Going Under

by

Evanescence

Album: Fallen     Released: 2003

UK Chart: 8

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This is about a woman who is tired and tormented by her lover, who is pulling her down. (thanks, aly - sumner, WA)

Lead singer Amy Lee: "The lyrics are about coming out of a bad relationship, and when you're at the end of your rope, when you're at the point where you realize something has to change, that you can't go on living in the situation that you're in. It's cool. It's a very strong song." (thanks, Nikki - Canada)

Amy Lee designed the costumes for the music video. (thanks, amy - Pretoria, South Africa)

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Comments:

Some people I know are convinced that this song is about masturbation.....but they are totally wrong..
- Jeffrey , Boston, , NY

I love this song so much! I think it's about feeling like someone in your life is pulling you under. You can't breathe emotionally. You feel like there keeping you under, you can't break free.
- Lexxus , Not telling......;D, TX

omg! this is the perfect song for me! i now love it 500 times as much as i did when i first heard it!!! this is the exact situation i'm in!
- Lilly , East Meadow, NY

I have always thought - reading the lyrics and also reading what Amy said about the song - that this song is about revenge or something. Carrie, a film by Brian De Palma and a Stephen King novel, features a shy and tormented-by-everyone teenage girl, Carrie, who posseses telekinetic powers who has a chance to live a moment in the sun when she is strangely voted queen of the prom at her school dance, only to discover that everything was set in order for her tormentors to humiliate her once again: a bucket of blood is dumped on her, and her only happy moments destroyed and then she decides to take revenge for her life's miseries by locking everyone in the gym at the prom and unleashing her rage through her powers, eventually causing a fire that kills everyone. The concept is just like Amy said about the song: when you're at the end of your rope, when you're at the point where you realize something has to change, that you can't go on living in the situation that you're in.
- Constantine , Nicosia, Cyprus

This song rocks! And the music video is freakin awesome.
- Brian , Los Angeles, CA

This song reminds me of the relationship I had with one of my ex-friends. I used to do her dirty work 4 her and no matter how much I told her it was wrong, she wouldn’t stop (screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you and you still wont hear me) then I would get in trouble and she wouldn’t help me out. (Don’t want you’re hand this time I’ll save myself) she would make me fell bad about my self (50,000 tears I’ve cried) I would tell everyone different lies and truths (blurring and stirring the truth and the lies) . I couldn’t just ditch her and say no because she was one of the most popular girls in our school and because everyone says I’m Goth, I have no friends. One day I got so fed up with her I punched her in the face on the bus and broke her nose. Everyone thought I was mean but then when I told the principal what she was doing to me, everyone wanted to be my friend for her beating up. :)
- Amber-Skye , newmarket, ON

It is an awsome song!.
- Taylor , Pueblo, CO

This is the best song ever!! This is the best band ever. I wish I could see them in concert one day but I know thats not possible.
- Rachel , Cleveland, AL

Good song. Anyone else wonder what the significance of the audience turning into demons is about? Would love to hear some feedback on that
- Joel , Columbia, SC

This is called "Song Facts" not Song Opinions. I believe the facts have already been stated.
- Gerrit , Dillon, CO

This is what it means to me: i love my mother, and then when i think again the next day or a few days afterward, i hate her again. even when i do love her, i'm angry at her. and so often, whatever i do for her it never seems to be enough [Now I will tell you what I've done for you. 50 Thousand tears I've cried. Screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you.] and she never pays attention to me [and you still won't hear me] when i'm talking or to whatever i'm doing and i get so angry at her i can barley even stand it. and i wonder if it's in my head or if it's real [Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies; so I don't know what's real and what's not. Always confusing the thoughts in my head; so I can't trust myself anymore.]
- Tara , Somewhere, FL

Amy was in an abusive relationship herself and wrote this song.
- Kerri , Long Beach, NY

i think that the song is about i relationship and how much her partner is crowding her he wont let her free and it feels like she is going under.
- martin owens , belfast, Ireland

This is not what this song is about, but this is what it means to me: when I was nine, my mom disowned me and my brother and sisters. It reminds me of that in the first stanza, she's too busy being dunk and smoking weed to care (now I will show you all I've done for you, 5000 tears I've cried, screaming decieving and bleeding for you, and you still won't hear me), but every once in a while she sends letters and stuff like she's trying to help, which basically puts my mind back on it (don't want your hand this time, I'll save myself). Then the chorus reminds me of how it felt (and sometimes feels now) like memories of how it used to be, when she was actually Mom and she wasn't the worst traitor I have ever known, and then memories which should have alerted me that we were going downhill but I never realized it, and then memories of after the disown-ment. The second chorus reminds me of how I lied about being happy and fine and I sometimes even convinced myself it was true.
- Jessica , Plano, TX

Amy herself said the song is about coming out of a bad relationship.
- Samantha , Nowheresville, WA

It doesnt have to be about a woman being tormented by her lover. Although i agree with you.
- kevin , Independence, MO

yeah i think that the song is about a girl who is being suffocated by her husband, hes not letting her be herself and its gettin in her way. she going under.
- martin owens , belfast, Ireland

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