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"Exodus"
Evanescence EP cover
Released December 29, 1998
Length 3:03
Producers Ben Moody
Label Sound Asleep Studios
Chronology
"Imaginary" "Exodus" " So Close"

"Exodus" is the fourth song on Evanescence EP from the POV of a young runaway. Amy commented on the song on EvThreads:[1]

It's just hard because you're your own worst critic and I hear myself say "my black backpack stuffed with broken dreams" and want to shoot myself. I seriously can't listen to the verses to that song without squinting. But I don't deny that there was a magic in those early songs. Each one was so exciting to us, we were just learning that we had the ability to make our favorite music.

Live Performance[]

“Exodus” was played live at Vino's Bar in 1999 with Ben Moody on electric guitar and Stephanie Pierce on backing vocals. The live version closes with the lyrics that would later be heard in the song ”Missing”: “Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her? You can’t stop the fire, you won’t say the words”, revealing that this song eventually evolved into “Missing”— likewise told from the POV of a young runaway.

Evanescence_-_Exodus_(Live_Vino's_Bar_1999)

Evanescence - Exodus (Live Vino's Bar 1999)

Lyrics[]

Evanescence EP[]

My black backpack's stuffed with broken dreams
Twenty bucks should get me through the week
Never said a word of discontentment
Thought it a thousand times but now, I'm leaving home

Here in the shadows, I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go but I cannot stay where I don't belong

Two months pass by and it's getting cold
I know I'm not lost, I'm just alone
But I won't cry, I won't give up, I can't go back now
Waking up is knowing who you really are

Here in the shadows, I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go but I cannot stay where I don't belong
In the shadows, I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go but I cannot stay where I don't

Show me the shadow where true meaning lies
So much more dismay than meets the eyes


Live Version[]

My black backpack's stuffed with broken dreams
Twenty bucks should get me through the week
Never said a word of discontentment
Thought it a thousand times but now, I'm leaving home

Here in the shadows, I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go but I cannot stay where I don't belong

Two months pass by and it's getting cold
I know I'm not lost, I'm just alone
But I won't cry, I won't give up, I can't go back now
Waking up is knowing who you really are

Here in the shadows, I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go but I cannot stay where I don't belong
In the shadows, I'm safe, I'm free
I've nowhere else to go but I cannot stay where I don't

Show me the shadow where true meaning lies
So much more dismay than meets the eyes

Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her?
You can't stop the fire, you won't say the words
Can you stop the fire? Can you stand to fight her?
You can't stop the fire, you won't say the words


References[]

  1. Lee, Amy (October 7, 2007). "Ask Amy!". EvThreads.


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