Evanescence

When you cried I’d wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream I’d fight away all of your fears And I’ve held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me

Save me from the nothing I've become. Now that I know what I’m without, You can’t just leave me. Breathe into me and make me real, Bring me to life.

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, to shameful for us to…

You're too important for anyone. You play the role of all you want to be. But I — I know who you really are: You're the one who cries when you're alone.

I still remember the world From the eyes of a child, Slowly those feelings Were clouded by what I know now... Where has my heart gone? An uneven trade for the real world... Oh I,…

I'm so sick of speaking words that no one understands. Is it clear enough that you can't live your whole life all alone? I can hear you in a whisper but you can't even hear me scr…

In my field of paper flowers And candy clouds of lullaby I lie inside myself for hours And watch my purple sky fly over me

Don't say I'm out of touch With this rampant chaos — your reality I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge The nightmare i built my own world to escape

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken...

These wounds won't seem to heal This pain is just too real There's just too much that time cannot erase

Spoken fears can come true.

And though you're still with me I’ve been alone all along

Your presence still lingers here, And it won't leave me alone.

Hello, I'm the lie, living for you so you can hide...

If you need to leave the world you live in Lay your head down and stay a while.

Please, please forgive me, But I won't be home again. Maybe someday you'll look up, And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one: Isn't something missing? You won't cry for my abse…