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In a ''Kerrang!'' interview in August 2006, Amy said: | In a ''Kerrang!'' interview in August 2006, Amy said: | ||
{{Quote|One of the songs that made it onto the album was the first thing we ever wrote together, ‘Snow White Queen’. | {{Quote|One of the songs that made it onto the album was the first thing we ever wrote together, ‘Snow White Queen’."<ref name=kerrang2006 />}} | ||
In issue 88 of ''Rock Sound'', Amy revealed what the song is really about. She explained how the song is based on "scary experiences", and that many nights she was forced to stay in hotels, because her privacy had been taken away by stalkers. | |||
Amy's description of the song: | Amy's description of the song: | ||
{{quote|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.<ref name=vh1 />}} | {{quote|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.<ref name=vh1 />}} | ||
In the issue 84 of ''All Access'', Amy explained that the song shows two perspectives: hers on the verses and the stalker's in the chorus: | In the issue 84 of ''All Access'', Amy explained that the song shows two perspectives: hers on the verses and the stalker's in the chorus: {{quote|"I've had a few different stalkers, and the way I wrote it, the perspectives change. The second verse is my perspective, the choruses are the stalker's perspective. It's creepy and cool."<ref name=allaccess />}} | ||
Part of the title was presumably from her "Snow White" username in an old Evanescence fan board [[EvBoard]]. The word 'Queen' was presumably added because of how a stalker would over idolize a victim. | |||
In this song, Amy sang her lowest note on an Evanescence recording, "...twisted way you think of me..." | |||
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*''Example:'' Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Canada (January 10, 2007) | *''Example:'' Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Canada (January 10, 2007) | ||
'''Snow White Queen [Live 2019 Medley]'''<ref> This version was played as a medley along with [[Haunted]], [[My Last Breath]], [[Cloud Nine]], [[Everybody's Fool]] and [[Weight of the World]] at the encore.</ref> | '''Snow White Queen [Live 2019 Medley]'''<ref>This version was played as a medley along with [[Haunted]], [[My Last Breath]], [[Cloud Nine]], [[Everybody's Fool]] and [[Weight of the World]] at the encore.</ref> | ||
*''Performing period:'' May 2019 | *''Performing period:'' May 5-19, July 17-28, September 2-26, 2019 | ||
*''Status:'' Unreleased | *''Status:'' Unreleased | ||
*''Example:'' Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL | *''Example:'' Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL (May 5) | ||
== Lyrics == | == Lyrics == | ||
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General information
Written by: A. Lee and T. Balsamo
Snow White Queen is the sixth track from Evanescence's second studio album, The Open Door. It's the first song Amy and Terry wrote for the album.[1][2]
In a Kerrang! interview in August 2006, Amy said:
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One of the songs that made it onto the album was the first thing we ever wrote together, ‘Snow White Queen’."[3] | 
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In issue 88 of Rock Sound, Amy revealed what the song is really about. She explained how the song is based on "scary experiences", and that many nights she was forced to stay in hotels, because her privacy had been taken away by stalkers.
Amy's description of the song:
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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.[4] |
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In the issue 84 of All Access, Amy explained that the song shows two perspectives: hers on the verses and the stalker's in the chorus:
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"I've had a few different stalkers, and the way I wrote it, the perspectives change. The second verse is my perspective, the choruses are the stalker's perspective. It's creepy and cool."[5] |
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Part of the title was presumably from her "Snow White" username in an old Evanescence fan board EvBoard. The word 'Queen' was presumably added because of how a stalker would over idolize a victim.
In this song, Amy sang her lowest note on an Evanescence recording, "...twisted way you think of me..."
Versions
Studio versions:
Snow White Queen
- Recording date: September 2005 - March 2006
- Status: Released
- Released on: The Open Door (track #6)
- Length: 4:22
Live versions:
Snow White Queen [Live]
- Performing period: October 5, 2006 - March 23, 2007
- Status: Unreleased
- Example: Scotiabank Place Ottawa, Canada (January 10, 2007)
Snow White Queen [Live 2019 Medley][6]
- Performing period: May 5-19, July 17-28, September 2-26, 2019
- Status: Unreleased
- Example: Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL (May 5)
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]
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
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
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
not available
References
- ↑ "Evanescence interview with Terry Balsamo by Toazted". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s7BDcWbdwM. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ "Evanescence Guitarist: Filling Ben Moody's Shoes". Ultimate Guitar. November 3, 2006. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20061116090630/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/evanescence_guitarist_filling_ben_moodys_shoes.html. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Burning Angel (Kerrang)". EvanescenceWebsite.com. August 30, 2006. Archived from the original on November 18, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061118055601/http://lnx.evanescencewebsite.com/PressArchive/news.php?id=126.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Chelin, Pamela (Oct/Nov 2006). "Return of the Snow White Queen". All Access (84): 15. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10155259920085739&set=a.10155259918600739.
- ↑ This version was played as a medley along with Haunted, My Last Breath, Cloud Nine, Everybody's Fool and Weight of the World at the encore.
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