What You Want

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General Information

Written by: A. Lee and T. Balsamo and T. McCord

"What You Want" is the first single to be released from Evanescence's self-titled third album. It features heavy riffs, strong vocals, and has a theme of freedom.

In an interview with MTVnews, Amy Lee said:

It's about freedom — that's definitely a constant theme on the record — but, it's like Evanescence, and me, and my relationship with the music and the fans, and coming to that [realization] of "This is what I'm supposed to do ... I want to do this," and when it says, "Remember who you really are," that's exactly everything you could assume it means.

A sample of "What You Want" was released on MTV's website on Monday July the 11th. The single will be released August 9th 2011.

Another 30 second sample can be heard on Amazon.com.

Versions

Studio versions:

What You Want

• Recording date: February 2011 - July 2011
• Status: Unreleased
• Released On: Evanescence
• Length: 3:40

Lyrics

Every heart in my hands
Like a pale reflection

Hello, hello
Remember me?
I'm everything you can't control
Somewhere beyond the pain
There must be a way to believe we can break through

Do what you what you want
You don't have to lay your life down

Video

On Wednesday July 27th, Amy sent out a tweet saying:

Calling all fans in the NY area- We want you to be in our new video!! Go to http://t.co/hdPaDv9 for details.

On Saturday, July 30th, 200 fans were chosen to participate in the first day of the video shoot on a volunteer basis and will appear as the audience of the band’s performance in the video. This video shoot took place in Brooklyn, New York.