Understanding
-Located on the album(s): "Evanescence EP" as Track #6 and "Sound Asleep EP" as Track #3. Note that the EV EP version of Understanding also makes an appearance on the SA EP as Track #5. The EV EP version was featured in the RIM v.beta compilation as Track #8.
-NO BMI# (!!!!!)
-Length Time: 7:21 (EV EP), 4:55 (SA EP)
-Acoustic Version Available? [YES] - See: Acoustic @ Blitzkrieg, KABF 88.3 FM 1998
-Live Version Available? (EV EP) [YES] - See: Live in West Los Angeles (Nissan) Nov. 12, 2007. (SA EP) [YES] - See: Live @ Vino's May 07, 1999.
Lyrics:
Understanding - The Evanescence EP Version:Italics are spoken quotes from the two movies "My World Dies Screaming," 1958, also known as "Terror In The Haunted House." And from the 1994 movie "When A Man Loves A Woman" staring Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia."You hold the answer deep within your own mind
Consciously, you're forgotten it.
That's the way the human mind works
Whenever something is too unpleasant, to shameful
For us to entertain, we reject it (Can't wash it all away)
We erase it from our memory
But the imprint is always there" (Can't wish it all away)
(Can't hope it all away)
(Can't cry it all away)
0:35 - 0:57
The pain that grips you
The fear that binds you
(Ahhh)Releases life in me
In our mutual
Shame we hide our eyes
To bind them from the truth
That finds a way for who we are
Please don't be afraid
When the darkness fades away
The dawn will break the silence
Screaming in our hearts
My love for you still grows
This I do for you
For I've tried to fight the truth my final time
"We're supposed to try and be real.
And when you feel alone, you are not together,
And that is real"Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away
Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away
2:46 - 2:57
Lying beside you
Listening to you breathe
Life that flows inside of you
Burns inside of me
Hold and speak to me
Of love without a sound
Tell me you will live through this
And I will die for you
(die)Cast me not away
Say you'll be with me
For I know I cannot
Bear it all alone.
"You're not alone, honey.
Never, never"Can't fight it all away
Can't hope it all away
(Ooh)Can't scream it all away
It just won't fade away, No no
4:37-4:57
Ooh, Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away yeah yeah yeah
Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away yeah eee
(Can't fight it all away)
(Can't hope it all away)Can't scream it all away
Ooh, it all away
Ooh, it all away e yeah e yeah
5:52-6:35
"But the imprint is always there.
Nothing is ever really forgotten""God, just don't hate me
Because I'll die if you do
'Cause I'll die if you do
'Cause Ill die if you do
'Cause I'll die if you do
Because I'll die if you do"7:07 - 7:21
Song:
Understanding - Sound Asleep EP VersionItalics are spoken words by Ben and backing vocals.0:00 - 0:17
You hold the answer
0:20 - 0:33
The pain that grips you
The fear that binds you
(haah)Releases life in me
In our mutual
Shame we hide our eyes
To blind them from the truth
That finds a way for who we are
Please don't be afraid
When the darkness fades away
The dawn will break the silence
Screaming in our hearts
My love for you still grows
This I do for you
For I've tried to fight the truth my final time
1:37
Ahhh
Ahhhh
Ahh
1:53
Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away
(ahhh ahhh)Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away
2:16
Ahhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhh
2:26
Lying beside you
(Lying beside you)Listening to you breathe
The life that flows inside of you
Burns inside of me
Hold and speak to me
Of love without a sound
Tell me you will live through this
And I will die for you
(I will die for you)Cast me not away
Say you'll be with me
For I know I cannot
Bear it all alone
3:17
Ahhh
Ahhhh
Ahhh
3:29
Can't fight it all away
Can't hope it all away
(Ahhh ahhh)Can't scream it all away
It just won't fade away
3:52
Ahhh ahhh
4:18
I've tried so hard
"I've have tried super . . . so hard. To be without you for so many years." And I have cried
"So many words I have saved upon someone one. I love you, I love you, and I want you to stay."Song:
Some Things To Think About/Debate Over
-This is the second song Evanescence created (for the first, see Solitude).
-Rocky Gray played drums on Understanding (surprisingly this isn't listed on EvReference anymore!)
-People who don't know any better call this song "Wash It All Away."
-Ben Moody talks about Understanding being the second Evanescence song and the origins of the "cheesy goth anthem" quote (Thanks to
Bfdx for this!):
"A lot of it developed by being elusive," Moody remembers. "The second song we ever wrote was this seven-minute, ridiculous Goth anthem called 'Understanding.' And for some reason, the local rock station decided to play it a lot. We gained this popularity around town, even though no one knew who we were or where to find us. It was because we could never afford to play a show -- it was just Amy and I -- and we couldn't pay any musicians."
SOURCE-Understanding and Even In Death are the only two pre-Fallen songs ever to be performed acoustically on the radio; Understanding is one out of the five pre-Fallen songs whose studio version was played on the radio.
1 of 5 pre-Fallen songs to ever be played on radio (the other three are Lies, Even In Death, a demo version of Whisper and Give Unto Me).
-Understanding is one of the eight songs NOT listed on the BMI Website under Evanescence.
-The Understanding (Acoustic) was done at Blitzkrieg, KABF 88.3 FM in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1998. People are not sure who is playing the second guitar heard in the song (I dunno, I can't tell).
"Understanding (acoustic)" was recorded for the radio show Blitzkrieg on KABF 88.3 FM in Little Rock, AR.
It is presumed that Ben Moody played guitars on this track, but there are definitely two guitars heard - it was either layered over or there's somebody else playing with him
Song:
-Even though this is the second Evanescence song ever created, this is the first professionally released song by Evanescence. This was originally released on the v.beta compilation in 1998 as Track #8.
The bands very first professional recording, "Understanding" appeared on the v.beta project released by Ricochet Internet Magazine in 1998.
-The movie quotes . . . it was always fun debating about these. The debates stopped in 2007, when DoubleA uploaded the videos to YouTube. DoubleA solved all the mysteries, so super-mundo credit going there:
Apparently you haven't seen the movie "When A Man Loves A Woman," because if you watch the movie with subtitles you can see, in chapter 8, 37:15, that Alice says "God, just don't hate me." and then watch Chapter 20, Trying To Be Real, around 1:34:58, and you'll see that she says "We're supposed to try and be real. And when you feel alone, you are not together. And that is real."
CLIP 1:
CLIP 2:
CLIP 3:
Terror In The Haunted House/My World Dies Screaming (1958):
Dr. Victor Forel (Barry Bernard's): That's not all you know Mrs. Justin. You hold the answers deep within your own mind. Consciously you've forgotten it, that's the way the human mind works. Whenever something is too unpleasant, too shameful for us to entertain, we reject it. We erase it from our memories. But the imprint is always there. Nothing is ever really forgotten.
Sheila Justin (Cathy O'Donnell's): But don't all of us do things were ashamed of?
Note the change in the title of the movie, this is due to (according to an IMBD poster):
That picture, originally released under the artier and more appropriate title "My World Dies Screaming," and years later, for home viewing, as "Terror in the Haunted House" (a somewhat misleading appellation), turns out to be an interesting enough little film that hardly requires this tiresome gimmick (presented as "Psycho-Rama" here!).
When A Man Loves A Woman (1994):
Micheal Green (Andy Garcia's): Mmm...we're going to get you better so that it will never happen again, alright?
Alice Green (Meg Ryan's): God just don't hate me...
Micheal Green (Andy Garcia's): Mmm...
Alice Green (Meg Ryan's): Because I'll die if you do.
Micheal Green (Andy Garcia's): That thought would never enter my mind.
~~SKIP~~
Alice Green (Meg Ryan's): What am I going to do?
Micheal Green (Andy Garcia's): Look we'll figure it out. I don't want you to worry about it. I'm going to find you the best treatment...best in the f**king world. Your not alone honey, never...never...
~~SKIP~~
Alice Green (Meg Ryan's): I dunno how we try anymore.
Micheal Green (Andy Garcia's): Not giving up, sticking together, isn't that what we are suppose to be trying for?
Alice Green (Meg Ryan's): No Micheal, we're suppose to be try to be real. And when you feel alone, you are not together, and that is real. And when you don't know, you just don't know.
THANKS to DoubleA for the clips and lyrics and the videos are from FallenEvArmy!