New York City on November 4, 2009,<ref name="blabbersecret" /><ref name="stonesecret" /> and it was played again two years later at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville on August 17, 2011.<ref name="nashville2011" />


'''The Open Door:''' Track 12<br>
From ''Metal Edge'' magazine:
<BR><BR>
{{quote|''The hard rocking ''All That I’m Living For'' focuses on the band itself. Its genesis came from a realization Lee had one day that her band was her life. 'I don't do anything else,' she says. 'I'm writing for the band, touring for the band, doing an interview about the band, or thinking about the next thing I want to write. It’s my life, and I love it, but it’s a love/hate relationship.'''<ref name="metaledge" />}}
''From Metal Edge Magazine''


<blockquote>The hard rocking “All That I’m Living For” focuses on the band itself. Its genesis came from a realization Lee had one day that her band was her life. “I don’t do anything else,” she says. “I’m writing for the band, touring for the band, doing an interview about the band, or thinking about the next thing I want to write. It’s my life, and I love it, but it’s a love/hate relationship.”</blockquote>
Amy's description of the song:
{{quote|''I love that song. It feels really different for us. The lyrics are about my writing process-how I put the song together, why I do it, and how I'm trying to fix all the things that are wrong with me through music. The first line says, "Save me from the night again/ I can feel the separation from the living."<ref name="lyrics" group=note /> It's always night time when I start writing, just as the dusk is setting.''<ref name="vh1" />}}


''From VH1.com''
==Versions==
<blockquote>Amy's description of the song: "I love that song. It feels really different for us. The lyrics are about my writing process-how I put the song together, why I do it, and how I'm trying to fix all the things that are wrong with me through music. The first line says, "Save me from the night again/ I can feel the separation from the living." It's always night time when I start writing, just as the dusk is setting." [http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml VH1.com]</blockquote>
 
===Studio Versions===
 
'''All That I'm Living For'''
*''Recording date:'' September 2005 - March 2006
*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status|Released, Available]]
*''Released on:'' ''[[The Open Door]]'' (track #12)
*''Length:'' 3:48
 
===Live Versions===
 
'''All That I'm Living For [Live]'''
*''Performing period:'' October 5, 2006 - December 8, 2007; [[New York Secret Show 2009|November 4]] and [[Maquinaria Festival 2009|November 8]], 2009; August 17 and August 20, 2011; November 2015; May 5 - July  17, September 1-29, 2019
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Examples:'' KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2006 (December 10, 2006); Centre Bell at Montreal, Quebec (January 5, 2007)
 
'''All That I'm Living For [Acoustic]'''
*''Performing period:'' August-September 2006
*''Status:'' [[The Evanescence Reference:Release Status|Released, Available]]
*''Released on:'' "[[Lithium]]" Maxi CD single
*''Recording date:'' August 13, 2006
*''Recording place:'' Sony Studios
*''Length:'' 4:31
*Performed by [[Amy Lee]] (piano, vocals), [[John LeCompt]] (acoustic guitar) and [[David Eggar]] (cello)
 
'''All That I'm Living For [BigFM acoustic]'''
*''Performing date:'' May 30, 2012
*''Performed at:'' BigFM, Wiesbaden, Germany
 
'''All That I'm Living For (Acoustic) [Live 2019]'''
*''Performing period:'' September 23, 2019
*''Examples:'' Grad Event Hall, Voronezh, Russia (September 23, 2019)


== Lyrics ==
== Lyrics ==
=== Album version ===
All that I'm living for<BR>
All that I'm living for<BR>
All that I'm dying for<BR>
All that I'm dying for<BR>
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Should I feel like I do?<BR>
Should I feel like I do?<BR>
Should I lock the last open door<BR>
Should I lock the last open door<BR>
My ghosts are gaining on me
=== Acoustic version ===
I can feel the night beginning<BR>
Separate me from the living<BR>
Understanding me<BR>
After all I've seen<BR>
Piecing every thought together<BR>
Find the words to make me better<BR>
If I only knew how to pull myself apart<BR>
<BR>
All that I'm living for<BR>
All that I'm dying for<BR>
All that I can't ignore alone at night<BR>
All that I'm wanted for<BR>
Although I wanted more<BR>
Lock the last open door<BR>
My ghosts are gaining on me<BR>
<BR>
I believe that dreams are sacred<BR>
Take my darkest fears and play them<BR>
Like a lullaby<BR>
Like a reason why<BR>
Like a play of my obsessions<BR>
Make me understand the lesson<BR>
So I'll find myself<BR>
So I won't be lost again<BR>
<BR>
All that I'm living for<BR>
All that I'm dying for<BR>
All that I can't ignore alone at night<BR>
All that I'm wanted for<BR>
Although I wanted more<BR>
Lock the last open door<BR>
My ghosts are gaining on me<BR>
<BR>
Guess I thought I'd have to change the world<BR>
To make you see me<BR>
To be the one<BR>
I could have run forever<BR>
But how far would I have come<BR>
Without mourning your love?<BR>
<BR>
All that I'm living for<BR>
All that I'm dying for<BR>
All that I can't ignore alone at night<BR>
All that I'm wanted for<BR>
Although I wanted more<BR>
Lock the last open door<BR>
My ghosts are gaining on me<BR>
My ghosts are gaining on me<BR>
<BR>
Should it hurt to love you?<BR>
Should I feel like I do?<BR>
Should I lock the last open door<BR>
My ghosts are gaining on me
== Guitar tabs & sheet music ==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/All%20That%20I'm%20Living%20For%20(Acoustic).pdf  Piano sheet music (VH1 acoustic version) - transcribed by Kelly Thomas]
*[http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/e/evanescence/all_that_im_living_for_guitar_pro.htm  Guitar Pro Tablature - transcribed by Morgian]
== Notes ==
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<ref name="lyrics" group=note>This line is different in the actual song. It could be lyrics from earlier demo versions or Amy just messed it up.</ref>
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== References ==
{{reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="hammerstein">{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=October 10, 2006|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1542773/evanescence-live-amy-lee-rocks-new-hometown.jhtml|title=Evanescence Live In NYC: Amy Lee Headbangs, Serenades Her 'New Hometown'|work=MTV News|accessdate=August 3, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107103906/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1542773/evanescence-live-amy-lee-rocks-new-hometown.jhtml|archivedate=November 7, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="atilfsingle">{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Amy|date=January 29, 2007|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20120206010232/http://www.evthreads.com/showpost.php?p=136272&postcount=204|title=Change of heart|work=[[EvThreads.com{{!}}EvThreads]]|accessdate=January 29, 2007|url=http://www.evthreads.com/showpost.php?p=136272&postcount=204|archivedate=February 6, 2012}}</ref>
<ref name="dunkin">{{cite news|last=Massimo|first=Rick|date=April 5, 2007|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080514012353/http://www.projo.com/music/content/QEVANREV_04-05-07_64548TM.3846ec9.html|title=Amy Lee cements her status as the core of Evanescence|newspaper=The Providence Journal|accessdate=August 3, 2013|url=http://www.projo.com/music/content/QEVANREV_04-05-07_64548TM.3846ec9.html|archivedate=May 14, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="blabbersecret">{{cite news|date=November 5, 2009|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-returns-to-live-stage-taps-finger-eleven-guitarist|title=Evanescence Returns To Live Stage, Taps Finger Eleven Guitarist|work=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=August 3, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="stonesecret">{{cite news|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=November 5, 2009|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescence-return-to-the-stage-at-secret-new-york-gig-20091105|title=Evanescence Return to the Stage at 'Secret' New York Gig|newspaper=Rolling Stone|accessdate=August 3, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="nashville2011">{{cite news|date=August 18, 2011|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-plays-first-show-in-almost-two-years-video-available|title=Evanescence Plays First Show In Almost Two Years; Video Available|work=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=August 3, 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="metaledge">{{cite journal|last=Reesman|first=Bryan|title=The Essence of Evanescence|journal=Metal Edge|year=2006|month=November|volume=52|issue=11|pages=5–10|url=http://www.evanescencewebsite.com/TheOpenDoor/displayimage.php?album=503&pos=4|accessdate=June 8, 2013|issn=1068-2872}}</ref>
<ref name="vh1">{{cite news|last=Bottomley|first=C.|date=September 18, 2006|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20061016104811/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml|title=Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs|work=VH1|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml|archivedate=October 16, 2006|accessdate=December 3, 2006}}</ref>
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}}


== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
{{Evanescence}}
[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/All%20That%20I'm%20Living%20For%20(Acoustic).pdf Piano sheet music - transcribed by Kelly Thomas]
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Across the Universe*
All That I'm Living For
Anything for You
Anywhere
Artifact/The Turn
Ascension of the Spirit
Away from Me
Before the Dawn
Better Without You
Bleed
Blind Belief
Breathe No More
Bring Me to Life
Broken Pieces Shine
Call Me When You're Sober
Catherine
Cloud Nine
Demise
Disappear
End of the Dream
Erase This
Eternal
Even in Death
Everybody's Fool
Exodus
Far From Heaven
Farther Away
Feeding the Dark
Field of Innocence
Forever You
Forgive Me
Give Unto Me
Going Under
Good Enough
Haunted
Hello
Hi-Lo
If You Don't Mind
Imaginary
Imperfection
Instrumental 1
Instrumental 2
Instrumental 3
Instrumental 4
Lacrymosa
Lies
Like You
Listen to the Rain
Lithium
Lose Control
Lost in Paradise
Made of Stone
Me & You
Missing
My Heart Is Broken
My Immortal
My Last Breath
Never Go Back
New Way to Bleed
Oceans
October
Origin
Overture
Part of Me
Perfect Dream
Say You Will
Secret Door
Sick
Snow White Queen
So Close
Solitude
Spanish
Surrender
Sweet Sacrifice
Swimming Home
Take Cover
Taking Over Me
The Chain*
The Change
The End
The Game is Over
The In-Between
The Last Song I'm Wasting on You
The Only One
The Other Side
Together Again
Tourniquet
Understanding
Unknown Title
Unraveling
Use My Voice
Wasted on You
Weight of the World
What You Want
Where Will You Go?
Whisper
Yeah Right
You Got a Lot to Learn
Your Love
Your Star
* Cover songs


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General information

Written by: A. Lee and J. LeCompt

All That I'm Living For is the twelfth track from Evanescence's second studio album, The Open Door. It is described in an MTV article as "a punishing mix of electronica, abrasive guitars and Lee's milky vocals".[1] It was intended to be the third single from the album, but after listening to requests by the band and fan reactions to the decision, the label chose Sweet Sacrifice in its place.[2] "All That I'm Living For" was added to the setlist of The Open Door Tour (2006-07).[1][3] It was later played at the band's secret gig at New York City on November 4, 2009,[4][5] and it was played again two years later at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville on August 17, 2011.[6]

From Metal Edge magazine:

Vin1.jpg The hard rocking All That I’m Living For focuses on the band itself. Its genesis came from a realization Lee had one day that her band was her life. 'I don't do anything else,' she says. 'I'm writing for the band, touring for the band, doing an interview about the band, or thinking about the next thing I want to write. It’s my life, and I love it, but it’s a love/hate relationship.'[7] Vin2.jpg


Amy's description of the song:

Vin1.jpg I love that song. It feels really different for us. The lyrics are about my writing process-how I put the song together, why I do it, and how I'm trying to fix all the things that are wrong with me through music. The first line says, "Save me from the night again/ I can feel the separation from the living."[note 1] It's always night time when I start writing, just as the dusk is setting.[8] Vin2.jpg


Versions

Studio Versions

All That I'm Living For

Live Versions

All That I'm Living For [Live]

  • Performing period: October 5, 2006 - December 8, 2007; November 4 and November 8, 2009; August 17 and August 20, 2011; November 2015; May 5 - July 17, September 1-29, 2019
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Examples: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2006 (December 10, 2006); Centre Bell at Montreal, Quebec (January 5, 2007)

All That I'm Living For [Acoustic]

All That I'm Living For [BigFM acoustic]

  • Performing date: May 30, 2012
  • Performed at: BigFM, Wiesbaden, Germany

All That I'm Living For (Acoustic) [Live 2019]

  • Performing period: September 23, 2019
  • Examples: Grad Event Hall, Voronezh, Russia (September 23, 2019)

Lyrics

Album version

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night

I can feel the night beginning
Separate me from the living
Understanding me
After all I've seen
Piecing every thought together
Find the words to make me better
If I only knew how to pull myself apart

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night
All that I'm wanted for
Although I wanted more
Lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

I believe that dreams are sacred
Take my darkest fears and play them
Like a lullaby
Like a reason why
Like a play of my obsessions
Make me understand the lesson
So I'll find myself
So I won't be lost again

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night
All that I'm wanted for
Although I wanted more
Lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

Guess I thought I'd have to change the world
To make you see me
To be the one
I could have run forever
But how far would I have come
Without mourning your love?

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night
All that I'm wanted for
Although I wanted more
Lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

Should it hurt to love you?
Should I feel like I do?
Should I lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

Acoustic version

I can feel the night beginning
Separate me from the living
Understanding me
After all I've seen
Piecing every thought together
Find the words to make me better
If I only knew how to pull myself apart

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night
All that I'm wanted for
Although I wanted more
Lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

I believe that dreams are sacred
Take my darkest fears and play them
Like a lullaby
Like a reason why
Like a play of my obsessions
Make me understand the lesson
So I'll find myself
So I won't be lost again

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night
All that I'm wanted for
Although I wanted more
Lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

Guess I thought I'd have to change the world
To make you see me
To be the one
I could have run forever
But how far would I have come
Without mourning your love?

All that I'm living for
All that I'm dying for
All that I can't ignore alone at night
All that I'm wanted for
Although I wanted more
Lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

Should it hurt to love you?
Should I feel like I do?
Should I lock the last open door
My ghosts are gaining on me

Guitar tabs & sheet music

Notes

  1. ↑ This line is different in the actual song. It could be lyrics from earlier demo versions or Amy just messed it up.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harris, Chris (October 10, 2006). "Evanescence Live In NYC: Amy Lee Headbangs, Serenades Her 'New Hometown'". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107103906/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1542773/evanescence-live-amy-lee-rocks-new-hometown.jhtml. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ Lee, Amy (January 29, 2007). "Change of heart". EvThreads. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. http://web.archive.org/web/20120206010232/http://www.evthreads.com/showpost.php?p=136272&postcount=204. Retrieved January 29, 2007.
  3. ↑ Massimo, Rick (April 5, 2007). "Amy Lee cements her status as the core of Evanescence". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080514012353/http://www.projo.com/music/content/QEVANREV_04-05-07_64548TM.3846ec9.html. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Evanescence Returns To Live Stage, Taps Finger Eleven Guitarist". Blabbermouth.net. November 5, 2009. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-returns-to-live-stage-taps-finger-eleven-guitarist. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  5. ↑ Harris, Chris (November 5, 2009). "Evanescence Return to the Stage at 'Secret' New York Gig". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/evanescence-return-to-the-stage-at-secret-new-york-gig-20091105. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Evanescence Plays First Show In Almost Two Years; Video Available". Blabbermouth.net. August 18, 2011. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-plays-first-show-in-almost-two-years-video-available. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
  7. ↑ Reesman, Bryan (November 2006). "The Essence of Evanescence". Metal Edge 52 (11): 5–10. ISSN 1068-2872. http://www.evanescencewebsite.com/TheOpenDoor/displayimage.php?album=503&pos=4. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ Bottomley, C. (September 18, 2006). "Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs". VH1. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061016104811/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1540914/story.jhtml. Retrieved December 3, 2006.
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