Bring Me To Life – English Lyrics

• By: Evanescence
• Album: Fallen

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the story behind Evanescence's iconic hit, "Bring Me to Life," a song that explores themes of awakening and finding one's voice. Learn about Amy Lee's inspiration and the musical elements that made this song a global phenomenon, perfect for understanding emotional expression in music .

[English]

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 (bring) me (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 livin' a lie

There's nothing inside

Bring me to life

...

Frozen (frozen) inside without your touch, without your love

Darling, only (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 livin' a lie (bring me to life)

There's nothing inside

Bring me to life

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
eyes /aɪz/ A2	noun - the organ of sight in humans and animals
doors /dɔːrz/ A2	noun - a movable barrier that allows entrance or exit
core /kɔːr/ B2	noun - the central or most important part of something
numb /nʌm/ B2	adjective - lacking physical sensation or feeling
spirit /ˈspɪrɪt/ B2	noun - the non-physical part of a person regarded as their soul
cold /koʊld/ A2	adjective - having a low temperature
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - the place where someone lives
save /seɪv/ B1	verb - to rescue from danger
life /laɪf/ A2	noun - the condition that distinguishes living from non-living
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	noun - absence of light adjective - having little or no light
bring /brɪŋ/ A2	verb - to carry or deliver to a place
lie /laɪ/ A2	noun - a false statement made to deceive verb - to be in a horizontal position

Key Grammar Structures

• How can you see into my eyes like open doors?

  ➔ Interrogative form

  ➔ The sentence starts with 'How', indicating a question about the ability to perceive.

• I've been livin' a lie.

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ This tense indicates an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Breathe into me and make me real.

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or requests.

• There's nothing inside.

  ➔ Existential 'there' construction

  ➔ This construction is used to indicate the existence of something.

• Don't let me die here.

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The negative imperative is used to give a command not to do something.

• Until you find it there and lead it back home.

  ➔ Subordinate clause

  ➔ This clause provides additional information and is dependent on the main clause.

• I've been sleeping a thousand years, it seems.

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ This tense emphasizes the duration of an action that started in the past.