Evanescence, Bring Me to Life | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 3^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Bring Me to Life” performed by Evanescence.  

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 3^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Bring Me to Life” performed by Evanescence.

“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.” “Bring Me To Life” appears as the second track on Fallen, the debut album by Evanescence. Notably, it is one of three top-10 hits by the band, who won two Grammys. One of those two Grammys happens to be for Best Hard Rock Performance for the multiplatinum song at hand.  Of Evanescence’s top-10 hits, “Bring Me To Life” performed the best, peaking at no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Furthermore, Fallen is one of those rare, diamond certified albums – definitely a big deal. Joining Amy Lee on vocals is Paul McCoy, who appears in the choruses and third verse.

“Bring Me to Life” is set in a minor key, giving the record a darker sound, fitting the gothic sensibilities of Evanescence.  It commences in enigmatic fashion, setting the tone for an epic record.  Lee’s vocals are both radiant and haunting. “How can you see into my eyes / Like open doors?” Lee sings in the first verse, continuing, “Leading you down into my core / Where I’ve become so numb.” Notably, the verses are tuneful, while the chorus is even more tuneful – the centerpiece, hands down. In the chorus, excerpted at the top, Lee adds, “Bid my blood to run /… Before I come undone / Save me from the nothing I’ve become.” Once “Bring Me to Life” begins to percolate, the instrumental becomes bolder, with fierce guitar, and the bass and drums anchoring things down. More than two decades after its arrival, “Bring Me to Life” remains a hard rock gem.

🎙 Evanescence • 💿 Fallen • 🏷 The Bicycle Music Company • 📅 2003

Evanescence, Bring Me to Life: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 3 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; The Bicycle Music Company; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]