The Open Door é o segundo álbum de estúdio do Evanescence e primeiro a debutar no topo da Billboard.
Lançamento: 25/09/2006
Gravado em: setembro de 2005 – março de 2006, Record Plant Studios
Duração: 54:15
Gravadora: Wind-up Records
Produtor: Dave Fortman
| It’s true, we’re all a little insane But it’s so clear Now that I’m unchainedFear is only in our minds Taking over all the time Fear is only in our minds But it’s taking over all the timeYou poor sweet innocent thing Dry your eyes and testify You know you live to break me – don’t deny Sweet sacrificeOne day I’m gonna forget your name And one sweet day You’re gonna drown in my lost painFear is only in our minds Taking over all the time Fear is only in our minds But it’s taking over all the time You poor sweet innocent thing I dream in darkness Do you wonder (Our burning ashes) |
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| Don’t cry to me If you loved me You would be here with me You want me Come find me Make up your mindShould I let you fall? Lose it all? So maybe you can remember yourself Can’t keep believing We’re only deceiving ourselves And I’m sick of the lie And you’re too lateDon’t cry to me If you loved me You would be here with me You want me Come find me Make up your mindCouldn’t take the blame Sick with shame Must be exhausting to lose your own game Selfishly hated, no wonder you’re jaded You can’t play the victim this time And you’re too lateDon’t cry to me If you loved me You would be here with me You want me? Come find me Make up your mind You never call me when you’re sober How could I have burned paradise? So don’t cry to me |
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| Feels like the weight of the world Like God in Heaven gave me a turn Don’t cling to me, I swear I can’t fix you Still in the dark, can you fix me?Freefall, freefall, all through lifeIf you love me, then let go of me I won’t be held down by who I used to be She’s nothing to meFeels like the weight of the world Like all my screaming has gone unheard And oh, I know you don’t believe in me Safe in the dark, how can you see?Freefall, freefall, all through life If you love me then let go of me |
A música fala sobre a relação de Amy com os fãs. No site oficial, ela declarou: “É muito bom encontrar os fãs após os shows e conversar com eles e dividir experiências. Na música, eu falo que quero estar presente, mas ao mesmo tempo não quero ter a pressão porque não sou uma médica e não tenho todas as respostas. Quero que as pessoas encontrem a resposta nelas mesmas”. |
| Lithium – don’t wanna lock me up inside Lithium – don’t wanna forget how it feels without Lithium – I wanna stay in love with my sorrow Oh, but God, I wanna let it goCome to bed, don’t make me sleep alone Couldn’t hide the emptiness you let it show Never wanted it to be so cold Just didn’t drink enough to say you love meI can’t hold on to me Wonder what’s wrong with meLithium – don’t wanna lock me up inside Lithium – don’t wanna forget how it feels without Lithium – I wanna stay in love with my sorrowDon’t wanna let it lay me down this time Drown my will to fly Here in the darkness I know myself Can’t break free until I let it go Let me go Darling, I forgive you after all I can’t hold on to me Lithium – don’t wanna lock me up inside |
Segundo single do álbum. O refrão foi escrito por Amy quando ela tinha 16 anos, segundo ela disse à VH1. A letra fala também sobre o relacionamento com o ex-namorado Shaun Morgan, da banda Seether. |
| If you wanna live, let live If you wanna go, let go I’m not afraid to dream To sleep, sleep forever I don’t need to touch the sky I just want to feel that high And you refuse to lift meGuess it wasn’t real after all Guess it wasn’t real all along (I’m all alone)If I fall and all is lost It’s where I belongIf you wanna live, let live If you wanna go, let go I’m never gonna be your sweet, sweet surrenderGuess it wasn’t real after all Guess it wasn’t real all along (I’m all alone) If I fall and all is lost In a dream |
Considerada por Amy a canção mais difícil de cantar do álbum, ela disse à VH1 que a música era sobre separação. Amy citou algumas frases que podem ser da primeira versão da letra: “If you want to live, let live / If you want to go, let go / What are we doing here? / Because I can live without you”. |
| Stoplight lock the door Don’t look back Undress in the dark And hide from you All of youYou’ll never know the way your words have haunted me I can’t believe you’d ask these things of me (ever and ever) You don’t know me (ever and ever) Now and everYou belong to me My snow white queen There’s nowhere to run So let’s just get it over Soon I know you’ll see You’re just like me Don’t scream anymore, my love ‘Cause all I want is youWake up in a dream Frozen fear All your hands on me I can’t scream I can’t screamI can’t escape the twisted way you think of me I feel you in my dreams and I don’t sleep (ever and ever) I don’t sleep (ever and ever) Say you belong to me I can’t save your life You belong to me All I want is you |
Primeira música escrita para o álbum The Open Door, segundo a Ultimate Guitar, ela é sobre a perda de privacidade que Amy sentiu após a fama. Snow White é o nickname da Amy nos fóruns oficiais da banda. |
| Out on your own Cold and alone again Can this be what you really wanted, baby?(Lacrimosa) Blame it on me (Dies illa) Set your guilt free (Lacrimosa) Nothing can hold you back now (Dona eis requiem)Now that you’re gone I feel like myself again Grieving the things I can’t repair and willing…(Lacrimosa) To let you blame it on me (Dies illa) And set your guilt free (Lacrimosa) I don’t want to hold you back now love (Dona eis requiem)I can’t change who I am Not this time, I won’t lie to keep you near me And in this short life There’s no time to waste on giving up My love wasn’t enough (Lacrimosa) |
Amy utilizou uma parte de Lacrimosa, do Réquiem de Mozart, na música, uma ideia que ela tinha desde a adolescência. O filme Amadeus, que conta a história de Mozart, foi a motivação para Amy começar a tocar piano. |
| Stay low, soft, dark, and dreamless Far beneath my nightmares and loneliness I hate me for breathing without you I don’t want to feel anymore for youGrieving for you I’m not grieving for you Nothing real love can’t undo And though I may have lost my way All paths lead straight to youI long to be like you Lie cold in the ground like youHalo, blinding wall between us Melt away and leave us alone again Humming, haunted somewhere out there I believe our love can see us through in deathI long to be like you Lie cold in the ground like you There’s room inside for two And I’m not grieving for you I’m coming for youYou’re not alone No matter what they told you You’re not alone I’ll be right beside you forevermore I long to be like you, sis I long to be like you |
| You don’t remember my name I don’t really care Can we play the game your way? Can I really lose control?Just once in my life I think it’d be nice Just to lose control, just once (With all the pretty flowers) in the dustMary had a lamb His eyes black as coals If we play very quiet, my lamb Mary never has to knowJust once in my life I think it’d be nice Just to lose control, just onceIf I cut you down to a thing I can use I fear there will be nothing good left of you Just to lose control, just once |
| (The tuna fish is singing in a tuna afternoon)
You know you’re not the only one When they all come crashing down – midflight We’re all grieving All our lives So afraid to open your eyes, hypnotized Don’t look down Right or wrong |
| I can’t see your star I can’t see your star Though I patiently waited, bedside, For the death of today I can’t see your star The mechanical lights of Lisbon Frightened it awayAnd I’m alone now Me and all I stood for We’re wandering now All in parts in pieces, swim lonely Find your own way outI can’t see your star I can’t see your star How can the darkness feel so wrong?And I’m alone now Me and all I stood for We’re wandering now All in parts in pieces, swim lonely Find your own way outSo far away It’s growing colder without your love Why can’t you feel me calling your name? Can’t break the silence It’s breaking me (Alma surdo, loucura) all my fears (onde está seu alma?) And I’m alone now And nothing worth fighting for |
A música começou a ser composta quando Amy estava em Lisboa, em 2004, e olhando pela janela do hotel não havia estrelas no céu. Por ter sido escrita neste país, o coral canta letras em português, embora com alguns erros gramaticais. |
| All that I’m living for All that I’m dying for All that I can’t ignore alone at nightI can feel the night beginning Separate me from the living Understanding me After all I’ve seen Piecing every thought together Find the words to make me better If I only knew how to pull myself apartAll that I’m living for All that I’m dying for All that I can’t ignore alone at night All that I’m wanted for Although I wanted more Lock the last open door My ghosts are gaining on meI believe that dreams are sacred Take my darkest fears and play them Like a lullaby Like a reason why Like a play of my obsessions Make me understand the lesson So I’ll find myself So I won’t be lost againGuess I thought I’d have to change the world To make you see me To be the one I could have run forever But how far would I have come Without mourning your love? Should it hurt to love you? |
| Under your spell again I can’t say no to you Crave my heart and it’s bleeding in your hand I can’t say no to youShouldn’t have let you torture me so sweetly Now I can’t let go of this dream I can’t breathe but I feelGood enough I feel good enough for youDrink up sweet decadence I can’t say no to you And I’ve completely lost myself and I don’t mind I can’t say no to youShouldn’t have let you conquer me completely Now I can’t let go of this dream Can’t believe that I feel Good enough And I’m still waiting for the rain to fall So take care what you ask of me |
| Sparkling grey They’re my own veinsAny more than a whisper Any sudden movement of my heart And I know I know I’ll have to watch them pass away Just get through this dayGive up your way You could be anything Give up my way And lose myself Not today That’s too much guilt to paySickened in the sun You dare tell me you love me But you held me down and screamed you wanted me to die Honey, you know You know I’d never hurt you that way You’re just so pretty in your painGive up my way And I could be anything I’ll make my own way Without your senseless hate So run, run, run You lied to me Demanding my response |
| Never thought that I’d be leaving you today So alone and wondering why I feel this way So wide the world Can love remember how to get me home to you someday?We’ll be together again All just a dream in the end We’ll be together againSo many fears were swimming around and around in my mind Who would have dreamed the secrets we would find?I’ve found a world where love and dreams and darkness all collide Maybe this time we can leave our broken world behind |
| Where’s the light? Killed my day Lost in the dark of your ways Wasting my energy, endlessly On your sweet lieAnd if you don’t mind I would like to live the lie that I will survive And if you don’t mind I would love to slip away and leave your world behindInsecure, I’m not so sure that You’re not just faking something Wasting our last day I can’t take the painAnd if you don’t mind I would like to live the lie that I will survive And if you don’t mind I would love to slip away and leave it all behind |
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| Piano / Vocal / Chords Editora: Alfred Music COMPRE // VISUALIZE |
Authentic Guitar Tab Editora: Alfred Music COMPRE |
- Amy Lee: vocais, piano, arranjos de corais e programação adicional
- Terry Balsamo: guitarra
- Will Boyd: baixo
- Rocky Gray: bateria
- John LeCompt: programação adicional em All That I’m Living For
- Lori Lee e Carrie Lee: backing vocals em Call Me When You’re Sober
- DJ Lethal (do Limp Bizkit): programação adicional em All That I’m Living For
- Bon Harris: programação adicional em All That I’m Living For
- David Campbell: arranjos de orquestra
- The Millenium Choir: coral
Singles
Together Again
fevereiro de 2010
Good Enough
dezembro de 2007
Sweet Sacrifice
maio de 2007
Lithium
dezembro de 2006
Call Me When You’re Sober
agosto de 2006
Curiosidades
“Sinto como se eu tivesse escancarado todas as portas da minha vida e agora eu posso fazer o que eu quiser”.
O disco físico foi lançado em Digipak e em caixa plástica. A banda gravou várias músicas novas, mas três ficaram de fora do álbum: The Last Song I’m Wasting on You, If You Don’t Mind e Together Again. The Last Song I’m Wasting on You foi distribuída como faixa bônus para quem comprou o álbum digital antecipadamente, juntamente com uma entrevista com Amy Lee. Together Again foi lançada em 2010, para angariar recursos às vítimas do terremoto no Haiti. If You Don’t Mind se tornou pública quando a banda a tocou pela primeira vez em Porto Alegre, em 2012.
Em Lacrymosa, assim como em Anything for You, um trecho instrumental e os versos do Réquiem de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart são utilizados. Eles são Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurget ex favilla judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce, Deus. Pie Jesu, Domine, dona eis requiem. Amen.
A faixa Sweet Sacrifice concorreu ao Grammy de Melhor Música de Hard Rock em 2008. Quando a música foi indicada, Amy declarou no EvThreads que todas as guitarras tinham sido compostas e gravadas pelo Terry Balsamo, logo antes de ele sofrer um derrame em 2006 (motivo do adiamento do lançamento do álbum de março para outubro), e por isso a indicação foi especialmente importante para eles. A gravadora deu créditos ao ex-guitarrista John LeCompt erroneamente.
As fotos do encarte são do ensaio fotográfico de Frank Ockenfels 3, exceto uma imagem da sessão de fotos do clipe de Call Me When You’re Sober, por Karl Larsen, e uma foto ao vivo tirada por Beth Wilson (maquiadora).
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