Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no one told you she's not breathing?
Hello I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to
Hello

If I smile and don't believe
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream
Don't try to fix me I'm not broken
Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry

Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello I'm I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday



Lyrics submitted by rjbucs28

Track duration: 03:40

"Hello" as written by Andre Harris, Natalie Stewart, Vidal Davis, Marsha Ambrosius

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Chrysalis One Music

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    Song Meaning:Amy lee wrote this song for her sister death. she is really sad and misses her and she puts her fake smile everyday she hides her pain she just can't believe that she passed away she realize that this is not a dream she needs to move on and try
    Flag LightAngelon April 13, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:This song is talking about Amy's sister's death. The first verse is describing the setting that Amy was in when she found out her sister had passed away. She was in a playground at school, and it was beginning to rain. She's talking to herself in the first verse as she has no one else to talk to. In the second verse, it's describing her coping method... her mind decided to pretend like it was all fake... that it wasn't real. She convinced herself that she was just in a bad dream. Her parents probably tried to take her to therapy or somewhere to get help to cope about this, but she's saying "don't try to help me, I don't need help... my sister isn't dead." The second verse is basically "the lie" talking to Amy. In the third verse her mind realizes that she actually isn't in a bad dream, her sister really has passed away but she knows she has to move on.
    Flagged darkdreamson September 30, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:"Hello I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to
    Hello"
    Ok, this song hits me hard. I'm bipolar, and my mind needs things to play with. Like playing games within my head to cope.... I often will twist words, lyrics, or phrases other people say, use them as support, self-correction, sometimes spin them with symbolism. Kind of like poetry. Its one of the greatest coping skills I've developed but it also can be dangerous. Sometimes I can't control where my words are directed and it ends up causing a lot of pain, often without my knowledge which is the worst. I've gotten pretty good at controlling them on my own, I just need to know when I've offended somebody....

    "Don't try to fix me I'm not broken" ~ Just differently abled lol...
    Flagged Johann4uon July 27, 2012   Link
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    My Interpretation:Here's what I kind of think but it might not be that good :P

    Playground school bell rings again - it MIGHT be referring to how she was a child when this happened.

    Rain clouds come to play again - The rain clouds represent her sadness/depression.

    Has no one told you she's not breathing? - I'm not too sure about this one...

    Hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to, Hello - Same as what Jack in Jill said.

    If I smile and don't believe - She does not want to believe.

    Soon I know I'll wake from this dream - She was everything to be alright and tries to think that it is only a dream.

    Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken - She knows that she shouldn't feel sad and acts like everything is okay.

    Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide, don't cry - a lie in her mind tells her to not cry.

    Suddenly, I know I'm not sleeping - Now she knows that this is not a dream and something's wrong.

    Hello, I'm still here, all that's left of yesterday... - I'm not sure about this one, I think that goldengoaliex910 is right.

    I might be wrong about this, IDK, but I love this song <3 and I put this cuz i was bored :D
    Flag ChocolateChickenFishon May 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I think I've heard somewhere that this song is about Amy's younger sister who died when she was 3 yrs old. this song has the same meaning to me as I found a close friend who i was living with dead when i was 19.
    Flag Dirtbiker256on April 20, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:oh and sidenote, if you listen to the last verse it sounds like shes asking god to help get her out of an abusive relationship (in reality she actually had just gotten out of an abusive relationship.) true story guys, go listen to it backwards. its creepy.
    Flag DistanceMakesUsStrongeron April 04, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:My story is similar to that of Rooie's. I never thought of the song this way until tonight, but after re-reading the lyrics (and listening to it a fair few times) I realised how much I relate to this.

    When I was 6 or so, my school was called to an assembly/memorial at the end of the day. It was one of our senior leaders - she'd been stabbed that morning. I - being the young age I was - was sad but I didn't think it would tie in to me at all. Later I would find out, that the girl who had been stabbed, was my step-sister. I went to my after school hours care, as I usually would, getting food ect. when one of the carers came up to me and asked me to wait outside and look for someone close to my family. I did as I was told and was soon after picked up by the woman who took care of me when I was sick and my parents were at work. The line "has no one told you she's not breathing," to me at the time was more of a "did anyone tell you who the girl was." So by the time I got home I walked inside and my parents were sitting there and I started to tell them about the service when my mum stopped me and made me sit down. I remember her saying (I wont use a name for personal reasons), "Kristy** died this morning. She was stabbed." I may have been young, but I hit me so hard. I didn't cry until later that night (I didn't believe everyone still - "if I smile and don't believe") when I got up to get a drink and I walked past the TV where it showed my sisters house, with her face and the flowers around it. That was the "suddenly I know I'm not sleeping" for me.

    But yeah, I didn't realise how much meaning this song actually had for me. <3
    Flag DistanceMakesUsStrongeron April 04, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song has a different meaning for me, very close to home. the first time i heard evanescence was within a few months of my mother's sudden death when I was 13. I was at school when I found out, this line is very fitting "playground school bell rings again, rain clouds come to play again, has no one told you she's not breathing". Since my mom was my best friend she was the only person i had to talk to, so after her death i had no one and stayed inside my own head. It took me years to finally come to terms that she was really gone(if i smile and don't believe, soon i know i'll wake from this dream). Then finally one day i realized she was never coming back and all i had left of her was my memories(Suddenly i know i'm not sleeping, hello i'm still here all that's left of yesterday). That's what the song means to me.
    Flag Rooieon February 29, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Amy Lee is a surviving sibling, this is her response to her little sisters death. She was at school when it happened. She is calling out to her parents,letting them know that she is still there and she is not dead. She wants attention from them :)
    Flag soapybubbleon December 18, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:This song was written by Amy for her little sister that died in a very young age... Bonnie Lee was the name of her sis. The song is so depressing and I think that it reflects the pain of losing a sibling, especially a younger one as you feel like its guardian and blame yourself...
    Has no one told you she's not breathing ? It is when she was told her sister is dead
    Rainclouds come to play, again The tears she cried for her little sis
    Hello, I'm your mind, giving you someone to talk to...Hello...
    Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide... This lyrics however are more like from the dead girl's perspective
    If I smile and don't believe
    Soon I know I'll wake from this dream
    Don't try to fix me
    I'm not broken
    Don't cry... All these are about the way she faced it... She kept talking with her sis refusing that she is dead and wanting to keep her alive in her heart and mind... Everyone said her that she is dead but she says don't try to fix me I am not broken like I am not crazy I just don't want to let her it is my choice...

    I think that this song is very sad and Amy is really brave for keeping her sis in her mind cause it is easy to move on and forget but more difficult to keep tha emotional bond which is stronger than death... It is encouraging to see people facing the pain through art too... Well done Amy and I have siblings (though older) so I can feel your loss I am sorry for your sis...
    Flag AngelicMoonon May 06, 2011   Link

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