"The Only One" - Evanescence

"The Only One" by Evanescence
The Open Door - Track 10


LYRICS
[The tuna fish is singing in a Tuna Afternoon]

[quack, quack, quack]

[You know you're not the only one]

When they all come crashing down - midflight
You know you're not the only one
When they're so alone
They find a back door out of life
You know you're not the only one

We're all grieving
Lost and bleeding

All our lives
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader
All your lies
I'm not believing
Heaven shine a light down on me

So afraid to open your eyes, hypnotized
You know you're not the only one
Never understood this life
And you're right I don't deserve
But you know I'm not the only one

We're all grieving
Lost and bleeding

All our lives
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader
All your lies
I'm not believing
Heaven shine a light down on me

Don't look down
Don't look into the eyes of the world beneath you
Don't look down
You'll fall down
You'll become their sacrifice

Right or wrong
Can't hold on to the fear
That I'm lost without you
If I can't feel, I'm not mine
I'm not real

All our lives
We've been waiting
For someone to call our leader
All your lies
I'm not believing
Heaven shine a light down on me


Amy:
""The song is about some of my experiences as a teenager with close-mindedness. I thought the people around me seemed lost in a world that I really didn't belong in. It's kind of spiritual. We originally called the track 'Tuna Afternoon', because I made tuna noodle casserole that day. We still call the song 'Tuna Afternoon'. Sometimes it's hard to get past that working title."
"It's weird. I was inspired by lots of things. The lyrics were really about a lot of my youth when I felt like I was in a very small town, I was in Little Rock and everything, and I felt very different from everyone around me, became really apparent, and places like school and church, I just felt like nobody got what I really wanted to hear, I guess. You want the truth, you want the real answers, you want the meaning of life, and you just get stuff that's easy to swallow, so... I don't know, I guess the songs is about growing up and realizing you have to kind of find the answers and not listen to everybody who you think knows what they're talking about. But yeah, Terry and I just wrote music till very very early in the mornings when we were writing The Open Door and I remember writing forever and being so excited about that song and I thought it was the first single and like, it's the best song in the world and... I don't know, eating a lot of food and just [laughters from the audience] being stupid. We love this song very much.""

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[SweetestInsanity1]

I wish I had this woman's voice, or at least half her talent. Amy is a dark angel, and her voice is hauntingly beautiful.

[bannanalove990]

The song is about some of my experiences as a teenager with close-mindedness. I thought the people around me seemed lost in a world that I really didn't belong in. It's kind of spiritual. We originally called the track 'Tuna Afternoon', because I made tuna noodle casserole that day. We still call the song 'Tuna Afternoon'. Sometimes it's hard to get past that working title

Thats what it was about.....2 her

I think its about a duck

[liquidriddim1]

this song does something to me everytime love it.

[LoriLovesPinkAndDied]

Quack quack quack! :D

[TearsAreForeverBlack]

Uhh...whats up with the tuna fish and the duck noise ????

[Lunabeam1]

@pjnlsn Well if she's married I don't see you fucking her any time soon. And not only that but she probably has security guards and stuff like that around her. But you can always fatasize about it =D

[TheVarekadasa]

I like this song, i listen to it 50 times per day !!!

[LoveLightsPeace]

Ducks associated with Shamanism. Yea, I was shocked too. Had no clue but I think this song could fit into working with the living and the dead.

[AniGrimy97]

@swtkitten216 i like both genres

[jmx3296]

Between the lyrics and Amy Lee's description, this song really seems to fit with the feelings of many taking part in or supporting the Occupy Wall Street (and elsewhere) movement.