give me a reason to believe that you're gone
i see your shadow, so i know they're all wrong
moonlight on the soft, brown earth
it leads me to where you lay
they took you away from me
but now i'm taking you home

i will stay forever here with you, my love
the softly spoken words you gave me
even in death our love goes on

some say i'm crazy for my love, oh, my love
but no bonds can hold me from your side, oh, my love
they don't know you can't leave me
they don't hear you singing to me

i will stay forever here with you, my love
the softly spoken words you gave me
even in death our love goes on

and i can't love you any more than i do

i will stay forever here with you, my love
the softly spoken words you gave me
even in death our love goes on



Lyrics submitted by cailin


Even In Death song meanings
Add your thoughts

83 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    My Interpretation:okay this isnt the WHOLE song so im going to put the OFFICIAL lyrics and write what i think so ya :D and i know what i write is kinda long but im just dumbing it down

    give me a reason to believe that your gone ((s)he doest want to belive that someone is gone....dead)
    i see your shadow so i know there all wrong (people are trying to convince hi/her is gone...dead)
    moonlight on the soft brown earth it leads me to where you lay(going to that persons grave)
    they took you away from me but now im taking you home (they is the angels or was a murder but is taking his/her spirit that died with her spiritually)

    CHORUS:
    i will stay forever here with you my love (someone (s)he loves is dead but will be with that person spiritually)
    the softy spoken words you gave me(was there with that person till (s)he died)
    even in death our love goes on(will love that person even though (s)he is dead

    some say im crazy for my love oh my love (probably is emotionally broken down)
    but no bonds can hold me from your side oh my love (spiritual bonds)
    they dont know you cant leave me they dont her you singing to me(cant leave cause is so bound to that person that even the person thats dead is probally bound to him/her as well and is singing)

    CHORUS:
    and i cant love you anymore than i do(literal)
    ................................................................................
    CHORUS:
    and i cant love you anymore than i do(literal)
    people die but real love is forever(literal)

    beautiful song evanescence!!!
    Flag tribalwolf12on July 31, 2012   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:IMO, this song is about a couple, of which one dies, and now the person thats left alive refuse to believe that their lover is dead they start to see their dead lover (hallucinations perhaps, or flashbacks to their time together before one died) "give me a reason to believe that you're gone i see your shadow, so i know they're all wrong" eventually they (the lover that's alive) go crazy b/c of this to such a point that they become schizophrenic "they don't know you can't leave me they don't hear you singing to me".

    on another thought, its possible that they are actually connecting from beyond the boundaries of life and death, since the lover that's alive recognizes that the other one is gone "even in death our love goes on" so perhaps the dead lover's soul/ghost still lingers on even after death. but those are just my 2 cents. its all about how you want to interpret it really...
    Flag theunknownwonderon June 19, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I absolutely love Evanescence. I don't know what I would do without listening to Amy's voice everyday. This song is one of their very few self explanatory songs. It's about someone close to her who has suffered a death whom she loved very much. And she will continue loving them just as much as she did while they were living because "even in death our love goes on." <3
    Flag thecityisdeadon July 03, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song is the main reason I wish that you could get Origin songs on iTunes. It's amazing.
    Flag Raven92on June 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:this song is so beautiful and if you dont agree GO F*** YOUR SELF
    Flag yzarkon May 05, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Well, in my head I pictured this song as... um (this may sound silly):
    Like I was in a dark room, wearing a long and black cloak. Then, I saw a shadow and I followed it: It lead me to a graveyard. I slowly walked towards a white grave, and I took off my cloak: Underneath, I was wearing a wedding gown: a white wedding gown. I started hitting the tomb with a shovel, and when it finally got ripped off, I opened his coffin with my own hands. :D
    I think that this is the story this song has into it.
    Flag NotAnotherDesperateTeenon February 21, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I wrote a Stargate fanfiction based on this song. It can be found on samandjack.net. Jack was killed in a mission and they're waiting on reinforcements to get home. In the story they had been married a year and a half, and she can't sleep, so she visits his body, covered in a makeshift sheet, the moonlight giving her the light to see. And the song is interjected into the story, sort of telling her tale as she begins to grieve for her husband. She was crazy for falling for her CO, but she felt it was right. And she can't leave that moment, it's forever in her head. Whenever she closes her eyes, dreams, etc. It's named for the song, if anyone's interested in reading it.

    It's interesting to know the real meaning of the song, but I'll forever think of it as someone longing for their other half, and bringing them home in their heart, forever loving them. It's a beautiful song IMO.
    Flag Sarnaon October 16, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i heard a demo version (at least i think it was) and they had a saying from the crow...buildings burn people die but true love is forever....i thought that was awesome...
    Flag SOTREACHERYon August 21, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I just watched The Crow (some 14 years since it came out) and it clicked as soon as i heard the girl saying those words at the very end of the film.
    "People die, but real love is forever"
    The voice in this song is edited, and played down a key from the actual voice of the girl in the movie. I was so shocked i had to get onto Songmeanings to find out if it was just my imagination or if it was actually real.
    Little things, like this, mean so much. RIP Brandon Lee.
    Flag BrEnNo1023on July 14, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think this song is about a ghost.I think someone she loved that died and even in death they still love each over.


    "Give me a reason to believe that your gone,
    I see you shadow so I now there all wrong"

    I am probably wrong but that is just what I thought it was about till I read what evanescencechic4eva said.
    Flag killinghappinesson June 29, 2009   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

Back to top
explain