iiXRaveXii May 9th, 2008 08:12AM  
SO I'm thinking this song is about her speaking to a person she no longer loves.

Whether is be an old boyfriend/husband or simply a family member or friend she once was close to. She no longer wants to be near them but its hard for her to just drop them out her life and run away. "Now that you're gone, I feel like myself again. Grieving the things I can't repair and willing..."

Near the end the beat and energy of the song sort of pick up. Here I think this is her rebelling against this person wanting them back. "My love wasnt enough". Her love wasnt enough for that person, so she left.

Another idea I had was that this is two people talking.

The first verse and chorus is the person that hurt her saying, "Out on your own, Cold and alone again. Can this be what you really wanted, baby?
Blame it on me, Set your guilt free. Nothing can hold you back now."

Amy lee responds with, "Now that you're gone, I feel like myself again. Grieving the things I can't repair and willing..."

Next, the person who did the damage replies with the chorus " blame it on me....."

As the beat picks up, Amy Lee responds with "I can't change who I am.
Not this time, I won't lie to keep you near me.
And in this short life, there's no time to waste on giving up.
My love wasn't enough."

Still trying to have her stay, the person who hurt her esponds with the same line spoken in a slightly different way.

And that's it, what you think?

deathcoil August 12th, 2008 06:37PM  
This song is about a person who was broken up because she/he refused to change for her/his partner.

The partner was never really in loved with this person but was with her/him just to not be alone, this person was happy with his/her partner but has come to realize that he/she is just holding him/her down. Because he/she doesn't think she is worth it, plus she/he was lying to his/herself and the partner... Trying to be someone that the other person wanted, because life is too short to live a lie.

So now he/she is saying that blame it on me if you want, if it makes you feel better, in the end he/she knows is for the best of them.

Even though she/he will now be grieving, and sad.

that could explain the begining which seems to be a sort of denial.
-lacrymosa means weeping, so she is talking to herself -her broken up part- telling it to blame it on her - the tired of lying part-

Out on your own
cold and alone again
can this be what you really wanted, baby?
-talking to herself- (the beginning)

Victoria_cj March 20th, 2009 07:00AM  
I find this song relaxing, sort of calming, but I can't put my finger on why. It is also stressed and tense at the same time, and together with the lyrics, it reminds me a bit of after you've been really angry and frustated and then you go all calm suddenly, and completely focus your feelings and emotions.

TGA_Tsurugi July 14th, 2009 03:55PM  
Alright, well, I've heard what Amy has had to say about Lacrymosa. She loves Mozart's Requiem, especially a part named Lacrimosa, which is her favorite piece of music. So, she did a re-make of the part in the Requiem. Those lyrics in English are: Tearful that day, on which will rise from ashes guilty man for judgment. So have mercy, O Lord, on this man. Compassionate Lord Jesus, grant them rest. Amen. Lacrimosa means tearful in Latin. Lacrimosa was a woman in the bible sent to Hell. That is what this is about. I think the song is about God's standpoint and how Lacrimosa rejected him and did her own thing.

anonymous April 1st, 2010 07:28PM  
He's gone, and she's sad and feeling alone, but she knows she can't get it back, even though she would like to. It's kind of a common sense take on a breakup. "It didn't work out. When we tried to be right for each other, it was all a lie. Let's try to make this as painless as possible. I want to move on, and I want you to move on too. If you have to blame this whole thing on me to do so, okay."