MY IMMORTAL- EVENESCENCE
Evenescence was founded in Little Rock Arkansas in 1998. They were originally founded as an American christian group and later turned into a rock group. The band was formed in 19915 by Amy Lee lead singer, pianist and song writer and former lead guitarist Ben Moody. Their first hit songs written together were "Solitude" , "Give Unto Me", "My Immortal" and "Understanding." The bands name is derived from the word evanesce which means to disappear.
I chose this band and one of my all time favorite songs called "My Immortal" because the words speak to me, it reminds me of a time when there is pain and inner battle to forget what was lost , hurt or said. Its a timeless song that i can have on replay over and over again.Its haunting and yet very beautiful all at once.
This song is filled with symbolic references and vivid images. From the very start the title of the song, "My Immortals" gives us and idea of everlasting life , something that can never be forgotten and even the first two lines of the song "I'm so tired of being here suppressed by all my childish fears" ;shows us' how she is afraid just like a child of overcoming her fears , of not being able to get past whats holding her back.
In lines five and six, she mentions that your presence still lingers here and it wont live me alone meaning that she can not escape the presence that is haunting her. In stanza two when she says these wounds wont seem to heal, this pain is just to real she is referring, to a pain that is everlasting and that wont ever seem to go away and also when she says there's to much that time can not erase she is saying that time is standing still and even through it nothing has changed. The main chorus has the most symbolic meaning as it talking about the person or entity that she loved and all the memories and the struggles he endured .
In stanza four the first line "You used to captivate me by your resonating light this phrase talks about the light the thing or person brought into her life , the happiness she experienced being with that thing or individual. Also in stanza 5 the line your face it once haunts my pleasant dreams could be related to someone passing away and not being able to move on or even a love gone wrong and not being able to overcome the lost of that love.In line 6 as well your voice it once chased all the sanity in me could be interpreted as not being able to function when this person speaks to them , or when they hear that persons voice it makes them weak , unable to think.
Although this song could be interpreted as a death of a loved one and not being able to move on but on the other hand i strongly believe, that this song is talking about a love that cut so deep that time can not get rid of the hold the person has over their heart over their entire being and psyche. This song focuses so much on pain and love and not being able to let go of what was no matter how hard you try to. Its about loosing what you thought was all yours and having it torment your everyday move ,living u merciless to its raft.
REFRENCES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescence
I chose this band and one of my all time favorite songs called "My Immortal" because the words speak to me, it reminds me of a time when there is pain and inner battle to forget what was lost , hurt or said. Its a timeless song that i can have on replay over and over again.Its haunting and yet very beautiful all at once.
This song is filled with symbolic references and vivid images. From the very start the title of the song, "My Immortals" gives us and idea of everlasting life , something that can never be forgotten and even the first two lines of the song "I'm so tired of being here suppressed by all my childish fears" ;shows us' how she is afraid just like a child of overcoming her fears , of not being able to get past whats holding her back.
In lines five and six, she mentions that your presence still lingers here and it wont live me alone meaning that she can not escape the presence that is haunting her. In stanza two when she says these wounds wont seem to heal, this pain is just to real she is referring, to a pain that is everlasting and that wont ever seem to go away and also when she says there's to much that time can not erase she is saying that time is standing still and even through it nothing has changed. The main chorus has the most symbolic meaning as it talking about the person or entity that she loved and all the memories and the struggles he endured .
In stanza four the first line "You used to captivate me by your resonating light this phrase talks about the light the thing or person brought into her life , the happiness she experienced being with that thing or individual. Also in stanza 5 the line your face it once haunts my pleasant dreams could be related to someone passing away and not being able to move on or even a love gone wrong and not being able to overcome the lost of that love.In line 6 as well your voice it once chased all the sanity in me could be interpreted as not being able to function when this person speaks to them , or when they hear that persons voice it makes them weak , unable to think.
Although this song could be interpreted as a death of a loved one and not being able to move on but on the other hand i strongly believe, that this song is talking about a love that cut so deep that time can not get rid of the hold the person has over their heart over their entire being and psyche. This song focuses so much on pain and love and not being able to let go of what was no matter how hard you try to. Its about loosing what you thought was all yours and having it torment your everyday move ,living u merciless to its raft.
REFRENCES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescence
