The Other Side
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General Information
Written by: A. Lee and T. Balsamo and T. McCord
The 5th track on Evanescence's self-titled album. Amy Lee describes it in her interview with MTV as:
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...beautiful and epic, but at the same time it's got that rocking vibe[1] | 
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In the same interview, Amy Lee talked about the song saying:
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I wrote it with the guys. It was real collaborative. That was a hard one for me to write the lyrics for, because I had the chorus — it's very epic and dramatic; 'Counting the days to meet you on the other side' — but then, the verses, again, that element of fun is coming back in, you know, the band, it's grooving... so I'm like, 'How do I sing about death in a way that's sort of bitchy?' Like, it's not really possible ... it's hard to explain. But it's harder than it sounds. |
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Then in a track-by-track with NME.com she added[2]:
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This is one that evolved over time too. We had the start for it from one session a few month before and it wasn't finished. Then we worked on it with the band and it really grew into something.
This is a cool song that we all really love, I think as a group it's one of our favorites, on the record and to play too, it's a really fun song to play. It's about loss, but not so much mourning for the dead as much as comitting yourself to being together again in another life. |
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A sample of this track was shared with fans on Wednesday July 13th on MTV's website.[1]
On Wednesday August 17th "The Other Side" was premiered live at Evanescence's Nashville show. [3][4]
Versions
Studio versions:
The Other Side
- Recording Date: February 2011 - July 2011
- Status: Released
- Released On: Evanescence (album)
- Length: 4:03
The Other Side (Radio Edit)[5]
- Recording date: February 2011 - July 2011
- Status: Released
- Released on: The Other Side US Radio Single
- Length: 3:59
Live versions:
The Other Side (Live)
- Performing period: August 17, 2011 - November 9, 2012
- Example: War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville
Lyrics
Make me whole again
Open your eyes
Taunted by the shadows of your light
Cold and far away
like you're not even mine
Undo everything and take me higher
Never believing what they say cause I’m
Counting the days to meet you on the other side
I will always be waiting
until the day that I see you on the other side
Come and take me home
I’m not giving in
I want you back
holding together by the shards of our past
Stole my heart away
I can’t let you go
Break these chains and let me fly to you
high above the world below
Over and over in my mind
Counting the days to meet you on the other side
I will always be waiting
until the day that I see you on the other side
Come and take me home
I am so lost without my place inside your heart
I won't survive I need to know you hear me
Awaken and release my love
Counting the days to meet you on the other side
I will always be waiting
until the day that I see you on the other side
Come and take me
Counting the days to meet you on the other side
I will always be waiting
until the day that I see you on the other side
Come and take me home
Lyric Video
A lyric video of The Other Side was released August 30, 2012 on Evanescence's VEVO channel.[6]
The word "that" in the lyrics "until the day that I see you on the other side" is absent in the video.
Notes and References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1667172/evanescence-the-other-side-album-preview.jhtml
- ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/evanescence/59472
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kru0RC4Zy2o
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvpHSLnB2J8
- ↑ This is the album version without the drum intro.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiIvtRg7-Lc&feature=share
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