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"Lies"
OriginHighQuality
Released November 4, 2000
Length 3:50
Producers Ben Moody
Label Bigwig Enterprises
Chronology
'Origin'
"Anywhere" "Lies" "Away From Me"

"Lies" is the ninth track on Evanescence's demo album, Origin.

Background[]

Bruce Fitzhugh of the band Living Sacrifice provided the male vocals and Stephanie Pierce provided the female backup vocals on the Origin version.[1][2] Early in the 2001-2002 demo sessions for Fallen, this song was remade with backup vocals from David Hodges, but with different lyrics. The latter version (also known as “It Was All A Lie”) was labelled by fans as a "remix", but Amy Lee noted that fans should refer to it as "Post-Origin demo".

In September 2019, a never-before-seen footage of what is credited as the first Evanescence live performance ever taped, dated January 1999, was uploaded on YouTube. It's the earliest footage of "Lies", performed one year prior to its release on Origin.[3] Later, in May 1999, the song would be performed live again at Vino's Bar, whose footage was leaked in April 2009.[4]

Lyrics[]

Origin version[]

[Bruce] Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Sealed with lies through so many tears
Lost from within, pursuing the end
I fight for the chance to be lied to again

[Bruce/Amy] You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above

[Amy] They’ll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

[Bruce] But through my tears breaks a blinding light
Birthing a dawn to this endless night
Arms outstretched, awaiting me
An open embrace upon a bleeding tree

[Bruce/Amy] Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you

[Amy] They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

[Bruce] Rest in me and I'll comfort you
I have lived and I died for you
Abide in me and I vow to you
I will never forsake you

[Amy] They'll never see
I'll never be
I'll struggle on and on to feed this hunger
Burning deep inside of me

Post-Origin version[]

Bind [Bind] my limbs with fear [fear]
Choke me with tears [tears]
I won't die for you

You've [you've] been here before [before]
And come back for more [more]
But not this time

You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above

Somebody tell me what made us all believe you
I should have known all along it was all a lie
I should have known it was all a lie

Now [now] I know the truth [truth]
I'm through fearing you [you]
And I am free

You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above

Somebody tell me what made us all believe you
I should have known all along it was all a lie [lie]
I should have known it was all a lie

Somebody tell me what made us all believe you
I should have known all along it was all a lie [lie]

Somebody tell me what made us all believe you
[I should have known] I should have known it was all a lie
I should have known it was all a lie

References[]

  1. Origin (2000), liner notes.
  2. Buske, Adron (2003). "The Point Web-Only Interview: Amy Lee of Evanescence". KPNT. Archived from the original on April 23, 2003.
  3. Lies- Evanescence Live Rare 1998
  4. Evanescence - Lies (Live at Vino's 1999)


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