Lyrics for Breathe No More as interpreted by Supernova

Breathe No More Lyrics
I've been looking in the mirror for so long.
That I've come to believe my souls on the other side.
Oh the little pieces falling, shatter.
Shards of me,
To sharp to put back together.
To small to matter,
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no more.

Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well.
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child.
Lie to me,
Convince me that I've been sick forever.
And all of this,
Will make sense when I get better.
I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love.

So I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe now...
Bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe,
I breathe-
I breathe no more.

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Supernova
03-15-2003

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This song owns. Evanescence own.

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estocopath
03-17-2003

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does anyone know where i can get a good copy of this song? kazaa's version is spliced. same as "missing" and a few others.

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Supernova
03-17-2003

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Have you tried iMesh? It has both 3:50 and 4:19 length. Pick one. =)

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DaniChik117
04-06-2003

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"Will make sense when I get better.
I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love. "

This song kinda hints that is it about 'Split Personalities'. That someone is unhappy with themselves. Another amazing song by an amazing band...<3

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PoeticEulogy187
04-23-2003

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Have you ever looked in the mirror for so long you've began to see a different person? Now, I'm probably wrong but I think this song is about someone who doesn't feel accepted by anyone, and misunderstood and by lookin in the mirror they see someone the world accepts so figuratively, they kill that person by smashing the mirror, but by doin so it doesn't just 'kill' their reflection but it also hurts them.
"Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well.
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child.
Lie to me,
Convince me that I've been sick forever.
And all of this,
Will make sense when I get better."
That part I think means, the persons trying to get people to understand how they feel but the world is so stubborn they won't absorb it... and they just tell them that "its okay, you'll get help one day" like their crazy and they don't know what they're talkin about. Who knows though. :x

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JessicaCaitlin91
05-03-2003

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"I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love."
This part makes me think about maybe your in a relationship and you start to wonder what that person likes you for...your personality or your reflection. This doesnt seem to fit in all the lyrics...

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TaRa_WiLLoW
06-25-2003

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Yeah.. I've been trying to find a version of this song that doesn't beep. =\

I love this song, by the way.

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insect1123
06-25-2003

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I've been looking in the mirror for so long.
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side.
Oh the little pieces falling, shatter.
Shards of me,
Too sharp to put back together.
Too small to matter,

Maybe an apostrophe and an "o" are also "too small to matter", but it helps to understand the song if the lyrics are correct. Is it "I can't help but wonder"? I hope so, since "but to wonder" sounds silly.
Do any of you get your lyrics from the liner notes? The artists probably would like everyone to know what they are saying...

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Heatherina21
06-29-2003

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Does anyone know where I can get a version of this song that doesn't beep...it's right in the middle where it starts gettin' good...I would really appreciate it...Thanks!!!

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Heatherina21
06-29-2003

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Does anyone know where I can get a version of this song that doesn't beep...it's right in the middle where it starts gettin' good...I would really appreciate it...Thanks!!!

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TaRa_WiLLoW
07-01-2003

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Download site for the perfect version of this song is http://freespace.virgin.net/evan.files14/Evanescence%20-%20Breathe%20No%20More%20(Fallen%20Outtakes).mp3

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DRAMAGAL03
05-02-2004

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It was written in a different context. As an outside friend looking in. A friend who has seen a life of her other friend be changed and turned upside down. Her friend trys committing suciede. And the girl telling the story sees her friend going down fast. And she wants to change that world for her. It is like she is telling the story for them both. From her side and her friends. She is saying i want to save you... and her friend is saying i want to die. So she is the one reaching out to help her... and in her own heart she bleeds for the sadness of her friend. And her freind who feels like dieing bleeds as well for the pain that lies within her heart. So to me it seems like one story told in two different ways. Coming from either side. One who sees the pain of another and wants to help. And another living that pain looking for her way out!!

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Tribabe2007
05-22-2004

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in my opinion. this song is about a girl being in a relationship. shes in a relationship with a guy who is only in love with her beauty and not personality. hence the line "i cant help but wonder, which of us do you love" and she had been caught up in how the media portrays "beautiful" with all this makeup and glamour. and she finally came to realize that her boyfriend was only in love with her beauty and not her mind. and shes feeling like nobody knows the real her. they only know wat the mirror portrays. so she smashes the mirror and then with part of the mirror she cuts herself and she bleeds and bleeds until she bleeds no more.

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LaDiablo
05-29-2004

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Wrong lyrics again. Grr. Okay, the "Oh the little pieces falling, shatter" should be "All the little pieces falling, shattered"; and "I just can't help but to wonder" should be "It causes me to wonder". I know, I know, I'm nitpicking again =). Forgive me?

To me, the song's about being in a relationship where you're loved for your beauty instead of yourself. You've been around this shallow love for so long, you begin to feel like maybe all you are is a pretty face. You break the mirror to find the truth and feel as though you're losing yourself along with the shards. Trying to put yourself back together, you cut yourself, again and again, bleeding so much that you stop breathing. Somehow, you force yourself to breathe again, but nobody understands what you've gone through. They're trying to tell you what's wrong instead of listening to what you're saying. Even after what you've gone through, after you've discovered the difference between yourself and how you look, you still think people only love you for your reflection. You're still simply a pretty thing for people to look at.

Hmm. Lol, I think I confused myself while I wrote that...

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escence
06-04-2004

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I love evanescence, and i love this song. I think its like everyone has been saying, a girl in relationship with a guy who only cares about the way she looks, so she smashes the mirror, and cuts herself doing so and bleeds to death hence, bleed and breath no more.

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Soundgarden0070
06-26-2004

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To make this short....I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

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Soundgarden0070
06-27-2004

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I've heard this song live, in their presence i mean. It was great except she skipped some parts of it though.. oh well it was still filled with so much passion and beauty and grace.

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DyerMaker21
07-02-2004

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Hey everyone- i'm new here. Just thought I'd start at this site with one of my favorite evanescence songs. It is so beautiful. Does anyone know where I get the sheet music for this for piano?

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HeartagramHIM666
07-03-2004

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DyerMaker, That it is, a beautiful song. I have no idea where to buy sheetmusic--look at FindFreeSheetMusic.Com, although since this song was never supossed to be released (?) then they most likely will not have it.
I think that this song is about Amy Lee, struggiling to fight a spirt that she has inside of her, that keeps creeping out at different times, and whenever that does comeout, Amy feels scared, lost, and willl try things to prevent it.

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chino69
10-22-2004

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You guys are totally on the dot with what I believe. I think she is looking in the mirror and she has changed as a person, yet the reflection she sees hasn't. It possibly reminds her of a past. Or maybe she doesn't feel like she knows herself at all.

Amy Lee uses some really powerful analogies. It's just something that totally mesmerizes me and it gives me chills.

Particularly this partial stanza:

"But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,"

She's reaching for the broken glasses of herself and all she will do is get cut. I really believe now that Amy is looking into the mirror and seeing a part of her she doesn't ever want to be.

"I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love. "

And now she is seperating herself in two. And each of her parts is so different from each other. They are polar opposites. So which one is to be accepted?

I'm willing to take this one step further. That while this song seems to have an open ending I think there is possibly an underlying message she is trying to take across. That to accept yourself as a whole no matter the extremes you will go to.

But the thing about Amy (which I love) is that she rights about situations without any particular answer. It really makes you think about the possibilities and something you can relate to for your special self. Man, Evanescence is just the bomb. I don't know why they have some haters.

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Deadinanhour
12-04-2004

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I think is song is about depression, and being something that you never thought you'd become.



I don't feel like typing out a long expination unless someone would liek to hear it.

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MaliceInWonderland
12-09-2004

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Well, This reminds me of that one Johnny the Homicidal Maniac Die-ary entry where hes sitting in front of the mirror where he writes: Dear Die-ary,
I stared, motionless, before the mirror. As always, I stayed until I'm convinced that there is no glass, nothing, separating me from the room I see on the other side.
I imagine that everything is different. Over there. Better. There are people, in that world, who I would like.
But, like always, my hand hits the glass.
I know that if I'd only waited one more second...
Shit.
I'm gonna go kill a party clown.
Heres the picture: http://www.tbns.net/georgis./jthm/scans/mirror.jpg

So yeah......Thats what this song reminds me of.

*sulks back into corner*

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EvanescenceROX
12-19-2004

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i could listen to this song all day and it never gets old.<3<3<3<3<3
i love amy lee
-Andy-

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squashed_smurf
12-20-2004

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fairy_of_light
12-25-2004

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It means that she isn't sure anymore.She's looking into a mirror, finding someone who isn't her but is.She's asking which of us do you love, because she's hiding in the person she is no longer...Do we love the person she's become?

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