Released as a promo single in Spain, “Imaginary” describes the artist’s strong desire to live in a dream rather than live in reality. The song uses imagery to describe the dream world and help listeners imagine it too. The title of the song is fitting as the dream world that is described only exists...
[Intro]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Paper flowers
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Paper flowers
[Verse 1]
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name
Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops, as they’re falling, tell a story
[Chorus]
In my field of paper flowers (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
And candy clouds of lullaby (Paper flowers)
I lie inside myself for hours (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
And watch my purple sky fly over me (Paper flowers)
[Verse 2]
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos, your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
[Chorus]
In my field of paper flowers (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
And candy clouds of lullaby (Paper flowers)
I lie inside myself for hours (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
And watch my purple sky fly over me (Paper flowers)
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of Imaginary light
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
In my field of paper flowers (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
And candy clouds of lullaby (Paper flowers)
I lie inside myself for hours (Ah-ah-ah-ah)
And watch my purple sky fly over me (Paper flowers)
[Outro]
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Paper flowers
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Paper flowers
Imaginary was produced by Dave Fortman.
Evanescence released Imaginary on Tue Mar 04 2003.
Probably because in Amy’s dream world flowers are made out of paper and are not natural.
1998 EP version
Origin version (2000)
Demo #1 and #2 (2001-2002)
Mystary version (2003)
Fallen version (2003)
Synthesis version (2017)
Dave Fortman, the song’s producer, said about the production of the track:
During the bridge of ‘Imaginary,’ there are probably 70-plus people performing on the song at that moment. There’s a choir that’s been doubled, there is a string orchestra with 22 players doubled, then you add all of the ban...
Amy Lee:
I always felt like “Imaginary” was supposed to be a single. I love that song, it’s the one song that’s never left our setlist. And it really does a good job of capturing something really to the core of our sound, and our theme. I really love that song a lot. For me, that would’ve been the...