Going Under

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Going Under single

General Information

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

Amy Lee wrote the song about a previous emotionally and physically damaging relationship. The song was the last song written for Fallen and was originally plugged as the first single had Bring Me to Life not been put onto the Daredevil soundtrack. It became the second single.

The video is a live-performance/action video and was directed by Philip Stolzl. The video was filmed in Berlin, Germany, but most of it was filmed in Los Angeles, California in May of 2003. It follows the band performing at what can be assumed as a concert in which they’re the headliners, Amy swimming and singing underwater, and Ben being questioned relentlessly by the media (The media’s constant questions about the band’s religious affiliation inspired that part in the video). Evil Dead, one of Ben’s favorite movies inspires the use of the zombies in the video. The underwater scene was Amy's idea. She also designed two of the costumes she's wearing in the video. The crimson corset costed her $2,500, the biggest amount of money she’d ever spent on a piece of clothes. The other outfit had been stitched by Amy herself. "It's white and has a lot of shreds. It reminds me of something someone who died would wear”. The idea of them came to her while she was nursing an illness in a hotel in Los Angeles.

Version

Studio versions:

- Going Under [Fallen version]
Recording date: August - November 2002
Status: Released
Released on:
Fallen (track #1) – the second single off the album
all Going Under singles and numerous compilation CDs

- Going Under [demo]
Recording date: 2002
Status: Unreleased

Live versions:

- Going Under [live]
Performing period: 2002-2004
Status: Released
Recording date: May 25, 2004
Released on: Anywhere But Home (track #2)

- Going Under [acoustic]
Performing period: 2003
Status: Released
Recording date: April 14, 2003
Released on: Going Under commercial single

Lyrics

Now I will tell you what I've done for you
50 thousand tears I've cried
Screaming deceiving and bleeding for you
And you still won't hear me
Don't want your hand this time I'll save myself
Maybe I'll wake up for once
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
I'm dying again

I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through
I'm going under

Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
So I don't know what's real and what's not
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore
I'm dying again

I'm going under
Drowning in you
I'm falling forever
I've got to break through

So go on and scream
Scream at me I'm so far away
I won't be broken again
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under

Video

The video was directed by Philip Stolzl and featured the band at a gig in a place full of zombies. Normal people attending the gig transform into said zombies throughout the course of the video (an homage to Ben Moody's love for zombie movies). Lee stated that the zombies symbolize the media trying to get a piece of them, the queries about their 'not a christian band' scandal and such. There are also segments featuring Lee singing in a pool of water, apparently (as the lyrics state) "drowning in you".

Watch The Video on Evanescence.com

Commercial Release: September 9, 2003/September 15, 2003

Commercial Single Releases

UK CD Single

1. Going Under [Album Version]
2. Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
3. Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
4. Enhanced features including a small photo gallery and A Quicktime version of the Music Video

• The disc itself has the circle 'e' logo on it which appears to be on a translucent sticker.

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UK DVD Single

UK DVD Single

(includes a fold out poster and expanded artwork in the insert)

1. Going Under [Commercial Video]
2. Going Under [Instrumental Version (the Commercial Video with lyric subtitles)]
3. The Making of the Video [With some interview footage of Amy]
4. Going Under [Album Version] (Audio Only)

• The tracklisting on the packaging does not state that the audio version is on the DVD.
• This DVD is in PAL format and is Region 2 (UK Only).
• The disc looks identical to the UK CD Single, however it has the DVD logo on it.
• This is (to date) the last DVD single to be released by the band.

US CD Single

1. Going Under [Album Version]
2. Going Under [Live Acoustic (recorded live at FM99 WNOR in Norfolk, Virginia, April 14, 2003)]
3. Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)
4. Enhanced MPEG version of the music video

• The CD itself is silkscreened with white text 'Going Under' on a black background with blue.

German 3" (Pock-It!®) CD Single

1. Going Under [Album Version]
2. Going Under [Live Acoustic]

(alternate version)

1. Going Under [Album Version]
2. Heart Shaped Box [Live Acoustic] (Nirvanna Cover)

• these CDs have the same printing on them as the US single.

International Radio Promo singles

Various radio promo discs were produced and never meant for public sale. They all feature the same tracklisting:

1. Going Under [Album Version]

• Some have the elaborate commercial artwork, some are plain CDs in white cardsleeves.