My Immortal – English Lyrics

• By: Evanescence
• Album: Fallen

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the world of Evanescence with "My Immortal", a song that perfectly encapsulates the fusion of gothic rock and raw emotion. Through its haunting piano melody and evocative lyrics, this track offers a unique opportunity to explore themes of loss and memory. Discover how the band's personal experiences shaped this powerful ballad, and enrich your English vocabulary along the way.

[English]

I'm so tired of being here

Suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave

I wish that you would just leave

'Cause your presence still lingers here

And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me

...

You used to captivate me by your resonating light

Now I'm bound by the life you left behind

Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams

Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal

This pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

But though you're still with me

I've been alone all along

...

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me

Me, me

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fear /fɪər/ B1	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger verb - to be afraid of someone or something
wound /wuːnd/ B2	noun - an injury to the body verb - to inflict injury
heal /hiːl/ B1	verb - to make or become healthy again
pain /peɪn/ B1	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
ghost /ɡoʊst/ B2	noun - the spirit of a dead person that appears to the living
memory /ˈmɛm.əri/ B1	noun - the faculty of remembering
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - series of images, ideas, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience dreams while sleeping
leave /liːv/ A2	verb - to go away from a place
cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to produce tears from the eyes
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to take part in a violent struggle
touch /tʌtʃ/ A2	verb - to make contact
alone /əˈloʊn/ A2	adjective - without others

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm so tired of being here

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "I'm so tired" uses the present continuous tense to express a current state of being.

• These wounds won't seem to heal

  ➔ Future simple tense with 'will'

  ➔ The phrase "won't seem to heal" indicates a future expectation or prediction.

• But you still have all of me

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The phrase "you still have all of me" uses the present simple tense to express a current truth.

• I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase "I've tried" uses the present perfect tense to indicate an action that has relevance to the present.

• When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

  ➔ Conditional mood

  ➔ The phrase "I'd wipe away" uses the conditional mood to express a hypothetical situation.

• Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The phrase "it chased away" uses the past simple tense to describe a completed action in the past.

• I've been alone all along

  ➔ Present perfect continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "I've been alone" uses the present perfect continuous tense to indicate an action that started in the past and continues to the present.