jerevemy
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Post by jerevemy on May 14, 2019 22:11:52 GMT -5
Evanescence will always have a perpetual problem, of what started out as a team of Ben and Amy, (the classic Guitarist/Singer rock format), singing beautiful songs although rooted in pain, and then with Ben's departure, the band morphed into a cast of revolving members with nothing constant but Amy, and with the lyrics and tone changing. Lost in Paradise really exemplifies all that Evanescence once was and all they have become and I'd like to share my interpretation of the song with you:
Amy Lee is out of the band for a while at that time, she just got married, living in New York, etc., trying to be like a normal human. The depressed days are behind her, Ben Moody is a long forgotten memory, she is now the strong independent woman finally living the good life.
However, did she really shake off all that darkness and has she really moved on from Evanescence or is she in denial? The Evanescence darkness starts calling her back and realizes she broke her promise to her fans by abandoning them by moving on. Moving on with her life, and moving on in her style of songwriting. Now she wants to write songs of a totally different nature, yet struggles to move on, no matter how badly she wants to.
She has nothing left in this normal human realm and wants to be back in the band. The shadow of her fans haunt her. As much as she'd like at that time in her life, to not have the EV thing nagging at her, she can never leave it. She's stuck in it for better or for worse. She can't escape it. The fans need her, and she realizes she needs them.
As much as she wants to feel like she is a normal human, she's just as scared and insecure as her fans, the little dark girl from Fallen is still there within her, and she belongs with her fans sharing their pain together in beautiful songs.
She wanted to run away from it all, but "shadows" of the fans stay with her and won't let her go. She can never leave Evanescence or her fans even though she wished at the time to leave it behind her as part of her past and move on to other things.
But the best part of this song, that really shows the absolute genius of it, is the "TIL" before the final "I have nothing left". Many people never noticed this one syllable word there. Listen closely and you'll hear it, it's also in the printed lyrics if you doubt it. Here the meaning changes from she has nothing left in pretending to be a normal human to now meaning she will do Evanescence until there is no more creativity or musical ability left in her. The fans won't let her go until she has nothing left to give. She is supposed to be in paradise in her new life as a normal married human but ironically she feels alone and lost and needs to go back to the stage and her fans to be at home again!
Now listen to Lost in Paradise after reading my interpretation, then come back and post what you think.
Cheers!
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jerevemy
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Post by jerevemy on May 16, 2019 17:12:42 GMT -5
I wanted to add something else about this song that is cool, the "we've been falling for all this time" is a reference to the Fallen album. Many people miss this although its right in front of our noses. To me this means, she realizes most of her fans came to Evanescence via Fallen and Fallen remains the heart of the band, and her true connection with the fans.
"I just wanted to be nested, be married and be normal and not have my life centered around myself and Evanescence. My whole life had been centered around being 'the girl from Evanescence' and all that entailed since high school." - Amy Lee
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Post by jerevemy on May 29, 2019 6:53:18 GMT -5
Intersting. 161 views and not one response. I would have thought EV fans would be interested in this topic. Anyway, rock on!
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Post by AeternusAmatorius on Jun 1, 2019 14:27:57 GMT -5
jerevemy: Thank you for your contribution and interpretation of the song.
However, there is an Evanescence Discography section equipped with an Evanescence section and a Synthesis section. This post belongs in one, or both, Lost In Paradise threads: Lost In Paradise (2011); Lost In Paradise Synthesis.
Also, forum rules advise against double posting and ask to refrain against doing so. There is an edit button, which you have utilized on your first post.
I will be closing this thread and you may post your interpretation of Lost In Paradise in one, or both, linked threads.
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