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 Demos 2001-2002 (2002)

1. Anything for You

2. Breathe No More

3. Before the Dawn

4. Even in Death

5. Exodus

6. Forever Gone Forever You

7. Bring Me to Life (Early Version)

8. Forgive Me

9. Further Away

10. Haunted V.1

11. Haunted V.2

12. Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana Cover)

13. Hello

14. I Must Be Dreaming

15. Imaginary

16. Missing

17. So Close

18. Surrender

19. Taking Over Me V.1

20. Taking Over Me V.2

21. My Tourniquet V.1

22. My Tourniquet V.2

23. Understanding (Original Version)

 About Demos 2001-2002

This demo compilation is the largest collection of pre-Fallen demos. Some of these songs only appear here and were never put onto another album. Several of them went on to be featured on Fallen or Anywhere But Home.

The songs "Anything for You," "Before the Dawn," "Forever Gone, Forever You," and "Surrender" only appear as demos on this album. "Even in Death," "Exodus," "Forgive Me," "I Must Be Dreaming," "So Close," and "Understanding" were never featured on a studio album or single.

"Anything for You" has the fastest tempo of any Evanescence song. Note that, at the end of the verse, the Lacrymosa can be heard playing in the background, and the tune matches up to Evanescence's later song, "Lacrymosa," released on The Open Door. The words, "If you want me, come and find me," appear in "Call Me When You're Sober" on the same album. "Anything for You" is unique in that it is the only demo that apparently influenced The Open Door; its message is also pretty rare among other Evanescence songs. Instead of feeling trapped and alone, or repulsed by her lover's ways and refusing to tolerate it, Amy Lee is actually giving in ("I'll believe all your lies, just pretend you love me. I'll be anything for you.").

"Forever Gone, Forever You" was particularly hard for me to find. It did not come with the demo download where I got most of these songs. I believe it is the precursor to "Bring Me to Life," as the tune is similar (compare the chorus in "FGFY" to the verses in "BMtL").

Note that "I Must Be Dreaming" is an alternate name for "Bleed."

The version of "Imaginary" on this demo differs from the album version only in the bridge. It completely abandons the "swallowed up in the sound of my screaming" verse in all other versions and takes a different approach to leaving this world: suicide.

Other appearances of the songs on this demo:

"Breathe No More" appeared on Anywhere But Home, along with its live concert video.

"Even in Death" had appeared on Origin.

"Exodus" had appeared on Evanescence - EP.

"Bring Me to Life"  appeared in its final version on Fallen with its live concert video and on Bring Me to Life - Single with its music video and the Bliss Mix version of the song. Anywhere But Home also featured the song with the live concert video, the music video, and a video of the 2003 Billboard performance.

"Forgive Me" had appeared on Sound Asleep - EP.

"Further Away" appeared on Mystary - EP and Bring Me to Life - Single as "Farther Away." It is also on Anywhere But Home with its live concert video.

"Haunted" appeared on both Fallen and Anywhere But Home (with its live concert video). It also features on My Immortal - Single as a live session version.

"Heart Shaped Box" appeared on Going Under - Single as a live acoustic version (the same version as on this demo).

"Hello" appears on Fallen.

"I Must Be Dreaming" appears on the Demo CD as "Bleed."

"Imaginary" has a plethora of appearances: its EP version had appeared on Evanescence - EP; its Origin version had been featured on Origin; an extended version of it appeared on the Demo CD; it was featured on Mystary - EP; the final version appeared on Fallen and Imaginary - Single; its live version is on Anywhere But Home, along with its live concert video.

"Missing" appears on Anywhere But Home, but is the only song without a live concert video (it actually wasn't performed). The album version also appeared on Bring Me to Life - Single and Missing - Single.

"So Close" appeared on Evanescence - EP as "So Close (The Last Day)"

"Taking Over Me" appeared on Fallen and Anywhere But Home (plus the live concert vid) in its album version; a live version is on Everybody's Fool - Single.

"My Tourniquet" appeared on Fallen and Anywhere But Home (with the live video) as "Tourniquet."

"Understanding" appeared in its original version on In the Shadows - Demos 1996-1998, Evanescence - EP, and Sound Asleep - EP. There is an outtake version on Evanescence - EP and an edited version ("Wash It All Away") on Sound Asleep - EP.

Whew.