Evanescence Lyrics Source

EP and Origin Version

**Red parts only appear in Origin.**

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.

In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby,

I lie inside myself for hours,

And watch my purple sky fly over me.

I linger in the doorway

Of alarm clocks 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.

If you need to leave the world you live in,

Lay your head down and stay awhile.

Though you may not remember dreaming,

Something waits for you to breathe again.

In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby,

I lie inside myself for hours,

And watch my purple sky fly over me.

Demo, Mystary, Fallen, and Anywhere But Home Version

**Parts in red are only included in the Demos 2001-2002 version. Parts in blue are not included in this version.**

Paper flowers... X2

I linger in the doorway

Of alarm clocks 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

And candy clouds of lullaby,

I lie inside myself for hours,

And watch my purple sky fly over me.

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]

You can leave the world you live in -

Suicide.

You may not remember dreaming,

But something waits for you to breathe again.

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.

[Chorus]