Cloud Nine (song)

"Cloud Nine" 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." 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."

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

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