Evanescencefreak September 21st, 2006 10:12PM  

I think this song is about how she (amy lee) is telling whoever she's with that if he doesn't love her, and if he decides to "let go" of her, then she's destined to be alone. It's an all or nothing kind of thing. She can love no one else, so if he doesn't want to be with her,then she thinks, 'this is how it's supposed to be', and she's meant to be alone.She didn't think this would work, and she's telling herself that she was right, and that she's just destined to be alone. That's my interpretation anyway.

anonymous October 8th, 2006 03:35PM  

"if you want to go, let go"
"I don't need to touch the sky
i just wanna feel that high
and you refuse to lift me"

about being dissatisfied with a relationship, to the point where it's doing nothing for her and she wants out.

"guess it wasn't real after all
guess it wasn't real all along"
"if I fall and all is lost
it's where I belong"

about realizing this and accepting a broken heart, and starting from scratch

"i'm never gonna be your sweet, sweet surrender"

she wants to be valued for who she is, not used. The surrender part sort of puzzles me, so if anyone has ideas...

"in a dream, will you give your love to me?
Beg my broken heart to beat?
Save my life, change my mind"

about the fact that the relationship isn't working in real life, but she still dreams about it being story book perfect.

This is my favourite song off the album, please don't yell at me if you don't agree with my interpretation xd

anonymous October 22nd, 2006 09:55PM  

"I'm never gonna be your sweet, sweet surrender"

I think she's saying that it's never going to work out, so he should just give up trying. She says that she'll never be his 'sweet', lover I'm guessing. And she calls him 'sweet', as in 'surrender my sweet'.

Does that make any sense.

anonymous October 30th, 2006 04:14PM  

I think it's about loving someone, and realizing that it wasn't real and that they never loved them in return. Their advancements were never in interest but lust (possibly) or just misunderstood, and that they are too exausted to care saying "that all alone is where I belong," trying to make some sense of a hopeless circumstance. Creating a place to fit in, even if it is inevitably in the dark (facing life alone).
Or, at least that’s how I interpreted it personally. ^_^

Chocolate November 15th, 2006 09:02PM  

This is basically my theme song. Everytime I feel like I've meet someone who belongs with me, I feel like they're the only one, and if they turn me down, then I feel like I was meant to be alone.

Anyway, I've been thinking about when she says,

save my life
change my mind

is it just me, or does that sound suicidal? I know not every song she writes is about suicide (i'm a little annoyed at myself for saying it) but there's some definate evidence in the lyrics that imply it.

anonymous November 15th, 2006 10:25PM  

I think that mainly it's about acceptance. "if I fall and all is lost, its where I belong." she's getting over 'him ' and is willing to accept any outcome. 'guess it wasn't real after all' is about coming to reality and getting over him. Sorry if I'm just repeating what people have already said.

anonymous December 21st, 2006 04:59AM  

its about being in love and getting nothing back

the part
"when I fall and all is lost its where I belong"
is saying that if they leave she is meant to be alone

and I like how she says '*when* I fall' as if she knows she will

anonymous January 25th, 2007 11:53PM  

I agree with the very first interpretation...mainl because I am living in the same kind of relationship. No matter how much love I show..it doesn't seem to matter. I am so scared to make a plunge and jut give this my all cause I am scared to fall and have "all" be "lost". I always keep thinking that I will end up like my mom and be alone and so I think that even though I have faith in this relationship I fear it really won't worlk out and that he is just playing a game and that it was never real love but he never fully leads me to believe that he either loves me or is just using me..so now that we are talking about getting married ...I fear that I will fall and all will be lost and that I will end up a lone cause I am not good enough....which make me believe that is the REAL interpretation casue she then made the song "good enough" that makes me feel like she is like me and has low self esteem and wonders if she is really good enough for the guy she is with

That's why she thinks this isn't real and there is an alterior motive behind it besides true love, which is also why she references her sis in the"like you" song saying THat's real Love
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anonymous September 12th, 2008 02:50AM  

I think maybe she's saying to someone that if they want the relationship to work, then they need to commit. She's saying that "you refuse to lift me", and that to me seems like the person is refusing to help her, thus we are back to the commitment theme

Child October 8th, 2008 12:21PM  

Um, I think this song is a comfort that if she can't love and be loved in life it doesn't matter cause that's the way it is for her and that is where she belongs...that she should stop worrying about the love part and get a grip about it.. I think cloud nine is a comfort that's all...

TCPetersonlovescats May 18th, 2009 11:02PM  

I AM NOT TRYING TO HATE ON AMY LEE, but when i first heard this song i thought it was about having a lover that was into drugs, and that they wouldnt let u get high like them, so u decided to do it alone and u had hallucinations. once again, not tryin to hate on Amy cuz i luv her...so thats just my interpretation. :D