I wanted you to know, I love the way you laugh
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your photograph, I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when your gone away
You've gone away, you don't feel me here anymore
The worst is over now and we can breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain away
There's so much left to learn and no one left to fight
I wanna hold you high and steal your pain
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
You've gone away, you don't feel me here anymore
Seether Featuring Amy Lee 2004
This video was shot in a trailer park destroyed by a meth lab that had blown up. The video features Amy Lee (Evanesence) and Shaun Morgan (Seether) wandering threw the park looking for each other. Seether has been around since 1999 though they haven't been at the top of many charts the band is still quite successful. They are a South African band which started out as Saron Gas, changing their name to Seether in 2002.
This song is pretty straight forward and strongly supported by the video. All romantic implications aside this song to me speaks of a lost friend. When that friend is gone for any reason one can feel broken and lost. Often times small things are blown into large issues unnecessarily. You feel like you are wandering through the day lost and lonesome. Relationships aren't always perfect, sometimes they aren't exactly what we want them to be but still we work on what we can.
"The worst is over now and we can breathe again" this line tells me that the bad part is over, whatever was done is done and now we can move on. No matter what was said it can be worked through. No matter what the problem it can be fixed, and the friendship will survive.
There is a version of this song with just Shaun singing though I definitely like this one better. Amy's vocals add to the intensity of the song. The melody and emotion in her voice are a good match as well.
Any other thoughts?
Maybe being broken is better sometimes. Is there an alternative? People go away, we have to deal with it.
ReplyDeleteAmy Lee definitely adds to any song in which she participates. She's a classicaly trained vocalist with the pipes to match the skills.
ReplyDeleteThat said, this song is a sad one and it stuck in my mind for a while during 2003 and 2004, when I parted ways with someone who meant a great deal to me. Also, my grandfather died that year, and he was a man whom I really admired. When my best friend died in his sleep in 2006, this song found its way back into my rotation. It helped to bring the pain back to the surface so I could expel it from my mind.
Chris is right when he says that people leave and we have to deal with it. But dealing with it is usually the hard part. All those people left my life through forces (for the most part) beyond my control. I'm one who tends to hold things in and deal with it slowly, and this song helped me get back to where I needed to be.
Good choice, Mardi. I am currently formulating my next song idea. Let's see where we go next.