anonymous 2006-12-07 21:08:06    

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I personally think it's just about loneliness. About a girl who has no friends, and the girl's so alone, she's having a conversation with herself. I cried the first time I heard it.
She did write it because of her sister though, but that was what I got out of it. It's no wonder they haven't performed it live, but they should.... on their next live CD.

vampire 2006-12-09 20:46:04    

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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 2006-12-12 22:52:59    

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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 2007-02-02 17:09:31    

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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 2007-02-07 01:11:12    

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

anonymous 2007-03-09 09:38:33    

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

anonymous 2007-03-16 12:39:45    

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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 2007-03-17 20:07:32    

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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 2007-05-08 03:18:11    

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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 2007-06-03 15:57:59    

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It is so about a kid in a coma. play ground school bell rings means its a kid and has no one told you she's not breathing is the incident happening in the playground that put her in a coma. I am your mind giving you someone to talk to is because she is all alone inside her head. Soon I know ill wake from this dream speaks for its self. don't try to fix me I'm not broken is about doctors trying to get her out of the coma. The rest of the song speaks for itself

anonymous 2007-06-11 21:15:07    

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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.

naj786 2007-06-12 09:01:14    

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No, it's her sister dying she's talking about.

anonymous 2007-06-12 20:43:07    

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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 2007-06-13 12:40:02    

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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 2007-06-15 10:57:06    

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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 2007-08-28 17:35:48    

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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

Fallenbat 2007-08-29 03:45:17    

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It's about her sister Bonnie dying. I think it was from an illness.. and she doesn't play it live- I don't think it was really written for the fans- she wrote it for her family and it was only meant to be heard live by those who need it- those who knew Bonnie- not to mention the stress of singing this or 'Like You' live- I doubt she could do it without crying on stage.

anonymous 2007-10-22 21:55:09    

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I agree with everyone who says this song is a dedication to her sister, but I've always looked at this song as if it were through the eyes and mind a young teen who was dying from suicide and now, moments before his/her death is having some final thoughts and reactions to the world around them.

"Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again"

These first lines in the song are what tell me the age of this person, "school bell" we know they're of schooling age, (I just place this person as a teen because I can't imagine a younger middle school or elementary aged person doing this) and "Rain clouds come to play again" indicates some sort of inner feeling every time that school bell rings; a dark "rain cloud" over your head feeling.

"Has no one told you she's not breathing?"
That’s a paramedic telling the parent of this dying person the situation.

"Hello I am your mind giving you someone to talk to"

Then the dying's mind comes in once they've heard the paramedics comments (a.k.a this dying person is thinking to themselves in a surreal state.) The dying person lies unable to move and screams "Hello� in an attempt to speak to this other world going on around them.

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

The dying person now thinks this is all just a horrible dream they can't wake up from, so they figure they'll wait it out until it’s over.

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

This is the dying person telling paramedics, trying desperately to revive him/her, that they are not broken because to this dying person there is no concept in their mind that this is reality.

"Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry"

This is his/her third person almost reminding them of their decision to kill themselves, and that now they don't need to "lie" to themselves anymore so they can "hide" from this world they're leaving.

"Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping"

Dying person realizing this is no dream...

"Hello I'm still here"

Again, this dying person screams one more time to get the attention of those around him/her. (The vocals at this part especially, indicate the struggle from within this person)

"All that's left of yesterday"

'Yesterday' he/she was a living being and now their body is all that remains...






I usually don't put my interpretations into these websites, but I am now just because I haven't seen this point of view brought up anywhere. Let me know what you think, if you understand where I'm coming from. I think it helps listening to the song as you read my lyrics 'break down.'

Karebear 2007-11-13 15:34:38    

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This song is about Amy's sister dying and how she's living with that. Honestly, I've had a few people whom I love dearly die...including my boyfriend about a year ago. I'm not really coping well with it because I'm choosing to believe that it's not real at times. I talk to him if I'm sitting in a room alone and I still try to call his (obviously disconnected) phone, believing that he's just angry at me. There is no easy way to cope with things like that and I understand how she'd view things. So yea...this is her coping.

anonymous 2007-12-17 15:19:02    

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I know this song is about when Amy Lee's younger sister died.
I think when she says 'playground school bell rings, rain clouds come to play' she is saying that everything carries on as normal even though this tragedy has happened.
When she says 'if I smile and don't believe, soon I know I'll wake from this dream' she is saying that she doesn't believe this is happening. Soon she'll wake up and realise that it is just a bad dream.
When she says 'suddenly I know I'm not sleeping' That's when she realises that its not a dream, that she's really gone.
And when she says 'all that's left of yesterday' she is saying that her memory of her sister is all she has left.