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Post by harridan on Aug 8, 2012 17:16:54 GMT -5
Evanescence, Track #6
It’s too late to change your mind Even though this fragile world is tearing apart at the seams We can’t wash these sins away This sinking feeling everyday: I’m waking up in someone else’s life
Is it so hard for you? 'Cause it’s so hard for me To believe that what we dreamed could ever come to life again 'Cause I cannot erase this lie
Not gonna let this day go by I’m gonna save this wasted life And nothing can stand in my way Not enough to say goodbye Burn it til there’s nothing left I’m drowning in the mess that I have made
Is it so hard for you? 'Cause it’s so hard for me To believe that what we dreamed could ever come to life again 'Cause I cannot erase this darkness in me
The water’s rising around us There is no other way down I only have myself to blame for it all
Is it so hard for you? 'Cause it’s so hard for me To believe that what we dreamed could ever come to life again If I could just erase my mind But I cannot erase this lie
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2012 0:49:12 GMT -5
I've come to the conclusion that this is the toughest song to sing on the album... I was listening to it. Then I listened to End of the Dream... Then I listened to Erase This again...... I think those two are the hardest, but ET slightly edges out EotD. Granted, Amy at least attempted ET (she did not do so with EotD sadly...) but her performances of ET really lost their edge fast. They played it normally, then they lowered the key, then she started singing half of it in falsetto even with the lowered key, then they stopped playing it after only about 10 or so performances, hehehe. It's 1:00 am and I'm bored, so I decided to think about this. Don't give me that look.
With EotD it boils down to a very difficult chorus (it basically has the same problems as NGB and ET as far as choruses go, long high notes), but that's it. The verses are exceptionally easy and give time to prepare for those ridiculous choruses. In ET there is no break... It's at the top of her range throughout the entire song. In fact the verses have higher notes than the chorus... Which is still higher than the entirety of EotD's chorus except for one quick note. It's certainly not a breath issue, since the girl isn't ashamed to gasp whenever she needs to, mid note even. Now I'm more just puzzled as to why she won't sing EotD... All signs point to it being no more difficult than NGB or ET, perhaps even easier. Speaking of NGB, it's chorus is higher too. It might just be she has a hard time with the 'ee' syllable. That makes sense... But she also has a hard time with the 'oo' syllable, which is why the first note in ET's chorus sounds so tense live... And also maybe why she was struggling with it. She also struggled with the "all" part... I don't know why I'm rambling about this. I'm very interested in the technical side, I suppose.
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Post by carolexodus on Aug 15, 2012 22:17:48 GMT -5
^^Maybe because the "eee" note in EotD's choruses is longer...? Maybe, i don't know exactly.
I agree with you, the verses don't sound difficult at all, especailly for Amy, ET has way more difficult verses.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 17:05:35 GMT -5
Maybe. With ET the in the chorus she'll go "sooooo-waaaah" "saaaaaawooooaah" "sohwoh" hehe... Whatever relieves the stress caused by the first syllable. With EotD she'd sound silly pronouncing it any other way than "ee"... Again, still rambling like a mad man.
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Post by togetheragain on Aug 28, 2012 21:22:27 GMT -5
I like Erase This, it's expressing sadness of loss from so many lies, but not throwing a pity party, it's not "oh look at my sad life! pity me!" It's just expressing how they feel about betrayal, about lies.
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Post by GoingUnderOceans on Sept 2, 2012 0:26:46 GMT -5
I sometimes like this song, just sometimes there is something I don't like about it...I can't figure it out, maybe it's just because the vocals are so high through the whole song, I love the lyrics and piano but maybe it's just the way the band is and the way it was sung I have a hard time with...I really have to be in the mood for this song
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Post by carolexodus on Sept 2, 2012 13:18:04 GMT -5
I think i've talked about ET on another thread, but i'll just say that this is (next to EotD and NGB), one of those songs that had to grow on me. I didn't like it for several months before i started to appreciate it. I really enjoy it now and i think it's one of the freshest sounding songs Ev has ever made (that uptempo piano playing and all the other instruments synchronized with the piano melody end up building this sense of urgency and adrenaline ), but the chorus is still my least favorite part because the looooong notes turn me off a bit, it gets a bit tiresome. However, i LOVE the verses and the bridge/middle eight. Very cool song.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 12:46:07 GMT -5
I love the vagueness of this song. It leaves you open to so much interpretation. Also, the piano melody is something to be desired. I must learn it!
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Post by marycourage on Sept 14, 2012 12:54:24 GMT -5
I haven't been listening to ET much lately. D: shame on me. MELT you must help me get back on track !
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 13:00:03 GMT -5
Your Erase This related wish is my command.
LISTEN TO ERASE THIS, MURRYCURRAGE, LISTEN TO IT!
Here, I'll sing it to you:
IS IT SOOOOOO HARD FOR YUH?! 'CAUSE IT'S SOOOOO HARD FOR MEH TO BELIEB YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ERASE THIS.
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Post by marycourage on Sept 14, 2012 13:05:13 GMT -5
Your Erase This related wish is my command. LISTEN TO ERASE THIS, MURRYCURRAGE, LISTEN TO IT! Here, I'll sing it to you: IS IT SOOOOOO HARD FOR YUH?! 'CAUSE IT'S SOOOOO HARD FOR MEH TO BELIEB YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO ERASE THIS. OMG IT'S LIKE FATE DON'T WANT ME TO LISTEN TO IT!!!! Spotify is just plain mean!!! It won't let me listen to it. omg buhu I SHALL FIND A WAY
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 13:23:54 GMT -5
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Post by marycourage on Sept 14, 2012 13:54:41 GMT -5
you are my saviour!
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Post by *tight rope* on Sept 17, 2012 15:59:06 GMT -5
I've come to the conclusion that this is the toughest song to sing on the album... I was listening to it. Then I listened to End of the Dream... Then I listened to Erase This again...... I think those two are the hardest, but ET slightly edges out EotD. Well, I'm not sure whether it is ET or EotD that is harder to sing. Imo, it's EotD since I can sing ET (ya' know, good enough for myself) but EotD is, for me at least, not possible. (Seriously, I'm sounding like a cat that's getting slaughtered.) I agree with you that the verses of EotD are a lot easier than those of ET, but EotD has to me the hardest chorus EVAH in Evhistory. Of course Amy can gasp for breath throughout the chorus, but I guess it wouldn't do justice to the song and I believe that Amy thinks the same. It's a song that sounds so impressive because of the long stretches without breathing, and I think it's almost impossible for her to do that on stage in the middle of an already tiring setlist. Also, the song would lose some of its epicness when she'd shorten the long notes. And we all know Amy, she always wants to keep such notes as long as her throat allows her to. And Amy could always improvise and hide those higher notes in the verses of ET and replace them by some lower ones. She did that before and I'm sure it'd sound even cooler! So to me, the prize of hardest Evsong goes to EotD! *handing over my award*
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2012 17:20:05 GMT -5
Eh, I was looking at it more of ET being hard all the way through, while EotD is only hard in the chorus, which, having recently figured out a way to do it without dying myself (I also previously thought it was impossible), with the right tone EotD's chorus is potentially easier than ET's... I just think it's more common for people to have difficulty with the 'ee' sound (I know I do), which is why the song can be so difficult... But with tons of practice the chorus' difficulty gives way to its own simplicity.
That said, do you sing ET often? As I always find the "beLIEVE that what we DREAMED" to be harder than "dreeeeeeeaaaaaam" as far as 'ee' sounds go, while it's the "heart" in EotD that gives me the most trouble. The chorus itself also requires little breath if you're belting, it's the final chorus where she doubles the time without breathing that is really difficult, but there is actually plenty of opportunities to breathe during that part that she just chose not to use while recording. It wouldn't surprise me if those were actually two separate takes put together either, but putting a breath in there live would not change the sound of the song at all because there are so many appropriate times to do it.
I have a lot of thoughts on these two songs (and NGB) lately as I've been practicing singing/playing them daily for the last month or so. I've come to the conclusion that NGB was the easiest to get good at quickly, EotD seemed impossible at first, but a little practice proved I was just doing it wrong... ET, thankfully, sits right within the strongest part of my vocal range and I've been practicing it for almost a year now, so it's currently the easiest. It took much longer to perfect my ET performance than the other two, though. All that said, I still don't think EotD is even as hard as The Change, which is just a monster.
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