BRING ME TO LIFE
Amy Lee, Benjamin Moody, David Hodges
The lead single from the album Fallen. Chart: #5, #1 (Alternativve). Time - 3:56.
Flip Side: "Farther Away / Missing". Released in U.S.A. April 22, 2003.
Recorded at Ocean Studios, Burbank, California, USA, 2002, USA.
Produced by Dave Fortman. Engineered by Ted Jensen.
Inspired by a conversation with a person Lee did not know, but seemed to bey clairvoyant, it opened her eyes and changed her future. That person later became her husband. They did not want a rapper on the song, as, being their first single, they were afraid of being pigionholed as a rap act, when they weren't. However a rapper, which ended up as Paul McCoy of 12 Stones, was forced on them by their record label and he was written in by Lee. Initially, rock radio refused to play it because Lee was female in a predominantly male medium. In 2017, Evanescence released a modern version recorded as originally intended without the rap. - Larry -
Amy Lee - lead vocals, keyboards |
Amy Lee"Since we released (it) on Daredevil it went all over the world, whether they wanted it to or not, so we had fans in countries we had never been to because they had the soundtrack and they heard it on the radio. So, it started blowing up all over the world and then we had a reason to tour all over the world. And that's how the whole international thing happened this early. Which is awesome." |
Amy Lee - The Boston Phoenix
"I was inspired to write it when someone said something to me — I didn’t know him, and I thought he might be clairvoyant. ... I was in a relationship and I was completely unhappy. But I was hiding it. I was being completely abused and I was trying to cover it up; I wouldn’t even admit it to myself. So then I had spoken maybe 10 or 15 words to this guy, who was a friend of a friend. We were waiting for everyone else to show up, and we went into a restaurant and got a table. And he looked at me and said, ‘Are you happy?’ And I felt my heart leap, and I was like, he totally knows what I’m thinking. And I lied, I said I was fine. Anyway, he's not really clairvoyant. But he is a sociology major."
Amy Lee - VH1
"Open-mindedness. It's about waking up to all the things you've been missing for so long. One day someone said something that made my heart race for a second and I realized that for months I'd been numb, just going through the motions of life."
Amy Lee - 2018:Louder
"This song was actually written about my now-husband. I’d been in a really bad, abusive relationship, which had been very difficult for a long time. I thought that I was doing a pretty good job of pretending I was OK, but Josh, this guy that I didn’t know really well but I liked a lot, we went into a restaurant while my bandmembers were parking the car. When we sat down, he looked at me right in the eyes, and said, ‘Are you happy?’ It just caught me really off guard. I felt very exposed, but it felt good at the same time – like he could see me. ‘How can you see into my eyes like open doors?’ .... That was not our original plan (the rapper). It was something that we had to do, it was a concession we had to make for the label."
YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK OFFICIAL VIDEO YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE LIVE 2017 YOU TUBE 2017 RE-RECORDING YOU TUBE 2016 DAUGHTRY COVER VERSION How can you see into my eyes like open doors? Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold Until you find it there and lead it back home (Wake me up) Wake me up inside (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside (Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark (Wake me up) Bid my blood to run (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become Now that I know what I'm without You can't just leave me Breathe into me and make me real Bring me to life (Wake me up) Wake me up inside (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside (Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark (Wake me up) Bid my blood to run (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life (I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside) Bring me to life Frozen inside without your touch Without your love, darling Only you are the life among the dead All this time I can't believe I couldn't see Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems Got to open my eyes to everything Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul Don't let me die here There must be something more Bring me to life (Wake me up) Wake me up inside (I can't wake up) Wake me up inside (Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark (Wake me up) Bid my blood to run (I can't wake up) Before I come undone (Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become Bring me to life (I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside) Bring me to life