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"Snow White Queen" is the sixth track on the second album, The Open Door.
Background[]
One of the first songs written for The Open Door,[1] "Snow White Queen" was inspired after Lee had an experience with a stalker.[2] Lee stated, "My privacy had been completely invaded and there were a couple of nights where I couldn't stay at my house. So I wrote a song about it through the eyes of the stalker, and with my perspective, too."[3] The verses are from Amy's perspective and the choruses are the stalker's.[4] She stated in other interview that she was forced to sleep in a hotel and undress in the dark because she didn't know if she was being watched.[5] Entertainment Weekly's Jon Dolan found similarities between the song and Tori Amos' "Me and a Gun". It uses several industrial beats into its composition.
The song title was taken from Lee's username Snow White on EvBoard, EvThreads and EvClub, official forums that are no longer active.[5]
Amy sings her lowest note in this song during the line: "I can’t escape the twisted way you think of me."
The instrumental loop in the background is a much slower, pitched dropped version of the instrumental loop from "Even in Death", a song from their 2000 demo album, Origin.
Lyrics[]
Stoplight, lock the door You'll never know the way your words have haunted me You belong to me, my Snow White Queen Wake up in a dream I can't escape the twisted way you think of me You belong to me, my Snow White Queen I can't save your life You belong to me, my Snow White Queen All I want is you |
Credits[]
- Amy Lee - vocals, 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 (recorded at Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA)
- Simon James - concertmaster
- DJ Lethal - programming
- Ted Jensen - mastering engineer
References[]
- ↑ "Burning Angel (Kerrang!)". EvanescenceWebsite.com. August 30, 2006. Archived from the original on November 18, 2006.
- ↑ "Amy Lee gets it off her chest". The Sydney Morning Herald. October 16, 2006.
- ↑ Bottomley, C. (October 8, 2006). "Evanescence: Amy Lee Explains the New Songs". VH1.
- ↑ Chelin, Pamela (Oct/Nov 2006). "Return of the Snow White Queen". All Access (84): 15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Howahl, Georg (October 2006). "Keine Angst vor dem großen bösen Wolf [Don't be afraid of the big bad wolf]" (in German). Sonic Seducer: 113