Lyrics for My Immortal as interpreted by cailin

My Immortal Lyrics
i'm so tired of being here
suppressed by all my childish fears
but if you have to leave
i wish that you would just leave
'cause your prescence 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 cried i'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears
i held 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's 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
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
i held your hand through all of these years
but you still have...all of me
all of me
all of me
all...

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loop-to-loop
05-15-2006

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This song is boring...it was better when it only played three times on the radio. Even tho it does get better by the climax of the song when Amy says "Though your still with me, I've been alone all along" part.

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theweasel
06-23-2006

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How could this song be about Death?
"but if you have to leave
i wish that you would just leave"

"but you still have...all of me"

"but though you're still with me"

Every one of those implies present tense, and someone still being alive.

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actcohen
06-23-2006

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To start of my real name is Jacob. Every time I listen to it I hear my name in the intro. I also cry everytime I hear thins song. This is the world's sadest song. The way I see the song (I relate to myself) is about a bf/gf, family member, friends or ect... A that one person lost that friends or whoever they are. When I mean lost they could be dead or moved away. So that one person can't move on without them. They may have not known eacher well but they still love them in a way. They act as if they are the only other person in the world that is alive but they just died. One of the greatest song ever writen.

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4everinlove
07-09-2006

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it's best song ever and amy has the sweetest boive i've ever heard

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drcheezeball
07-26-2006

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Ok, I seem to always put this and I will do it again, since this is my all time favorite song. But with this song, like any song really, the meaning is what you want it to be. Amy Lee and everyone else involved with the making of this song will have "the meaning" but when you hear a song for the first time, you put it (or realte it) into your "own world". Another song I love is "hello". To me, that song is about depression and/or fighting it. But amy lee wrote it about her sister who died when she was real young. But I cant relate to that, so Im gonna stick with my meaning. Essentially, no one is right or wrong I guess.

My take on this song, she WAS in a relationship and it has ended. And now it becomes an internal battle for her between, for lack of words, pride vs love. She wants to just move on (" i'm so tired of being here
suppressed by all my childish fears
but if you have to leave
i wish that you would just leave
'cause your prescence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone") and almost is getting defensive trying to reason to herself that the relationship is over. ("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's chased away
all the sanity in me")
But deep down inside she still loves him and doesnt want it to be over. ("when you cried i'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears
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") She is stating here that she has tried and tried to accept and tell herself that it is over, but she just cant completely let it go and thats why its driving her insane. She still loves him but its over so she tries to tell herslf its over and maybe for the better but she doesnt truly feel that way.

Again, this is my take, Im sure amy lee may say that its not right, but this is how I interpret the song and thats how it means so much to me. (open door, just over 2 months away!)

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miamigringo
07-26-2006

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this song is just beautiful!

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dan_000
07-29-2006

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This song is a real peice of talent and amy makes it in to a truely wonderful sensation i will forever love this song!!!

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XioJade
08-03-2006

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I think the meaning of this song is dealing with the pain in your life and how it will get better later on.

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unchained
08-11-2006

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it's could be about the death of their marriage. He doesn't love her anymore, but stays (for the kids?) but his presence haunts her and she's tortured by "the life he left behind". Maybe she knows he's now in love with someone else, and she's pissed and upset since she feels she was there for him for many, many years.

Maybe he had an affair ("these wounds won't seem to heal, this pain is just too real, there's just too much that time cannot erase" but in any event she can't bring herself to leave HIM ("supressed by all my childhood fears") because she's scared of being alone... which she realizes she already IS, even though he's actually still there with her. She's mourning her empty marriage and wasted years....

very sad and haunting

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Prowler Kid
08-17-2006

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I love this song. I heard Call Me When You're Sober from their new album. Amy Lee has a beatiful voice.

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lauren_6_6_6
08-21-2006

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This song feels very close to me. It sums up everything I feel about losing the most important person in my life. She didn't die, she just changed and left me. "Although you're still with me, I've been alone all along." It has the same harsh realisation that I felt the first time I realised I'd lost my best friend. Brings me to tears within the first line everytime!

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blueowl92
08-22-2006

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First of all, Evanescence is horrible. Whoever said they dont just have to rock out to be good...they suck anyway. As do all goths and goth-posers which are all of you inferior little shits. This song is the most depressing song I have ever heard but not even in a way that touches you in any way. It is just bad. Amy Lee needs to die, not only to put her out of her own self-inflicted misery, but mine too after hearing this song. To everyone that went to this page because you actually like this song...listen to some good music. And by good I do not mean "music" that you could put on repeat and kill yourself to or that of which is made by assholes with makeup. This song is a total and complete waste of time. Anyone who has any genuine interest in genuine music please let your opinion be heard. Anyone who does not...please, for the sake of those of us that do, just shut the fuck up.

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SammaeL
08-24-2006

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*Reads above post*

I bet that is coming from a Backstreet Boys fan.

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blueowl92
09-03-2006

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Yeah, Backstreet Boys my ass. SammaeL...you are probably one of those gay, unhappy little shits who dresses in black and has multiple piercings, as are most low-lifes that listen to this shit. You probably die your hair unusual colors and wear boots halfway up your legs. If anyone else fits this description, fuck you. No normal person-or any superior individual like me- looks at you assholes and thinks you are in the least bit attractive or worth anything. You all suck. Everyone should try a little bit harder to be like me.

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migz
09-12-2006

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In my humble opinion, this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and the melody is very powerful as well.

To me, it is about a lost loved one that continues to "linger" and haunt the life of this person. Amy Lee's talent to sing, play the piano, and perform this song is just about as high and expression of human emotion through music as can be humanly achieved. I am looking forward to seeing her and evanescence in concert in October (06).

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feelthelove
09-15-2006

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It's about tainted love, being there for someone for so long but then you realise theyre sucking the life from you that you need them gone, but all at the same time your trapped by the thought of them the love you think you posess for them

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lizardofoz
09-16-2006

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This makes me think of a loved one that has died. Since we are all mortal creatures death is guaranteed and certain. Though the title My IMmortal says to me that as long as the narrator lives, so does the dead. As long as the memory stays it is alive.

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In the mist
10-18-2006

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this song was written by ben moddy and not by any lee btw

it suprises me that a lot of people dont see that this song is about death. looks kinda obvious to me but ok

its actually a pretty easy lyrics to see the meaning , its about coping with the dead of a loved him, who possibly commited suicide but that isnt really clear. but he or she died anyway and this about the coping with the loss. but the memory of the person won't fade so eventhough he's diead he we live on in her memory (my immortal)

very very good ballad but i look hello just a little better

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fromnowheresville
11-01-2006

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This song seriously hits hard. It's deep. It's even made me cry sometimes listening to it. Actually, I think that it's about a close friend. She's helped him through tough times in his life, and just realized she likes him for more than a friend but he doesn't return the feelings. I'm just taking a wild guess right here, so correct me if you think I'm wrong.

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2hot4yaall
11-04-2006

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This song is b00tifull. Da best song!!! Call Me When Your Sober rox!!

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2hot4yaall
11-04-2006

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^^2^^

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SammaeL
12-17-2006

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I have four different versions of this song and every version has that infernal beeping in it,even the store bought copy.Is that supposed to be on there?Can somebody direct me to a version without the beeping if possible?

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FLYLEAFxRAD
12-22-2006

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This song is long and beautiful, full of meaning. But i just cant quite put my finger on it. Maybe she lost someone but she wants to forget about them, and their remembrance makes her remeness on how much she cared and protected him/her

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Aerofrog
12-26-2006

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My fav song. Beautiful. They're really powerful even on the bits where they're not even tryin' that hard.

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Sharp Cheddar
12-27-2006

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If there’s a more perfect melancholy, sounds-good-to-be-sad song than this one, then I’ve never heard it. It’s perfect! Amy Lee’s perfect! She’s way better than the rest of this band – like Tommy Lee to Motley Crue, or Flea to the Chili Peppers or Edward to Van Halen, too much talent wasted on less talented band mates. (Damn, I’ve just put together a super group – Amy on vocals and keyboards, Tommy on drums, Flea on bass and Eddie on guitar. Factor out that they’re 4 different sounds, and you’ve got the best band ever?)

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