Bring Me to Life Lyrics - Evanescence

Bring Me to Life is a song by the American rock band Evanescence. It was released in March 2003 as the lead single from their debut album, Fallen. The song was written by lead singer Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody and was inspired by a dream of Lee's in which she was unable to move. It features guest vocals by the American nu-metal band 12 Stones' lead vocalist Paul McCoy. Bring Me to Life is a combination of hard rock and nu metal, and has been described as having a gothic influence.

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?

Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb

Without a soul, my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold

Until you find it there and lead it back home

The starting lyrics of the song are based on feeling like your spirit and soul are lost and far away from home. It can be difficult to feel disconnected from yourself like that, but it's important to remember that we all have an inner strength that can help us find our way back. It's like your eyes are open doors for someone to look into and help guide you back to yourself. You can draw on the support of the people around you to bring your spirit back home, and eventually, you'll be able to find peace and comfort within yourself again.

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see

Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems

Got to open my eyes to everything

Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul

Don't let me die here

There must be something more

Bring me to life

In the next lyrics of the song, the vocalist is talking about the idea of feeling like one is living in a state of stagnation or paralysis and being unable to appreciate or recognize the beauty or potential of life and the world around them. It's about the idea that one can be stuck in a dark place, unable to take action, and feeling disconnected from their emotions and their inner self. The lyrics suggest that there is something more out there that can be discovered and that it is possible to break out of this dark place, open one's eyes to the possibilities and bring themselves back to life.

(Wake me up)

Wake me up inside

(I can't wake up)

Wake me up inside

(Save me)

Call my name and save me from the dark

(Wake me up)

Bid my blood to run

(I can't wake up)

Before I come undone

(Save me)

Save me from the nothing I've become

Wake me up inside is a plea for help to be saved from a state of darkness, despair, and emptiness. In the chorus of the song the vocalist speaks of wanting to be rescued from a place of not being able to wake up—feeling stuck in an endless loop and unable to break free from the darkness. The song calls out for someone to save them from the nothing they've become and bid their blood to run, or to jumpstart their life and give them a sense of purpose and aliveness. The lyrics also ask for someone to call out their name and bring them back from the brink, to give them hope and fill them up with a sense of being alive again.

The Complete Lyrics

How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life

(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life