dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me
and, dear my love, haven't you longed to be free
i can't keep pretending that i don't even know you
and at sweet night you are my own
take my hand...

we're leaving here tonight
there's no need to tell anyone
they'd only hold us down
so by the morning's light
we'll be half way to anywhere
where love is more than just your name

i have dreamt of a place for you and i
no one knows who we are there
all i want is to give my life only to you
i've dreamt so long, i cannot dream anymore
let's run away...i'll take you there

we're leaving here tonight
there's no need to tell anyone
they'd only hold us down
so by the morning's light
we'll be half way to anywhere
where no one needs a reason

forget this life
come with me
don't look back, you're safe now
unlock your heart
drop your guard
no one's left to stop you now

we're leaving here tonight
there's no need to tell anyone
they'd only hold us down
so by the morning's light
we'll be half way to anywhere
where love is more than just your name



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    General Comment:Being in a forbidden love.... it reminds me of my boyfriend and I... my parent's have no idea... and I only talk to him after sunset... "I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you, when by sweet night, you are my own." when I heard this.. i nearly cried... because it makes me think "I'd run away with you... let me take away all that pain you feel..." it's haunting... I love it.
    Flag Luna666on June 01, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Kind of off topic, but Im homosexual, and this song has a really deep meaning for me. Again with the whole forbidden love/Romeo and Juliet theme, for me it's about running away to somewhere my gf and I can live normally and not be judged <3
    Flag DistanceMakesUsStrongeron April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:This song was originally inspired by the Romeo and Juliet movie starring Claire Danes and Leonardo Di Caprio. It tells the story of two lovers who can't seem to be together in the life that they live so they run away to live their lives together without anyone telling them what they can and can't do and no one to stop them. The song was written by Amy Lee and Ben Moody. Ben described it as one of his least favorite songs that the band had written.
    Flag Spageulikeon January 08, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:I love the romantic atmosphere of this song so much. I would love this to be played at my wedding!

    To me, Anywhere is about a secret relationship between two lovers - the only time they can truly be together is at "sweet night". In order to finally "drop their [guards]", they are both forced to abandon everything. But that's okay, because they have each other. <3

    Such an amazing song. Definitely one of my favourites! I absolutely adore the pre-Origin stuff.
    Flag Avliaon October 21, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:this is a beautiful, beautiful song i love it and i listen to it so often its not funny

    i beleive this song is about a double suicede

    "dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me
    and, dear my love, haven't you longed to be free"

    "take my hand.."

    she is asking him to go with her, to a place where their souls can be free forever

    we're leaving here tonight
    there's no need to tell anyone
    they'd only hold us down
    so by the morning's light
    we'll be half way to anywhere
    where love is more than just your name

    tere going to kill themselve this night, and if anyone finds out they will stop them, so by morning thety will be on there way to "anywharer' because no one really knows where you go

    all i want is to give my life only to you--giving her life

    lets run away i'll take you there--she will take his life then her own

    forget this life
    come with me
    don't look back, you're safe now
    unlock your heart
    drop your guard
    no one's left to stop you now
    --thats my fave bit i think it has the most meaning

    and the 'yeah yeah' bit at the en is after thyve died , when they are 'anywwhere'...
    Flag iamawsomeon April 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:This is a great song. My friend is actually going to use it for her first dance on her wedding night. I think it's beautiful. She's the one that showed me the song and I couldn't stop listening to it ever since.
    Flag dreamer16322on September 21, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:My interpretation is deep in my heart. I'm in a long distance relationship with a girl who is 3300kms away from me and theres nothing i can do to free her from the jail that is her parents house.

    I want to leave my life here behind and she wants to leave her life there and we just want to run away together. She's the love of my life and, i'm not embarrased to say as a 19-year-old guy that this song brings me to tears.

    We could never tell anyone. They wouldn't understand and fight to stop us. ("there's no need to tell anyone
    they'd only hold us down") But we cant live without eachother. So we'd run away and not tell anyone and just imagine the shock when we don't come back. ("so by the morning's light
    we'll be half way to anywhere")

    Flag ThatGuy72on August 07, 2009   Link
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    My Interpretation:Another interpretation of the song is of a mother running away with her young child (probably daughter aged 4 or 5) from a very abusive relationship. The daughters father might be molesting her and the mother has had a hard time accepting it, as well as her own physical abuse, and is singing to her about being free and escaping during the night to a place they'll never be found by him.
    Flag lnterpreteron June 10, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:it kinds of gives me a mood of old times when everything was forbidden.... very romantic
    Flag Guaschitaon April 20, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:wow i love this song! i read the lyrics a while ago and thought it seemed ok, but hearing amy's voice and the music... i got chills! 5 stars!
    Flag jazzy06792on November 04, 2008   Link

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