Understanding (Acoustic)

[sweetserenity]

Understanding - Acoustic Version

0:00 - 0:15

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

0:42 - 0:56

Can't wash it all away
Can't wish it all away

1:03 - 1:10

Can't cry it all away
Can't scratch it all away

1:17 - 1:25

Lying beside you
Listening to you breathe
The life that flows inside of you
Burns inside of me
Cast me not away
Say you'll be with me
For I know I cannot
Bear it all alone

1:55 - 2:06

Can't fight it all away
Can't hope it all away

2:12 - 2:20

Can't scream it all away
It just won't fade away, Ahh oh

2:32 - 2:46

Ooh, Can’t wash it all away
Can’t wish it all away yeah yeah yeah
Can’t cry it all away
Can’t hope it all away yeah e ooh

[DarkFlare89]

Some info:

Some people theorize that because of Arkansas' liking for the song Understanding (which was one of the 5 songs Pre-Fallen played on the radio) this song was asked by radio stations for the band to perform acoustically. The did it in Arkansas, USA in the year 1998 (the most common speculated date of the acoustic's recording).

Info from: ev.it, EvBoard

[EvenInDeath46]

I've also heard some people theorize that the acoustic version is actually the original version itself, and that the Evanescence EP version is actually second to it. It could make sense, since there really is no definitive proof that the band actually performed the song acoustically at a radio station in their native town of Little Rock, Arkansas. Perhaps, the band themselves just recorded the acoustic version in their home studio to produce an alternate version to the popular Evanescence EP version? Ben and Amy were always more into the recording process rather than performing gigs, so maybe they recorded this version just for fun or for the purpose of being another song to add to their arsenal of recordings they would one day release when they would make it big?