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"Taking Over Me"
Fallen
Released March 4, 2003
Length 3:50
Producers Dave Fortman
Label Wind-up Records
Chronology
'Fallen'
"Imaginary" "Taking Over Me" "Hello"

"Taking Over Me" is the eighth track on Evanescence's first studio album, Fallen.

Background[]

This song was originally recorded in the 2001-2002 demo sessions before being chosen to be recorded for Fallen. Amy Lee explained the song:

Taking Over Me is about obsession. Like you're obsessed with someone who you believe is the one for you. I don't know. It's about obsession.

In a Kerrang! cover story concerning the 20th anniversary of Fallen, Amy revealed that the song was secretly written about her then-acquaintance and future husband, Josh Hartzler:[1]

“As with Bring Me To Life, I was writing that one about [Amy’s future husband] Josh kinda too, secretly. A lot of my lyrics have double meanings. There is the main meaning and then there’s the secret, sub-meaning for me. The main meaning was storytelling from the eyes of the stalker – with the line, ‘You don’t remember me, but I remember you.’ It was sort of the prequel to Snow White Queen [from 2006’s The Open Door]. But the underneath meaning was that I was having all these feelings for this guy that I couldn’t tell him about. Why tell one story when you can two? I do that so often!”

A demo, dated November 15, 2001, was officially released on a cassette tape with unreleased demos as part of Fallen 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set in March 2024.

Lyrics[]

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You don't remember me but I remember you
I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you
But who can decide what they dream, and dream I do

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

Have you forgotten all I know and all we had?
You saw me mourning my love for you and touched my hand
I knew you loved me then

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

I look in the mirror and see your face
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that are just like you, are taking over me

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

I believe in you
I'll give up everything just to find you
I have to be with you to live, to breathe
You're taking over me

[Taking over me] You're taking over me
[Taking over me] Taking over me

Credits[]

  • Amy Lee - vocals, songwriting
  • Ben Moody - guitar, ProTools engineering, songwriting
  • David Hodges - piano, keyboards, additional programming and strings arrangement, songwriting
  • David Campbell - strings arrangement
  • Dave Fortman - production, mixing
  • Francesco DiCosmo - bass guitar
  • Josh Freese - drums
  • Jeremy Parker - recording engineer
  • Mark Curry - strings engineer and mixer
  • Ted Jensen - mastering engineer

References[]


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