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Good night, sleep tight, no more tears
In the morning I'll be here
And when we say good night
Dry your eyes because
We said good night
And not goodbye
We said good night
And not goodbye
In the morning I'll be here
And when we say good night
Dry your eyes because
We said good night
And not goodbye
We said good night
And not goodbye
Lyrics submitted by epimetheus
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The first time I heard this: I was like, "Hey, it sound like Misa's song from DeathNote." and has the same... kinda scary theme to it (maybe it's the piano).
The first scene that came to my mind (for writing the story) was this: Two best friends (two boys :D); one dying of brain tumor and whatnot, and the other one crying because he wasn't able to do anything. And then the one dying was telling his friend to just rest for the night, as if everything will be fine when he sleeps.
The boy agrees, he sleeps and says "Goodnight." even though there was a part in him that knew that he won't be able to play with his best friend again. Then he wakes up from the pretend dream; now sees his friend in a casket. THE END. XDDD The one who was left behind always had believed that his best friend is only asleep, and not gone forever, that they'll meet and they can play again.
WAHAHA. I just blabbed. ANW, this one-and-a-half minute song is very beautiful, and I love it SO MUCH that I want this song to play on my funeral (kindof telling my family and everyone that I don't like them crying). :) Truly touching.
"Any band that gets a singer purely based on her sex appeal should not be famous"
what the-? amy lee is characterized by the exact OPPOSITE. "
- Exactly-vampirella666 I have no idea where you got that ides from- ever heard 'everybody's fool?' Amy is 100% against that sort of thing!
As for the song- beautiful! but not in the typical Evanescence way- it reminds me of a child crying at bedtime because he doesn't want his mother to go away, and she's telling the child that shes only leaving for a few hours, not forever.
i like it , lol kinda sounds like a last song you would sing at the end of a nite at a concert makes ppl less sad that the concert is over but leave with a happy note knowing this isnt gud bye
I favor it because I used to do this thing where I'd tell my mom goodnight, and if she'd ever say, "Bye" or something, I'd say: "No. Goodnight, not goodbye." because I used to have bad dreams where one of us would die or something.
o_o
Then I heard this, and I'm like, "Hey..." XD
Anyway, it's a beautiful song.
what the-? amy lee is characterized by the exact OPPOSITE.
also, she wrote this song for a charity and donated the proceeds from it.
I love it so much i taught myself how to play it on the piano lol
i think this song is about having a person's {in this instant let's just call that person Amy because she wrote the song} lover dying
Then when she says "in the morning i'll be here" she might be talking about killing herself so they can be reunited
Hence the "no more tears/dry your eyes" because she's gonna kill herself to reunited with him
Then the "we said goodnight/not goodbye" she will she will see him again so he doesn't have to be sad cause it's just goodnight and they'll be together again
idk this sounded better in my head...i still love the song tho lol
Evanescence is the best band ever!!
And also I kinda sorta hate Evanescence because of what they did to Christian stores... They used Christianity to get their songs well-known and then once they were famous they went all "I'M NOT CHRISTIAN" ...I'm not Christian but I think that's just a revolting thing to do.
The whole Goodnight not goodbye thing is a very well-known phrase,,, And yeh, basically i think these lyrics are way too lame and weak. But it's beautiful song, hence the reason I'm commenting *smiles*
~Vampy
Maybe I'm just paranoid . . .