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"The Change"
Evanescence (album)
Released October 11, 2011
Length 3:42
Producers Nick Raskulinecz
Label Wind-up Records
Chronology
'Evanescence'
"Made of Stone" "The Change" "My Heart Is Broken"

"The Change" is a song on the third, self-titled studio album, Evanescence. Its original title was "Purple". The song's composition started with Amy and bassist Tim, and they and the rest of the band combined their contributions completing the song.

Background[]

When asked in an interview on February 2012 which song on the self-titled album the band wrote the fastest, Amy replied with "The Change", further explaining how the song was composed:

"You know what, it has to be 'The Change'! It started as an idea that Tim had. And it was a completely sounding song at first. We all work from home and make demo recordings and then we bring them together. And Tim had this demo idea that was slow but it was like that verse. We were living in an apartment in Nashville at the time – Tim and I were in one apartment and the other three guys were in another apartment next door. And we all said, let’s just go home tonight and everybody take home the same guitar tuning, so that when we show up tomorrow, you know, maybe whatever we’ve been working on will all be in the same key and turn out to be the same song. It’d be funny if that happened. So they wrote in their room and Tim and I wrote in our room. And I loved the idea that he had for the verse and I wrote the chorus’ chord progression. And so we brought it the next day and the other guys had written this chord progression that totally went – it was different, but it totally went with what we had. So the verse guitar parts are actually the two songs on top of each other. That was really inspiring. That whole song I think came together in a day, and then I went home and wrote all the lyrics all in one day. And that usually doesn’t happen. I usually spend a week or two on the lyrics. So that was a fast one."

Lyrics[]

Thought that I was strong
I know the words I need to say
Frozen in my place
I let the moment slip away

I’ve been screaming on the inside
And I know you feel the pain
Can you hear me, can you hear me?

Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah

Say it's over, yes it's over
But I need you anyway
Say you love me, but it's not enough

Never meant to lie
But I’m not the girl you think you know
The more that I am with you
The more that I am all alone

I’ve been screaming on the inside
And I know you feel the pain
Can you hear me, can you hear me?

Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah

Say it's over, yes, it's over
But I need you anyway
Say you love me, but it's not enough

Not that I’m so different
Not that I don’t see the dying light of what we used to be
But how can I forgive you?
You changed and I’m a liar by your side
I’m about to lose my mind

'Cause I’ve been screaming on the inside
And I know you feel the pain
Can you hear me, can you hear me? Ah

You’ve been dreaming if you’re thinking
That I still belong to you
And I’ve been dying cause I’m lying to myself

Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah

Say it's over, yes, it's over
But I need you anyway
Say you love me but it's not enough

Credits[]

  • Amy Lee - vocals, piano, keyboards, songwriting, lyricist
  • Terry Balsamo - guitar, songwriting
  • Troy McLawhorn - guitar, songwriting
  • Tim McCord - bass guitar, songwriting
  • Will Hunt - drums, songwriting
  • Chris Vrenna - programming, additional keyboards
  • David Campbell - strings arrangement
  • Antoine Silverman - concertmaster, contractor
  • Nick Raskulinecz - production
  • Randy Staub - mixing engineer
  • Ted Jensen - mastering engineer


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