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<div style="float:left; margin:0 1em 0.5em 0; border:2px solid transparent; background: #EEE">[[Image:Sweetsacrificevideo.png|150px|Sweet Sacrifice]]</div>'''Sweet Sacrifice,''' described as a song about "a post-relationship catharsis that head-dives from an otherworldly intro into a hard-driving thrash of hard rock guitars and soaring rock vocals" by [http://evanescence.com Evanescence.com].
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'''Together Again''' is a song written for [[The Open Door]] sessions, but missed the cut on the album.


The listener is captivated by Amy's universe as the very first notes start off. Amy repeatedly takes a deep breath in order to absorb us for an hour. Terry's guitar part flirts with high notes, as Amy's voice follows the same tonality path.
Amy confirmed in an interview with evanescencewebsite.com that Together Again is [[The Narnia Song]] and was inspired by the movie. She says the song is about "leaving home knowing it may not be there when you return, and the attraction to something frightening and wonderful far away from there."


Amy is quoted as saying: {{quote|"It's the one song on The Open Door that's about the same abusive relationship which was the source of all the songs on Fallen. It was appropriate to put this song at the beginning, but it comes from a much stronger standpoint than Fallen. It's not saying, 'I'm trapped in fear and somebody save me.' It's saying, 'Fear is only in our minds ... I'm not afraid anymore.'"}}
On January 22nd, 2010, Amy announced on her Twitter account the release of the song to the public, after the Haiti earthquake events:
Officially chosen as the third single from [[The Open Door]] after requests from the band and fan reactions prompted the label to rethink ideas of releasing [[All That I'm Living For]] as the single.<ref>[http://www.evthreads.com/showpost.php?p=136272&postcount=204 Post by Amy Lee on EvThreads.com]</ref>


The song was nominated for the Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy Award. '''[[Sweet Sacrifice|(more...)]]'''
"Today @Evanescence is releasing a new song, Together Again, and the proceeds are going to help Haiti! Details to follow!".
 
On EvClub Amy explains the reason of publishing the song:
 
"[...] So, (deep exhalation of emotional release) about the song- As most of you know, "Together Again" is a song written during the Open Door era. I have always loved it and wanted to find the perfect home for it. It wasn't at home in the Narnia movie, it didn't belong on The Open Door, and of all the other nameless opps that came up in between then and now it didn't fit there either. The recording you are hearing was made in 2005-6 along with the rest of the record. About a week ago (a couple of days after hearing about the recent events in Haiti) Josh woke up (before me as usual) and told me that he thought maybe this was where the song belonged. [...]" '''[[Together Again|(more...)]]'''

Revision as of 07:33, 25 January 2010

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Together Again is a song written for The Open Door sessions, but missed the cut on the album.

Amy confirmed in an interview with evanescencewebsite.com that Together Again is The Narnia Song and was inspired by the movie. She says the song is about "leaving home knowing it may not be there when you return, and the attraction to something frightening and wonderful far away from there."

On January 22nd, 2010, Amy announced on her Twitter account the release of the song to the public, after the Haiti earthquake events:

"Today @Evanescence is releasing a new song, Together Again, and the proceeds are going to help Haiti! Details to follow!".

On EvClub Amy explains the reason of publishing the song:

"[...] So, (deep exhalation of emotional release) about the song- As most of you know, "Together Again" is a song written during the Open Door era. I have always loved it and wanted to find the perfect home for it. It wasn't at home in the Narnia movie, it didn't belong on The Open Door, and of all the other nameless opps that came up in between then and now it didn't fit there either. The recording you are hearing was made in 2005-6 along with the rest of the record. About a week ago (a couple of days after hearing about the recent events in Haiti) Josh woke up (before me as usual) and told me that he thought maybe this was where the song belonged. [...]" (more...)