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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Seimiko
05-06-2004

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You know.. this song and band are really overrated. Evanescence is purely emo.

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luna_glow
04-28-2004

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What I hear is someone who is coming to terms with the fact that she cannot move on because a part of her was "killed off" or frozen in time away from herself in the past when she encountered something traumatic. It's the scarred, scared, little girl within her she hears, and it's that part of her she is battling. It's the part of her that still holds a fear she cannot get beyond or comprehend, and it keeps her from moving on as a whole person.

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DRAMAGAL03
04-28-2004

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Ok here goes.... It's about Vampire love.. " My Immortal". It's about a love so deep and true... one of pain and sorrow. One of lies,decit, yet much joy and happiness. She is afraid of looseing him to a world where she can no longer be. A world of darkness and death lingering around ever corner. In her hert she knows that she can't keep him near. But yet the pain eats away at her soul and she want's to draw him nearer. It is about evey bad thing this guy has ever done to her. Yet in all remembering the good as well. About how she wants to be there for him and how she would risk her life to give it all for this man she loves. She would give everything her immortality and all to be in the arms of this man. Instead of living in a dream world of fantasy and eternal damnation. So to me that is what the song is about. take it or leave it. But a true VP should know!!!

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Theblondestbarbie
04-23-2004

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This song means so much to me(i am listening to it right now and have tears streaming down my face) i think it can have several meanings and just try to think about these and read the lyrics over and see how they go with the ideas.

1. A close sibling dying and becoming immortal in (amy)'s mind, i have 4 younger siblings and i can remember " wiping there tears" and "fighting" their fears! and i have "held their hands" and if i lost one of them it would leave such a gap in my heart. another reason why i think this is about a sibling or another close family member is because the beginning when amy says:
"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"
This gives a feeling of hesitancy to let the "spirit" go.

2. A loved partner. this doesnt have to mean boyfreind or girlfriend, although it probably is, it can mean a best friend. this suggestion is for obvios reasons and most people interpret it as this.

3. for mysticpoet, I dont see how this song can be a conversation between (amy) and Jesus, it doesnt make sense, a lot of the song could be (ie, wiping away tears) but some (ie. "these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase") i cant picture jesus saying. Try that is your head, "I wiped you tears, fought your fears, oh and by the way, time wont heal my scars." Jesus is a forgiving King, and i dont think he would discourage us by reminding us of his pain we cannot make up for.

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zipped6648
04-16-2004

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This is such a beautiful song. When I'm upset, I like to just sit there with this song turned up.

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systemkicks
04-15-2004

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WARNING: If you read this you will get back ground information... prepare to be bored.

I relate to this song even though the meaning differs from my own. One of my very good friends abandoned me after I told her I no longer wanted to be friends with her boyfriend because I didn't respect him. She took it personal and even though it was very clear to everyone around her she wouldn't admit that he was trying to control her. Time has passed and we still don't talk. We compleatly ignore each other even though it kills me inside.
I relate so well with My Immortal because it basically tells how i feel. I hate feeling like I made a mistake by breaking away from her boyfriend. I still see her at school all the time so she's still always near me. I'm still hurting because even though she's had to see examples of his control issues she ignores them. I dream that she has forgiven me a lot. I always thought she was so smart and shes just too good for him. So even though shes still near me, I'm alone because she chose a life with him over my friendship.
I miss you K

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goldengoaliex910
07-06-2003

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comebacktogod.

i hate you.

get out of here if you hate evanescence and women singers so much. because evanescence has a woman singer. and no one cares how you think amy lee is hot and not hot at the same time.

my immortal... great song. amy has a haunting voice on this one... truly beautiful. one of my all time favorite evanescence songs.

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summerdrop
07-03-2003

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haunting...

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ive_got_issues
06-30-2003

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i really love this song!!! i can like relate 2 it if ya get wat i mean!!! its like sumthing im goin through at the minuite!! n her voice is so kool!! its freaky!!! sorry comebacktogod ur sad cumin on a page bout music ya dnt even like!! get a life!!! like really!!! but really good song!!!
i think its bout sum1 she really loved died n she never got 2 tell them how she really felt!!! i love sum1 now n i dnt no how 2 tell them!!! so this song is really makin me think!!!

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COMEBACKTOGOD
06-29-2003

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THIS SONG ISNT THAT GOOD
WOMEN SHOULDNT SING!
THEY SUCK!

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MrKASADY
06-28-2003

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I have just went through a *very* difficult breakup. Infact I think I burnt my bridges an hour before writing this. Better to simply detest her though than still pine over her when she's with other people though, I guess. Maybe that's just my way of dealing with it, BUT ANYWAY! This song is extremely touching and is just really nice. A nice break from heavy music from someone who only likes hard rock.

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keen
06-27-2003

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Well I think it is about her missing someone who she loved and cared for strongly. She is trying to forget about the person but she can't. She loves them to much.

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chino69
06-27-2003

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miss opinion101 you said it best in but a few words :)

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twinkie294
06-27-2003

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This song, plain and simple, is beautiful. It it so well written and sung.

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miss_opinion101
06-23-2003

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This is about a memory of a love that you can't have or be with. That memory stays and haunts your mind everyday and it kills you. That's why this song is so beautiful, I think everyone has a memory that stays in their head at one point or another.

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Cyrus
06-22-2003

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OK OK .. evanescence.- The state of disapearing fast.. but with music like this I DONT THINK SO. This is the most amazing song, whenever i hear it i get chills. Her voice and this and alllllll of her songs is amazing. Lies is another great song, but this is the pinnacle of Evanescence... Go Amy Lee!!

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NIKKIE
06-18-2003

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for real , this is on constant loop . i cant stop listening to the cd..

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gorefist
06-17-2003

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The best part of evanescence is how haunting her voice is, not a track goes by that her voice doesnt give me goosbumbs. I can hear the same song over and over and every time, it just hits the spot. If she ever breaks free of her band, I feel that she has a voice that has the potential to be on par with Sarah Maclachlan and Sarah Brightman.

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SmacMusic
06-17-2003

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I absolutely think that this song is beautiful....the melody is so like relaxing and really emotional. This is a song that is for someone close that's passed away from the writer, and she's saying that the person is immortal inside her. Evanescence rocks, check out My Last Breath--great song.

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let_go_ok
06-15-2003

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its a very emotional song - my friends played it for me n i realised somethin deep down inside n i fell in love with that friend. Now we are 2getha n i owe it 2 this song ... it almost made me feel grateful for wat i had right there with me. Very haunting - gotta buy the album just 4 dat one song me thinx :)

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NIKKIE
06-15-2003

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This song seems like one of those songs that were ment to be made. This song is so beautiful .

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haywoo1129
06-13-2003

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"but you still have all of me...." wow
this song is sooo beautiful and i see it pretty clearly as a song she is singing for someone who is passed but you can also look at it in so many different ways for yourself. evanescence is doing some amazing stuff... i advise to download more of them or just go buy the album.

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haywoo1129
06-13-2003

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"but you still have all of me...." wow
this song is sooo beautiful and i see it pretty clearly as a song she is singing for someone who is passed but you can also look at it in so many different ways for yourself. evanescence is doing some amazing stuff... i advise to download more of them or just go buy the album.

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piggymoonpetal
06-09-2003

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This song is absolutely beatiful. I think the meaning is obvious. However, to me it is about a couple splitting...but she can't let go of him even though he hasn't been there for her (in the relationship) for a while anyway. She just can't let go. I definatly know what that feels like. Her voice just makes the emotion multiply!

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mystifiedpoet
06-09-2003

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Not to be the typical Christian advocate, but these lyrics can be seen as the main character having a conversation with Jesus. The first verse is from the persons perspective, then cuyts to Jesus' role in the conversation for the chorus, and back and forth. The highlight is when the person notes that while they have tried to convince themselves that Christ is gone, he is still there, yet the knowledge alone is not enough to fill the internal void. Actually the name evanesence is indicative of the ideaology of the ascension, it was defined to me as "to evaporate into light" just as a sidebar

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