Imaginery
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clocks screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple skies fly over me
Don't say im out of touch
With this rampant chaos
Your reality
I know well
What lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare i built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple skies fly over me
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh how i long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginery light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple skies fly over me
Wut is the message in this evanescence song?
Certainly it could be interpreted as an ode to escapism via the imagination, whether it be daydreams, or a "safe haven" in her mind, or literally sleep dreams. But that's not the whole picture.
I think there's enough evidence to push it one step further, and to say that the song is specifically a yearning for a return to the naivety (and hence carefree nature) of childhood.
Firstly there are the explicit references to objects with childhood connotations: "monsters", "paper flowers", "candy", and "lullaby". These are juxtaposed with the "alarm clock" as a symbol of adulthood responsibility, and she even subtly compares the alarm clock to an adult version of a monster.
Secondly, I see a double meaning in "Where the raindrops as they're falling tell a story." When Amy Lee (the singer) was in high school, she wrote a choir piece called "Listen to the Rain", a wonderfully poetic lyric in its own right, in which falling rain literally tells a story about the brevity and urgency of life. So I see this allusion to her teenage years as a reference to (and a longing for) Amy's own childhood.
Reply:It's like a melancholv strain.
Reply:Most would call that "rampant chaos"... I believe she would call it...her "safe place" so basically it is an imaginary place she can go to in her mind to get away from reality. It is a good thing... the only time it is a bad this is if you go to that place and stay there for really long periods of time.. Then you'd be deemed insane
This song isn't meant for you to understand.. it is for her
Reply:ok the song is about amy's life being a nightmare and her bedroom being her refuge....she's describing her bedroom as a child
Reply:it's a song about a nightmare in real life.
Reply:my interpretation is it is about a person who feels more comfortable in the imaginary world of her mind and dreams than in the real world and would like to stay there and not have to deal with reality
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