История песни bring me to life

Music video

Video Directed by Philip Stölzl

The video is a live performance/action video and was directed by Philip Stölzl. The video was filmed in Romania in January 2003. It features Amy in a night gown and barefoot, in her room, inside a tall building in the city at night. The rest of the band, and Paul McCoy, are playing on a higher floor of the building. She climbs out of the window of her room and begins to climb the building, passing many windows while venturing to the window that featured the room with the band and McCoy. Right before the bridge of the song featuring a duet with both McCoy and Lee, Lee ends up falling off the building but managing to hang on to the ledge that she was standing on. McCoy pulls open the window and tries to save her, but can’t, and Amy falls off the building. At the very end of the video, we see Lee back in bed again: it was all a nightmare. This is symbolic because it features someone trying to find someone that will ‘wake her and save her’.

Amy Lee and Paul McCoy

The video gained huge popularity in 2003 and clips of it were featured everywhere, including MTV’s Big Urban Myth Show where clips of Amy waking up and walking around outside on the ledge were prominently featured on any and all sleep related myths.

Watch the video on YouTube.com

Верни меня к жизни

Как ты можешь смотреть в мои глаза, словно в открытые двери,
Которые ведут в самую глубину моей души,
Которая будто оцепенела.
С застывшей душой моя жизнь словно в ледяном сне,
Пока ты не отогреешь мою душу и не приведёшь её обратно.

(Разбуди меня)
Разбуди меня изнутри.
(Я не могу проснуться)
Разбуди меня изнутри.
(Спаси меня)
Позови меня по имени и спаси от темноты.
(Разбуди меня)
Постарайся разогнать кровь по моим венам,
(Я не могу проснуться)
Прежде, чем я иссякну.
(Спаси меня)
Спаси меня от того «ничего», которым я стала.

Сейчас я знаю, кто я без тебя,
Ты не можешь просто оставить меня.
Вдохни в меня жизнь, возврати меня в реальность,
Верни меня к жизни.

Я замёрзла внутри без твоей ласки,
Без твоей любви, милый.
Только ты для меня — жизнь,
Посреди всего.

Я не могу поверить, что всё это время я ничего не видела,
Я была словно в темноте, но ты был прямо передо мной.
Я словно спала тысячу лет.
Мне нужно открыть глаза, чтобы увидеть всё.
Без мыслей, без голоса, без души,
Не дай мне погибнуть здесь,
Здесь должно быть какое-то спасение
Верни меня к жизни.

Versions

Studio versions:

Bring Me to Life [Fallen version]

Recording date: August — November 2002
Status: Released, Available
Released on:

Fallen (track #2) – the first single off the album

Daredevil: The Album (track #9) – the second single off the album

All «Bring Me to Life» singles and numerous compilation CDs

Length: 3:57

Bring Me to Life

Recording date: August — November 2002
Status: Released, Unavailable (appears to be no longer available on iTunes)
Released on: most of the «Bring Me to Life» singles
Length: 3:57

Bring Me to Life

Recording date: 2001–2002
Status: Unreleased, Available
Length: 3:58

Bring Me to Life

Recording date: 2001–2002
Status: Unreleased, Available
Length: 4:06

Bring Me to Life [Synthesis version]

Recording date: May — August 2017
Status: Released, Available
Released on: August 18, 2017 as a Promo single

Synthesis

Length: 4:18

Bring Me to Life [Synthesis Instrumental version]

Recording date: May — August 2017
Status: Released, Available
Released on: November 10, 2017

Synthesis Disc 2

Length: 4:18

Live versions:

Bring Me to Life

Performing period: 2004
Status: Released, Available
Recording date: May 25, 2004
Released on: Anywhere but Home (track #10)
Length: 4:43

Bring Me to Life

Performing period: 2003
Status: Released, Available
Released on: «Bring Me to Life» DVD single
Length: 3:42

Bring Me to Life

Performing period: December 31, 2002; 2003
Example: NYE NiteLife Rocks (December 31, 2002); Rock am Ring festival in Nürburg, Germany (June 7, 2003)

Bring Me to Life

Performing period: Fall 2003
Example: Cologne, Germany (October 17, 2003)

Bring Me to Life

Performing periods: February 23, 2009; December 7, 2011
Performed at: Legends & Lyrics (February 23, 2009); Octane Artist Confidential, SiriusXM Radio (December 7, 2011)

Bring Me to Life

Performing period: October 5, 2006 — early 2007
Example: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas (December 10, 2006)

Bring Me to Life

Performing period: May 2007 — December 8, 2007; November 4 and November 8, 2009; August 17, 2011 — November 9, 2012; November 2015; April — November 2016
Example: Download Festival (June 10, 2007); War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee (August 17, 2011)

Bring Me to Life

Performing date: December 11, 2011
Performed at: 18th Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway

Bring Me to Life

Performing dates: April 15 and May 30, 2012
Performed at: Top30 Countdown, Australia (April 15); BigFM, Wiesbaden, Germany (May 30)

Bring Me to Life

Performing date: November 7, 2013
Performed at: Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts

Bring Me to Life

Performing date: November 12, 2016; and a few times in 2003
Performed at: Kink Music Festival, Orlando FL

Bring Me to Life

Performing date: June 2017
Performed at: Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania (June 29, 2017)

Bring Me To Life

Performing period: October 14, 2017 — September 8, 2018
Status: Released
Recording date: November 3, 2017
Released on: Synthesis Live (track #7)
Length: 4:23

Bring Me to Life

Performing date: February 16, 2020
Performed at: Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
Status: Released
Released On: TOKYO RISING (Deluxe Edition)
Length 4:16

Bring Me to Life (A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio)

Status: Released
Recording date: October 2020
Released On: The Bitter Truth CD2: A Live Session From Rock Falcon Studio (Track #7)
Length: 3:30

Bring Me to Life

Performing date: September 13th & 15th 2022
Performed at: Spokane Arena, Spokane, WA, USA

Текст песни Bring Me to Life – Evanescence

How can you see into my eyes like open doorsLeading you down into my coreWhere I’ve become so numbWithout a soulMy spirit sleeping somewhere coldUntil you find it there and lead it back home

Chorus: Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I’ve become

Now that I know what I’m withoutYou can’t just leave meBreathe into me and make me realBring me to life

Chorus

Bring me to lifeI’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing insideBring me to life

Frozen inside without your touchWithout your love, darlingOnly you are the life among the dead

All of this time I can’t believe I couldn’t seeKept in the dark but you were there in front of meI’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seemsGot to open my eyes to everythingWithout a thought without a voice without a soulDon’t let me die hereThere must be something moreBring me to life

Chorus

Bring me to lifeI’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing inside Bring me to life

Bring Me To Life

How can you see into my eyes like
open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it
back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can’t wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can’t wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save 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

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love darling
Only you are the life among
The dead

All this time I can’t believe
I couldn’t see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought without a voice without a soul
Don’t let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life

Клип Bring Me to Life

Музыкальный видеоклип Bring Me to Life снял Филипп Штёльцль (Philipp Stölzl). Ролик, в котором Эми снится падение с небоскреба, пользовался огромным успехом. Свою задумку режиссер объяснил так:

В 2004 году клип номинировался на MTV Video Music Awards в номинации «Лучшее рок-видео». Давайте смотреть онлайн клип Bring Me to Life – Evanescence.

Интересные факты

Изначально Evanescence активно раскручивали в христианском сообществе, пока ее представители не дали понять, что они являются мирской группой. Вслед за этим сингл Bring Me to Life практически сразу убрали из эфира религиозных радиостанций.
После удачно сыгранной роли в видеоклипе Bring Me to Life Эми получила несколько предложений сняться в кино.

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Lyrics

Fallen version

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul
My spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone 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 Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I’ve becomeBring me to lifeI’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing insideBring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the deadAll of this time I can’t believe I couldn’t seeKept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everythingWithout a thought without a voice without a soul
Don’t let me die hereThere must be something more
Bring me to life Wake me up inside Wake me up inside Call my name and save me from the dark Bid my blood to run Before I come undone Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to lifeI’ve been living a lie, there’s nothing inside
Bring me to life

Demo versions

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul
My spirit’s sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
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
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love — darling
Only you are the life among the dead
Bring me to life
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
Bring me to life
Bring me to life

Bliss mix and Synthesis version

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul
My spirit’s sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
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
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead
I’ve been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everythingDon’t let me die here
Bring me to life
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to lifeBring me to life
Bring me to life

Acoustic version

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core
Where I’ve become so numb
Without a soul
My spirit’s sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
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
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead
Wake me up inside
Wake me up inside
Call my name and save me from the dark
Bid my blood to run
Before I come undone
Save me from the nothing I’ve become
Bring me to life
Bring me to life

Смысл песни Bring Me to Life – Evanescence

Авторы рассказывали, о чём Bring Me to Life.

Amy Lee, VH1, 2003

Ben Moody, Net Music Countdown

Запись и релиз

Эми Ли также рассказывала о процессе работы над песней Bring Me to Life:

Capital FM Radio, 2003

Партию мужского вокала спел Пол Маккой. Говорят, что в качестве возможных кандидатов на эту роль рассматривали Майка Шиноду, но продюсерам больше приглянулся вокалист христианской рок-группы 12 Stones.

Amy Lee вспоминала, как ей объяснили необходимость привлечения дополнительного исполнителя:

The Guardian, 2007

Достижения

22 апреля 2003 года Bring Me to Life была выпущена первым синглом из альбома Fallen, дебютной студийной пластинки Evanescence, изданной на лейбле Wind-up.

Эд Ветри, глава звукозаписывающей компании Wind-up, вспоминал, что песню не хотели брать на рок-радио из-за женского вокала. Но после выхода на экране фильма «Сорвиголова» (Daredevil), в саундтреке которого прозвучала композиция, слушатели сами начали ее заказывать. В итоге, Bring Me to Life возглавила хит-парады более чем в пятнадцати странах.

На 46-ой церемонии вручения Grammy песня выиграла премию в категории «Лучшее исполнение в жанре хард-рок». Она также номинировалась в разделе «Лучшая рок-песня», но уступила сногсшибательному треку Seven Nation Army The White Stripes.

Трек вошел в список 100 величайших песен 2000-х годов по версии VH1.