Evanescence Wiki
Register
Advertisement
"Cloud Nine"
The Open Door
Released September 25, 2006
Length 4:22
Producers Dave Fortman
Label Wind-up Records
Chronology
'The Open Door'
"Lithium" "Cloud Nine" "Snow White Queen"


"Cloud Nine" is the fifth song on the second studio album, The Open Door.

Background and recording[]

"Cloud Nine" was inspired by a break-up with Shaun Morgan which is present in the lines that she quoted on her VH1 interview: "If you want to live, let live/ If you want to go, let go/ What are we doing here?/ Because I can live without you."[1] These lyrics may be from an early demo as they are not in the final song. It uses strings, studio effects and Lee's "layered moaning."

It's about breaking up. There are a lot of relationship struggles on the record. I always write about what I was feeling, because then it's genuine. I was struggling with a relationship and felt like a waste of space. The first lyric says it all, "If you want to live, let live/ If you want to go, let go/ What are we doing here?/ Because I can live without you."


Terry talked about how they recorded the song:

"If it’s something like the song "Cloud Nine," we got a cool drum beat that we liked. Then she came up with a vocal melody. It was cool because I just took the bass and started writing the bass line to the actual vocal melody. That was something different that I had never really done. We never really had any set way. If there was an idea, we would just do whatever we could to move forward with it."[2]

Lyrics[]

If you want to live, let live
If you want to go, let go
I'm not afraid to dream, to sleep, sleep forever

I don't need to touch the sky
I just want to feel that high
And you refuse to lift me

Guess it wasn't real after all
Guess it wasn't real all along [I'm all alone]

If I fall and all is lostIt's where I belong

If you want to live, let live
If you want to go, let go
I'm never gonna be your sweet, sweet surrender

Guess it wasn't real after all, ah
Guess it wasn't real all along [I'm all alone]

If I fall and all is lost
No light to lead the way [Never thought that it would end up this way]
Remember that all aloneIs where I belong

In a dream...
Will you give your love to me?
Beg my broken heart to beat
Save my life, change my mind

If I fall and all is lost
No light to lead the way [Never thought that it would end up this way]
Remember that all alone
Is where I belong

Credits[]

  • Amy Lee - vocals, piano, songwriting, lyricist, additional programming
  • Terry Balsamo - guitar, songwriting
  • Will Boyd - bass guitar
  • Rocky Gray - drums
  • Dave Fortman - production, mixing engineer
  • David Campbell - strings arranger
  • Seattlemusic - strings
  • DJ Lethal - programming

References[]

  1. Bottomley, C. (September 18, 2006). "Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs". VH1.
  2. "Evanescence Guitarist: Filling Ben Moody's Shoes". Ultimate Guitar. November 3, 2006.


Advertisement