Never Go Back

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Written by: A. Lee, T. Balsamo, T. McCord and W. Hunt

The 11th track on Evanescence's self-titled album, Evanescence, previously titled "Orange". Amy revealed that the official title of the song is "Never Go Back" in an MTV interview.

In the same interview, Amy said:

It wasn't about my life so much. ... When we first got into pre-production, the earthquakes and tsunami happened in Japan, and we were all just totally glued to paying attention to it, all these incredibly heartbreaking images, and we just [thought], 'Wow.' And I was thinking about it a lot. It was consuming my mind, and we were working on that song at the same time. I was kind of working on lyrics at night; we'd practice all day, and I'd go home at night and be working on lyrics by myself. And I came in the next day and was like, 'Guys, I'm going to make this song about the tsunami.'

In an earlier interview, Amy said this about the song:

There's this beautiful song that — it's definitely going to make the album, or I will kill someone — it's not like a single or anything, it's just this epic album track that's about loss from the perspective of someone losing someone in a tragedy, and it's really cool to listen back to that, too.

In a track-by-track interview with NME.com, Amy added:

"Never Go Back" was actually inspired by the earthquakes and tsunami in Japan. While we were writing a bunch of music at pre-production that was going on. And I just remember, you know, we were just watching the news and looking at all these pictures on the internet, and just like... I was just inspired and feeling a lot of feelings, just of empathy and sympathy, and just sort of like 'wow, what would that be like'... you know. Putting myself in the situation in my head. Sort of accidently I guess, when I do the thing where I go home and do my homework, and work on the lyrics. I just sort of was writing without thinking about why and after a minute I was like 'oh okay, I'm thinking about Japan, and I'm singing about Japan'. Like, why not just let this song be that story. So, it's about losing everything, you know, and about life beyond your control.

Never Go Back was confirmed to be on Synthesis when the tracklist was revealed through the album's pre-order on September 15, 2017.

Versions

Studio versions:

Never Go Back [Evanescence version]

• Recording Date: February 2011 - July 2011
• Status: Released
• Released On: Evanescence (track #11)
• Length: 4:27

Never Go Back [Synthesis version]

• Recording Date: May - August 2017
• Status: Awaiting release
• Released On: Synthesis (track #2)
• Length: TBC

Live versions:

Never Go Back [Live]

• Performing period: October 6, 2011 - November 9, 2012; November 2015; April 2016
• Example: House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ (August 3, 2012)

Never Go Back [ Synthesis Live ]

• Performing period: October 14, 2017 - TBC
• Example: Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas, NV (October 14, 2017)

Lyrics

Everything is so dark
And I know there's something wrong
But I can't turn the light on
In that split second change
When you knew we couldn't hold on
I realized I live to love you

Save yourself
Don’t look back
Tearing us apart until it's all gone
The only world I've ever known
Sleeps beneath the waves
What I remember

I won't give up on you
I can feel you in my heart
Just show me the way
I don't belong here alone
I can still see your face
Where it's burned into my mind
I die every time I close my eyes
You're always there

Save yourself
Don’t look back
Tearing us apart until it's all gone
The only world I've ever known
Sleeps beneath the waves
But I'm the one who’s drowning
Without your love I am lost
And I can never go back home

All across the ocean
We are calling, calling
Are, are, are you there?
Nothing left for me 'til I find you

Because it's all gone
The only one world ever known
Sleeps beneath the waves
But I'm the one who’s drowning
Without your love I am lost
And I can never go back
I can never go back home