Yes, I listen to Evanescence. No, I'm not saying they're the greatest ever, nor am I telling you to listen to them, so shut up, okay?
(Wake me up) Wake me up inside.
(I can't wake up) Wake me up inside.
(Save me) Call my name and save me from the dark.
(Wake me up) Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up) before I come undone.
(Save me) Save me from the nothing I've become.
Charming, non? Even more charming when you realize this particular portion could be a plea for death rather than a plea for help. It's really not all that hard to twist this into a suicidal cry, particularly "bid my blood to run" which I interpreted as a reference either to cutting one's wrists, or to various other less-than-pleasant deaths involving stabbing or slicing. Disembowling being particularly nasty, but quite effective. A stab to the heart or lungs also works. Thought I personally think it's best interpreted as a reference to cutting one's wrists or throat.
As for the rest of that portion... The person involved feels they are on the edge of losing their mind ("before I come undone" wink , that they are worthless ("the nothing I've become" wink . "Wake me up" is used as a metaphor for death. The line "Call my name and save me from the dark" is a plea for somebody around him/her to agree to help in the suicidal design. "Wake me up, I can't wake up, save me" is easiest to interpret in the suicidal message - "I want this all to end, but don't know how to end it myself."
Please note that this is all in my own lovely twisted mind. I do not think that's what the lyrics were meant to represent, and I most certainly do not support suicide or murder.
 Happy Emo Child · Sat Oct 02, 2004 @ 03:52pm · 0 Comments |
