Thanks for all the views and comments and ratings! It means a lot!!! Edit: I am no longer taking requests, sorry :( All the ones I've already been asked to do will be up eventually haha. Lyrics for Hello by Evanescence! Enjoy!
I grew up on this stuff and was edgy asf as a kid. I was born in 2003 so like imagine a 3 year old that ONLY will listen to Linkin Park, Evanescence, Metallica, and the bands in that genre. Imagine a three year old screaming "I'VE BECOME SO NUMB I CAN'T FEEL YOU THERE!!!" like 24/7 because all I wanted to do was listen to edgy music, watch blue's clues, and be a flamingo.
@@lpskitfit I remember my friend when I was like 6 introduced me to Evanescence specifically bring me to life and I was singing that song before I even understood what it was about
A brotherly warm hug to all my brothers and sisters who struggle with depression, bipolar disorders or any kind of related mental health issue, and who are listening to this song, living in the flesh the deep sadness, the pain, and the dark, subtle desperation that are embedded in each note and word. We need to stay strong. Much love, and sympathies for each one of you. 2022 Edit: Almost three years ago, I wrote this message thinking that it may share a bit of light and love to (and from) a lonely person who just felt as lost as me, and who was in pain while listening to this beautiful song, which I love and means so much to me. I mostly thought that my words would be lost, and nobody would read them, even though I meant them wholeheartedly. Never did I imagine that I was going to get 2k likes and 70 comments of so many beautiful people sharing their stories of pain, of struggle, but also of hope and strength. I wish I could reply to all of you, but I always read your comments, and they all bring tears to my eyes. Tears of empathy, and also of love, gratitude and appreciation. Mental health issues tend to feel so lonely... but we are not alone, as this beautiful song and experience after an innocent and sincere comment has shown us. We're bound together by this song, my brothers and sisters, and by our own journey trying to heal. We are not alone. We have each other. I really love you. Each and every single one of you. And from the bottom of my heart i want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. Don't give up, and know that, even when you feel the most alone, in the darkest dark, someone here in this comment section of an Evanescence song loves you and is praying for your recovery and well being. I really mean it. Dear brothers and sisters: I LOVE YOU ALL.
100% agree. I only listen to this song for that part...and the part right after that says, "I'm the lie living for you so you can hide". I get chills running down my spine hearing those three sentences. They're VERY meaningful to me. I plan on my first tattoo saying, "Don't try to fix me. I'm not broken". That is how powerful that lyric is to me...and I don't really care much for Evanescence!!
Same for the _"Don't cry...",_ she sounds like she's trying to tell that to herself while desperately trying to hold it together. She could be saying it to whomever listens to this song (and literally bursts into tears because it's so beautifully haunting), but she's also telling that to herself, to hold on. It really hits you hard...
I don't think it will fully heal but I hope you are able to live a full life for her like I'm sure she would have wanted for you. But also my condolences, I'm sorry she has departed this world, and that pain in incomparably unique. Just dont let it swallow you.
@poison Empress I totally understand how you're feeling. I lost my twin sister at birth, and I still have a very hard time. It's like to part of me is missing. there's never a day that goes by without thinking of her or the loss i feel. it's been 17 years and it's still hard. like you said it's a wound that hasn't fully healed and probably never will. But with all that said, much love to you ❤ and I'm so sorry for your loss. 💔 Once a twin, always a twin. 💕💕
When I have gone through my twin brother's escape and then gone though my own traumas, it has been helping me relate a little bit more to him... Then I connect with him and see what we can accomplish together in spirit. I realize it has all been a part of my purpose and meaning as well as others. -see Timothy James Sollami White and Steven Stayner 🙏🌍🌎🌏🙏
This song makes me think of my own personal struggle with the dissociation that comes with certain mental illness. Your brain goes through great lengths to try to protect you from the pain, for better or for worse. The fact that it still hits as hard for so many people as it did over a decade ago is telling of how great a piece of art this is.
This is beautiful. Adele's 'Hello' is beautiful. I don't know why people feel so compelled to compare completely different songs just because they share a title.
+Noemi Cardona The song is about Amy Lee's point of view when she lost her sister at the age of 6 and her sister was 3, she found out at school but she since she was really young she didn't understand the concept of death
This song, to me at least, has always represented the facade a depressed person puts on to fool the people around them. The person they were before has died and now they have to pretend to be happy, to smile and not believe. The smile is the lie they're using to hide behind, and their mind is the only person they can truly talk to. All of the repressed emotions show through at the very end of the song, showing that the anger, sadness, and pain is all that's left of who they used to be; of their yesterday. It's a feeling I'm very well acquainted with.
SailorSaturn10 That is exactly what the song is about! I too can relate. The old me is gone but everyone is still trying to fix me.....and turn me into someone Im not.
SailorSaturn10 that's so me. When I show my true face like the one when I'm depressed and not in mood everyone's like "wait what why are you sad stop it" so I'm just pretending to be someone I'm not and I even don't want to be.. It's sad but whan can person do right.
‘Hello, I’m the lie living for you so you can hide, don’t cry’ Without a doubt the most deepest lyrics in the history of the music industry for me personally, it makes me tear up every time :(
"But the blood in the water, Is the blood of my brother, We both learned it didn't mean a thing in the end if one was thicker than the other" Cobain and Able By Amigo the devil the song hit fucking hard while being soft
Welcome brother. Good to see somebody that still can't help but come back to Amy Lee's B-Sides. I'm surprised that October and Listen to the Rain didn't immediately pop up on my sidebar the second I clicked this song again, considering how much I used to listen to these 3 songs in particular. Then again, I had the CD for the album Hello was on, so maybe I didn't search it as much.
Evanescence will get you through any depression. Thank you for being there for me for 8 years. When im happy and just love your music, and when I’m down
Amy's past was tragic, to say the least. The fact that she can channel that pain and loneliness in losing not 1, but 2 of her baby siblings into songs that the entire world can feel, is out-of-this-world magical.
I remember showing this song to my mom. She instantly loved it while I always loved My Immortal. When she died I kept playing this song over and over. And as we knew it it was on her funeral. And it just fit: It was end of school(School bell rings) the forecast warned for rain that fell later on(Rain clouds come to play). Still, seven years later, this song pulls my heartstrings like it did then.
Meaning behind the song: This is referring to her sister that died at a young age. "If I smile and don't believe. Soon I know I'll wake from this dream." She knows she's dead, but she doesn't believe it, she think's that this is a dream. At the end of the song she realizes that her sister really is dead.
"Don't try to fix me. I'm not broken." "Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide." Most of the song is really just not being able to accept it. As I once heard, "The hardest part isn't that they're gone. The hardest part is having to accept that they're gone".
Jessey ellis.that's me i lost sister by cancer 8 years ago near my birthday and since then i was never the same 1 year ago i was so depress i with attempt to kil myself by drowning myself in watch cutting myself and stabbing myself .i also couldn't get a grip because then like again a year ago on my birthday my sister's(she's not really my sister but she's family,like i consider her as my sis)son died of diabete attack and like a week later my best and closest uncle died i was heartbroken i wanted to die at that point but thank god i started going to church and getting some help because i wouldn't be here today
Man I listened to evanescence since I was six years old and I will never stop listening to evanescence I am thirteen now and I still listen to it plus my birthday is in 5 days and I am turning fourteen and I will keep listening to evanescence forever my favorite songs from evanescence would be bring me to life sweet sacrifice my heart is broken and hello my friend's favorite is bring me to life and imaginary and my immortal and good enough I also like lithium to its a good song to
Anyone who has lost a relative and is listening to this song, I am so deeply sorry that they died. I hope it gets better, and remember their watching out over you in Heaven ^_^. And those of you who are suicidal, please don't die. I don't know you but i'm sure your a great person who can do so much for the world. God bless you all!
Amy Lee’s little sister died at the age of three by an unidentified Illness when Amy was 6. bonnie was 3. Amy got a call while she was at school and heard her sister passed ex:”playground school bells ring again” and “has no one told you shes not breathing” She didn’t want to believe it “If i smile and don’t believe” she didnt want it to be true Bonnie died in the year 1987 ‘Hello’ from fallen and ‘like you’ from The open door were never preformed live. Hence no Actual music videos
Actually, you are incorrect. Amy was 5. Her birthday is on 13th of December. (Oh no, tis year, her birthday's gonna be on Friday 13th!! 0.o) Her sister, Bonnie, was going to turn 3 eight days after she passed away. And she didn't die from an unknown illness. Very few people know the real reason she died. Her family never wanted anyone to know, so I don't want to tell anyone. Amy's family just said that it was an illness.
Nobody says you’re acting like a fan and that you’re not really one it’s rather the fact that no one wants to hear someone spit out random boring facts about evanescence just as a proof you are the best. The only thing this proofs is that you have to much free time and should rather spend that time productively by learning some important things for school or maybe getting some rl friends. You are cringe
High school is going well with you and see if they can get it to you tomorrow morning and will send it was a good time to call you in a lot of fun and get me some one else is
I hope everyone here is doing okay these days. Please be safe and know that people care about you, even if it may not feel like it at times. If you are feeling troubled, maybe professional help is the answer, or talking to a trusted friend about what you are going through. Wish you all the best.
The “I’m still here” is probably one of the most beautiful sounds I’ve ever heard in my life. I rewinded to exactly 3:00 over and over and over because when she sang the word ‘here’ oh my god it was THE most beautiful sound I’ve heard
"Has no one told you she not breathing.....Hello I'm your minding giving you some on to talk to......Hello". I listened to this song when my nan died and I still listen to it everyday since... 6 years has gone so fast eh nan? R.I.P Nana !!😢😢💙💙💙
Kiyra Robinson this is me now.... except for my late fiance.... died on my birthday this year.... he was 41 years old.... I'm 31.... so.... I'm alone.... I need him to function.....
That first verse hits hard, knowing she was only six when her sister passed away. My second little girl is six right now, and I know she processes everything with her heart. Such a sad song...and a heartfelt message that can relate to others who have lost someone so close to them.
This reminds me of my best friend... She passed away a few months ago. We walking home from school and this black van drove up to us and stopped. Before I could blink, there was a bang and there was my friend, covered in blood, not saying anything... I still have nightmares and wake up screaming "EMILIA DONT LEAVE ME" I'm so full of emotions right now... Her parents asked me to say a speech at the funeral, but as soon as I got onto the alter, I just burst into tears and ran out of the church. R.I.P. Emilia you were my best friend
I'm so sorry, my own brother died of a gun shot right accident in front of me. One second they're there and the next they slip away and are gone forever.
The pain is so unbearable 💔 this song is so In tune with my hurt and pain I’m not happy that I see others hurt the same as me but I find comfort knowing I’m not alone. Life is so unbearable when this dark cloud forms above me and it feels like I’m drowning underwater and keep slipping unable to reach the surface no matter how hard I try.
Highest level is going to have a good time at school tomorrow and get back in touch soon to see if we can go to bed early tonight and tomorrow night and then we will get it to you tomorrow morning and will send you
This song describes my life as an abuse victim. Living in denial, hiding it from everyone, pretending it wasn't happening. It was like I died. I lived in my imagination, my mind. That's how I survived sexual and physical abuse at 7-13 yrs old. Now slowly as I heal it's like I'm waking up, I'm finding that I didn't die, I'm still here. Slowly uncovering the real me buried under all the crap that others did to me. And you know what? I'm not broken. After everything they did to me, they couldn't break me.
You are a strong, Anna. I wish you all the best, and I hope that you live the rest of your life happily. You are not alone, I can’t imagine what you went through, but my heart and prayers are with you. I hope you are well and doing okay
I was in the same position as a DV survivor I was physically and sexually abused for 7 years from 11 to 18, and I’m finally free of that and I’m taking my life back, it’s taken time but I’m doing it, the first few months I wanted to die so bad just to escape the pain and dirty feeling but once I pushed through the first few months I became stronger but I still can’t face him, he destroyed my life
This song is hauntingly beautiful. You can feel the raw emotion in the way she sings it. "Don't try to fix me I'm not broken", that line just catches you. Wow. Is all can say.
I feel this describes the story of someone that's outcast from society. They fake smiles each day, they try to talk to people about it but they never get a different answer. They keep wanting to believe the world isn't as cruel as it is; that it's just a dream. In the end, all they really have is themselves. At least you can never leave you alone.
I'm with you on this one... I'm 22, and still have mine. Her name is Inner, and she's been there for me since I was about six or seven years old. You are not alone.
I lost my mother and my sister to cancer, and this song hit a million times harder when my sister died. The anger, the denial, and the pain in Amy Lee's voice and the lyrics, it all hits deeper when you know how it feels first hand. Thanks Amy Lee, you helped me without knowing it.
This really makes me think of my mom, who died this week. I keep on thinking that this is just a dream, and when I wake up, I'll see her and my dad smiling with each other, and her giving me a huge hug whenever I come home from school. But, I know I'll never see her alive again, and it feels like a sword going straight through my heart.
Meagan Hindman Heya I lsot my Motrher 10 years ago, its still really strange even now, and sometimes I think its just all a lie but its tough. Sorry for your loss.
Thanks. And, I'm starting to understand a little bit how you feel. I mean, it's almost been a week, but I still think that whenever I get up in the morning, I'll see her again.
my Mother died last year ON my birthday. Not that the date really matters. 7 months on and I am still counting the days I last hugged her. Still counting how long it has been since I heard her talk to me. 10 years after fighting a very stubborn cancer caused by the medication Fosamax, and the fight is finally over. The only consolation I have is that she's no longer in pain. I was her carer for the last three years, so...that does leave me empty. Nothing can fill that gap. Just have to accept that and move on. All I can do is hope I get to go to heaven when I die, because that's where I'll see her next.
honestly, Adeles songs are creepy if you think about it. No, not like "spooky", but legitimately creepy, like... "I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but i couldn't stay away i couldn't fight it. I'd hope you'd see my face and that you'd reminded that for me, it isn't over". Honestly, that's slightly stalker status, or obsessed. I do like her voice thought but a lot of her songs can get pretty creepy if you think about it.
these songs have completely different meanings and were written for different purposes. Just because they have the same tittle doesn't mean you can compare them.
Gosh the emotion in this is just UNBELIEVABLE. I know the lyrics are about the loss of someone but honestly whenever I listen to her voice especially in this song it just feels like she's expressing the sorrow and hurt that anyone goes through. She;s like ..a human heart speaking omg its just soo powerful. LOL i said too much but realy !
***** yeah - that's right. She was six when her sister died at three years old. She was at school on the playground when she found out - hence the quote "school bells ring again". She apparently struggled with her sisters death and this was her expressing how she felt that day and overwhelming denial and emotion.
In all of Evanescence's songs, I imagine their angels. Telling sad stories of what Earth is really like through music. Depression and death in a heavenly voice that somehow makes you listen and forget at the same time. Bringing tears and memories with each dramatic note.
This was the song Amy written in the memory of her sister that died coz of an unknown illness that's why the song is so touching & emotional...miss this band & Amy's voice
This song reminds me of one of my best friends who was ten when she passed away from cancer on the 18th of February earlier this year R.I.P Jaydah we miss you loads fly high beautiful
I've grown up listening to evanescence, and their songs still make me emotional, and since I understand the meanings of the lyrics on a deeper level now, they make me even more emotional. I can just feel the heartache laced in the words, and it's really sad when you stop and take in what they mean. Damn is this ever good to listen to when you're sad though.. it's easy to have a well needed cry while listening to it!
I don't show emotions like sadness unless I'm being directly abused or I'm depressed I show -anger And -neutral I'm starting to show -happiness And -slightly less neutral So I'm improving, might cry to these songs soon. I wish I could, I don't particularly enjoy being mostly emotionless.
I lost my cat a few days ago... it's, really hard for me... but to me, this song is about a girl who's lost a loved one, but at first she's in denial, thinking it's just a dream everything's fine, shell wake up later, because it just doesn't feel possible. people are trying to help her by comforting her, helping her, "don't try to fix me I'm not broken"she says, because she's in denial that she's fine. "suddenly I realised I'm not sleeping" meaning she's finally crying out, realising her loved one is gone forever. Her saying hello through the entire song is her calling out to the loved one, hoping she comes back. at the end, you don't know what happens, either she keeps being depressed, or accepts the death of her loved one and moves bon
Jarred Hawthorne It doesn't REALLY matter what the song is actually about, music is about interpreting the meaning in whatever way feels comfertable to you.
When I was 13 and going through my emo phase, I used to always listen to Evanescence, and Hello was one of my favourite songs. Now that I'm 19, I listen to it after having witnessed my dad die after struggling with cancer, and it hits much more differently than before.
Oh, my goodness. An incredible and possible hidden meaning behind this song just hit me. I'm sure that most everyone here has heard of Multiple Personality Disorder, formally known as Dissociative Identification Disorder. For those who are uninformed, it's a mental disorder that can come along after someone is put under a great deal of stress in their life and can't deal with it. As a way to cope, the brain makes an alter personality that takes over, causing the "host" to black out from time to time and not remember what happened while the alter(s) had been in control. Though they take turns being in control, in some cases, the personalities can have some form of communication through hearing voices in their head. Though this is just a theory of mine, I believe this song is about someone who lost a dear family member and wound up gaining a second personality as a result, hence the "Hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to" bit. Naturally, since they're already going through a great deal of stress, they're unable to accept the death that's happened and convince themselves it's just a bad dream. Meanwhile, they can't stand being controlled and having this second voice in their head and want to get it out, all being shown in the "If I smile and don't believe, soon I know I'll wake from this dream. Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken. Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide." part of the song. Eventually, in serious cases of Multiple Personality Disorder that's mixed with some bad depression, the alter(s) can take over, leaving the original "host" personality in the back of the mind, forced to sit and watch as their life slowly becomes no longer theirs. "Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping. Hello? I'm still here. All that's left of yesterday." As I've said, this is just a theory of mine, but I couldn't help but have it come to me after spending a good two years with someone who had Multiple Personality Disorder. It's a very real disorder and shouldn't be taken lightly by any means; I've seen it in action first hand. But anyway, this is why I love Evanescence. So many possible meanings in their beautiful songs.
fayleah I really doubt that there is only source for MPS. it's all about trauma, and it shouldn't matter if it's from someone's death, or if it's from being abused as a Child.
@Meggie Russell: I have D.I.D and I have listen to this song so many times that I NEVER once thought about my alters or the meaning behind it. After I read your comment through, it hit deeply because it's very true. I agree with this because they were always the voices saying "I'm here...hello" And before I fully knew what I had, I would hear them talking to me. For the longest time I thought I was crazy but now I know I'm not. So I just wanted to say something to you and say thanks for shearing that. ^_^
I think you're on the right track. I'm sure a lot of her songs are about Dissociation, but more Depersonalization or Derealization induced by trauma. "Bring me to Life", "Hello", "Lithium", all talk about the attachment to this dream-like state. Also, when asked about what "Bring me to Life" meant to her she responded, "A specific type of numbness only a few people experience." This was before much research was done on either disorder, which was common for distressed people of the disorder to describe as a numbing sensation.
This song used to make me cry so much when i was a teenager in the late 00s but i listen to this in my 30s after losing my sister and all i can do is listen and understand.
"Has no one told you she's not breathing? Hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to..." always got me as i normally thought of ending it so many times as a kid 11/12 yrs old cuz i felt i wasn't really wanted....
Our beloved friend who recently passed away would play piano and sing this so beautifully with all her heart and soul.. she was sensitive yet incredibly strong. Her love of music made a huge impact on me and myself sister.. We miss you, dear friend. Rest In Peace Ashley ♥️ 🐺 You are not alone. Much love and healing to all ❤️🩹 🕊 🌹
"...I'm your mind, giving you someone to talk to."-Amy Lee. Deep.....like she's disconnected from her feelings and sense of hope, like she's in a hospital, or an empty room, with no feelings to feel for herself or anyone else.
I sang this song for the talent show in the 4th fucking grade and no one considered to ask me if I was ok at home......🥺💔 The entire song just hits hard. I was in 4th grade so the school bell was relatable. The voice giving me someone to talk to is relatable because I was being sexually abused and I had no voice other than the one in my head. The " lie living for you so you can hide" I had to pretend everything was ok and nothing was going on so I constantly put in a smile for those around me. "Dont try to fix me I'm not broke" reminded me that I wasn't broken just denied basic human connection and the "suddenly I know I'm not sleeping I'm still here all that's left of yesterday" is how I felt waking up every day to do it all over again... I was depressed and alone and this song helped me feel like I must not be completely alone if she can understand without having ever met me. 💔❤️
instead of like everybody else who sees a song about a girl who lost somebody I see a story.*play ground school bells rings again rain clouds come to play again has no one told you shes not breathing hello im your mind giving you someone to talk to... hello.* two girls are playing on a school playground in an unfenced off creek jumping from rock to rock 'some are slippery' it starts to thunder girl calls her sister sister looks back not looking where shes going slips cracks her head. her sister runs over to her and starts screaming wake up and starts shaking her. her mind knows she died instantly but she doesn't believe it instead keeps shaking her and screaming.*if I smile and don't believe soon i know i'll wake from this dream* she chooses not to believe and thinks shes in a dream or daze her mind cant focuse on what really happened. she wont let it. *don't try to fix me im not broken.* parents think she's depressed she's in denial she blames herself for her sister's death. *hello im the lie living for you so you can hide...... don't cry.* shes been lying. pretending shes okay shes smiling inside shes dying and shes trying not to cry. she lets herself begin to feel the pain and starts to cry. *suddenly I know im not sleeping hello im still here all that's left of yesterday.* reality slaps her in the face. she realizes everything and even though it still kills her she reaches out to her parents as her mind reaches out to her. she shows them that their little girl wh they raised who use to laugh is still here.///////////////////////so did you like it. can you see it happen can a mind be a third or second person lol. tell me what you think hopefully you guys cared to read it all if not that's okay u don't have to waste your time.
Yuximie wow that's pretty deep *I LOVED that* I love it when people share things like that with me. it fits the song too. have u ever thought of/have written stories if not try it u could be pretty good.
Yuximie lol well try less blah blah blah cuz I think blah blah isn't saying anything lol but yeah... I see what ur saying I have that problem too try writing a little play out on how u want ur story to be then go from there see if that helps ask ppl for advice things like that ask friends to read it for you and asked them what they think was it too much tooo little too boring too confusing etc.
Without fail, every single time, “has no one told you she’s not breathing?” covers my body in chills and goosebumps. Hell, the end of every verse in this song does.
That touches my deepest feeling and heart . Can’t be better . I just start remembering memories with daddy while he was singing for me before sleeping and now he’s sleeping forever . My he RIP😔❤️
If you need help Go talk to your friends, family and People you Trust, Life can Be Great full of Good memories and experiences and Will get even better after the pandemic ends so dont waste it, If necessary call the suicide hotline, search for help in the internet like r/suicidewatch and if necessary call a therapist "suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem" we all have the dark chapter of our lives but you can pass through it.. keep going for your dad
