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*''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition'' cassette tape (track #A1) | *''Released on:'' ''Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition'' cassette tape (track #A1) | ||
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Though you may not remember dreaming<br> | Though you may not remember dreaming<br> | ||
Something waits for you to breathe again ''[paper flowers]''<br> | Something waits for you to breathe again ''[paper flowers]''<br> | ||
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In my field of paper flowers<br> | |||
And candy clouds of lullaby ''[paper flowers]''<br> | |||
I lie inside myself for hours<br> | |||
And watch my purple sky fly over me ''[paper flowers]''<br> | |||
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Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming<br> | |||
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights<br> | |||
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming<br> | |||
The goddess of imaginary light<br> | |||
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In my field of paper flowers<br> | |||
And candy clouds of lullaby ''[paper flowers]''<br> | |||
I lie inside myself for hours<br> | |||
And watch my purple sky fly over me ''[paper flowers]''<br> | |||
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I linger in the doorway<br> | |||
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name<br> | |||
Let me stay<br> | |||
Where the wind will whisper to me<br> | |||
Where the raindrops as they’re falling tell a story<br> | |||
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If you need to leave the world you live in<br> | |||
Lay your head down and stay a while ''[paper flowers]''<br> | |||
Though you may not remember dreaming<br> | |||
Something waits for you to breathe again ''[paper flowers]''<br> | |||
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Don't say I'm out of touch<br> | |||
With this rampant chaos, your reality<br> | |||
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge<br> | |||
The nightmare I built my own world to escape<br> | |||
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In my field of paper flowers<br> | In my field of paper flowers<br> | ||
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General information
Written by: A. Lee, B. Moody and D. Hodges
Imaginary was originally released on the Evanescence EP in 1998, and has had several versions since. Amy Lee wrote the song about finding a place to escape personal troubles and the outside world.
Amy stated during an MTV interview in December 2003 that she would like Imaginary to be the fourth single from Fallen.[1] However, Everybody's Fool was released. Imaginary had actually been released as an airplay single in Spain in 2003. The song debuted and peaked at #17 on the charts[citation needed]. The video was a clip from Live in Cologne[citation needed].
In an interview, producer Dave Fortman discussed the production of the song in the Fallen sessions:
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During the bridge of ‘Imaginary,’ there are probably 70-plus people performing on the song at that moment. There's a choir that's been doubled, there is a string orchestra with 22 players doubled, then you add all of the band members, and it's huge. That section has so much depth to it. There's no purpose to look at it as a live band at that point.[2] | 
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Imaginary was played during Evanescence's Fallen[3] and The Open Door tours.[4][5] It was played at Evanescence's secret New York gig on November 4, 2009,[6] and was later added to the setlist of the Evanescence Tour in 2011 and 2012. Interestingly, the band changed the 2 first verses from the post-bridge chorus in a few shows from the end of this tour, where "If you need to leave the world you live in / Lay your head down and stay a while" can be heard instead of the usual lyrics.[7][8]
The Fallen scrapbook released in celebration of the album's 10th anniversary includes handwritten lyrics of Imaginary with outtake lyrics: Every today is yesterday again. Stuck in a cycle with no end. If there's anything I've learned in all the years I've lived ... Reality is killing me, my life's not what it seems to be and ... I know I must be free. Someone help me fall asleep for I live to dream.
Imaginary was confirmed to be reworked and included on the orchestral album, Synthesis, when the track list was revealed through the album's pre-order on September 15, 2017. This version was performed live for the first time on October 14, 2017 at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Synthesis Live tour. Watch a performance of the song here.
The excerpt in the tour program/songbook available at the merch table as well as given to those who purchased the VIP experience explains: "This song is special for a lot of reasons. One of our oldest compositions, it's part of the exploration that shaped the core sound of Evanescence. It has never once left the live setlist."
Amy's song description from a Kerrang! cover story about the 20th anniversary of Fallen:
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“Imaginary is one of my favourite songs. To me that was the core of our sound. I was writing poems as a seventh or eighth grader, and the part that’s like, ‘Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming’ was something I submitted to English class. It’s totally innocent, sweet, young, and dumb. I just felt like that song was a centre for the band in that it combined the orchestral and classical choir element so well with hard rock. It wasn’t classical in a cheesy way. It wasn’t melodramatic the way that Whisper is – when you get to that song, oh my God, it’s so over-the-top, it’s hard to keep a straight face! I still love it, but it’s just really super-dramatic. Imaginary is more straightforward.”[9] |
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Versions
Studio versions:
Imaginary [Fallen version]
- Recording date: August - November 2002
- Status: Released, Available
- Released on:
- Fallen (track #7)
- "Imaginary" promotional single
- Status: Released, Unavailable
- Length: 4:17
Imaginary [Mystary version][note 1]
- Recording date: August - November 2002
- Status: Released, Unavailable
- Released on: Mystary (track #5)
- Length: 4:18
Imaginary [Fallen pre-master][note 2]
- Recording date: August - November 2002
- Status: Unreleased, Available
- Length: 5:09
Imaginary [Origin version]
- Recording date: 1999
- Status: Released, Unavailable
- Released on: Origin (track #3)
- Length: 3:32
Imaginary [Evanescence EP version]
- Recording date: 1998
- Status: Released, Unavailable
- Released on: Evanescence EP (track #3)
- Length: 4:01
Imaginary [Demo version #1]
- Recording date: 2001–2002
- Status: Unreleased, Available
- Length: 3:18
Imaginary [Demo version #2]
- Recording date: 2001–2002
- Status: Unreleased, Available
- Length: 3:27
Imaginary [Demo 10.10.01]
- Recording date: October 10, 2001
- Status: Released
- Released on: Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition cassette tape (track #A1)
- Length: 3:48
Imaginary [Synthesis version]
- Recording date: May - August 2017
- Status: Released, Available
- Released on: Synthesis (track #9)
- Length: 4:03
Live versions:
Imaginary [Live]
- Performing period: 2000 – August 14, 2004
- Status: Released
- Recording date: May 25, 2004
- Released on: Anywhere but Home (track #12)
- Length: 5:25
Imaginary [Live Evanescence EP version]
- Performing period: January 1999; May 7, 1999
- Status: Unreleased
- Example: Concert at Vino's Bar in Little Rock, Arkansas
Imaginary [Live 2006–2022][note 3]
- Performing period: October 5, 2006 – December 8, 2007; November 4 and November 8, 2009; August 17, 2011 – November 9, 2012; November 2015; April - November 2016; April 2017; May - September 26, 2019; November - December 2021; January 2022
- Status: Unreleased
- Examples: Izod Center, New Jersey (December 4, 2007); Pepsi On Stage, Porto Alegre, Brazil (October 4, 2012)
Imaginary [Origin lyrics 2012][note 4]
- Performing period: October 7 and October 11, 2012
- Status: Unreleased
- Example: Chevrolet Hall, Recife, Brazil (October 11, 2012)
Imaginary [Acoustic]
- Performing date: January 13, 2003
- Status: Unreleased
- Length: approximately 3:55
Imaginary [2019 Acoustic]
- Performing date: September 23, 2019
- Status: Unreleased
- Example: Grad Event Hall, Voronezh, Russia
Imaginary [Synthesis Live]
- Performing period: October 14, 2017 - September 8, 2018
- Status: Released on October 12, 2018
- Recording date: November 3, 2017
- Released on: Synthesis Live (track #9)
- Length: 5:47
Download
- Imaginary (Evanescence EP)
- Imaginary (Origin)
- Imaginary (Mystary EP)
- Imaginary (Demos and Fallen Pre-Master)
Lyrics
Fallen, Mystary and Fallen pre-master versions
Aaah... Paper flowers
Aaah... Paper flowers
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Aaah... Paper flowers
Aaah... Paper flowers
Origin version
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay a while [paper flowers]
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again [paper flowers]
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
EP version
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullabies [flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [flowers]
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clocks screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay a while [flowers]
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again [flowers]
Demo version #1
Aaah... Paper flowers
Aaah... Paper flowers
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
You can lead the world you live in 'cause inside
You may not remember
But something waits for you to breathe again
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Demo version #2
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they’re falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay a while [paper flowers]
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again [paper flowers]
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Demo 10.10.01
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they’re falling tell a story
If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay a while [paper flowers]
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again [paper flowers]
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby [paper flowers]
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me [paper flowers]
Acoustic version
Aaah... Paper flowers
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
If you need to leave the world you live in
Lay your head down and stay a while
Though you may not remember dreaming
Something waits for you to breathe again
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Synthesis version
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they’re falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Don’t say I’m out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Aaah... Paper flowers
Aaah... Paper flowers
Spain Radio Promo
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| Released | 2003 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
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"Imaginary" was released in Spain as a very limited edition radio promo single, under the Sony label, in October 2003.
It features an one-track CD inserted in a black cardsleeve with a cover image that belongs to the same photoshoot of "Everybody's Fool" single. It is the rarest non-WUJC single ever released by the band and, for sure, the most valuable one. Online auctions usually reach more than $250 and very few copies have been seen in the past years. Most of them are still in near-mint condition due to the fact they have been stocked all along within Spanish radio stations' warehouses.
Imaginary [Live in Cologne (in 2003)] was shown on Spanish Music TV at the same time as "Imaginary" had airplay in Spain.
Promo single
Status: Out of Print
Label: Sony BMG
Cat.no: 281003
Around 50-100 of these discs exist. Sightings are very rare. Catalog No. 281003.
- Imaginary [Album version] (4:16)
Front cover
Back cover
Disc
Guitar tabs & sheet music
- Piano sheet music (Origin version) - arranged by Kyle Marcolini
- Piano sheet music with guitar tabs
- Piano sheet music - transcribed by Devin Eastman midi file
- Demo intro piano sheet music - arranged by Michael McWilliams
Notes
- ↑ This is the same as the Fallen version.
- ↑ This track is the same as the Fallen version with the string outro from "Tourniquet" in the beginning.
- ↑ This live version has some minor additions, like the guitars and the drums playing during the bridge, where normally there is only the piano playing. Also, Amy plays on a keyboard the piano part of the bridge, while the earlier live versions had this part pre-recorded and playbacked. Also, the guitars often faded out to the piano intro of "Bring Me to Life".
- ↑ This live version has lyrics from earlier versions of "Imaginary": "If you need to leave the world you live in/Lay your head down and stay a while/Though you may not remember dreaming/Something waits for you to breathe again".
References
- ↑ Wiederhorn, Jon (December 23, 2003). "Evanescence Soldier On Without Ben Moody, Look Forward To Recording". MTV News. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120712101206/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1483876/evanescence-soldier-on-without-ben-moody.jhtml. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ↑ Reeseman, Bryan (August 1, 2003). "In The Recording Studio With Evanescence: Recording Fallen". Mixonline. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080709040742/http://mixonline.com/recording/interviews/audio_evanescence_enduring_sound/. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ D'Angelo, Joe (July 23, 2004). "Evanescence Show No Signs Of Slowing Down At New York Show". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205021500/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1489662/evanescence-energetic-live.jhtml. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Smith, Kenneth (October 31, 2007). "Concert review: Evanescence at Nokia Theater". Pegasus News. http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2007/oct/31/evanescence-nokia-theater/. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Fox, Doug (November 20, 2007). "Evanescence steps through 'Open Door' at UVSC". Daily Herald. http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/evanescence-steps-through-open-door-at-uvsc/article_84ee1660-7e30-5796-956a-c10ecd888170.html. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Schillaci, Sophie (October 12, 2011). "Evanescence at the Palladium: Concert Review". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/evanescence-taylor-momsen-concert-review-247487. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Finatto, Paulo, Jr. (October 10, 2012). "Resenha - Evanescence (Pepsi on Stage, Porto Alegre, 04/10/12)" (in Spanish). Whiplash.net. http://whiplash.net/materias/shows/165121-evanescence.html. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ 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.
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