“Lock the last open door, my ghosts are gaining on me”
This album is full of amazing musical intros, accompanied by the sweet, sad lyrics of Amy Lee. I’m not a big fan of Evanescence, since their last album, Fallen. I guess I’m more for the type of happy, optimistic music, not so depressed and alone. I just don’t want to seem judgmental and saying that Evanescence is “emo” and goth or whatever. It’s just all the lyrics like “I know you don’t believe in me” (Weight of The World) and “I'm alone now, Me and all I stood for” (Your Star). “Good Enough” is a song about finding self worth, saying, “Am I good enough for you to love me? Good enough, I feel good enough. It's been such a long time coming, but I feel good.” “Lose Control,” is a song about lies, saying “If we play very quiet, my lamb, Mary never has to know.” “The Only One,” looking for someone to look up to, for an example. “All our lives, we've been waiting for someone to call our leader, all your lies, I'm not believing, heaven shine a light down on me.” I guess though, the songs could help you cope when you’re sad, alone, dealing with a loved one passing away, like in “Like You,” explaining the death, of a sister (“I hate me, for breathing without you... I long to be like you, lie cold in the ground like you”). I’m not into this band a whole lot, but I do see that it has some useful messages and can be relevant to some everyday situations of feeling alone and unwanted, and overcoming those feelings to stay strong.
Release Date: Oct 03, 2006