Understanding (Sound Asleep)

[sweetserenity]

Understanding (Sound Asleep) - Sound Asleep EP track 3
Italics are spoken words by Ben and backing vocals.

0:00 - 0:17

You hold the answer

0:20 - 0:33

The pain that grips you
The fear that binds you (haah)
Releases life in me
In our mutual
Shame we hide our eyes
To blind them from the truth
That finds a way for who we are

Please don't be afraid
When the darkness fades away
The dawn will break the silence
Screaming in our hearts
My love for you still grows
This I do for you
For I’ve tried to fight the truth my final time

1:37
Ahhh
Ahhhh
Ahh
1:53

Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away (ahhh ahhh)
Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away

2:16
Ahhh
Ahhhhh
Ahhh
2:26

Lying beside you (Lying beside you)
Listening to you breathe
The life that flows inside of you
Burns inside of me

Hold and speak to me
Of love without a sound
Tell me you will live through this
And I will die for you (I will die today, die today)

Cast me not away
Say you'll be with me
For I know I cannot
Bear it all alone

3:17
Ahhh
Ahhhh
Ahhh
3:29

Can't fight it all away
Can't hope it all away (Ahhh ahhh)
Can't scream it all away
It just won't fade away


3:52
Ahhh ahhh
4:18

I've tried so hard

“I have tried super.. so hard. To be without you for so many years.”

And I have cried

“So many words I have saved upon someone one. I love you, I love you, and I want you to stay."

[DarkFlare89]

Some info:

This version is said to be the last time Evanescence ever records Understanding. I dunno what in the world their sudden hatred toward the song is for, however one can only assume. (On Exodus Discography, it SPECIFCALLY mentions this is the last place to it be seen. By WHY this song? What about WWYG? That was last seen on Origin? Why not them saying it's the last time WWYG will be seen/recorded? Or any other never before heard of except once song. WHY Understanding is the last to be seen specifically?) The ending part is very echoed...you can practically only hear Amy saying 'I've tried so hard, and I have cried' and then Ben's vibrated voice.

Info from: Exodus Forums

[nyohah]

My guess is that comment dates back to when they released the Sound Asleep EP. It's the only song that was on both EPs, and if my understanding is right, it was probably one of their most popular songs at the time (since it had been played on the radio), and they had maybe already done an acoustic version of the song at that point. So "Understanding": 3; everything else: 1. They were probably sick of redoing it, or they worried that people were going to think they were just going to keep re-releasing it, or that was the song everybody wanted (like the "Bring Me to Life" of the time), which was why it appeared on two releases in the same form, but Evanescence wanted to move on. I interpret the statement as either "Okay, we put this on our first two releases, but we promise it isn't going to be on any others!" or "We put this on two releases! If you still don't have it, tough."

Of course, as we now know that Evanescence has a long history of remaking songs, the statement is ironic. I'd rather like to have a remade version of "Understanding", though, because I really like the song, but I'm not a fan of the EP days in general. I only like to listen to "Understanding", "Exodus", and "Whisper" from the EPs. I'd listen to "Forgive Me", too (it sounds fine), but it never really grew on me, for some reason. A newer version done by more experienced musicians would have been nice.