Lost in Paradise (song)

"Lost in Paradise" Evanescence Synthesis Released May 25, 2012 (Evanescence) November 10, 2017 (Synthesis) Length 4:42 (Evanescence) 4:43 (Synthesis) Producers Nick Raskulinecz Will Hunt (Spaceway), Amy Lee Label Wind-up Records Chronology 'Evanescence' "Erase This" "Lost in Paradise" "Sick"

"Lost in Paradise" is the seventh track on the self-titled album, Evanescence. It was released as the third and last single from the album in May 2012. A reworked version was released on the band's fourth album, Synthesis.

Background

Amy has said many times that she has a special connection with this song:

"That song is just really raw... that's a song that has no censorship, like I was in a place where I was like "yeah, I don't know what's going to happen, and I can't save the day and act like everything is perfect"... the lyrics on that one kinda came fast and that's sorta what happens when you're not thinking so hard... I love it because it's vulnerable and sometimes, I guess it's hard to me to just totally get vulnerable, it's like I always want to be strong... sometimes the hardest thing is not trying so hard."

Amy also had this to say about the song:

"I'd say this is the most intimate song on the album. Really, it was from that kind of hard time in 2010 where I felt lost and sort of like I lost my vision for a second.

And it's cool because the song is sort of almost an apology to the fans, for being gone. It's like 'Here's how it went, I needed to run away'. But I miss this, and it's hard and it's painful sometimes and it's this big giant mess of things. But it's me and it's my heart and it's our relationship and... Yeah, I want it back."

Originally, Amy wrote the song with just piano and vocals and had no intention of putting it on the album and considered keeping it as a B-side. However, after Nick Raskulinecz (the self-titled album's producer) heard the song, he suggested that the band record it for the album. Amy credits Raskulinecz for the idea of the full band joining in mid-way through the song.

The song was written while Amy was lost in the creative process for the third album, and the song title is connected to the band having achieved success.

In 2017, the song was chosen to be reworked on the orchestral album, Synthesis.

Music video

Amy Lee performing in the "Lost in Paradise" video.

The music video for "Lost in Paradise" is a compilation of live videos recorded by fans during their Evanescence tour.

Amy explained that they didn't have a big budget for a new video, but she really wanted to make a video anyway even if it wasn't given an official release.

Commercial release

The digital single was released on May 25, 2012. This is the tracklist:

1. "Lost in Paradise"
2. "Lost in Paradise" (Live)
3. "My Immortal" (Live)

Amy told in an interview that she wasn't aware of the digital single's release, saying "the label's doing whatever it wants", and she didn't agree with the inclusion of the live version of "My Immortal". She added she'd rather releasing new music, but the label didn't ask her whether she could release it or not, referring to the material originally recorded in the album's initial sessions but scrapped at the label's behest.

Lyrics

I’ve been believing in something, so distant As if I was human And I’ve been denying this feeling of hopelessness In me, in me All the promises I made Just to let you down You believed in me but I’m broken I have nothing left And all I feel is this cruel wanting We’ve been falling for all this time And now I’m lost in paradise As much as I’d like the past not to exist It still does And as much as I’d like to feel like I belong here I’m just as scared as you I have nothing left And all I feel is this cruel wanting We’ve been falling for all this time And now I’m lost in paradise Run away, run away One day we won't feel this pain anymore Take it all away, shadows of you 'Cause they won't let me go So I have nothing left And all I feel is this cruel wanting We’ve been falling for all this time And now I’m lost in paradise Alone and lost in paradise

Credits

• Amy Lee - vocals, piano, lyricist, songwriting
• Terry Balsamo - guitar
• Troy McLawhorn - guitar
• Will Hunt - drums
• Tim McCord - bass guitar
• David Campbell - strings arrangement
• Antoine Silverman - strings contractor, concertmaster
• Randy Staub - mixing

References

• home • Songs

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