Never Go Back (Synthesis)

[AeternusAmatorius]

Here we can discuss the Synthesis reworking of Never Go Back.

From Evanescence's Facebook:

"We were writing the song as the 2011 earthquake and tsunami was hitting Tohoku, Japan. We needed some lyrics for a very dramatic, very heavy-sounding song. Watching those images on the news, we had this empathy, so those feelings just came out of me, wondering what I would feel like in that position. The reason it’s on this album is because of its nature. That bridge piano part is one of the most dramatic classical elements in our music, and I always visualized it as a piece. To take it, accentuate it, and go all the way with that idea was really satisfying. We took that piano bridge part and used it as the intro to this new version, then allowed the orchestra to really take over, just as I always heard it in my head. It wasn’t supposed to be the first song on the album, but I realized using that one piano note was the simplest place to start. It gave the album so much room to grow, sonically and musically. And the vocal, singing from a dark place, leading to the light, was exactly the right way to start. That was a last-minute choice, instead of what we’d planned originally, using the 'Unraveling' intro into 'Imaginary.'"


Everything is so dark
And I know there’s something wrong but I can’t turn the light on
In that split second change
When you knew we couldn’t hold on
I realized I live to love you

Save yourself, don’t look back
Tearing us apart until it’s

All gone
The only world I’ve ever known sleeps beneath the waves
But I remember

I won’t give up on you
I can feel it in my heart just show me the way
I don’t belong here alone
I can still see your face
Where it’s burned into my mind I die every time I close my eyes
You’re always there
Save yourself, don’t look back
Tearing us apart until it’s

All gone
The only world I’ve ever known sleeps beneath the waves
But I’m the one who’s drowning
Without your love I am lost
And I can never go back home

All across the ocean
We are calling, calling
Are you there
Nothing left for me till I find you because it’s

All gone
The only world I’ve ever known sleeps beneath the waves
And I’m the one who’s drowning
Without your love I am lost
And I can never go back
I can never go back home

[dekker87]

Live stream

Tonight's live stream of the song.

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[BlackenTheDay]

I am so sorry I ever underestimated this song(which I did, at some point.)

This version is beautiful. That awesome modern beat and the orchestra really go so well together. Amy's voice! *.* I'm in love! The way she sings ".....alone....." is so much more effective on the Synthesis version, I felt like in the original it sounded somewhat angry, which is understandable for a song like this, but I have always wanted to hear a version which is somewhat softer-sounding, if that makes sense? It sounds more melancholic. I love it.

[mattthomas1992]

This version is thousands of times better for me. Never Go Back was probably my least favourite Ev3 song but it's probably my 3rd favourite here

[RapturedLight]

Never Go Back was one of my faves from Ev3 and it's one of my faves from Synthesis. It really transformed. It's so beautiful and filled with urgency in a whole new way on Synthesis. I love how the cool piano part in the middle eight is emphasized throughout the entire song in this new version.

[whitewolf]

Okay so I LOVE the original, I LOVE the Synthesis version, but

THE INSTRUMENTAL VERSION IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!! The chorus Oh my god

[ladychaos]

Seriously such a great version of this! I like it better than the Ev3 version for sure. Amy's voice is everything in this one...made me tear up.

[PaperFlowers]

Oh, this was from Ev3??! Guess i should have listened to that first. But hot damn! (Can i say damn?) This is an awesome song! I chose it as my favorite for that challenge. It's definitely up there!