Evanescence - The Bitter Truth Album Lyrics

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Artifact / The Turn

Underneath golden skies
You will always be there
In the mirror, in my eyes
You will always be there

Where do we go now
That I
Have seen
The turn
Where do we go now
Find a way to go back
To go back home
To who we are

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Broken Pieces Shine

(Three, two, one, zero)

There is no way back this time
What is real and what is lie?
Ooh, survival hurts
Lose myself or lose my mind
Every time I close my eyes
Ooh, survival hurts

But I keep breathing in, I'm alive
I'm not fine
I don't know if I will be alright
But I have to try
I know you're with me, so what if we do fall apart?
You give into all that we are
And let all the broken pieces (shine, shine, shine, shine, shine)

Shredded inside, looking now
Everything's turned upside down
Ooh, we're not the first
How can we ever be us
Wondering who we can trust
Ooh, survival hurts

But I'm not giving in, I'm alive
I'm not fine
I don't know if I will be alright
But I have to try
I know you're with me, so what if we do fall apart?
Give into all that we are
Let all the broken pieces come alive

I don't know if I will ever be alright
But I have to try
And I know you're with me
So what if we do fall apart?
Shamelessly be who we are
And let all the broken pieces shine
Oh, oh

Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine
Let all the broken pieces shine

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The Game Is Over

Had enough, I've really had enough
Had enough of denial
I'm not alright, but I'm not gonna lie
I don't know that I ever was
All alone, I've waited, all alone
Held it in as I played by your rules
I've been biting my lip, but I'm losing my grip
I'm coming down, down, down

When all the hate burns off
I'm left here with the pain
Behind our vain devices
Are we all the same?
Ooh, ah, ah, ah

Change me into something I believe in
Change me so I don't have to pretend

Take a breath and try to play along
But I'm a terrible liar
I feel the world like a brick on my chest
And the party's just begun
Throw the rope, I'm wading through the mud
From your mouth flow a thousand truths
But you know
There's only one

When all the hate burns off
I'm left here with the pain
Ooh, ah, ah, ah

Change me into something I believe in
Change me so I don't have to pretend
Sweet words, they mean nothing, they're not true
'Cause the game is over

[Guitar Solo]

I want it all or I want nothing at all
Maybe I can

Change me into something I believe in
Change me so I don't have to pretend
Your sweet words, they mean nothing, save your breath
The game is over

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Yeah Right

I'm the widow
On the tip-tippy-toppy of the highest high of low
And I'm the shadow
Of the first little flower on the brightest patch of snow

Happiness can be hard to find
I'm so slap silly happy
Everybody wants to take mine

Yeah, right
That sounds nice
Everything we ever wanted and more
Someday we'll get paid
More than it was worth to sell our souls
Yeah, yeah, right

Yeah, I'm a rock star
I'm a queen resurrected, just as messed up as before
Twist the knife hard
Just makes it easier to tell you I don't need you anymore (oh)

Life's a game 'til you lose, then what?
I'm reaching a new level of not giving a f*ck

Yeah, right
That sounds nice
Everything we ever wanted and more
Someday we'll get paid (I can't wait for the day)
More than it was worth to sell our souls

Tell me, how is the real world treating you?
Is that my fault too?
My one mistake was giving more and more and more
More and more and more

Hey, yeah
Yeah, right
Baby, that sounds nice (that sounds nice)
Everything you ever wanted and more
Someday (I can't wait for that day)
We'll get paid
More than it was worth to sell our souls, sell our souls

Yeah, right
That sounds nice
More than it was worth to sell our souls

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Feeding the Dark

Follow me under
Low as we are
Swallow your hunger
Feeding this dark
Feeding this dark

Do you remember
What made the scar?
How deep will you cut?
Seeking my heart
Seeking my heart

Well, you know that you can't hide
And you know that you can't lie
'Cause I know all your secrets
And I won't let you forget

Follow me under (follow me under)
Low as we are (follow me)
Fate is the liar
Feeding this dark
Feeding this dark

Well, you know that you can't hide
And you know that you can't lie
'Cause I know all your secrets
And I won't let you forget

Don't look away
Let the light pour down on our darkest day
If we run to find ourselves, we will run
Forever

Well, you know that you can't hide
And you know that you can't lie
'Cause we know all your secrets
And I won't let you forget

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Wasted on You

I don't need drugs
I'm already six feet low
Wasted on you
Waiting for a miracle
I can't move on
Feels like we're frozen in time
I'm wasted on you
Just pass me the bitter truth

Love, don't you remember?
We were the ones
Nothing could ever change and love
It's easier not to believe we have broken everything
But here we are
Numb my head till I can't think anymore
But I still feel the pain

I don't need drugs
I'm already six feet low
Wasted on you
Waiting for a miracle
I can't move on
Feels like we're frozen in time
I'm wasted on you
Just pass me the bitter truth

Once this was a garden
This was our world
All of the nightmares stayed in the dark
A little too much time by yourself
And you become the enemy
Just look at us now
Drowning slowly, just to stay true

I don't need drugs
I'm already six feet low
Wasted on you
Waiting for a miracle
I can't move on
I feel like we're frozen in time
I'm wasted on you
Just pass me the bitter truth

Will I ever be the same?
Am I strong enough to change?
Is it in my blood?
Shield my eyes to face the day
Come too far to slip away
But it's killing me to go on without you

I don't need drugs
I'm already six feet low
I'm wasted on you
Waiting for a miracle
I can't move on
Like we're frozen in time
I'm wasted on you
Just pass me the bitter truth

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Better Without You

Stand in the front but shut up 'til I tell you to go
And don't get caught up in pretend 'cause you're not in control
'Cause this is my world, little girl, you'd be lost on your own
Just hating and waiting and saving up

I'll do you a favor and save you if you sign on the line
Don't worry your pretty little head about the future, it's all fine
Whether you're wrong or you're right, doesn't matter, you're not up to the fight
Keeping my head down 'cause they don't know what I know now

As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I'm better without you

Now look around and remember your friends if you can
Feeding the flames 'til there's no one to blame it's on your hands
Lost in your lies, pay the price with our lives, you've gone mad
And there's no way out 'cause we all know you're hollow

As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I'm better without you

Not enough, not enough
Not enough to throw it all away
We'd still be falling
We're fallen
Turn it up, turn it up
Never gonna shut me up again
Your time is over
It's over now

As empires fall to pieces
Our ashes twisting in the air
It makes me smile to know that
I'm, I'm better without you

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Use My Voice

Cover my ears and close my eyes
Just long enough to stop the noise
Go on take everything and throw it away
But I will use my voice

(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)

Drown every truth in an ocean of lies
Label me bitch because I dare to draw my own line
Burn every bridge and build a wall in my way
But I will use my voice

(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Give me credit or not, I give a lot, give a lot
But don't you speak for me
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
No, don't you speak for me

Never mind me, I'm a waste of your time
I'm never gonna fit in the box that you need
And I can read between the lines, yeah
Gather your friends and wave your gun in my face
But I will use my voice

(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Whether you like it or not, you're gonna take what I got
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Give me credit or not, I give a lot, give a lot
But don't you speak for me
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
No, don't you speak for me

Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not
Whether you like it or not

One day soon
It's gonna fall back on you
No more lies
We're gonna break right through
Like it or not

(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
If we can't talk about it, we'll just keep drowning in it
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Give me credit or not, I give a lot, give a lot
But don't you speak for me
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
No, don't you speak for me
(Oh oh, oh oh oh oh)
Don't you speak for me (whether you like it or not)

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Take Cover

By the way that you talk to me
I can see the lie you're dreaming I'll believe
By the way, don't you forget who you are now
'Cause that's not your name

Oh, you better take cover
'Cause I'm on my way now
I'm coming back to take your world down
Move over, if you can
'Cause I never lost my crown

Slave to your insecurity
That's what drove you down in the first place
But you haven't learned a thing
Caught in your thick web of lies
Gonna be the bitch you make me out to be

Oh, you better take cover
Nothing you can say now
You underestimated my wrath
Move over, if you can
I'm gonna give the love back

So you want to play with me?
After it all, your ego, your greed
You dug your grave so come on inside and rest in peace

Take cover
'Cause I'm on my way now
I'm gonna have to take you all down
Move over, if you can
'Cause I never lost my crown

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Far from Heaven

Give me a reason
Make me whole again
Moonshine becomes scars
But I'm cracked instead
Can't risk believing
That I would stand a chance
Frozen in the doorway
Don't wanna leave the past

One more night
What I wouldn't give to be with you
For one more night

What if I can't see your light anymore?
'Cause I've spent too long in the dark
And I'm on my knees
Without shame begging to believe, but I feel
So far from heaven

Wake up to a new day
Break my heart again
Dreaming makes for sweet escape
But I can't forget
I'm back at the edge now
I never needed you more
Staring down the emptiness that I can't ignore

All my life
Didn't wanna dream I could lose you
But you just left

What if I can't see your light anymore?
'Cause I've spent too long in the dark
And I'm on my knees
Without shame begging to believe, but I feel
So far from heaven

Is anyone out there? Did you give up on us?
Break this silence, I'm crushed under love
I don't wanna lockdown, but we've lost so much
Will you forgive me if I

Can't see your light anymore
'Cause I've spent too long in the dark
And I'm on my knees
Without shame begging to believe, but I feel
So far from heaven

Mm
I feel so far

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Part of Me

Not on your life
Won't let it break me
Won't give up the fight
But on this last thread, I'm holding so tight
Feed my imaginings, don't let a sweet dream die
Not on your life
I'm not abandoning
I have survived
Somehow still standing through death and through time
I need your love like a drug keeping me alive

Drowning in your blinding light

I will be more than my survival
Only scars on my heart
Even in dreams I hear you calling
Breaking the surface, I won't let go
You're part of me

Can't stop me now
Just clawed my way back from deep underground
No time for hatred, no holding back now
Set me on fire, I like it the way it burns
Hands on your heart
Who really thought we would make it this far?
What good could come from embracing the dark?
We found each other through brokenness and now look how strong we are

Drowning in your blinding light

I will be more than my survival
Only scars on my heart
Even in dreams I hear you calling
So I know it's still worth believing
It's not just a feeling
As long as I don't let it go
Don't let me go

I will be more than my survival
Only scars on my heart
Even in dreams I hear you calling
Breaking the surface, I won't let go
You're part of me now and always

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Blind Belief

Ooh
Ooh

I believe in us
I can't remember why I believe in us
These seeds of the past, they keep springing up
Love begins with trust
But we can't be trusted

Ah
The future starts with us

Blind belief, are you afraid to see
That our fathers were wrong?
We hold the key to redemption
Let icons fall

Dare to break away
Tear down this broken machine
Escape your pledge
We're falling to pieces

Ah
The future's rising up

Blind belief, are you afraid to see
That our fathers were wrong?
We hold the key to redemption
Let icons fall

Push through the pain
Unbreak the system
Arms up, self-sacrifice
Lay them down
Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down, lay it down

Blind belief, are you afraid to see
That our fathers were wrong?
We hold the key to redemption
Love over all
We hold the key to redemption
Love over all