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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chels15
07-01-2005

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sound like its about me and my exi'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

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Gummy
06-20-2005

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Okay, I got bored of reading at Page 5. for those guys asking at the beginning, Amy and ben arent lovers, just close friends, but they did date in highschool. Amy's little sister Bonnie (i think) died when they were kids so it might be about that. except that Ben Moody wrote the song.
I think the My Immortal is my immortal love for this person, who has died, or maybe just broken up. lets work on the death theory first (thats always popular).

In this case the Immortal could be refering to their memory or their spirit hanging around. this is supported by the lines: "'cause your prescence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone"
and
"now i'm bound by the life you left behind
your face, it haunts..."

maybe it's about a lover who died and now the griever can't ever love anyone else because they 'still have all of'(them). and she's 'tried so hard to tell her self he's gone' and tried to move on, but theres 'too much that time can't erase'. she remembers their love and the times they had 'you cried...'

I've read a few people think it might be a mother-child thing, the 'you cried...' verse definately fits in there. you can imagine a grieving mother who keeps finding little mementos and reminders, like photos or drawings of/from her child: 'your presence still lingers here'

the break up idea also fits in: obviously she was in love with this person, and maybe they still see each other but don't talk which makes the pain so much worse. remembering old times and feelings that remain, taking time to get over them.
but maybe realising that he never loved her in the first place "I've been alone all along". this realisation driving the person mad: 'chased away all the sanity...'.

Whatever angle you want to look at it from, its a fantastic song from a fantastic artist, very moving. Its a Love song, about commitment or unconditional love, or even the unfairness and cruelty of our feelings and love.

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Rachondaloose
06-08-2005

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these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

So Powerful. God i love this song. the music is almost sinister!!! amy lee sarah mclachlan n enya have these mindblowing voices.
this song is addicting. lose yourself



Live to Love. Love To Live

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Charleh
06-06-2005

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Oh additionally the lyrics are crap.

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Charleh
06-06-2005

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Yuck yuck yuck, her voice is flat, and emotionless - it's too clinical, too trained - it's like listening to a choir singer. I don't know how you can express emotion when you are trying to sing a note as crisp and as straight as possible as is the case for these lot. It's precise, it ain't emotional. Plus, the song is played way too much on the radio and it does my head in. It's a little better than most crap thats out there, but I don't know how anyone can say anything good about a band who releases an album with about 7 filler tracks on it. If you want feeling and emotion, listen to Down: NOLA/Down II or pick up the latest Machine Head album, that thing is a masterpiece!

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traviswrdunbar
06-02-2005

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I love this song, but at the same time it drives me nuts. Not so much the song, but those freaking "Kidz Bop" albums they advertise on TV. They have a bunch of kids singing this song, and they couldn't possibly imagine the emotion this song contains.

And that is what makes this band, and very few others, so great. Amy actually means and feels the songs she sings. Most bands today are, sadly enough, out for the next big pop hit. So they sing to the soulless mob. Bands like this one call straight to your soul, reminding you of the pain , happiness, and myriad of other emotions you have felt in the past.

Kinda sad that it took a cheesy comic-movie with a song from their fifth album to bring them to the forefront.

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varkaard
05-20-2005

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This song reminds me of my dearest friend, who passed away three years ago from a 25 year struggle with cancer. We were/are sisters of the heart! We grew older together. We raised our families, through good times and bad, together. And if you are very, very lucky you will find a lifetime friend that you understand and that understands you, completely. For me, the phrase “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” makes me think of the loneliness of our life’s struggle and that even with our need for each other, and our struggle to find understanding and acceptance, we are all bound to begin life alone, and leave it, alone. So when you reach the autumn of your life and your dearest friend precedes you in death and all the sense and sensibility that life held for you, you now must go on, to the end, alone. As you truly have been all along…

The beauty of this song is in the talent of the artist. It is amazing to me all the feeling this song invokes in so many people. We are all correct in what this song is about. It’s about what we need it to be about, for each of us. For me: (Jill, I was honored to have known you and to have held your hand through all of these years. We wiped away each other’s tears and fought away each other’s fears. Life is so very beautiful and so very painful, even when the beauty can be painful and the pain so beautiful. You still have all of me, my dearest friend.)

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cut_and_bleeding
05-18-2005

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"Brad",στο αφιερώνω γιατι θα φύγεις και θα με ξεχάσεις....

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xian-thir
05-05-2005

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After I hear this song I have to look around and make sure I'm not standing in a vat of cheese. These lyrics are as poorly written as a Jack Off Jill song.

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blindmanwalking
04-17-2005

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I agree with all of you that say that this song is about the loss of a loved one. when I first heard this song, I was going through a difficult time with my ex girlfriend. I couldn't let go of her, and though I drew anger out of myself, and tried to get rid of her memories, she stayed in my head; she was in my dreams, she was in my thoughts. it brang me down, and started to destroy me. This song gave me a place to hide, a song that understood me. Though she was gone, and I still secretly looked out for her, I still loved her. It tore me apart. This song means to me, that you can do so much for a person, you can give your whole self to someone, and they can tare you apart. No matter what you do. they may never come back, and you may still love them, and all you can do is just sit back and watch, and look out for her, an invisible body guard, and hopefully some day they will see that you are there, and even though they left you, you were always there for them, and nothing can change that, and may never will. No matter what, you can help but give yourself to them even in death.

and to man on tv, are you a fuckin' cock ass sucker, ya bitch. you seriously sound gay, cause apparently you aren't attracted to attractive women. I'd bone Amy in a second. and what do you listen to, Korn? Shit ass music. I've got a question, can your dick touch your ass? then go fuck your self, and see if that takes talent, bitch!

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Leila_Black
04-14-2005

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A few months ago one here someone asked what the "bandages" on her arms and legs were for. My friend (who spends most of his time searching the web) said that in the video she is supposed to be a ballerina and that is what the strips of cloth were for. I don't know if that's true, but that's what he says.
I love this song oh so much. I love her voice. She is my fav female singer of all time!!! And I like her even more because she sings more high notes than a lot of female artists seem to and I can sing really high so it's nice that there is a singer who sings in my vocal range. Like on Anywhere But Home with her little intro on Bring Me To Life, I can reaach every one of those notes. It's awesome. And I figured out those begining notes that go to the intro type thing so I play them and sing all those lovely high notes. Okay, I guess I king of got off topic from this song.
Oh, man on tv, go f yourself if you have nothing better to do than dis other people's music. Do you see me telling you what to listen to and what not to listen to? I think not.

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JennJen
04-12-2005

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I really love this song

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pety
04-11-2005

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this is a grieving song. to remind about the past. sometimes u need to be reminded. this is a crushing yet beutiful song.

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bluegemstone
04-09-2005

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I think this song is about somebody that has passed and because they were so close, she is feeling consumed by the fact that she is left alone to reminise about the days gone by. She is haunted by the past, and can't move on. She also seems to feel that she was the strength in the relationship, and so did not have the support she thought she had when the person was alive- in their passing she has somehow realised that she was alone in life as she is now in 'death' as it were.

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xceler8rx
04-08-2005

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Well everybody else's meanings were good but id say you didnt listen to song well enough. You have to connect to the song. You have to think about it more. "There's just too much that time cannot erase." A girl recently broke up with me because she and her ex had gone through too much together and she was always thinking about him. "I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone." She always thought about him and they were really connected to eachother. So, I'd say that this is a breakup song. It'll make you sad but if you listen to it and listen to the lyrics, it'll make you think. Also if you watch the video you notice that she doesn't stand up much if at all. I can interpret that as her saying, "you've knocked me down and i can get up." That's just my own opinion. You may think im blazed when im writing this, but could a stoner really come up with such a logical explanation?

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Anime_Queen_110
04-05-2005

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ever since my other pap died....(jsut before easter) i havent been able to listen to this song without crying

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Noteworthy_teen
04-05-2005

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i love this song..it really reminds me of my sisters death..she left at just 23..this song is awesome..beautiful voice..

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societal_knockdown
03-28-2005

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i'm really sick of this song.
not because its over played, which it is, but i dunno.
something about it....

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Idicious
03-23-2005

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I love this song, very powerful, and it\'s so powerful that I think it has to be about much more than a breakup, more like loosing someone very very close to you, like a good friend, husbands, brother, parent etc.

For the rest I think the band is overrated though and like Nightwish a good deal better in general.

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bopton
03-22-2005

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This song was played at my father'f funeral. He died around the time that it was first released and in the 2 weeks leading up to his death it seemed to follow me around. I cant hear this song without crying because it is so beautiful, and Amy put the feelings into words perfectly for me. I can't believe how talented this band is.

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amy1200
03-18-2005

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this song is about losing a loved one. as in the video she is the ghost and cant leave because her loved one misses her so much that she cant leave him. thats why shes never on the ground in the video. "but u still have all of me" shes dead to him but she still loves him.

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apexrocks
03-06-2005

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unnecessarily depressing? This song is about a doomed relationship that has dragged on too long. She is realizing that even if she ends it now that the pain will linger on maybe forever. depressing, yes. Unnecessarily, no. very strong word, dont use in ignorance. This song is my current story...

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turquoiseumbrella
03-02-2005

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i love amy lee and evanescence, but i can only listen to this so much. it's unnecessarily depressing.

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LiminalAngel
03-01-2005

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i love this song except for a part when she sings

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

at the very end it seems to forced but this is still a wonderful song

this song reminds me of my ex and i know how cliche that is so i wont comment anyfurther

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touzokunoejiputo
02-24-2005

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Well first of all this song always makes me think of the winter dance of my grade 8 year (this year), because I was trying to dance to with it but the stupid idiots called snowball and made us switch.
Anyways, this song is amazing. I love this part
"these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase"
that part makes me want to cry. It reminds me of an experience I...experienced. And that's all I have to say about the song

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