In Amy Lee’s own words, “Going Under” is:
[…] about coming out of a bad relationship, and when you’re at the end of your rope, when you’re at the point where you realize something has to change, that you can’t go on living in the situation that you’re in.
It was initially going to be Evanescence’s...
[Verse 1]
Now I will tell you what I've done for you
Fifty thousand tears I've cried
Screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you
And you still won't hear me (Going under)
[Verse 2]
Don't want your hand this time, I'll save myself
Maybe I'll wake up for once (Wake up for once)
Not tormented, daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm
Dying again
[Chorus]
I'm going under (Going under)
Drowning in you (Drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (Falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm going under
[Verse 3]
Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies
(So I don't know what's real)
So I don't know what's real and what's not
(Don't know what's real and what's not)
Always confusing the thoughts in my head (Oh)
So I can't trust myself anymore
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm
Dying again
[Chorus]
I'm going under (Going under)
Drowning in you (Drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (Falling forever)
I've got to break through, I'm
[Bridge]
So go on and scream
Scream at me, I'm so far away (So far away)
I won't be broken again (Again)
I've got to breathe
I can't keep going under
[Guitar Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm
Dying again
[Chorus]
I'm going under (Going under)
Drowning in you (Drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (Falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm going under (Going under)
[Outro]
I'm going under (Drowning in you)
I'm going under
Going Under was written by Amy Lee & Ben Moody & David Hodges.
Going Under was produced by Dave Fortman.
Evanescence released Going Under on Tue Mar 04 2003.
From an interview with Spin in October 2006:
You’ve said that much of Fallen, which you cowrote with Moody, is about being in an abusive relationship for three years.
Just listen to that statement: I went through an abusive relationship for three years. It’s weird to stay in an abusive relationshi...
“Going Under.” That was the song that I really wanted for the first single, and [the label] really wanted “Bring Me to Life.” And the movie thing [the Daredevil soundtrack] came up and we had that opportunity, and it was like, “This is what’s happening. We were like, "OK, not gonna fight about it. B...