Evanescence

Never Go Back

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Everything is so dark
And I know there's something wrong
But I can't turn the light on

In that split second change
When you knew we couldn't hold on
I realized I lived to love you

Save yourself
Don't look back
Tearing us apart until it's all gone
The only world I've ever known
Sleeps beneath the waves
But I remember...

I won't give up on you
I can feel you in my heart
Just show me the way
I don't belong here..
Alone

I can still see your face
Where it's burned into my mind
I die every time
I close my eyes, you're always there

Save yourself
Don't look back
Tearing us apart until it's all gone
The only world I've ever known
Sleeps beneath the waves

But I'm the one who's drowning
Without your love
I am lost and I can never go back home

All across the ocean
We are calling (calling!)
Are you there?
Nothing left for me till I find you because it's

All gone
The only world I've ever known
Sleeps beneath the waves
But I'm the one who's drowning
Without your love
I am lost and I can never go back
I can never go back home

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fellonblackdays1 On Sep 10, 2011

Everything is so dark
And I know there's something wrong
But I can't turn the light on

In that split second change
When you knew we couldn't hold on
I realized I lived to love you

Save yourself
Don't look back
Tearing us apart until it's all gone
The only world I've ever known 
Sleeps beneath the waves
But I remember...

I won't give up on you
I can feel you in my heart
Just show me the way
I don't belong here..
Alone

I can still see your face
Where it's burned into my mind
I die every time
I close my eyes, you're always there

Save yourself
Don't look back
Tearing us apart until it's all gone
The only world I've ever known 
Sleeps beneath the waves

But I'm the one who's drowning
Without your love
I am lost and I can never go back home

All across the ocean
We are calling (calling!)
Are you there?
Nothing left for me till I find you because it's

All gone
The only world I've ever known 
Sleeps beneath the waves
But I'm the one who's drowning
Without your love
I am lost and I can never go back
I can never go back home

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2011-09-10 05:03:46

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Amy Lee on "Never Go Back":

"It wasn't about my life so much. ... When we first got into pre-production, the earthquakes and tsunami happened in Japan, and we were all just totally glued to paying attention to it, all these incredibly heartbreaking images, and we just [thought], 'Wow,' " she said. "And I was thinking about it a lot. It was consuming my mind, and we were working on that song at the same time. I was kind of working on lyrics at night; we'd practice all day, and I'd go home at night and be working on lyrics by myself. And I came in the next day and was like, 'Guys, I'm going to make this song about the tsunami.' "

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