Evanescence - Bring Me To Life REACTION! THIS SONG IS SO DARK ITS SCARY

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

Amy Lee, on what this song is about: "This song was actually written about my now-husband. I’d been in a really bad, abusive relationship, which had been very difficult for a long time. I thought that I was doing a pretty good job of pretending I was okay, but Josh [Hartzler, Amy’s husband], this guy that I didn’t know really well at the time but I liked a lot.. well, he and I went into a restaurant while my bandmatess were parking the car. When we sat down, he looked at me right in the eyes, and said, ‘So, are you happy?’ He didn't think I was, despite all the pretending. It just caught me really off guard. I felt very exposed, but it felt good at the same time - like he could see me. That's where the line ‘How can you see into my eyes like open doors?’ came from."

[@alankeister5781]

Imagine the pride of being the man this song is about.. big ups to her husband.

[@mikehall4190]

Amy, if you read this, please do a collaboration with Sharon den Adel. Your fans in the USA can't get to Europe, so that would be a consolation gift for us. :-D 😅😄😃😂

[@Mikey__R]

@FE Rebekah this song was recorded way before Lee married her now husband. So, before he was able to bring her to life; maybe, bring her back to life?

[@Mikey__R]

@FE Rebekah you're right, of course! I can't argue with any of that. :o)

[@mudkipjuice]

@FE Rebekah When this song was released, she was still in an abusive situation, therefore still in that feeling of nothingness she sings about here. It was a cry for help at the time. Since getting out of that situation, she has written songs about fighting for herself and rejecting abusers, particularly Call Me When You're Sober.

[@rosemariemastro-watanabe2000]

I was listening to this song when I was trapped in a very physically and mentally abusive marriage! Well, this song woke my butt up and I took my kids and went to a shelter. I left that animal! Happier ever since! I became a something, a nurse. Xx

[@Ideserve100]

I have been there too.. hope you are feeling better. ❤

[@jameshunt9208]

I realize it's not the same, but I've been in a relationship with an abusive woman. It was very hard to get out of. I suppose I should be glad we hadn't had kids yet, because it is much harder for men to get custody of their children. 😢 I'm happy you were able to protect yourself and your kids by getting away.

[@apathy9990]

Evanescence My Immortal, Going Under, and Call me when you’re Sober next please.

[@markduffin9192]

My Immortal is a must, great track and very deep

[@andirandolph8830]

Going Under is my fave of theirs.

[@BlackPinkLoverBoy93]

Lithium 🔥

[@LuvSki_92]

And tourniquet, haunted sweet sacrifice

[@MaquillageAdore]

Just all of them. My coworker this past weekend committed suicide, so I've been listening to a lot of Evanescense.

[@LukeZwarteVacht]

I first heard this song as a depressed teenager. It may very well get better, but it never completely goes away. It's something that stays with you... it's something that you live with... it's something that you struggle with every day. All you can do is take it one day at a time and seek out the small pockets of happiness wherever you can find them.

[@Gothika2669]

Lmao! 2:40 your face when you realize that this is the song you were talking about in the beginning! I was waitin for this!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@jester5311]

Evanesance : my immortal. Such a good song

[@kimberlyparrish7522]

The older you get, the more songs make sense because songs are essentially stories ..life experiences!

[@Andrew_P86]

💯

[@allie12212]

Her record label forced her to have a male vocal on this song for the album but when she sings it live it's just her... I saw them live for the first time on my 18th birthday back in 2003 and again a couple years later and each time they were AMAZING

[@chrislinn2553]

I first heard this song shortly after my mother died. I was experiencing night terrors for the first time. The lyrics of this song reflected back how I felt and used words that reflected some of my terrors. Strangely enough, hearing this song helped more than anything. I felt like other people felt what I was feeling strongly enough to write this song and sing it so beautifully. And that meant I wasn't alone. Evanescence has been my go to music since then. Thank you for sharing your reactions.

[@Friala]

First heard it when it came out in 2003. I was 15 and was dealing with coming to terms with a chronic illness I had developed. I was in such a deep depression because my life as I knew it was over. This song and this band quite literally saved my life. It felt like she was singing this for me and for the pain I was in. It’s still special to me to this day.

[@GaelicMagyar]

I heard it as an angsty teen. Linkin Park and Evanescence were the champs at that time.

[@g2s2j2]

Amy Lee, one of the best female vocalists today. Her friend, Lzzy Hale, another great one. Amy - Heaven, Lzzy Hell. They do a couple of duets. And they bother do Seether's "Broken" you can see the difference.

[@rialramos5852]

Yes.. For me the duet of seether and amy lee is very romantic couple but the meaning of the song "Broken" is feeling like a lost paradise..

[@JavaJane87]

Lzzy is 😍😍😍

[@Halo4Lyf]

This song was actually written about the man who would become her husband. She's told the story many times in interviews. Amy Lee was on a double date with her boyfriend at the time, and a guy named Josh was there with another girl. They had gone ahead to get a table at a restaurant together and were in an elevator. They had barely exchanged ten words with each other and Amy was under the impression he didn't like her. Then Josh simply turns to her and asks, "Amy, are you happy?" And Amy realized that she wasn't, and was shocked that someone who had known her for such a brief time could see her so clearly. That's where the line "How can you see into my eyes like open doors?" comes from. Six or seven years later they were married. They've been married for 12 years now have a little boy together.

[@MatthewvMayo]

This song is dark but has a significant message. It's also one of my favorites and I don't listen to mainstream music except for country. My sister is a huge Evanescence fan and I know she's the reason I fell in love with Evanescence and Amy's voice.

[@willvr4]

Back when music still had meaning, and thought behind lyrics. Not just mumbles.

[@lostbutfound5271]

will music in general, yes. Hate what they play on the radio! Evanescence is still the same band with the same beautiful meaning behind the lyrics :) glad about that

[@sliptodaknot91]

🙄 there's still plenty of meaningful music out there, you're just looking in the wrong places. There's a majority of Rap that's more about the energy and fun of the song or the the beat. That being said there's STILL very meaningful and great Rap music out there, Lil Pump doesn't represent all of hip hop

[@rebel0334]

Pro tip if you're looking for good music mainstream ain't the place to look you gotta go look for it it's how I found the band Terrorbyte and Alive In Barcelona

[@52andattitude48]

pig benis thank you

[@mtrudo]

Craig Morgan. He's good meaningful music

[@crystalsmith4919]

I've carried anxiety and depression like a weighted blanket wrapped tightly around me since I was quite young. Songs like this speak to me, Staind, Linkin Park, Evanescence, etc. They have helped me through some really dark places, and continue to do so!!!

[@MrsHippyfreak]

Bought the CD in 2003 when I heard "My Immortal" and "Bring Me to Life" in Daredevil. Loved them then and now. And my teenage daughter thanked me for getting her hooked too.

[@cassandraclc]

The first time I heard this song and this album was after my son died. The whole album was on point with how I was feeling. It has helped me to heal.

[@DarkLawYGO]

My immortal Going Under Call me when your sober Everybodys Fool Lithium. Seether-Broken Ft Amy Lee

[@R_Wilkins_Sr]

Thanks for your kinds words Brother....there are MANY of us fighting depression every day of our lives (Me being one in my 50's) and it is a true struggle within every day....we are extremely good at hiding it. But it really does mean a lot when someone like you comes out and wishes us better days and better times....god bless you brother and thank you for your service as well!

[@nikkikiryubatman96]

I'm 24 and have struggled with depression since early childhood because of abuse and trauma I experienced growing up throughout my life. Evanescence, Simple Plan, and Linkin Park, as well as other similar bands, got me through those times. I still listen to these bands because of the fact that they let me feel things when I was numb. I recommend listening to "Never Lose Your Flames" by Issues (the acoustic or original is fine), it gets me through so much, it's very motivational and one of my absolute favorite songs from one of my favorite bands. Love your videos Billy!

[@aprilphillips5172]

Your ending comment was so nice to hear. I used to listen to this song all throughout high school. Still go back to Evanescence when I'm having a bad day. But your ending message hit me hard...in a good way 😊

[@autisticgirlmelissal628]

I love Evanescence one of my fav bands also Paramore, Black Veil Brides, In This Moment, New Year's day, Icon For Hire, RED, Five Finger Death Punch, Motionless In White, Skillet, Ghost Town, Green Day, Korn, The Pretty Reckless, Slipknot, Ice nine kills, Bring Me The Horizon, Flyleaf, Disturbed, Suicide Silence etc.

[@jiminsjimjams9477]

Watching this just broke my heart for little me all over again (and for anyone that's been to a dark place like this)! Thank you Amy Lee for helping so many people to dig their ways out of that hole..

[@mixy4068]

My Immortal for Emotional Billy ;)

[@honey._.coconut3475]

Seether feat. Evanescence's lead singer Amy Lee - Broken Also for your stand-up reactions, Bill Engvall's Golf Shot & Vicodinland bits. He's friends with Ron White.

[@emoryjr1972]

As a 30 year vet of the fire service these lyrics reflect of my eyes have see. There was a tribute video done about firefighters and this sone was used and fit it perfectly.

[@OneVoiceMore]

I was introduced to this song from the movie "Daredevil", and it as a featured video on the DVD.

[@zom8979]

It starts of the VHS versions of the movie

[@stephaniejohnson229]

When they first came out, I was a teen going through my emo phase (I never left tbh). Their first album was dark af but it felt so relatable. I was severely depressed due to undiagnosed PTSD from emotional and mental abuse and Evanescence helped.

[@laurenlaroche8620]

I was 13-14 when I heard this, mom was a drunk and evanescence just had me in my feels cause it felt like their music understood me (dark, I know)

[@MeanieHutSr]

The first time i ever heard this song was when the Daredevil movie came out with Ben Affleck and i believe Jennifer Gardner.

[@nickhendricks308]

Goron_Ninja it is, I love the extended version of the film to

[@jester5311]

Same here

[@OneVoiceMore]

Garner.

[@Cairovalerius]

Having been through hell mixed with purgatory and suffering from PTSD etc.. this was my go to song when I was younger. Still is to this day. Thankfully I’m blessed enough to be on the mend and happy today, but I still have my dark days from time to time and somehow find comfort in this. Thank you, and may you have a long happy life!

[@stevenbaker107]

I have definitely been dealing with depression and anxiety and parkinson's. You are freaking awesome and amazing. I love you my friend

[@waynehauser3611]

This is one of the most powerful songs and clips ever ! Its gripping to watch even now after years, i can still feel this song with the vid . Thanks for sharing. Lerv from down under \m/ \m/

[@Aaron_Berry]

If you are not aware, the guy doing the backup vocals is Paul McCoy, he is the singer of 12 Stones. I recommend the song 12 Stones - Broken.

[@blackkatt777]

Amy Lee is such an amazing singer. That last held note was literally breath taking. I have run out of air and about ready to faint sometimes, trying to finish it. Lol Fyi, the guy singing with her is not part of the group. He is a Christian Rock artist that's ft on this song.

[@projektSoulXpat]

When i first listened to this song, i was at my darkest moments. It actually saved me in a way.

[@chriswaltman5313]

Wow, this was a throwback. I used to blast this back in high school when my friends and I played video games.

[@misslucybear]

We really need You Tubers like you to bring us up when we are down. I just found you by accident, but thanks, great commentary, great song and it is kind of dark but it's one of those songs where when you really pay attention and feel it you find that there is actually light within it.

[@charliekgorden4390]

I have loved and related to this song since it came out when I was a kid. So deep and dark and impactful. Loved your reaction video for it. Xo

[@JavaJane87]

Hello and Call Me When You're Sober are two of my favorites.

[@allisonjae3152]

This song is dark, but I love it. Please react to Call Me When Your Sober. Great song and the video is awesome.

[@realisticthought1781]

And the seether response song breakdown

[@bethannprather1462]

Allison Jae... You should watch the live version... Not concert though. She's in a studio.

[@shakarussanders9911]

The guy singing in the song name is Paul McCoy front man of 12 Stones a very good band one of my favorites from the 2000s! This was a good album as well 2003 was a long time ago I was in my mid 20's time flies something serious!😵

[@erinraecowin]

I was 14 when this came out in 2002 and I was in a severe depression because I was being bullied at school and my best friend had just died. This song kept me alive.

[@VioletIceFire]

I feel like rock music especially back in the 90s and 2000s really felt relatable because of that sense of release I got from listening to it even as a kid. Rock was a great stress relief when I needed to channel frustration and not let it hurt those around me. I dont listen to rock anymore but truly songs like this really resonates

[@neolithiumproduction]

I've got a real weakness for great duets between female and male voices. The first time I saw this song was the music video on the tv at my aunt's house. And I was in love. Bought the album, and never regretted it. Shoot, I used to use this as my song to wake up to in the morning with my alarm clock. xD

[@DianaCas09]

I was a kid and loved this song because of the lyrics, I started with depression at around 7 - 8 years old and I'm 25 today. When I first heard this song was around 14 or 15 and that's when I was suicidal and other things. I'm good now through I do still have depression but I'm living :D

[@lorettasearcy2023]

Thank you for your service sir and God bless you my friend

[@jimmyperez3911]

Cool! Billy that's just an awesome video and song I remember when it first came out and it's just as good today as it was back then

[@richardwani2803]

This song was at no1 in the UK for about six weeks and played to death on the radio also played it on a loop all day

[@bethannprather1462]

Please watch "Call Me When You're Sober"... But the live version. She's sitting at a piano in a studio with the band.

[@deed5811]

I was at home when I first heard this song. An NPR show interviewed Amy and played this song. I couldn't get to my computer fast enough to order the CD.

[@maxinemcclurd1288]

I was in my 30s listening to the same music as my teenagers.I'd roll up the window in the car and sing out .I was a cool Mom,

[@lucius569]

they were the very first band I ever listened to. I was probably 7 or 9 and now I'm 20 and still a huge fan.

[@DarkenedAuras]

There was a time when I was completely obsessed with this song, it inspired SO MANY poems for me

[@jamesnorthup7717]

Anything by Evanescence is good!

[@lmof1530]

I just found your channel, and I like it so far.. your reactions are genuine... I'm a super P!NK fan, and I watched your reaction to couple of her songs, I recommend you see her Brit Awards performance it was so cool

[@ariananicoleleon8309]

I was 12 when I 1st heard this song & It fit the time I was going through in middle school. It was the lowest of lows I remember- going through life - numb and empty and Depersonalized from everything and everyone. I truly felt like a ghost or a shell of a human and it scares me to think back on that time - so young And feeling that way. But - here I am now at 26; stable and calm and watching your video! Love ur reaction billy ! Oh plus to comment on what u said - I knew the way I was feeling wasn’t too good but I didn’t wanna burden my parents so I sure as hell did not sing this around them lol

[@whoopshey826]

when i heard it, i was at Vinos, in little rock arkansas, where she is from. live.

[@MetalMike38]

I think it was probably the first rock song that I liked and gave me a new perspective on the rock genre, I grew up in a house where all that was played was bubblegum pop music. And the only rock music I’d ever heard before that was rap rock stuff like Limp Bizkit which wasn’t my thing at all. I’d never heard any classic rock before, hard as it is to believe, but up until Evanescence I believed that rock music all had rap in it so I didn’t pay attention. This song changed that because then I started listening to classic rock and now rock / metal is my favourite genre. So thanks Evanescence, I owe you one.

[@JKM395]

My Immortal will blow you away. I appreciate you brother. Keep up the good work.

[@marybayouprincess_90bivins3]

Sadly, when this song came out I had just got diagnosed with kidney failure at 12 so I was really depressed. But I heard it on Daredevil & loved it!!

[@TNT-dp2jq]

This song came out right after my husband died in 2003...made me cry...couldn’t listen to it for many years. I now finally can.

[@fabij3902]

You should check out Everyone’s fool as well.

[@dannythemysterious8221]

Yes I love it

[@dusman7]

If you want to hear a beautiful song by them, you've got to react to My Immortal. It's incredible. You will be amazed.

[@jennawhite5466]

For me, I was in high school, battling endometriosis and bipolar disorder when this album came out. I would play it when I self-harmed, highly ritualized. I still listen to it, but now as part of my therapy. Basically reflecting back, and using the music alone to help me through it.

[@hazelnevarez3163]

I first started listening to this song when I was in Jr. High. I was in a pretty dark place. I guess you can say this song, with a couple more, defined my teenage years. This song means a lot to me and I still listen to it when I'm having a hard time.

[@missdaegana]

Been listening to evanescence since i was 8 before they were famous and they had released origin amy has got me through alot and is amazing live x

[@kindashady3065]

My Immortal

[@alexandervelez9507]

this entire album helped me through middle school when my depression first started to manifest.

[@iwolfdk]

after the first period in the army, I got PTSD and I attempted suicide, in my last will that song was my desire for it to be played for my funeral, so that song is of great importance to me. I have today progressed with my PTSD and I am well today. /BIA

[@mamallamahope1610]

Thank you for your service! I'm glad to see you here today. You're loved. 💜

[@jiminsjimjams9477]

I'm so glad you're alive and here today! God bless you! ❤

[@eternalblaze3979]

Thank you so much for your service. Great to hear that you are doing great. nothing but love here

[@masonshrewsbury989]

Chris Daughtry sang this as Judas in a tv special by Tyler Perry called the passion. It was the story of the passion of Christ and the stars sang modern songs.

[@juliewriston980]

Newly subbed..BTW! You ARE FREAKN AWESOME! My 26 yr old daughter is an Amy Lynn Lee LOOK ALIKE. No joke. And Evanescence is one bada**! Love her voice, her style, and her music. Thanks for doing this video. From Southeast Arizona, much love and respect.

[@MsJodaBear]

This song came out when I was in high school. I have always loved this song.

[@KristenVale]

I was 12 in 6th grade when I first heard this song and it’s what made me fall in eternal love with Evanescence. I was also diagnosed with bipolar depression back then so 😂😬

[@LotsOfCome]

Haha the fact that you paused the video right before the drop in the beginning! Haha 😂 awesome reaction as always! 🙌🏼💞

[@Joyfullscroll]

I knew it's impact when it was released. (It reminded me of my just passed mom.) I felt it at times, but it also Lifted me up with it's Beat.

[@CelestialSleuth]

5:05 😂😂😂😂😂 The story of me and the Jagged Little Pill album😂 I had no idea what it all meant at the time, but I think I just liked how Alanis Morrisette was so unapologetically loud and angsty. Perhaps there was an unconcious connection because I felt extra pressure to be quiet and well behaved as a kid. I came to appreciate the album waaay later on, lyrically, as an adult.

[@thedarkness97]

I was 28 in 2003, when I first heard this song on the radio. I think it was Radio City in Liverpool, that was playing it..

[@enedinatorres828]

When I heard this song honestly I was 15 yrs old and a runaway. This song just some how fit me at that point in life. Then when I was 20 was diagnose with bipolar. Im now 48 with 5 beautiful kids.

[@diandiaz9026]

This song actually parallels a lot of the meaning in the underworld movie

[@MariaReyes-fz4rv]

Dian Diaz Right?

[@adamdriverlatinoamerica8836]

another amazing reaction Billy!! Thank you!!

[@LivxLaughxLove]

Evanescence is THAT BAND! I knew the song was dark when it first came out much like how I knew a lot of Linkin Park's songs were dark, but I still listened because they are amazing. Amy is amazing. There are so many songs by them that I want to request, but I'll start with "New Way To Bleed" there's no music video for it, but it's still amazing.

[@nancyhamilton9756]

Love their song My Immortal

[@jennasmith1285]

Keep those reactions as real as you can!

[@TheArey827]

I hearded on the radio when i was 12 years old and i loved it, but in that moment i didn't know english, so i was unaware of this deppresing meaning. So i bought their album fallen, that was my first album in my life🧓🏼 then i searched the meaning of this song on internet and i thought that i need to learn another language, after this i studied English. Saludos desde México 🤘🏼.

[@thatsovanessa]

I was 12 when this song came out so I was in the same boat, I would just sing along when it was on the radio. And then when i saw the video I got the more depressing vibe of the song which I couldn't relate to but I loved this song!

[@AngB517]

First time I heard it was the night my almost 18 year old was born extremely premature by emergency c-section and I was waking up from GA (no time for a spinal). I heard it 3-4 times that night because the hospital had a tv channel that played the local radio station. I was almost 25 and this album helped me a lot. 8 or 9 years later, I heard him singing it which I thought was kinda ironic. 😉

[@deepanshutyagi5989]

Who else is listening this in 2019?

[@mnstorm99]

Well, this was just uploaded a few days ago. So, there is that.

[@rebeccahenson976]

Deepanshu Tyagi all of us, Sherlock.

[@SophiesDriver]

Where was I? 2003. I was in a pretty dark place; the hardest period of my life, my entire world turned upside down. I identified with the lyrics. I found comfort in this song, and some others I'm 60 years old now, a different person than before 2003, before my life changed. But I'm here, and happy to be here. Bring Me To Life, the whole album really, one of those things that helped me get through the darkness, through the despair, from there to here.

[@lexiwexiwoo]

Hit depression the year I lost my grandfather, 12 yrs old & suicidal. Its no joke that I would have ppl say I couldn't be depressed because I was so young.

[@meganlodon]

One of my favorite bands since I was a child. I still have the jacket with thumb holes I used to wear. Please check put their other songs!

[@AshLee92490]

Since someone else posted other suggested songs of theirs, you should also do "Lacrymosa" (which samples Mozart's famous classical music "Lacrimosa) and "Missing". Oh also "Tourniquet" and "Imaginary", but if you do those 2, find a video that plays both back to back because it transitions from one to the other and that's how I like to listen to it lol...

[@acy2004]

I was in 10th grade when this came out. I knew it was a dark song and still loved it. Her voice is unmatched. Great reaction 🙋🏻‍♀️🙌🏼👍🏼👏🏼💜🇨🇦

[@catherinethurmond4776]

I was a Angsty Teen at the time so this song came into my life at the perfect time. Also Everybodys Fool next please.💜

[@shilo-cp4oc]

I heard this as a kid not sure ive seen the video and for sure didnt realize it was so dark. My sister loved this band growing up so ive prolly heard this 100 times or more and legit am just really listening to the lyrics and wow just wow

[@michellepaletta8059]

Going under by her is also a great song but she has a live video of this song. You should react to it. It is amazing that her voice sounds exactly like this live.

[@jennawhite5466]

Oh, the nostalgia. I remember when this single and MV came out, then the album dropped. Christian book stores had this album. Amy Lee and crew found out, and did a press release that they are NOT a Christian band, requesting that all their stuff be pulled from religious stores.

[@pamelawilliams3144]

Lol yeah i never understood why people thought/think that this album was Christian.

[@williamjamesayers7719]

AMY LEE!!!!!!!! KEEP ON ROCKIN!!!!!

[@jadecarpenter6494]

*starts singing the song he’s reacting to* love that 😂😂😂 but hey, check out “You’re Special” by NF. My favorite song and I got to see it live. The emotion in it was absolutely amazing. Love you man! 💛💛💛