anonymous January 7th, 2006 11:26PM  

Uh, no. Obviously to all the Evanescence dum dums, it's about her sister dying when she was little and how she coped.

anonymous January 30th, 2006 04:46PM  

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

those lines are so haunting, and it could mean anything. I think it means someone she loved has left or died, and everyone thinks she's heart broken, when actually she just wants to cope herself

Hello, I'm still here

People are talking about her but not noticing she can hear everyword, like when you wlak into a room and suddenley everyone goes quiet

anonymous February 28th, 2006 10:32AM  

It's actually about her little sister dying when Amy was three. Her sisters name was Bonnie Lee, and she wrote that song for her.

"If I smile and don't believe
Soon I know I'll wake from this dream"

She doesn't want to believe it, so she says it didn't happen but she knows it did.

anonymous March 13th, 2006 08:48AM  

Bonnie Died at Three. Amy was Six. But yes, this song is about the death of Bonnie.

anonymous April 8th, 2006 02:02PM  

The song is about Amy's sister, but anyone that has lost someone really close to them, can relate to it a lot.

iloveamy May 17th, 2006 08:02PM  

wow this is a beautiful song. It is about amy's 3 year old sister, bonnie dying. Amy lee was 6 at the time, and the opening line about the school and playground is because amy found out that she died at school out on the playground. Amy was mortified. She wrote this song trying to send an important message, which is kind of hidden. Sheis trying to say that if something hoorible happens in your life, you should try to 'wake up' from it, it happened already so it is true. This song has a lot of meaning. I don't want to be too full of myself but I am 99% positive that this 'interoetation' is correct. good day/night/morning/afternoon -- what everone fits best!
see ya!

~JAMES~

Angelmisty November 17th, 2006 04:42PM  

It's about Amy Lee's sister dying when she was young and how Amy coped.

vampire December 9th, 2006 08:46PM  

This song is about how her sister died when Amy was 6 and her sister was 3 she was first told that her sister had passed on while she was in the school yard this is shown in the first line ‘playground school bell rings again’ I think this song shows how when you are 6 you don’t quite understand what is going on and she didn’t quite believe what was happening ‘soon I know I’ll wake from this dream’ this song is basically how she coped with losing her sister at such a young age
I would also like to point out that on the open door there is a song called like you and I believe that song to also be about her sister and how much Amy misses her ‘I long to be like you, sis, lie cold in the ground like you dear, there's room inside for two, and I'm not grieving for you, and as we lay in silent bliss, I know you remember me’ I don’t think this is so much that she wants to die but that she wishes she could be with her sister.
Both these songs were written completely by Amy Lee when most evanescence songs are not just written by Amy. She put her soul into the song.

anonymous December 12th, 2006 10:52PM  

Like some people said before: the song Hello is about coping with the loss of her little sister Bonnie that died in 1987. Amy was 6 and Bonnie was 3. She has never performed this song live. Only a home video (that can be found on youtube) is the only time you can see her play or sing it besides the studio version recording.

anonymous February 2nd, 2007 05:09PM  

When I first heard this song I didn't know anything about Amy's past, and the first thing I thought about was a child dying, or a childhood friend's death.

anonymous February 7th, 2007 01:11AM  

its a song about her sister!!!! whom died when she was younger! look it up......

anonymous March 9th, 2007 09:38AM  

its about her sister bonnie dying when amy lee was little..everyone knows that?

anonymous March 16th, 2007 12:39PM  

Well I know this about her sister and all that stuff..

But this is why I love it so much;

It reminds me of my childhood and being seperated from my bestfriend/cousin. We we're so close, but now we're not. It's like dead, but we're not. "Has no one told you she's not breathing?" makes me think it's a metaphor for Did you know you can't go back to the past?"

"If I smile and don't believe, soon I know I'll wake from this dream." is [though my eyes] saying 'my smiles are empty without you but I'll wake up soon, but I really won't'

"Suddenly I know I'm not Sleeping, Hello I'm still here, all that's left of yesterday.." is like saying 'This isn't a dream, I'm really awake, and it seems like yesterday we were together."

Diedra March 17th, 2007 08:07PM  

amy losing her sister at a young age sounds like a good interprentation of this song. at least, that is what I have read from the other comments. but, the truth is, I have absolutely no clue if this is the truth or not. you see, I do not know anything about amy lee besides I can sometimes sound like her when I sing (choir class, but I want to learn more about her (but not in the freakishly psychotic way of some of her other fans!) I do like the question asked by evanescencefreak... How did bonnie die? I do not want any guesses or rumors to answer this. If one does not know the TRUE answer, one should not say anything at all...it is not one's place to speak! if one was wrong, how would amy feel if she read a number of incorrect aswers?--betrayed?

anonymous May 8th, 2007 03:18AM  

Bonnie died from an unidentifiable illness.

The song "Like You" from The Open Door with the lyrics, "I long to be like you, sis, Lie cold in the ground like you did," also hinting at the death of her sister and her grief for it.

I hope this helps <3

anonymous June 11th, 2007 09:15PM  

The songs about her sister dying when she was young and her not really understanding it, and learning as she grew older in life. Not about a little girl in a coma, or a blind girl.

anonymous June 12th, 2007 08:43PM  

I was just reading all these interpretations and the song came on. I have like 1200 in my playlist. I freaked out! Lol!

We all know it's about her sister. I don't know how many people need to say the same thing over and over again.

Besides music can be interpreted however you want it. Amy wrote it about her sister, but someone could see it fit into a different situation that they're going through. That's the great thing about music. There's not one rule to follow.

But in all honesty I just read 2 pages of the same thing. People trying to outdo each other by writing the same thing but with fancier words. Come on people!

anonymous June 13th, 2007 12:40PM  

Hello is about Amy Lee's sister...Bonnie Lee died at the age of three...Amy Lee was SIX and in school...hence the line "Playground school bell rings
Again,
Rainclouds come to play,
Again" it's basically how she felt that day and the way she coped.

anonymous June 15th, 2007 10:57AM  

I know it is about the sister's death but before I found about it, I thought it was about someone rejected by the whole school with no one who cares and no friends:

"playground school bell rings again, rainclouds come to play again"
this is like how when she comes to school "rainclouds come to play", in that she is crying inside but can't let it out.

"has no one told you she's not breathing?"
has no one told the people ignoring her that it affects her so much and she feels like she's dead inside

"hello, I'm your mind, giving you someone to talk to...hello"
because she has no one to talk to but herself

"if I smile and don't believe, soon I know I'll wake from this dream"
she tries to ignore the problem and not let herself feel that it's real becaus it's too sad and hard to handle

"don't try to fix me, I'm not broken...hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide...don't cry"
because she feels like there's nothing wrong with HER, it's the ones telling her she should be different, but deep down she doesn't feel like it's true and she feels like there is something wrong with her.

"suddenly I know I'm not sleeping,"
even tho she tries to pretend it's not real she knows it is

"hello, I'm still here...all that's left of yesterday..."
each day takes a piece out of her and wears her away but she is still enduring it and still there.

I know it's really about her sis, but this way is how I can relate to the song sometimes. It's whati thought it meant before I learned.

Schwee August 28th, 2007 05:35PM  

Those are all decent attempts at interpreting Hello but like most of the brilliant ones in here, the song is indeed for her sister who died. FYI--'Like You' on the Open Door album is the "Hello" of The Open Door