Abdu R I’m an introvert. Not anti social. I want the right people around me. In this line “Darling” is the sorrow (or anything that’s actually not good for us but we cling to it) we are addicted to. And the fact that when we are trying to make new of ourselves and let go off the things that prevent us from being happy, in the process we do tend to miss what we are trying to avoid and get back to it. Thats is what this line is. Not literally about left alone by people or lover.
@@captainfantastic3490 Tourniquet was half a cover from their ex-drummer exband called Living Sacrifice, only the second verse and break down were written by Amy Lee and they no longer play it live bc of Rocky quit Evanescence, it's the only song that dude had credits on in all of their songs from Fallen and ToD.
Lithium is used to battle depression and bipolor disorder. It is used in bipolar disorder because it has been shown to curb both manic and depressive episodes. This effect, according to some patients, is because they end up feeling completely numb. This song is about being in a bad relationship and choosing between learning to live with who you are as yourself (not taking the medication) or numbing yourself to feed this codependency.
As someone with chronic ptsd, its sometimes better dealing with the pain and experiencing life, rather then being drugged and feeling locked in a glass box and watching life go on around you!!! This album is what helped me emotionally while recovering in walter reed for 2 and a half years after being injured in iraq!! Thank you both for what you do, peace
This song is basically about someone being so use to being sad that allowing themselves to be happy isn't normal for them. " Here in the Darkness I know myself " is the battle. Sadness is the world she knows but she's ready to let it go
The lead singer doesn’t take the actual medication. It’s a metaphor of feeling numb. She fought within herself about wanting to be happy but at the same time she’s attracted to sadness as well, hence why she says “god I want to let it go” meaning she wants to be happy and that’s it’s okay to remain happy.
This song is one of my all-time favorites. I‘ve loved it since i was 12 and it only grew on me as i got older and understood the lyrics better and better.
Lithium is used for a manic depressive bipolar disorder. I’ve seen first hand with lithium those two people it’s definitely an understanding of this song
i went into a great depression period, I almost lost everything until a University teacher told me one should not be ashamed of one's brain disease, as one would not hide any other organ dysfunction. That empowered me, let me talk about it, and went back to my life. I am so grateful for that until today!
Lithium is treatment for bipolar disorder. Is not a split personality but rather a disease that causes mood swing from depression to mania, both potentially to a psychotic extent.
This is the song that I listen to when I am feeling my worst. Sometimes I can express my feelings best through music. Those closest to me know that I share this when I am in need of a friend.
This song is literally not about the drug “Lithium” Lithium is used as a metaphor for Sadness. There are times when you are stuck in this bubble of sadness and you kind of get used to it. You accept it as part of your life but you know that it is not the truth. So she is singing to that part of herself that wants to stay being sad that she wants to be happy. In between she almost goes back to accepting her sadness “darling I forgive you afterall, anything is better than to be alone” but she finally decides to be happy by ending that song with “I’m going to let it go”
@LeoGotRock Well in this case it's depression, depression that you can't really get rid of and lithium is what that's for and that's obviously what she's talking about in the song 😅
This was a great surprise for me. I was expecting a music review with some lyrical analysis but what I got was much more than that. It was very courageous of you sir to share your experience. I am a pharmacist and had to study about Lithium. It is a very powerful drug for bipolar disease and severe depression usually when everything else doesn't work. Sometimes it gives some miraculous results. The problem is that it could be very toxic if the dose is not right or even with the right dose with long term use. It mostly affects the kidneys. Patients on it have to do regular blood tests to make sure the Lithium level is safe and that their kidneys are still functioning well. I learned about patients who had to stop it because of the side effects but who felt very well on it but didn't have the choice. It is sometimes very difficult to find an alternative. Naturally, it is not suitable for everyone but for those who benefit from it can see a life saving drug. At the end of the day Lithium is just a metal in the periodic table like Sodium or Iron. It is used in lithium batteries, hence the name lol. You can see how it could be a very dangerous poison with misuse. How poetic though, a regular metal being a cure for mental health issues. Just like the music metal.
Lithium dulls everything, you don't feel your highs or lows . It basically a love song to still having your feeling either up or down , they're important to you . Without them you're nothing 💜
Just saw your reaction guys. How I understand it, this song is about a toxic relationship and Lithium is basically a parallel to how she feels in this relationship (numb inside), because she has not the strength to live the person, but she wants to..
Sevendust Angel's Son please and thank you very much. The video you should watch is the one where they are playing on a beach not in the hospital. The beach version has a lot of familiar faces. Oh the song is about (James) Lynn Strait who died in a car accident in 1998 he was 30 years old.
Welbutrin and depakote nearly drove me insane. Gave them a fair 3 months before i threw them into a bon fire. Lithium helped with keeping my mind at ease, over analyzing everything and anything all the time. Just never figured out how to shut it off.
@@ChuckADickiner Worlds Collide Tour. It was suppose to be happening since April to this date but it was re-scheduled for next year due to the pandemic situation.
Your words about metal being the last outlet for emotional gravity here in the Western world hit me hard, Vin. I agree completely. It is a shame that we are shaming people for showing negative emotions, and that is probably a contributing factor in the high suicide rates here, aswell. Great reaction, guys! I love Evanescence and Amy Lee's music. 🖤
@@hakanandersson1276 I actually have, indeed. And she's amazing with a lyrical focus on this exact topic. But as far as the visceral sonic emotional experience, nothing beats metal, in my humble opinion. :)
this song was my song for the longest time as i was struggling with self harm as well as other mental health issues. it was a song that i could relate to with the feeling of being of being locked up inside my mental health issues and my addiction to self harm. now that i am one year clean from self harm this song holds more of a melancholy nostalgia as well as feelings of self reflection and a tinge of regret.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS! Check out weight of the world or Everybody’s Fool! But when you were talking about there being 2 Amy’s / being 2 sides of her I can relate. What I’m gonna say might sound stupid and insane, but I can imagine me in my head standing in a circle with other me’s but they’re emotions/ feelings I.e. anger,rage, sadness, depression, anxiety, happiness. And in being bored not being going anywhere wrote a couple lyrics like talking to those emotions/ feelings (the other me’s) and they came off as if I were talking to another person. But i don’t have split personality. Was also given a few pills by family to see if it helped and didn’t really feel anything like at all and it felt weird or off not having those negative things there like I missed feeling them
Great reaction guys, I always love how you take the time to analize the lyrics, the video, the sound and all those details in order to understand the song you just listen... Kudos for being like that, a very real reaction channel!! I'd love for you guys to check Evanesence's latest single form 2 weeks ago called "The Game is Over"..... and another song called "The End Of the Dream" (live Synthesis versión, or their selftitled álbum rock versión) both are good amazing songs to break down.
8:30 timestamp- that's it right there. I think I remember in an interview Amy Lee was doing once several years ago, she was talking about this song, and saying the line "Here in the darkness, I know myself" and how it is basically about the writing process for her. Which I've always found relatable as I can't really write happy stuff. I guess some writers are just like that.
@@WillsonT011 I'm not sure if that's fair to say about Amy specifically but I can see the humor there. At least her marriage to her therapist lasted and still does; can't say the same about her relationship with Shaun Morgan of Seether which had ended by the time "The Open Door" came out, so there's that. (Not hating on Seether or anything btw.)
@@WillsonT011 You should get informed, before being her therapist Josh Hartzler was a friend of her for several years before they even were famous... indeed since they were teenagers, actually you can see him around when they were in the demo recording videos for "Fallen" that are somewhere in TH-cam.
So this guy waited for her to be at her lowest point emotionally and maybe even mentally for him to use his therapy training take advantage of her, that's kind of how the way I see it
I actually like Korn's Remember Who You Are record. They kind of went back to their sound from their 1st couple albums. It definitely wasn't the same without Head. I can definitely agree with that.
I don't think that their experimental/electronic/opera-like album Synthesis gets a decent amount of attention. It's truly quite an experience, especially if you see that album performed live and the behind the scenes of it being made. I know it's not as "rocky" as the other albums, and that many tracks are reworks of popular ones, I'm just recommending it to anyone willing to give Synthesis a shot.
More Evanescence content please, it's been a while : -Hello -Lost In Paradise -Good Enough -The Last Song I'm Wasting On You -Imperfection -Missing -Lacrymosa Synthesis -The End Of The Dream Synthesis -My Last Breath -Speak To Me Amy Lee Solo 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Hey Vin and Sori! =) Since I watch your reactions I'm a bit shocked how much songs are actually about drugs. I heared this song the first time, but I did think Lithium was a metaphor for something. And yeah, I like that eeriness of their music style. I like Evanescene! Have a good one!
her two personalities being portrayed are being on lithium and off lithium and the desire to not be changed by lithium. the change made to personality by using a drug for stability changes who you are.
Lithium is a sedative, I believe it was most commonly used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a catch-all drug to basically annihilate freedom of thought and emotive response. Patients would be heavily sedated with it to immobilize them. It's still used for things like bipolar disorder and depression, but at much lower doses to basically reduce the effects rather than completely render a patient immobile and unthinking.
The thing about this song is it is so real. I have my own experience with a different anti-depressant that I'll be making a video on soon, but there's honestly nothing like being aware of your sadness without being able to FEEL it.
Hey stumbled accross this and just wanted to give my input . Antidepressant medication like lithium basiclly "Numbs" your entire emotion spectrum , it can get rid of angst and panicattacks etc BUT its also numbs your other emotions like happyness , sexdrive etc. Some people that take these medications have a hate/love relationship to it because of obvious reasons. The song (to me) is a represantation of that love/hate for it.
Lithium is used on people that have Bi-Polair (Manic/Depressive) disorder and its used to surpress the manic fase. For the depressive fase they will get antidepressants
My brother takes Lithium to counter his schizophrenia. Over the years his dosage has been reduced, so it's less pronounced, but essentially it can mellow your emotions to a point where nothing effects you. It can disrupt creative thinking, cause distance in relationships, and generally make you feel disconnected from everything. People on lithium for whatever reason often want to stop because of these effects, which can seriously disrupt your life... but the schizophrenia is worse. It's a horrible trade-off, and I sincerely hope they find a better way to balance brain chemistry. This song is kinda hard to listen to for me, because I've seen how this has effected my brother, and it's gut-wrenching.
I suggest “The Death of Love” by Cradle of Filth (but don’t do the music video: it chops the song up and loses half of it). I’ve been reviewing movies about Joan of Arc on my Instagram page and have been listening to that song in particular. Definitely recommend, since it’s also part of the “gothic metal” scene.
well, first of all it's important to say that Amy herself said that the song is not litheral... she has never taken Lithium and it's a metaphor about the fear of being happy and consequently not being able to be the artist that she has always been... she said that she's talking about happiness in a negative way... THAT being said, I would also like to add that: 1. there are not 2 Amys in the video - what you see is like flashes of a future event... you see her in the water before you see her drowning but she eventually drowns in the end of the video and becomes the Amy underwater that we see since the beginning of the video... but it's the same character... it's different from Going Under in which there's Amy on stage and the Jellyfish Amy 2. when she says "darling, I forgive you after all" she's not talking to herself... there's NOTHING in the video that suggests that... actually she's just walking towards the lake where she drowns... it's also important to notice that Call me when you're sober and Lacrymosa are songs written about her relationship with Shaun Morgan (Seether) so probably the verses in which she says "come to bed, don't make me sleep alone" or "just didn't drink enough to say you love me" (which connects perfectly to YOU NEVER CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER!) are probably related to that relationship as well... OFF: Lacrymosa REALLY sounds like a answer to FINE AGAIN by Seether...
My grandmother had to take lithium for years until it built up to a toxic lvl over time in her system, she described it as if being in a dark room alone with no way out and emotion wise .. Nothingness. She was a manic depressive with schizophrenic tendancies and patterns. It turned her into a zombie in essence.
Hi vin and sori. Great reaction as always. Please do LACRIMOSA - SACRIFICE reaction . Would be lovely from ur side.. thank a lot a big love from Africa
Lithium is used more as a metaphor. The song is about how she hates how she feels like she can't make good music unless she's sad/depressed. The entire album moves through this theme and the last song, Good enough" was a happy love song to her husband. In addition, all the songs in this album have a happy ending. My favorite EV album. THE OPEN DOOR = BEST ALBUM EVER
Actually, guys, it's neither about split personalities nor talks to herself. The other person that she refers is her then boyfriend, the singer of the band Seether. A pretty bad relationship for her that she also mentions on various other songs off the Open Door album.
What ever you went through Vin I'm sorry and I hope everything is better now. In watching this I can't help to think that maybe You and Sori should not be talking about it on video...or at least quit talking in code and let us in on what happened lol
white/in water ... Lithium is a drug to treat mania for people with Bipolar. The two versions... the depressive and the manic. She repeatedly talks about how Lithium "locks her up inside", this is the drug reducing her mania which some people feel too drastically alters their personality.
Lithium isn't any worse than the other drugs like Wellbutrin, quite the opposite. It's very cheap though compared to the other anti depressants. I have a feeling that's part of the reason why.
@@forestduffe9586 To this date I still listen to a lot of their first songs like Away from Me, Alone inside, watch me drown, silent words, lemon, Pool of fears and Mute just to name a few. Hope this guys react to any song from them
Only that i can say is WHY YOU DONT PUT THE DAAAMMM VÍDEO? a lot of channels have those... Yeah the lyric are important but come on!!! The oficial video or live... PLEASEEEEEE!!!
Y'all should listen to NOFX any song that would be great my brother is in prison he would like it if you did one NOFX ..,........... Thank you much love
Why not Mrok? They won't get the Polish singing even with all the messed up "straight from Google Translate" English versions of the lyrics available online. I made decent translations for both of them, plus a few more, btw. Just never uploaded them anywhere. Edit: Asked about Mrok, because it's a much better song in my opinion. Edit 2: If we're talking Polish bands, why not show them Coma - Zbyszek? Most of it is instrumental, and the lyrics are simple enough(except for one moment that requires a bit of a poetic interpretation) for Google Translate to do a decent job.
“Darling I forgive you afterall, anything is better than to be alone “ is one of THE MOST SADDEST LINES EVER
The quote doesnt work on introvert thou.. Alone is better. We die alone someday
Capricorned 18 sure, but even an introvert still wants people around to love and support them. The lyrics refer to the feelings of true loneliness
No it is not. You have no idea abouut life.
Abdu R I’m an introvert. Not anti social. I want the right people around me. In this line “Darling” is the sorrow (or anything that’s actually not good for us but we cling to it) we are addicted to. And the fact that when we are trying to make new of ourselves and let go off the things that prevent us from being happy, in the process we do tend to miss what we are trying to avoid and get back to it. Thats is what this line is.
Not literally about left alone by people or lover.
dXb okay life guru
Evanescense' best song, in my opinion :)
Mine too:)
No, Tourniquet is.
If this is their best song I’d hate to hear their worst. I did enjoy the song Broken that was collaborated with Seether.
@@captainfantastic3490 Tourniquet was half a cover from their ex-drummer exband called Living Sacrifice, only the second verse and break down were written by Amy Lee and they no longer play it live bc of Rocky quit Evanescence, it's the only song that dude had credits on in all of their songs from Fallen and ToD.
@@xPaLmaaHx actually you're thinking of the band Soul Embraced. Rocky Gray plays in that band too.
Lithium is used to battle depression and bipolor disorder. It is used in bipolar disorder because it has been shown to curb both manic and depressive episodes. This effect, according to some patients, is because they end up feeling completely numb. This song is about being in a bad relationship and choosing between learning to live with who you are as yourself (not taking the medication) or numbing yourself to feed this codependency.
As someone with chronic ptsd, its sometimes better dealing with the pain and experiencing life, rather then being drugged and feeling locked in a glass box and watching life go on around you!!! This album is what helped me emotionally while recovering in walter reed for 2 and a half years after being injured in iraq!! Thank you both for what you do, peace
Thank you for your service and sacrifice Brother.
This song is basically about someone being so use to being sad that allowing themselves to be happy isn't normal for them. " Here in the Darkness I know myself " is the battle. Sadness is the world she knows but she's ready to let it go
She has a beautiful voice 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
The lead singer doesn’t take the actual medication. It’s a metaphor of feeling numb. She fought within herself about wanting to be happy but at the same time she’s attracted to sadness as well, hence why she says “god I want to let it go” meaning she wants to be happy and that’s it’s okay to remain happy.
Im fighting this right now I totally understand
This song is one of my all-time favorites. I‘ve loved it since i was 12 and it only grew on me as i got older and understood the lyrics better and better.
Lithium is used for a manic depressive bipolar disorder. I’ve seen first hand with lithium those two people it’s definitely an understanding of this song
Indeed, Lithium is used for the manic fase of bipolar (the high), and an Anti depressant is used for the depressive fase (the low).
And for batteries in everyone's favourite power tools🤪
Lithium is scary, but I completely understand where she is coming from.
i went into a great depression period, I almost lost everything until a University teacher told me one should not be ashamed of one's brain disease, as one would not hide any other organ dysfunction. That empowered me, let me talk about it, and went back to my life. I am so grateful for that until today!
She is queen
Lithium is treatment for bipolar disorder. Is not a split personality but rather a disease that causes mood swing from depression to mania, both potentially to a psychotic extent.
It's also used to power the batteries in my favourite power tools🤪
Rodrigo eres un flipau...
This is the song that I listen to when I am feeling my worst. Sometimes I can express my feelings best through music. Those closest to me know that I share this when I am in need of a friend.
hauntingly beautiful, I heard it described as one time. It was my favorite description of her voice
This song is literally not about the drug “Lithium”
Lithium is used as a metaphor for Sadness.
There are times when you are stuck in this bubble of sadness and you kind of get used to it. You accept it as part of your life but you know that it is not the truth.
So she is singing to that part of herself that wants to stay being sad that she wants to be happy. In between she almost goes back to accepting her sadness “darling I forgive you afterall, anything is better than to be alone” but she finally decides to be happy by ending that song with “I’m going to let it go”
No ITS About bipolar disease and the only medicinen is lithium
@LeoGotRock Well in this case it's depression, depression that you can't really get rid of and lithium is what that's for and that's obviously what she's talking about in the song 😅
I love her voice give me goosebumps I love this song
Epic Song
Legendary Band
Oh my God
This was a great surprise for me. I was expecting a music review with some lyrical analysis but what I got was much more than that. It was very courageous of you sir to share your experience. I am a pharmacist and had to study about Lithium. It is a very powerful drug for bipolar disease and severe depression usually when everything else doesn't work. Sometimes it gives some miraculous results. The problem is that it could be very toxic if the dose is not right or even with the right dose with long term use. It mostly affects the kidneys. Patients on it have to do regular blood tests to make sure the Lithium level is safe and that their kidneys are still functioning well. I learned about patients who had to stop it because of the side effects but who felt very well on it but didn't have the choice. It is sometimes very difficult to find an alternative. Naturally, it is not suitable for everyone but for those who benefit from it can see a life saving drug. At the end of the day Lithium is just a metal in the periodic table like Sodium or Iron. It is used in lithium batteries, hence the name lol. You can see how it could be a very dangerous poison with misuse. How poetic though, a regular metal being a cure for mental health issues. Just like the music metal.
Thank you “AmyLee Forever”!!! Keep those Evanescence’s songs coming y’all!
Lithium dulls everything, you don't feel your highs or lows . It basically a love song to still having your feeling either up or down , they're important to you . Without them you're nothing 💜
Just saw your reaction guys. How I understand it, this song is about a toxic relationship and Lithium is basically a parallel to how she feels in this relationship (numb inside), because she has not the strength to live the person, but she wants to..
Sevendust Angel's Son please and thank you very much. The video you should watch is the one where they are playing on a beach not in the hospital. The beach version has a lot of familiar faces. Oh the song is about (James) Lynn Strait who died in a car accident in 1998 he was 30 years old.
Amy Lee is such a rocker! I grew up listening to Heart and Jefferson Airplane. She is right there with them. Old school.
Thank you for sharing your story Vin. 💜
Great detailed reaction
Welbutrin and depakote nearly drove me insane. Gave them a fair 3 months before i threw them into a bon fire. Lithium helped with keeping my mind at ease, over analyzing everything and anything all the time. Just never figured out how to shut it off.
No one in the world can compare to Amy Lee, she’s just 1 of a kind.
You should react to Hello by Evanescence, by far their saddest song, on of the saddest songs every written
Amy Lee always tugs on my heart strings! That voice is liquid gold :) I'm going to see them next year with Within Temptation!!!! Can't wait \m/
What tour is that?
@@ChuckADickiner Worlds Collide Tour. It was suppose to be happening since April to this date but it was re-scheduled for next year due to the pandemic situation.
@@xPaLmaaHx fuck. I missed that memo. I'll have to see if there's a stop near me.
@@ChuckADickiner rescheduled European tour
Your words about metal being the last outlet for emotional gravity here in the Western world hit me hard, Vin. I agree completely. It is a shame that we are shaming people for showing negative emotions, and that is probably a contributing factor in the high suicide rates here, aswell. Great reaction, guys! I love Evanescence and Amy Lee's music. 🖤
No no no. You have never listen to the singer AURORA she is all about emotion and she never duck for take hard topics.
@@hakanandersson1276 I actually have, indeed. And she's amazing with a lyrical focus on this exact topic. But as far as the visceral sonic emotional experience, nothing beats metal, in my humble opinion. :)
@@triv1 that's good. But i don't know what visceral sonic is. 🙃
@@hakanandersson1276 Just the music itself is so raw and heavy, which lends itself well to connecting to our deeper emotions, if that made sense. 🙂
@@triv1 okidoki then i understand. Thsnx!!!!!
Evanescence-never go back
I love "Never Go Back"
this song was my song for the longest time as i was struggling with self harm as well as other mental health issues. it was a song that i could relate to with the feeling of being of being locked up inside my mental health issues and my addiction to self harm. now that i am one year clean from self harm this song holds more of a melancholy nostalgia as well as feelings of self reflection and a tinge of regret.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS! Check out weight of the world or Everybody’s Fool! But when you were talking about there being 2 Amy’s / being 2 sides of her I can relate. What I’m gonna say might sound stupid and insane, but I can imagine me in my head standing in a circle with other me’s but they’re emotions/ feelings I.e. anger,rage, sadness, depression, anxiety, happiness. And in being bored not being going anywhere wrote a couple lyrics like talking to those emotions/ feelings (the other me’s) and they came off as if I were talking to another person. But i don’t have split personality. Was also given a few pills by family to see if it helped and didn’t really feel anything like at all and it felt weird or off not having those negative things there like I missed feeling them
Great reaction guys, I always love how you take the time to analize the lyrics, the video, the sound and all those details in order to understand the song you just listen... Kudos for being like that, a very real reaction channel!! I'd love for you guys to check Evanesence's latest single form 2 weeks ago called "The Game is Over"..... and another song called "The End Of the Dream" (live Synthesis versión, or their selftitled álbum rock versión) both are good amazing songs to break down.
8:30 timestamp- that's it right there. I think I remember in an interview Amy Lee was doing once several years ago, she was talking about this song, and saying the line "Here in the darkness, I know myself" and how it is basically about the writing process for her. Which I've always found relatable as I can't really write happy stuff. I guess some writers are just like that.
Never trust somebody who marries their therapist
@@WillsonT011 I'm not sure if that's fair to say about Amy specifically but I can see the humor there. At least her marriage to her therapist lasted and still does; can't say the same about her relationship with Shaun Morgan of Seether which had ended by the time "The Open Door" came out, so there's that. (Not hating on Seether or anything btw.)
@@TheScorpio1999 I just find it funny that she fell in love with someone she was paying to listen to her problems
@@WillsonT011 You should get informed, before being her therapist Josh Hartzler was a friend of her for several years before they even were famous... indeed since they were teenagers, actually you can see him around when they were in the demo recording videos for "Fallen" that are somewhere in TH-cam.
So this guy waited for her to be at her lowest point emotionally and maybe even mentally for him to use his therapy training take advantage of her, that's kind of how the way I see it
I actually like Korn's Remember Who You Are record. They kind of went back to their sound from their 1st couple albums. It definitely wasn't the same without Head. I can definitely agree with that.
I like that album too. The tone to me seemed like they were trying to switch someone's mental frequency. Reroute someone's negative thought patterns.
I don't think that their experimental/electronic/opera-like album Synthesis gets a decent amount of attention. It's truly quite an experience, especially if you see that album performed live and the behind the scenes of it being made.
I know it's not as "rocky" as the other albums, and that many tracks are reworks of popular ones, I'm just recommending it to anyone willing to give Synthesis a shot.
I‘d go straight to Synthesis live - so much more powerful than the studio recordings. :)
I agree! Seen them do Synthesis live and it sure is an experience! I’d love to see them react to Hi-Lo.
Total agree. My favourite is live version of "The end of the dream" a total knockout in emotions. She put her hole soul into every word in this one.
Håkan Andersson The back-to-back combo of Lacrymosa and The End of the Dream is insanely powerful 😍
@@Kat_C95 Yes!!!!
More Evanescence content please, it's been a while :
-Hello
-Lost In Paradise
-Good Enough
-The Last Song I'm Wasting On You
-Imperfection
-Missing
-Lacrymosa Synthesis
-The End Of The Dream Synthesis
-My Last Breath
-Speak To Me Amy Lee Solo
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
What you want by evanescence,,,👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
My favorite song by Evanescence
Hey Vin and Sori! =)
Since I watch your reactions I'm a bit shocked how much songs are actually about drugs.
I heared this song the first time, but I did think Lithium was a metaphor for something.
And yeah, I like that eeriness of their music style. I like Evanescene!
Have a good one!
her two personalities being portrayed are being on lithium and off lithium and the desire to not be changed by lithium. the change made to personality by using a drug for stability changes who you are.
Amazing voice. Doesn't matter what song she sings.
Lithium is a sedative, I believe it was most commonly used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a catch-all drug to basically annihilate freedom of thought and emotive response. Patients would be heavily sedated with it to immobilize them. It's still used for things like bipolar disorder and depression, but at much lower doses to basically reduce the effects rather than completely render a patient immobile and unthinking.
"Call me when you're sober" is arguably their best song
Not at all. Nothing beats Tourniquet, it's their best song without any argument. And btw Haunted is the most Evanescence song ever.
The video of her going under the water is the official Lithium video. The B&W is most likely "Immortal" and is fan-made if it's for this song.
The thing about this song is it is so real. I have my own experience with a different anti-depressant that I'll be making a video on soon, but there's honestly nothing like being aware of your sadness without being able to FEEL it.
Hey stumbled accross this and just wanted to give my input . Antidepressant medication like lithium basiclly "Numbs" your entire emotion spectrum , it can get rid of angst and panicattacks etc BUT its also numbs your other emotions like happyness , sexdrive etc. Some people that take these medications have a hate/love relationship to it because of obvious reasons. The song (to me) is a represantation of that love/hate for it.
Lithium is used on people that have Bi-Polair (Manic/Depressive) disorder and its used to surpress the manic fase. For the depressive fase they will get antidepressants
Really hope you guys react To Hello by Evanescence, it’s just stunning!
Lithium and a lover. I second that!!! 👼
Evanescence - Understanding
I highly recommend their new song “part of me” - hope you enjoy! I will check your channel soon :)))
Additionally, you could listen to Amon Amarth - Into the Dark!
My brother takes Lithium to counter his schizophrenia.
Over the years his dosage has been reduced, so it's less pronounced, but essentially it can mellow your emotions to a point where nothing effects you. It can disrupt creative thinking, cause distance in relationships, and generally make you feel disconnected from everything. People on lithium for whatever reason often want to stop because of these effects, which can seriously disrupt your life... but the schizophrenia is worse. It's a horrible trade-off, and I sincerely hope they find a better way to balance brain chemistry.
This song is kinda hard to listen to for me, because I've seen how this has effected my brother, and it's gut-wrenching.
Amen!
I suggest “The Death of Love” by Cradle of Filth (but don’t do the music video: it chops the song up and loses half of it). I’ve been reviewing movies about Joan of Arc on my Instagram page and have been listening to that song in particular. Definitely recommend, since it’s also part of the “gothic metal” scene.
Amy is iconic! This song hit hard during my teenage years when I was so hormonal 😭 Never gets old 🖤
well, first of all it's important to say that Amy herself said that the song is not litheral... she has never taken Lithium and it's a metaphor about the fear of being happy and consequently not being able to be the artist that she has always been... she said that she's talking about happiness in a negative way...
THAT being said, I would also like to add that:
1. there are not 2 Amys in the video - what you see is like flashes of a future event... you see her in the water before you see her drowning but she eventually drowns in the end of the video and becomes the Amy underwater that we see since the beginning of the video... but it's the same character...
it's different from Going Under in which there's Amy on stage and the Jellyfish Amy
2. when she says "darling, I forgive you after all" she's not talking to herself... there's NOTHING in the video that suggests that... actually she's just walking towards the lake where she drowns...
it's also important to notice that Call me when you're sober and Lacrymosa are songs written about her relationship with Shaun Morgan (Seether) so probably the verses in which she says "come to bed, don't make me sleep alone" or "just didn't drink enough to say you love me" (which connects perfectly to YOU NEVER CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER!) are probably related to that relationship as well...
OFF: Lacrymosa REALLY sounds like a answer to FINE AGAIN by Seether...
My grandmother had to take lithium for years until it built up to a toxic lvl over time in her system, she described it as if being in a dark room alone with no way out and emotion wise .. Nothingness. She was a manic depressive with schizophrenic tendancies and patterns. It turned her into a zombie in essence.
When you start into Lithium, it is very difficult to get out without a great disbalance!
Hi vin and sori. Great reaction as always. Please do LACRIMOSA - SACRIFICE reaction . Would be lovely from ur side.. thank a lot a big love from Africa
Dear vin and sori , try the song i wrote for ya Band name LACRIMOSA - song sacrifice, the reaction will be great
Head was back in the band for Rememebr Who You Are record
Lithium is used more as a metaphor. The song is about how she hates how she feels like she can't make good music unless she's sad/depressed. The entire album moves through this theme and the last song, Good enough" was a happy love song to her husband. In addition, all the songs in this album have a happy ending. My favorite EV album. THE OPEN DOOR = BEST ALBUM EVER
Actually, guys, it's neither about split personalities nor talks to herself. The other person that she refers is her then boyfriend, the singer of the band Seether. A pretty bad relationship for her that she also mentions on various other songs off the Open Door album.
Hello/What you want/My heart is broken another great song is by breaking Benjamin dear Agony the Aurora version with Lacy ❤
What ever you went through Vin I'm sorry and I hope everything is better now. In watching this I can't help to think that maybe You and Sori should not be talking about it on video...or at least quit talking in code and let us in on what happened lol
Amy made a video explaining this song. You should check it out.
Damn can Amy Lee sing! Good gracious!!
white/in water ... Lithium is a drug to treat mania for people with Bipolar. The two versions... the depressive and the manic. She repeatedly talks about how Lithium "locks her up inside", this is the drug reducing her mania which some people feel too drastically alters their personality.
I agree, the new Korn record is one of their best records. imo there’s no bad song on that album, hope to see more reactions from The Nothing.
Do................"Going Under"
I love Amy Lee's voice so much! I would love to see a collaboration between her and Floor Jansen.
If you could get Amy, floor, and Simone together I think I'd lose my shit.
@@ChuckADickiner YES!!!
@@ChuckADickiner Omg I just got excited thinking about that. DAMN THAT WOULD BE DA SHIT!
In some mental hospitals in the netherlands this album is forbidden :'(
Holy roller -
Spiritbox
I hear ya Vin I had a bad experience with Wellbutrin, and Lexapro both made me more depressed and suicidal.
Please do Given Up by linkin park in remembrance of Chester on the anniversary of his passing!
Please please react to the new Evanescence song, "The Game Is Over"
You guys should react to "The Last Song Im Wasting on you" by Evanescence
Lithium: It's about her inner feelings toward herself.
Epica - The Quantum Enigma - Kingdom Of Heaven Part II!!!
At 8:20 you got the song. It's really about that.
Evanescence - Lacrymosa
Finally....a song about power tool batteries
Almah - Speranza
Lithium isn't any worse than the other drugs like Wellbutrin, quite the opposite. It's very cheap though compared to the other anti depressants. I have a feeling that's part of the reason why.
Vean los videos originales. Evanescence es buenisimo!
Scars of life: dead and gone
Not may people know Scars of Life. They were an amazing band, glad to see someone is suggesting them
@@xPaLmaaHx im glad some people remember them. Wish they were more recognizable
@@forestduffe9586 To this date I still listen to a lot of their first songs like Away from Me, Alone inside, watch me drown, silent words, lemon, Pool of fears and Mute just to name a few. Hope this guys react to any song from them
@@xPaLmaaHx if I go on patreon , might be my only option
Moonspell - Full Moon Madness
Drinking Moonshine out of a mason jar - Classic Sori. :)
Only that i can say is WHY YOU DONT PUT THE DAAAMMM VÍDEO? a lot of channels have those...
Yeah the lyric are important but come on!!! The oficial video or live... PLEASEEEEEE!!!
Amy Lee still the best..what a voice..🤘🤘
They really watched the lyric video.....
Y'all should listen to NOFX any song that would be great my brother is in prison he would like it if you did one NOFX ..,........... Thank you much love
Trying another song...!!! React to LACRYMOSA (Live Version) from Synthesis Album...
O.N.A - Niekochana
Why not Mrok? They won't get the Polish singing even with all the messed up "straight from Google Translate" English versions of the lyrics available online.
I made decent translations for both of them, plus a few more, btw. Just never uploaded them anywhere.
Edit: Asked about Mrok, because it's a much better song in my opinion.
Edit 2: If we're talking Polish bands, why not show them Coma - Zbyszek? Most of it is instrumental, and the lyrics are simple enough(except for one moment that requires a bit of a poetic interpretation) for Google Translate to do a decent job.
This song is the mother of Emo.
Hi! Please react to Evanescence - Hi-lo (ft. Lindsey Stirling). It's powerful, emotional, big one! It's amazing!!
Lithium is a treatment for bipolar disorder - I have 2 relatives that use it. It will destroy your liver over time, like most these medications.
do avenged sevenfold - wicked end