Tourniquet Lyrics - Evanescence

[CheeseCakeExtreme]

@williamsCamron $10 says your not dead. Poser.

[williamsCamron]

I'm totally killing myself to this song today

[maximumridegirl35]

@NightFeather12 if u have read the hunger games u would be able to figure out what a tourniquet is because katniss uses it on peeta's leg

[1414Jade]

@maximumridegirl35 The Hunger Games! Glad to meet a fellow Panemaniac!

[amyleequeen]

me encanta tourniquet y todo lo que cante amy lee

[elenaguay11]

vale no soy inglesa y no entiendo ningun comentario pero esta cancion esta genial

[chiamave]

2:34 What does she say at this point? It's not part of the lyrics, is it?

[AntunHerkov]

@chiamave I WANT TO DIE!

[chiamave]

@AntunHerkov No! Why? Please don't kill yourself!

Just kidding! Thank you!!

[VaatiMalfoy]

again ! Sombody says that Justin sucks and he gets tumbs up ... ^^

[Miragesong]

Just thought I'd clear the air with the people calling me a "racist idiot" and such...I was wrong to say the things i did that day, but it was directly to the idiot swearing at me over YouTube, not to any race or group as a whole. I stand by what I said in that he was an asshole, but I sincerely apologize if I have offended anyone

[joegibzz500]

I LOVE THIS SONG! The intro is just...wow. I also love the second chorus at the ending. It gets so intense by that final chorus!

[EMSgirl1989]

@NightFeather12,it's used for a all last resort to stop bleeding its not put on the wound but above it so that you can cut off any circulation to that limb,so that if you can get to a hospital they most likely will remove the limb,but facing the facts it's probably better than to die,lol,sorry if to much information

[heart10198]

If there are any DP authors on fanfiction here could you try a fanfic where Sam sings this song. It HAS To Be DxS

[heart10198]

Taylor Swift taught me popular girls are just Mean.

P!nk taught me to ignore stupid girls

Kelly clarkson Taught me that what doesn't kill me makes me stronger(if it doesn't kill me it better run for it's godforsaken life)

Miley Cyrus taught me Lifes a climb but when you get to the top it's a great view

Lady GaGa taught me I was born this way

Avril Lavigne taught me to say what the hell to the good girl in me

and Amy Lee taught me snotty brats will someday be everybodys fool.

[bellapotter123]

awesome!

[conordougy]

I HATE THIS VERSION

[LeanJ123]

Amy: I love this song I mean who Do'snt love this song? Stupid people I tell you

[Zeldalove38]

at start of song, it's not " I try to kill the pain"?

[Zebethax]

tourniquet= αιμοστατικος επίδεσμος in greek, its a bandage actually to stop the big bleeding

[NightFeather12]

@Zebethax Oh, thank you! You looked up the word in greek on the internet for me! Thank you!

[GOSHA2131]

крутяк



[ninap1806]

@mayamythgirl

I WANT TO DIE (in fact thats not truth for me)

I agree thats one of the best parts in that song!

[ninap1806]

Sreaming tone...screaming part im ScrEAMing!!!

[PUNTOSYMUERTE]

te mereces esos visitantes me gusto muuucho tu video

[NishidaMinami]

i liked this version, i've listened to another one, but this one is good too! loved the vid! :)

[nesayala]

is it just me or does this song have a little christian meaning behind it?

[aayy11300]

@nesayala it was originally written for a christian metal band but evanescence agreed to sing it instead

[Alondra15191]

@Nightfeather12 you can find it in google I wanted to ask buti found it

[NightFeather12]

@Alondra15191 yes I found it, but I couldn't understand it!

[Alondra15191]

@NightFeather12 oh ok at least you looked for it  ^_^

[Alondra15191]

"I tried to kill the pain ... it only brought more [so much more]" I love that part so much :D lol

[Sadalmelek]

It is quite apparent that the song is about a girl trying to kill herself by cutting/self-injury

She is asking God whether, after her suicide, she will see Christ and Him or will she be denied...

[jennijwoww374]

Lmfao [music] I was like nooo really??

[Anonymous3675]

A device for stopping the flow of blood through an artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage. (Tourniquet definition)

[conchita074]

i know almost everysong from evanescence and i like them so freaking much , ilove them <3 sorry if my englisch is not so good i'm from holland

[hdluygue]

I no belive in god

[MashMashMusic]

@hdluygue

Excellent. I do. So what? Means only you won't get the meaning of the song.

[XxourworlderxX]

this song is awesome ! i luv it ! :P

[cheeroligist]

This song needs for views.

[firebloodblade]

<3 this song

[Blackdragon99omfg]

This song isn't that depressing. I have heard worse. This song for me is actually comforting. Depressing song.

Anything by Justin Bieber, makes me wanna shoot myself.

[jahnro618724]

@Blackdragon99omfg a hate comment using bieber only makes him so popular most especially here on youtube. sadly

[heart10198]

@Blackdragon99omfg THANK YOU!! SOME ONE WHO AGREES WITH ME!! MY PARENTS ALWAYS TELL ME TO WEAR MORE "COLOUR"(meaning pink*puckes*) and try to stop me being a rebel by telling me my mum will take me to a Jb(-dies-) concert DX But I still wear black and purple ect.....and I still wreck my clothes climbing and I Still listen to Evenescence and Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne ect..+ I LOVE TIM BURTON FILMS!! DYK: that Amy lee sung Sallys song for Disneys album, Nightmare revisited?!

[iluvthefollowing]

@Blackdragon99omfg lovely. really lovely :)

[uchihadamon]

@Blackdragon99omfg  lol agreed

[nrgshkl093]

@Blackdragon99omfg ahahahhaha EXACTLY!!!!!!

[anz246]

2:34 Juliet from Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet.

[NightFeather12]

What means tounriquet? I looked it up but couldn't find it's meaning... :/

[Miragesong]

@NightFeather12 its a device that cuts off the circulation of a limb to stop bleeding or to make it easier to cut off a limb...its morbid lol but ya, anything could be a tourniquet that can tie around your arm or leg, as long as you can cinch it up tight

[NightFeather12]

@Miragesong Hmmm thank you. It souns painfull... :/

[Bernyy1990]

@Miragesong It's also a rotating door.. lol i also looked it up.. With the Dutch meanings that is one ;)

[Miragesong]

@Bernyy1990 ahahahaha thats awesome!! lol

[Yuuki0698]

@NightFeather12

well tourniquet is a french word , it's used in playgrounds it's harmless (mirasong is right tough it has the same name has a medical device but here it's the game) .... well it's a big toy wich turns when pushed and most of french children's likes to sits on it while it turns

[NightFeather12]

@Yuuki0698 Thank you!!!! :)

[Miragesong]

@Yuuki0698 i believe that tourniquet is that as well, but in the song, the more painful definition makes more sense i think, she wants to be rescued, as if she's bleeding to death, but a children's toy doesn't sound right in the context of the song... lol or maybe im wrong :P

[Yuuki0698]

@Miragesong

maybe but then why does she say my god,my tourniquet ?

[hey1300able]

@Yuuki0698 probably because she's "bleeding" and she uses it to revive herself or something, and it has some sort of meaning to her. then again, i could be completely wrong :P

[WarlockAshlii]

@Miragesong It's about the medical device, in the original version by Soul Embraced the song was about someone committing suicide and asking God if they'd be allowed into Heaven....I suppose it's a metaphor for asking God to stop them from bleeding to death; but I can't be certain...Lyrics can be interpreted in so many ways...

[dforcefan202]

@NightFeather12 It is a home-made bandage. The song is about self harm.

[NightFeather12]

@dforcefan202 Oh, thanks!

[ellierocker94]

@NightFeather12 hemostasis.. i think that is medical terminology..

[NightFeather12]

@ellierocker94  Ok thank you!

[ajacool45]

@NightFeather12 It's something to stop blood.

[NightFeather12]

@ajacool45 Thank you!

[YasukiChan]

@NightFeather12 A device for stopping the flow of blood through an artery, typically by compressing a limb with a cord or tight bandage.

[WithoutInsight]

@NightFeather12 In the case of the song, it's actually about cutting yourself or committing suicide. 

[NightFeather12]

@WithoutInsight Ah, ok thank you!

[YeaHlegacy]

@NightFeather12 1.

Medicine/Medical, Surgery . any device for arresting bleeding by forcibly compressing a blood vessel, as a bandage tightened by twisting.

2.

a device for pulling the parts of a wooden piece of furniture together, consisting of a pair of twisted cords passed around the parts.

Origin:

1685–95; < French, derivative of tourner to turn

[Diabolikall]

@NightFeather12 lmgtfy.com/?q=tourniquet+meani­ng

[minazmorgul]

@NightFeather12 You couldn't find it because you spelled it wrong :)

[cryptess]

@NightFeather12 In most modern use, a tourniquet is a device used to cut off circulation specifically for the administration of intravenous drugs, either by a doctor or by ones' self; when I heard this song originally, I asked my father, a man with years of drug abuse history, why someone would pray to a tourniquet.

"Praying that they'll find a vein." he told me.

[LovedaSam]

@NightFeather12 you know when u go 2 the doctors to get blood taken out,they tie a thing around ur arm?well its to cut off circulation.and its called a tourniquet.

[fireplusjazz]

I had friend commit suicide. Eveytime I hear this song I think of him

[Miragesong]

@fireplusjazz that sucks :( im so sorry </3

[keryhanna]

i love this song 2 death

[futuremissesbloom]

ha i love the way this song is like all slow at the start and you turn up the volume to hear better and then it like breaks out like BAM :P

[ApocaliptJokerx123]

:”( x3



[psichomosaicpokesim]

Can't wait until the end of this... at midnight...

[LunarBaseSociety]

how to down load this song?!

[Miragesong]

aha you guys are funny. im not a racist. i didn't really care what nationality that guy was from so ya, whatever. i was defending myself from some stupid little prick who was being uncalled for and calling me an asshole for no reason. like i said, im only rude to people who asked for it. and apparently none of you know what he is, someone said he's italian, someone said he's romanian, and to be honest, i don't care. he's an ass no matter what language he speaks.

[ImPrettyReckless14]

Can't wait until 7 tonight.

[Miragesong]

@ImPrettyReckless14 why's that? jw :P

[ImPrettyReckless14]

@Miragesong Saw them live. they were epic.

[Miragesong]

@ImPrettyReckless14 omg! you're so lucky!! :) glad you had fun! did you get any videos? upload them if you did haha

[ImPrettyReckless14]

@Miragesong yeah but it bad quality. 

[Miragesong]

@ImPrettyReckless14 up to you :)

[wordgal14]

Epic. Each time I watch this I get something different out of it. Amy Lee's songs should be a massive sage like King Arthur... only better! Nobody makes music like she does. <3

[TheChihuahuaStorm]

MY FAVORITE SONG FROM EVANESCENCE!!!!!!!!!!

[lolz12223331]

:) i love this song 

[captainkeys12]

There alternative rock and gothic metal...their (from what I understand) NOT Christian rock.

[Xenooo2k]

xxxx

[ssymbolnr1]

ba handicapatilor nu puteti uploada muzica originala?????????(you assholes!!!can't you upload the originall song????



[Miragesong]

@ssymbolnr1 wtf is your problemo spanish freak? want rude words, you're getting them. take a fucking chill pill. if your life is so filled with mexican poverty and buritos that you need to find relief through youtube then go shoot yourself. im only a bitch to people to ask for it.

[MrAuditore96]

@Miragesong He is not Mexican, dumbass... you'll never know how powerful our country is... go fuck yourself for calling us freaks!

[LightningStrikes56]

@MrAuditore96 CHILL! honestly! frankly, i agree with Miragesong. if you don't like a video, don't comment on it! i would have reacted the same way were it my vid. and everyone's a freak in their own way, did not know that? and precisely what does mexico do? no offence, it's a nice country, but its not exactly powerful, is it?

[MrAuditore96]

@LightningStrikes56 Well, he didn't know exactly the meaning of a true "original" song and, because of that, he commented likewise. Please don't take him seriously... and I'm already chill enough, but I get so mad if people who don't even know what our country is actually called, swear it. :D

[MihaiCristian20]

@Miragesong btw , he is Romanian...

[Arispo94]

@Miragesong Racism is unnecessary...

[type87randomXD]

@Miragesong Racist much?

[type87randomXD]

@Miragesong Also, that is italian, not spanish.

[SUGARPOP73]

@Miragesong ignorant idiot! It is italian lenguage not spanish!!!!! So shut up before you start offending people with racist comments. Mexicans are human beings who deserve respect, the same as you would demand for your family.

[emogothdontjudge]

@Miragesong hey people take that "shoot yourself" stuff seriously. I did once and tried to.............. anyway still, what would you do if you found out that that person killed themself? its just not a thing you should say......

[canalcandee]

@Miragesong mmm sorry couldn't u confuse spanish with mexican? they're soo different from each other, the only common thing is the language ok? it's like i called u english american or australian,

thank u ;) i'm spanish

[ferbasteiro]

@Miragesong el burRito metetelo en el culo pelotudo

[19chani91]

@ssymbolnr1 prick.

[CHIPxxro]

@ssymbolnr1 Firs he is not spanish plz dont isult them ....like Miragesong if you want rude word listen hip hop ... if you dnt like go and get a life ..... from what i see its a hard song to find sooo . love the son goood jobb:)

[CHIPxxro]

Respond to this video... will i be denied christ !!!

[SadButterflyInTheSky]

@ssymbolnr1 este muzica originala... sunt 2 versiuni...

[SangeAlb]

@ssymbolnr1 adevarat pun kkturi ..

[cdmsunshine1]

I think she saying everything's painful (listen closely, it sound's like everything's painful), then I long to die.

[thecherrybabesxxx]

I love both versions.:)

[LikeOMGYourSerious]

@ 2:29 is she saying "me? i want.. to die!"

[Miragesong]

@LikeOMGYourSerious i think she's saying something along the lines of "save me" or "spare me" then "i want to die"

[CHIPxxro]

@LikeOMGYourSerious She its saying i love to diee sry my enghlish

[soul1112]

@CHIPxxro Actually, in this demo version she says "I long to die".

[1317nikki]

@LikeOMGYourSerious yes she says "me, i want to die" I've been listening to this song forever it's my favorite part of it :DDD

[kreatorjump13]

ang lupet

[kimberly49538]

live?

[Miragesong]

@kimberly49538 don't think so, its just an alternate recording apparently lol

[kimberly49538]

@Miragesong ok thanks.

[Flowreach]

Ahhh this isnt the version I wanted!!!! damnit! oh well thank you for uploading it anyway :) Love Amy's voice!!!!!

[Miragesong]

@Flowreach lol sorry! ^_^

[olympiadaful]

how can you possibly don't like this song??both the melody and the lyrics are so perfect ....;)

[simssiuke123]

Demo

[firerypyro]

I love Evanescence so much!!!

[4everreal23]

Metaphors evanescence, metaphors. Ha ha love them!

[ili137]

i wasnt sure if it was 'return' or 'reach in' to me salvation but now i know thank you ^^ <3<3 ♥ !...

[ApocaliptJokerx123]

I Luv This Song :X .......Luv evanescence ♥...

[ravensimple]

Christian rock, so great. Amy Lee sings about such everything, and her voice is awesome!

[12345ISIS12345]

@ravensimple How the fuck is this christian rock?!

[MCRROCKS1998]

@12345ISIS12345 I think people believe it is cus they say christ, I think it isn't really but people believe what people believe!

[12345ISIS12345]

@MCRROCKS1998 I allways thought it said 'christ' in vain, but I can see why people think it is christian by looking at a couple of the lyrics, if people saw the whole thing they'd realise it isn't.

[CanadianMusican1652]

If you wanted you tourniquet back so badly, you could've ask, but sure whatever works for you

[Miragesong]

@CanadianMusican1652 hmm? im confused?

[CanadianMusican1652]

@Miragesong in teh song she says that she wants her tourniquet back... I stole it MUAHAHAAHAHAHAH Does it sorta clear up what I was basically saying... Sorta? Maybe Question Mark? :P

[Miragesong]

@CanadianMusican1652 haha oh, now i get it lol 

[CanadianMusican1652]

@Miragesong haha, exactly

[mysonisgayable]

Awesome!

[XxKillerKellxX]

dude Ive neveer heard this version before and I love it.. anyway I can download this somewhere!? I have the other version from the album..

[Miragesong]

@XxKillerKellxX I'd honestly love to help, but i downloaded it over a year ago....i don't know where i got it or if the site still exists, sorry! :) but i did just google "tourniquet evanescence free mp3 download"...I'd just give it a go :)

[dopeboyzzz659]

@XxKillerKellxX just use youtube - mp3 converter

[ybelle99]

This is how I feel about my ex,

[INDIANA0PACERS]

I can't believe they aren't Christian :(

[XxKillerKellxX]

@INDIANA0PACERS they are, but they don't want to be considered a actual "Christian" band. they asked not to. go on wiki.

[Zami9000]

is this the demo version? it*s different from the regular one

[Miragesong]

@Zami9000 nope, its the original

[roxspitter215]

Been looking every where for this finnaly :)

[LoVecolours19]

like like:*:*



[alexmandel28]

love this song. i sing my heart out with this song& can feel the emotion in so many ways

[doglover20008]

this discribes how i feel about a guy i have feeling's for O.o

[tdiaz901]

@doglover20008 oh

[0vaneeessa]

1 don´t have imaginary because this song is amazing :X:X:x

[Springbaby5244]

awesome



[hplover226]

lol this was uploaded on my b-day. XD

[Miragesong]

@hplover226 happy birthday! :)

[vicky96ily]

@Miragesong thank you it did help alot :D

[Miragesong]

@vicky96ily anytime :)

[19Bibo95]

Wonderfull Song. I used a version of this for my Video *___*

[vicky96ily]

What doe the song mean someone plz help me understand D;

[Miragesong]

@vicky96ily basically Amy Lee (singer) is talking about someone or something acting as a tourniquet for her suffering in life. A tourniquet is a medieval but also modern device to stop a someone from bleeding to death by cutting off circulation to the wound. That's what I have been able to gather from it, hope that helps :)

[iHanyuuNanoDesu]

"I long to die" was from Romeo and Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Thank goodness my teacher had us watch that movie.

[travzgirl143]

love all their songs!!

[saiorgirl8]

Christ, tourniquet, my suicide. God, such a gorgeous song Jesus saves!!!!!!!!

[UncleRimo]

@Zelda3018

Try this one

it's a different version, I like it more tbh :P

Damn, can't post the link somehow ... I have it in my favourites, look it up if you want, I think that's the one you're looking for.

[UncleRimo]

Doesn't she say "Am I too lost to be saint" ? Always thought so :s

[Miragesong]

@UncleRimo when? :P

[UncleRimo]

@Miragesong At about 0:55 and 1:52, as I said, to me it always sounded like "saint". But I'm not sure ^^

[mrsgorockmusic]

@Miragesong when it says am i too lost to bee saved

[Miragesong]

@UncleRimo no, it's "saved", the entire song is about a tourniquet rescuing her, not about her holiness. plus, if you listen carefully, there is a "v" sound, not a "nt" sound :P

[UncleRimo]

@Miragesong Difficult one ... but you might be right :P