Friday, June 15, 2007
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Bring me to life by Evanescence(music video)
Description
Amy Lee became inspired to write the song after an incident that occurred while she was sitting in a restaurant.
“ I was inspired to write it when someone said something to me — I didn’t know him, and I thought he might be clairvoyant," says Lee from a tour stop in Tulsa. "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, The Boston Phoenix[1]
Lee has also stated the previous in an VH1 interview:
“
VH1: What's the song about ("Bring Me to Life")?
Lee: 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, VH1 News[2]
In an interview titled "Amy Lee: Back In Black", she said she wrote "Bring Me To Life" about her long time friend Josh, to whom she is now married.[3]
The song initially topped Christian rock charts, partly because its lyrics were (and are still often) misinterpreted as a call for new life in Jesus Christ (the lyrics use some decidedly Bible-like imagery).[4][5] The misconception of the lyrics led John Tesh to cover the single for his worship album A Deeper Faith II.
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