Lyrics for Away From Me as interpreted by cailin

Away From Me Lyrics
i hold my breath as this life starts to take it's toll
i hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds
but, oh, god, i feel i've been lied to
lost all faith in the things i have achieved

and i...i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of a lie i've created
i'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i've made
won't you take me away from me?

crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
i'm looking to myself but my own heart has been changed
i can't go on like this
i loathe all i've become

i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of a lie i've created
i'm longing to be lost in you
away from this place i've made
won't you take me away from me?

lost in a dying world i reach for something warm
i have grown so weary of this life i live

i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of a lie i've created
i'm longing to be lost in you
i've woken now to find myself
i am lost in shadows of my own
i'm longing to be lost in you....
away from me

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lostinadyingworld
03-12-2003

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This song resembles my lfie in gerneral right now.
It is saying that they do not like the person that they are and that they would rather be anywhere than in their shoes. They are trying to become someone that they do not know...but know they need to be. They are discovering themselves.

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snowbirdtownie04
04-04-2003

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This song rocks hard...probably one of my favorite songs by Amy and co...I love the little piano work after the choruses.

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DaniChik117
04-06-2003

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This song is about individualism and about feelings. About someone longing to be someone else or to be with someone else. This song is awesome. <3

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JessicaCaitlin91
05-03-2003

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I think the point they're trying to get across is that you've worked so hard to get somewhere. Then you're there and take a step back and look at what you've accomplished and suddenly it's not what you wanted at all. But you're there and now you cant change it and you wish you could...its a great song!

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chino69
06-04-2003

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There are values within you when you are born. Individualistic qualities that hold onto so tight that nobody can take away from you. But you can let them go. Sometimes the bitter world takes you for a ride and you find yourself taking exits without thinking, without feeling. And then you find out how far you've come, but what is around you is a world that you never wanted to be a part of.

My favorite line:
i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of a lie i've created

I can relate so much. To shed your skin when you've realized the mistakes you were making and how you let yourself drift off (and it took someone else to help me through this, someone bigger then life--thank you!) But when you awaken, it is such an awesome feeling!

It is suicide that happens frequenlty in these individuals. And some just simply endure. But this person is choosing to change. To completely derail and get back to that place that they feel a part of. Usually it's somewhere from their past.

Personally I so want to be successful and a star, but I'm glad that I'm here just working things out now so hopefully if it does happen I can realize what direction I want to go in without letting myself be lost.

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mystifiedpoet
06-28-2003

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crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
i'm looking to myself but my own heart has been changed
i can't go on like this
i loathe all i've become
I see in these lyrics a precursor of the song "tourniqet" where the author wonders if they are too lost to be redeemed from their depravity.
i've woken now to find myself
in the shadows of a lie i've created
i'm longing to be lost in you
i've woken now to find myself
i am lost in shadows of my own
i'm longing to be lost in you....
away from me
In the chorus the author is seeking to be free of the shackles of their evil nature, and the lies about themselves they tell the world, and be free to be alone in God.

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KirstenDanielle
07-05-2003

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I've never heard this song before but I can tell by the lyrics themselves it must be good.

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DRAMAGAL03
05-02-2004

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What i think this song is trying to say is this. She feels traped in a world that she no longer wants any part of. One that causes her great pain and sorrow. One that she wishes she could escape. Yet she reaches out for the man she loves wishing he would pull her in. Give her something to look foward to. Something that takes away the pain. A place where she can put it so she can move on. She is releaseing her feelings and letting them go. Telling her story and how badly hurt she has been. She knows her feelings yet she lies to herself saying she is alright. That the world she is in is fine. Yet it is not. So she wants to change it... and in that change she has to find just one person who will believe in her enough to love her and help hr make that change.

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SnowWhite_Cinni
05-24-2004

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I love this song!
There is a odd part to the song: When you get to the last line where Amy sings "To find myslef" And when David is singing "Woken" It sounds like they are singing "I've woken now, to fuck myself..."
I'm sorry if that offends anyone. I love Evanescence, and I love comedy.

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LaDiablo
05-28-2004

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Did no one notice the typo in lyrics? It's "I've woken now to find myself/In the shadows of all I have created" (instead of "a lie I've"). Also, it's "Lost in a dying world I reach for something more/I have grown so weary of this lie I live" (instead of "warm" and "life"). Sorry, I know I'm nitpicking, but it urks the hell out of me =). Thanks for letting me rant, lol. I don't mean to offend anyone by sounding evil-bitchy =D.

To me, the song's about someone who's lied about who they really are and is now trapped in their lie. They've lied about who they are for so long, they feel like nothing they do is important. They want to be saved from their lies, but they're afraid of what the person they love might think of their true self. They try to save themself from the lies, and can't remember who they really are.

Grr, I confused myself on that one...

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dustytiger
05-29-2004

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i think this is about how as u grow up you start to realise that the world you grew up in where anything and everything is possible begins to stop exsisting, and when you notice that and it hits you, you no longer want to be a part of the world, but somehow you move on despite all the lies you've been fed

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Soundgarden0070
06-27-2004

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Thank you for saying I think!!!!!

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binni
10-20-2004

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I love this song, and I agree that it's about being someone you don't want to ben

the lyrics are a bit wrong though does anyone know how I could correct them?

they are supposed to be like this (I have a scan of the inside of the Origin cover that has the lyrics)

I hold my breath as this life starts to take its toll
I hide behind a smile as this perfect plan unfolds
But oh, God, I feel I've been lied to
Lost all faith in the things I have achieved
And I

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
(away from this place I have made)
Won't you take me away from me

Crawling through this world as disease flows through my veins
I look into myself, but my own heart has been changed
I can't go on like this
I loathe all I've become

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you
(away from this place I have made)
Won't you take me away from me

Lost in a dying world I reach for something more
I have grown so weary of this lie I live

I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all I have created
I'm longing to be lost in you, I...
I've woken now to find myself
In the shadows of all I have created
I'm lost in shadows of my own
I'm longing to be lost in you
Away from me...

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Adularia
11-15-2004

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Thanks a lot, SnowWhite_Cinni. Now I'm going to hear 'fuck' every time I listen to it instead of hearing 'find.'
And I agree with a lot of you, most notably JessicaCaitlin91. It was creepy hearing it, because I had written a story and wanted to put song lyrics at the end, and this describes it PERFECTLY.
This is one of my favorite songs in the Origin CD (I got it for my birthday)

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Alessa
12-21-2004

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That's what I love from Evanescence... They write things that talks about what do I feel... T.T This songs... I love it... =) talks about my life... and mi feelings... sometimes you hate your life, don't you? I do... T.T

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Reizvoll
01-08-2005

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Evanescence used to be a Christian band; this song is from that time period; she's singing to God and how her life feels empty and hellish without him in her life; that's all.

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LaDiablo
01-09-2005

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EVANESCENCE WERE NOT A CHRISTIAN BAND!! Grr. A lot of people assume it, because Ben, Amy, and David are Christians, but the band itself isn't.

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shayness
02-05-2005

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Just because they're not a Christian band doesn't mean they can't write Christian-esque songs. I think this song represents a great need for God. :)

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#1Evanescencefan
02-27-2005

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I think this song is about something someone asaid and someone took the wrong way and the person who offended the other guy (this is so cofusing! -_-) is tryin to clear things up... i think.

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Morganbryn
03-07-2005

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First off, Amy is NOT a Christian, she said it herself, but David and Ben are. She wrote "October"(which is a song about God) because she felt close to God at that point, plus, she wrote it with Ben. I think this song is about not wanting to be the person you are, but wanting to be someone else. It's a pretty easy song to figure out....

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LaDiablo
05-13-2005

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Wrong again, Morgan. Amy IS Christian, but she has stated several times that Evanescence are not a Christian band.

None of you can state that this song IS something. It has a different meaning to everyone, as music should. Only Amy, Ben, David, and people associated with the three of them really know what it was written about. This is why you say "I think" or "In my opinion" in front of whatever statement you make =)

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PoisonDonna
01-18-2006

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I get confused by the bit at the start:

"But, oh god, I feel I've been lied to;
Lost all faith in the things I have achieved."

Though throughout the song she talks about the "lie she created". Seems to me like maybe the lie was made for her, maybe (she was lied to, maybe by her parents or something, I have no idea). And she's just had to live it and she hates it.
Or maybe that's just how I interpret the song, because that applies to me and my life and I see it that way. I like the lyrics whatever they mean, to be honest.

I dunno, just those first few lines throw me in relation to the rest of the song.

I was going to refer to the errors, but read the comments and see you already have ;-)

Still, amazing song. I love their early stuff so much more than Fallen, so much more emotional to me I think.
Donna x

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AliceUnbelonging
02-11-2006

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cailin, your lyrics are wrong, benni's are right.
Evanescence have never been a Christian band-and they've all stated it. Some of their members and ex-members have been and are in Christian bands, and Tourniquet is a cover of a Christian song-but that's it.
The song's about working hard and deceiving people to get to a certain goal, only to realise what horrible things you've done and the terrible person you've become, and wanting to be free of it.

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XFaLLenAnGeL05X
03-09-2006

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i love this song and i don't know y but it reminds me of the summer time. probably cause i got it in the summer so yea but this song is great i love all Evanescence songs. ahh i'm such a big fan. lol

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psychololly
08-05-2006

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I love this song. I always thought it was "In the shadows of all I have created", so I thought it was about feeling like you're not as good as the person you used to be. Knowing the correct lyrics changes my thinking!
I suppose it's just about hating yourself.
SnowWhite Cinni - lmao!

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