Breathe No More (song)

""Breathe No More"" Released November 22, 2004 (Anywhere But Home) January 11, 2005 (Elektra soundtrack) December 6, 2016 (Lost Whispers) Length 3:47 Producers Dave Fortman Label Wind-Up Records Chronology "Farther Away" "Breathe No More" "If You Don't Mind"

"Breathe No More" is a B-side from the album Fallen. It was originally intended to appear on this album, but was scrapped and has since had several official releases. The first official release was a live version on Anywhere But Home in 2004, and the second was a studio version on the film score for Elektra in 2005. The same studio version was released again on Lost Whispers in 2016 as part of a collection of the band's B-sides and outtakes. A demo version of the song also exists with added percussion and other sounds, including an altered audio sequence of "Ascension Of The Spirit".

Background

The song was originally written and recorded during the Fallen sessions, but didn't make the cut on the album. Amy said it didn't fit the album as it was a "rock record", but since she recorded it properly she hoped to include it on Fallen's follow-up. This, however, didn't happen. The song was included on the Elektra Soundtrack in 2005.

In late 2012, Amy explained the meaning of the song to a fan during a Meet & Greet:

I wrote the song when I was in quite a dark place. I was in a toxic relationship that was destroying me, the song is really about how sometimes when you're in a toxic relationship you change yourself for the other person, but you start to hate yourself for it. You look in the mirror and hate the person you've become. That self loathing is one of the worst feelings in the world, because you just want the other person in the relationship to be happy but at the same time you don't want to lose yourself, the real you.

Lyrics

I've been looking in the mirror for so long That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side All the little pieces falling, shatter Shards of me, too sharp to put back together Too small too matter, But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces If I try to touch her And I bleed, I bleed And I breathe, I breathe no more Take a breath as I try to draw from my spirit's well Yet again, you refuse to drink like a stubborn child Lie to me, convince me that I've been sick forever And all of this will make sense when I get better But I know the difference Between myself and my reflection I just can't help but to wonder Which of us do you love? So I bleed, I bleed And I breathe, I breathe no Bleed, I bleed And I breathe, I breathe I breathe, I breathe no more

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