anonymous November 24th, 2006 11:28PM  

this is just a comment on the anonymous that was
Added on: 2006-10-08 15:37:44 umm well I looked up the lyrics and its not"I long to be like you,(sis)
lie cold in the ground like you,(dear)" its kinda the same just instead of dear its did so its"I long to be like you,(sis)
lie cold in the ground like you,(did)"

vampire December 9th, 2006 08:52PM  

Like you is a follow up song to hello it's about how she lost her sister and no so much that she wants to be dead like her as some of the lyrics suggest ‘I long to be like you, sis, lie cold in the ground like you did’ but that she wishes she could be with her sister and is angry at her self for being alive without her ‘I hate me for breathing without you’ its such a beautiful song. It truly shows how much she misses her sister and how much she loves her and will always love her.

anonymous February 11th, 2007 04:16AM  

OK EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS ABOUT BONNIE WHO DIED WHEN SHE WAS THREE AND AMY WAS SIX BUT THIS MIGHT HELP U UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT-

Stay low
soft, dark, and dreamless
far beneath my nightmares and loneliness
(TELLING BONNIE TO STAY LOW AND WAIT FOR HER)

I hate me
for breathing without you
(SHE FEELS GUILTY THAT BONNIE DIED AND NOT HER)
I don't want to feel anymore for you
(SHE DOESN'T WANT TO FEEL ANYMORE FOR BONNIE COS IT HURTS SO MUCH)
grieving for you
I'm not grieving for you
nothing real love can't undo
(SHE IS NOT GRIEVE FOR HER ANYMORE BUT SHE MISES HER HEAPS-THERES A DIFFERENCE YOU KNOW)
and though I may have lost my way
all paths lead straight to you
(AND EVEN THO SHE HAS LOST HER WAY IN HER JOURNEY WITH HER SISTER,HAS BECOME SEPARATED FROM HER, ITS OK COS SHE KNOWS THAT WHATEVER PATH SHE TAKES IN LIFE WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO DEATH AND SO SHE KNOWS THAT NOTHING WILL STOP HER FROM BEING WITH BONNIE EVENTUALLY)
I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you
(NOT SO MUCH SHE WANTS TO DIE BUT THAT SHE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO SEE HER SISTER AGAIN SOON)

Halo
blinding wall between us
melt away and leave us alone again
(THE WALL BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH MELTING AWAY WHEN AMY EVENTUALLY DIES)
humming, haunted somewhere out there
(SHE IS THINKING OF HER SISTER SOMEWHERE OUT THERE WAITING FOR AMY TO COME TO HER, BONNIE IS AS HAUNTED BY THEIR SEPARATION AS AMY IS)
I believe our love can see us through in death
(SHE BELIEVES THAT THEIR LOVE IS SO STRONG THAT THEY WILL BE TOGETHER WHEN SHE DIES)

I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you
(SHE WANTS TO BE WITH HER SISTER)
there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
(SHE MISSES HER)
I'm coming for you
(SHE IS GOING TO DIE EVENTUALLY)

You're not alone
no matter what they told you you're not alone
I'll be right beside you forevermore
(WHATEVER HAPPENS SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR BONNIE)

I long to be like you, sis
lie cold in the ground like you did
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
(AMY IS THINKING OF WHAT THE AFTERLIFE REUNION WILL BE LIKE)
I long to be like you
lie cold in the ground like you
there's room inside for two and I'm not grieving for you
I'm coming for you
(I THINK I'V EXPLAINED THIS VERSE)

*I think a real sweet way of thinking about Bonie is that her dying was a terrible disaster but in all bad things there are good things and if her sister had lived amy would never have known such powerful love as shown in this song... anyone who has read a book by Alice Sebold called The Lovely Bones which follows the family of a girl after she died will understand this point of view*

And once again the 16yr old hu should be doing his homework has wasted more time on the internet.

anonymous April 6th, 2007 10:23PM  

Like is a follow up to Hello, but I think that Like You is more blunt, dark, and straight foreward than Hello was.

It's about her little sister, Bonnie, who died at the age of three of an unknown illness (some say she drowned). In this song, I think Amy is saying how she misses her sister so very much, and that she's tired of grieving uncontrollably. She deeply wants to be with her sister. I think that there is a hint of suicide in this song, but I could be wrong. For example the: I long to be like you, lie cold in the ground like you," part. It's also Amy saying that no matter what happens, she will never stop loving her sister.

Fallenbat August 29th, 2007 03:51AM  

Yeah I agree with everyone about her sister... just wanted to say.. Someone asked if it would be played live... obviously not, it's too personal. Shes cry trying to play it on stage

anonymous September 1st, 2007 08:55PM  

First off: everyone who thinks this is about Bonnie is totally on the mark. It's as simple as that. Amy has already said that this song is the "Hello" of Open Door, so yeah.

Second: I have the piano sheets for this song along with the official lyrics and it goes:

"Halo,
Blinding wall between us,
Melt away and leave us alone again!
THE humming..." yeah, nobody thought to mention "the", not overall important, but still.

Third: here's something that's interesting: the old lyric sheets never had the "I long to be like you, sis," it just went "I long to be like you, lie cold in the ground like you". It's also kind of... off, with the beat. I mean, I absolutely love it, don't get me wrong. It sounds as though Amy just spontaneously blurted out "sis" and "did" while recording the song. It's just... Interesting.

anonymous June 15th, 2009 10:23AM  

I think it's definately about her sister but i don't think it's so much her wanting to commit suicide i think it's saying how everyone will die someday and she is on her way to death , just like we all are , morbid though that seems. so yeah i don't think amy lee's planning suicide at least i hope not. And by the way in that last chorus it's not "lie cold in the ground like you did" it's "lie cold in the ground like you dear"