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''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]], [[D. Hodges]] and [[R. Gray]]'' | ''Written by: [[A. Lee]], [[B. Moody]], [[D. Hodges]] and [[R. Gray]]'' | ||
Originally recorded as a demo and revamped as track #6 on Fallen. Rocky Gray is credited with writing the song for his band [[Soul Embraced]] (The original, titled '''"My Tourniquet"''',<ref>Click [http://files.getdropbox.com/u/727841/EvanescenceReference/My%20Tourniquet.mp3 here] to download the original version by Soul Embraced</ref> was a track on an album called "For the Incomplete") and the rest of Evanescence reworked it for Fallen; Amy wrote a melody and a whole other second verse. | Originally recorded as a demo and revamped as track #6 on Fallen. Rocky Gray is credited with writing the song for his band [[Soul Embraced]] (The original, titled '''"My Tourniquet"''',<ref>Click [http://files.getdropbox.com/u/727841/EvanescenceReference/My%20Tourniquet.mp3 here] to download the original version by Soul Embraced</ref> was a track on an album called "For the Incomplete") and the rest of Evanescence reworked it for Fallen; Amy wrote a melody and a whole other second verse. | ||
Amy Lee on "Tourniquet": | |||
{{quote|A lot of our songs are written in a way that you could take them to mean several different things. That one was written by our drummer Rocky [Gray], who was in a Christian death metal band before he joined us. He told me that it is coming from a Christian standpoint, but it's about suicide. It's from the perspective of someone who has just committed suicide and it's about the controversy in Christianity that if you commit suicide, will you go to heaven or hell? If all sins are forgiven after accepting Christ, why would there be an exception?<ref name=vh1>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070824024116/http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1472058/20030523/evanescence.jhtml "Evanescence: Fallen To the Top"] - VH1 (retrieved with Wayback Machine)</ref>}} | |||
The demo versions of Tourniquet are often incorrectly titled "My Tourniquet" on bootlegs. | The demo versions of Tourniquet are often incorrectly titled "My Tourniquet" on bootlegs. | ||
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General Information
Written by: A. Lee, B. Moody, D. Hodges and R. Gray
Originally recorded as a demo and revamped as track #6 on Fallen. Rocky Gray is credited with writing the song for his band Soul Embraced (The original, titled "My Tourniquet",[1] was a track on an album called "For the Incomplete") and the rest of Evanescence reworked it for Fallen; Amy wrote a melody and a whole other second verse.
Amy Lee on "Tourniquet":
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A lot of our songs are written in a way that you could take them to mean several different things. That one was written by our drummer Rocky [Gray], who was in a Christian death metal band before he joined us. He told me that it is coming from a Christian standpoint, but it's about suicide. It's from the perspective of someone who has just committed suicide and it's about the controversy in Christianity that if you commit suicide, will you go to heaven or hell? If all sins are forgiven after accepting Christ, why would there be an exception?[2] | 
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The demo versions of Tourniquet are often incorrectly titled "My Tourniquet" on bootlegs.
On the Fallen version of the song Amy screams "I want to die". On the demo versions it's a sample by Claire Danes from the Danes/DiCaprio movie version of Romeo & Juliet saying "I long to die".[3]
Versions
Studio versions:
Tourniquet [Fallen Version]
- Recording date: August - November 2002
- Status: Released
- Released on: Fallen (track #6)
- Length: 4:38
Tourniquet [Demo Version #1]
- Recording date: 2001-2002
- Status: Unreleased
- Length: 3:37
Tourniquet [Demo Version #2]
- Recording date: 2001-2002
- Status: Unreleased
- Length: 3:49
Tourniquet [Demo Version #3][4]
- Recording date: 2001-2002
- Status: Unreleased
- Length: 3:43
Tourniquet [Fallen Pre-Master][5]
- Recording date: August - November 2002
- Status: Unreleased
- Length: 3:53
Live versions:
Tourniquet [Live]
- Performing period: 2002 - June 10, 2007
- Status: Released
- Recording date: May 25, 2004
- Released on: Anywhere But Home (track #11)
- Length: 4:17
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Lyrics
Fallen and Fallen Pre-Master Version
I tried to kill the pain
But only brought more [so much more]
I lay dying
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying [dying]
Praying [praying]
Bleeding [bleeding]
And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
Do you remember me?
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side?
Or will you forget me?
I'm dying [dying]
Praying [praying]
Bleeding [bleeding]
And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
I want to die
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will I be denied?
Christ [christ]
Tourniquet
My suicide
Return to me salvation
Return to me salvation
Demo Versions
I tried to kill the pain [kill the pain]
But only brought more [so much more]
I lay dying
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying [I'm dying]
Praying [praying]
Bleeding [bleeding]
And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
Do you remember me? [remember me]
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side?
Or will you forget me?
I'm dying [I'm dying]
Praying [praying]
Bleeding [bleeding]
And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
[Return to me salvation] return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
[Return to me salvation] return to me salvation
Tell me not, Father
That thou hearest of this
Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it
It strains me past the compass of my wits
If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help
Do thou but call my resolution wise
And with this I'll help it presently!
Hold Daughter!
Be not so long to speak
I long to die
My God, my tourniquet
[Return to me salvation] return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
[Return to me salvation] return to me salvation
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will I be denied?
Christ [christ]
Tourniquet
My suicide
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Soul Embraced's Original Version
What I thought would kill the pain
Only brought more
I lay dying
My wrist pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying
Praying
Bleeding
And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will I be denied?
Christ
Tourniquet
My suicide
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will I be denied?
Christ
Tourniquet
My suicide
Guitar Tabs & Sheet Music
Notes and References
- ↑ Click here to download the original version by Soul Embraced
- ↑ "Evanescence: Fallen To the Top" - VH1 (retrieved with Wayback Machine)
- ↑ Here is the recorded dialogue from the movie
- ↑ This version is similar to the version #2, except the extra drums at the end of the bridge.
- ↑ This version is the same as the Fallen version, but without the string outro.
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