EVANESCENCE - MY IMMORTAL
I'm So Tired Of Being Here
Supressed By Sll My Childish Fears
And If You Have To Leave
I Wish That You Would Just Leave
'Cause Your Presence Still Lingers Here
And It Won't Leave Me Alone
These Wounds Won't Seem To Heal
This Pain Is Just Too Real
There's Just Too Much That Time Cannot Erase
When You'd Cry I'd Wipe Away All Of Your Tears
When You'd Scream I'd Fight Away All Of Your Fears
And I Helf Your Hand Through All Of These Years
But You Still Have All Of Me
You Used To Captivate Me By Your Resonating Light
Now I'm Bound By The Life You Left Behind
Your Face, It Haunts My Once Pleasant Dreams
Your Voice, It Chased Away All The Sanity In Me
These Wounds Won't Seem To Heal
This Pain Is Just Too Real
There's Just Too Much That Time Cannot Erase
When You Cried I'd Wipe Away All Of Your Tears
When You'd Scream I'd Fight Away All Of Your Fears
And I Held Your Hand Through All Of These Years
But You Still Have All Of Me
I've Tried So Hard To Tell Myself That You're Gone
But Though You're Still With Me
I've Been Alone All Along
When You Cried I'd Wipe Away All Of Your Tears
When You'd Scream I'd Fight Away All Of Your Fears
And I Held Your Hand Through All Of These Years
But You Still Have All Of Me
All Of Me... Me... Me...
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Ben Moody, Amy Lee
Producer(s): David Fortman
Evanescence Guitarist Ben Moody Wrote This Lyrics For This Song, Fleshing It Out With Lead Singer Amy Lee, Who Wrote The Piano Part And Added The Bridge. They Recorded It For Their First EP In 1998, But Decided To Remove It At The Last Minute. By The Time It Was Released In 2003 On Their Debut Album "Fallen", The Song Had Gone Through A Number Of Changes.
The Lyrics Are Totally Fictional, According To Ben Moody. They Evoke A Spirit, But He Insists The Song Has Nothing To Do With God Or Religion. Moody Was Still In High School When He Wrote The Lyrics.
Several Different Versions Of This Song Have Appeared. The Original Is An Outtake From The 1998 Evanescence Ep With Just Lee's Voice And Piano. In 2000, It Was Included On Origin, A Collection Of Songs The Group Put Together To Use As A Demo. This Version Has Background Vocals By Band Member David Hodges.
David Mould Directed The Video. It Was Shot Before Ben Moody Left The Band, So He Plays A Starring Role. Shot In Barcelona, Amy Lee Is Scene Walking On The Edge Of A Fountain, But He Never See Her Feet On The Ground, Indicating She Is A Spirit Of Some Kind.
The Song Was Covered By Andrea Begley On The UK Edition Of The Voice In 2013. Her Version Landed At #30 On The British Singles Chart After She Sung It In The Final, Whilst Evanescence's Original Version Also Returned To The Top 40.