Lacrymosa

About Lacrymosa

"Lacrymosa" is a song recorded by American rock band Evanescence for their second studio album, The Open Door (2006). An alternative version appears on the band's fourth studio album Synthesis (2017). The song was composed by Amy Lee and Terry Balsamo and produced by Dave Fortman. "Lacrymosa" incorporates the Lacrimosa sequence from Mozart's Requiem (1791) throughout. Lee said that it was inspired by the movie Amadeus. The song contains elements of various genres, including alternative metal, gothic rock, and post-grunge. Set in slow tempo, it was originally written in the key of D minor but Lee and Balsamo transposed it into E minor. The song garnered polarizing opinions from music critics, with some labeling it as one of the best songs on The Open Door, particularly complimenting the backing choir, while others lamented it one of the worst for the same reasons. According to Lee, "Lacrymosa" was originally written for the soundtrack to the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, but was not included because of its dark sound. The producers of the film, however, rebutted her claim, stating this information was "news to them" and that no Evanescence music had been planned for inclusion in the soundtrack. The song was part of the set list during the band's second worldwide tour, The Open Door Tour (2006–2007). more »

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2006

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Out on your own, cold and alone again
Can this be what you really wanted, baby?

Blame it on me, set your guilt free
Nothing can hold you back now

Now that you're gone, feel like myself again
Grieving the things I can't repair and willing

To let you blame it on me and set your guilt free
I don't want to hold you back now, love

I can't change who I am, not this time
I won't lie to keep you near me
And in this short life there's no time to waste on giving up
My love wasn't enough

And you can blame it on me, just set your guilt free, honey
I don't want to hold you back now, love

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Evanescence

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and helped the band win two Grammy Awards and seven nominations, as well as scoring No. 6 in CBS's "Top Bestselling Albums of the Last 10 Years" (2008). A year later, Evanescence released their first live album, Anywhere but Home, which sold more than one million copies worldwide. In 2006, the band released their second studio album, The Open Door, which sold more than five million copies. more »

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