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== General Information ==
== General information ==
 
''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]] and [[D. Hodges]]''
''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]] and [[D. Hodges]]''


Originally recorded for the 2001-2002 demos and became track 10 on [[Fallen]].
'''''My Last Breath''''' is the tenth track from [[Evanescence]]'s debut album, ''[[Fallen]]''. It was originally recorded during the 2001-2002 demo sessions before being chosen for the album.  


Amy once received a fan's painting that was inspired by this song.
During the "behind the scenes" section of the ''[[Anywhere But Home]]'' DVD, Amy received a fan's painting that was inspired by the song.


*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/DemoCD_files/Evanescence%20-%20Demo%20CD%20Alt%20Takes%20-%20My%20Last%20Breath.mp3 My Last Breath (Demo) - Listen]
In an interview, Amy and Ben said that the 9/11 attacks in New York City inspired them to write this song.<ref name=listenin /> It's from the perspective of someone who just died and came to the living loved one in spirit form to say goodbye.<ref name="listenin" /> The band stopped playing this song after the [[Fallen Tour]], but it was added to the set list to support ''[[Evanescence (album)|Evanescence]]'' in 2012 for two months.<ref name=take40 />


*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/MystaryEP_files/Evanescence%20-%20Mystary%20EP%20-%2001%20-%20My%20Last%20Breath.mp3 My Last Breath (Mystary) - Listen]
In a 2023 ''Kerrang!'' cover story about the 20th anniversary of ''Fallen'', Amy discussed the song:
 
{{quote|“It was inspired by 9/11. [[Wind-up Records|Our label]] was in New York, and I remember being woken up because it was super-early there when the first plane flew in. We were all watching the news and calling people in New York. As we were talking to our parents, we saw the next plane hit, and were like, ‘Was that a replay? There’s no way this is real.’ When a really big thing happens, your idea of what is important becomes so ridiculously small and meaningless. It was written from a feeling of total compassion for the loss that people felt, but also imagining how scary it must have been to be in the building at the time.”<ref name=kerrang2023 />}}
== Version ==


== Versions ==
'''Studio versions:'''
'''Studio versions:'''


'''My Last Breath [Fallen version]'''
'''My Last Breath [''Fallen'' version]'''
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Recording date:'' August - November 2002
*''Status:'' Released
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:''
*''Released on:''
:[[Fallen]] (track #10)
:''[[Mystary]]'' (track #1)
:[[Mystary|Mystary EP]] (track #1)
:''[[Fallen]]'' (track #10)
*''Length:'' 4:07


'''My Last Breath [demo version]'''
'''My Last Breath [Demo version]'''
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Recording date:'' 2001-2002
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Length:'' 3:37


'''My Last Breath [Demo 11.15.01]'''
*''Recording date:'' November 15, 2001
*''Status:'' Released
*''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set'' cassette tape (track #B3)
*''Length:'' 3:29


'''Live versions:'''
'''Live versions:'''


'''My Last Breath [live]'''
'''My Last Breath [2002-2004 live]'''
*''Performing period:'' 2002-2004
*''Performing period:'' 2002 - August 14, 2004
*''Status:'' Released
*''Status:'' Released
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Recording date:'' May 25, 2004
*''Released on:'' [[Anywhere But Home]] (track #6)
*''Released on:'' ''[[Anywhere but Home]]'' (track #6)
*''Length:'' 3:52


== Lyrics ==
'''My Last Breath [2012 live]'''
=== Fallen Version ===
*''Performing period:'' January 13 - March 24, 2012
*''Example:'' Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (January 21)
 
'''My Last Breath [Live 2019 Medley]'''<ref>This version was played as a medley along with [[Haunted]], [[Cloud Nine]], [[Everybody's Fool]], [[Weight of the World]] and [[Snow White Queen]] at the encore.</ref>
*''Performing period:'' May 5-19, July 17-28, September 2-26, 2019
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL (May 5)
 
'''My Last Breath [Live 2023 Big Medley]'''<ref>This version was played as a medley along with ''[[Haunted]]'', ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', ''[[Everybody's Fool]]'', ''[[Weight of the World]]'' and ''[[Whisper]]''.</ref>
*''Performing period:'' June 2 - June 9; August 24 - October 28, 2023
*''Status:'' Unreleased
*''Example:'' [[Rock im Park]] 2023, Nuremberg, Germany (June 2, 2023)
 
==Download==
*[http://www.evanescencereference.info/music/index.html#Misc My Last Breath (Demo)]
*[http://www.evanescencereference.info/music/#Mystary_EP My Last Breath (Mystary EP)]
 
==Lyrics==
===''Fallen'' version===
Hold on to me love<br>
Hold on to me love<br>
You know I can't stay long<br>
You know I can't stay long<br>
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<br>
''[Say goodnight]'' Holding my last breath<br>
''[Say goodnight]'' Holding my last breath<br>
''[Don´t be afraid]'' Safe inside myself<br>
''[Don't be afraid]'' Safe inside myself<br>
''[Calling me, calling me]'' Are all my thoughts of you<br>
''[Calling me, calling me]'' Are all my thoughts of you<br>
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight<br>
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight<br>
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''Sweet raptured light it ends here tonight''<br>
''Sweet raptured light it ends here tonight''<br>
''Holding my last breath''<br>
''Holding my last breath''<br>
=== Demo Version ===
 
===Demo version===
Hold on to me love<br>
Hold on to me love<br>
You know I can't stay long<br>
You know I can't stay long<br>
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<br>
<br>
''[Say goodnight]'' Holding my last breath<br>
''[Say goodnight]'' Holding my last breath<br>
''[Don´t be afraid]'' Safe inside myself<br>
''[Don't be afraid]'' Safe inside myself<br>
''[Calling me, calling me]'' Are all my thoughts of you<br>
''[Calling me, calling me]'' Are all my thoughts of you<br>
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight<br>
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight<br>
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''Calling me as you fade''<br>
''Calling me as you fade''<br>


== Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music ==
==Guitar tabs & sheet music==
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/My%20Last%20Breath.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
*[http://evanescencereference.info/music/sheet/My%20Last%20Breath.pdf Piano sheet music with guitar tabs]
== Notes and References ==
 
<small>{{Ref}}</small>
==References==
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<ref name=listenin>{{cite web|url=http://listenin.org/player/playshow.aspx?Show=%2fThemes%2flistenin%2fplayer%2fMakePostPlaylist.ashx%3fPlaylistOrder%3d3291%2c3292%2c3293%2c3294%2c3295%2c3296%2c3285%2c3286%2c3287%2c3288%2c3284%2c3289%2c3290&Title=Evanescence+-+interviews+|title=Evanescence Podcast|work=listenin.org|accessdate=April 29, 2008|archiveurl=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMebI04Ccok|archivedate=2003|date=May 21, 2003}}</ref>
 
<ref name=take40>{{cite web|url=http://www.take40.com/news/30103/review:-evanescence-melbourne-concert,-rod-laver-arena---24th-march-2012|title=Review: Evanescence Melbourne Concert, Rod Laver Arena - 24th March 2012|work=Take 40 Australia|date=March 25, 2012|accessdate=August 12, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120234724/http://www.take40.com/news/30103/review:-evanescence-melbourne-concert,-rod-laver-arena---24th-march-2012|archivedate=November 20, 2012}}</ref>
 
<ref name=kerrang2023>{{cite news|last=Garner|first=George|date=November 15, 2023|url=https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story|title=Evanescence: “I’m so grateful for Fallen. It is something bigger than me”|newspaper=Kerrang!}}</ref>
 
 
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General information

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

My Last Breath is the tenth track from Evanescence's debut album, Fallen. It was originally recorded during the 2001-2002 demo sessions before being chosen for the album.

During the "behind the scenes" section of the Anywhere But Home DVD, Amy received a fan's painting that was inspired by the song.

In an interview, Amy and Ben said that the 9/11 attacks in New York City inspired them to write this song.[1] It's from the perspective of someone who just died and came to the living loved one in spirit form to say goodbye.[1] The band stopped playing this song after the Fallen Tour, but it was added to the set list to support Evanescence in 2012 for two months.[2]

In a 2023 Kerrang! cover story about the 20th anniversary of Fallen, Amy discussed the song:

Vin1.jpg “It was inspired by 9/11. Our label was in New York, and I remember being woken up because it was super-early there when the first plane flew in. We were all watching the news and calling people in New York. As we were talking to our parents, we saw the next plane hit, and were like, ‘Was that a replay? There’s no way this is real.’ When a really big thing happens, your idea of what is important becomes so ridiculously small and meaningless. It was written from a feeling of total compassion for the loss that people felt, but also imagining how scary it must have been to be in the building at the time.”[3] Vin2.jpg


Versions

Studio versions:

My Last Breath [Fallen version]

  • Recording date: August - November 2002
  • Status: Released
  • Released on:
Mystary (track #1)
Fallen (track #10)
  • Length: 4:07

My Last Breath [Demo version]

  • Recording date: 2001-2002
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Length: 3:37

My Last Breath [Demo 11.15.01]

  • Recording date: November 15, 2001
  • Status: Released
  • Released on: Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set cassette tape (track #B3)
  • Length: 3:29

Live versions:

My Last Breath [2002-2004 live]

  • Performing period: 2002 - August 14, 2004
  • Status: Released
  • Recording date: May 25, 2004
  • Released on: Anywhere but Home (track #6)
  • Length: 3:52

My Last Breath [2012 live]

  • Performing period: January 13 - March 24, 2012
  • Example: Verizon Arena, North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA (January 21)

My Last Breath [Live 2019 Medley][4]

  • Performing period: May 5-19, July 17-28, September 2-26, 2019
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Example: Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, FL (May 5)

My Last Breath [Live 2023 Big Medley][5]

  • Performing period: June 2 - June 9; August 24 - October 28, 2023
  • Status: Unreleased
  • Example: Rock im Park 2023, Nuremberg, Germany (June 2, 2023)

Download

Lyrics

Fallen version

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] Are all my thoughts of you
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight

Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself
Are all my thoughts of you
Sweet raptured light it ends here tonight
Holding my last breath

Demo version

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 [holding my last breath]
Safe inside myself [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] Are all my thoughts of you
Sweet raptured light, it ends here tonight

Say goodnight
Don't be afraid
Are all my thoughts of you
Calling me
Calling me as you fade

Guitar tabs & sheet music

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Evanescence Podcast". listenin.org. May 21, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMebI04Ccok. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Review: Evanescence Melbourne Concert, Rod Laver Arena - 24th March 2012". Take 40 Australia. March 25, 2012. Archived from the original on November 20, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121120234724/http://www.take40.com/news/30103/review:-evanescence-melbourne-concert,-rod-laver-arena---24th-march-2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  3. ↑ Garner, George (November 15, 2023). "Evanescence: “I’m so grateful for Fallen. It is something bigger than me”". Kerrang!. https://www.kerrang.com/evanescence-fallen-amy-lee-bring-me-to-life-going-under-my-immortal-interview-anniversary-cover-story.
  4. ↑ This version was played as a medley along with Haunted, Cloud Nine, Everybody's Fool, Weight of the World and Snow White Queen at the encore.
  5. ↑ This version was played as a medley along with Haunted, Cloud Nine, Everybody's Fool, Weight of the World and Whisper.
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