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->''How can you see into my eyes like open doors?\\
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb.\\
Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold,\\
Until you find it there and lead it back home.''
-->-- "Bring Me to Life"

Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by (then teenaged) singer[=/=]pianist Amy Lee and guitarist [[LesserStar Ben Moody]]. Since their first big hit "Bring Me to Life in 2003, the band have won two UsefulNotes/{{Grammy Award}}s so far and experienced various changes in their line-up.

The band's melancholic and morbid sound got them firmly in the {{goth}} category by the public. Coupled with accessible and fairly emotional songwriting, this gained the band WolverinePublicity among the "[[Fanfic/MyImmortal goffik]]" populace of fanfic writers. This [[MisaimedFandom emo appeal]] was perhaps one of the arbitrary reasons why they were associated with Music/LinkinPark by many, along with both bands' popular association with NuMetal and their {{memetic|Mutation}} [[NeverLiveItDown reputations]] as go-to "{{wangst}}y" music. For those more familiar with GothicMetal, Evanescence can also be heard being compared with Music/LacunaCoil and Music/WithinTemptation.

The band went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2012, following the release in 2011 of their SelfTitledAlbum and their being sold to Concord Music Group (CMG) and Lee's statement that the band needed to take a break to "figure things out."

In 2014, it was announced that Lee would be suing Wind Up Records for "$1.5 million in unpaid royalties," and that Evanescence had left CMG and were now independent artists. She also revealed that she would be releasing her first solo album (titled ''Aftermath''), which was released on August 25, 2014. The album is also the soundtrack to the film ''War Story.'', and is a collaboration with cellist/composer Dave Eggar. In 2016, Lee released a solo children's album, ''Dream Too Much''.

The band performed with an orchestra (a group of local classical musicians in each respective city on the tour) in late 2017 tour to promote the album ''Synthesis'', then reprised the orchestra tour in the summer of 2018 in a co-headlining tour with Music/LindseyStirling.

In March 2021, their long-awaited fourth album, ''The Bitter Truth,'' was released. It is their first since 2011 to feature all-new content.
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!! Discography:

* ''Evanescence EP'' (1998; demo)
* ''Sound Asleep EP'' (1999; demo)
* ''Origin'' (2000; demo album)
* ''Music/{{Fallen}}'' (2003)
* ''Anywhere But Home'' (2004; Live album and DVD)
* ''[[NewSoundAlbum The Open Door]]'' (2006)
* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Evanescence]]'' (2011)
* ''Lost Whispers'' ([[BSide B-Side]]/rarities collection; 2016 vinyl release as part of box set, 2017 digital release)
* ''Synthesis'' (2017) [[note]]a collection of symphonic-based re-arrangements of older songs, with 2 new tracks[[/note]]
* ''The Bitter Truth'' (2021; some tracks released as singles in 2020)
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!! Band Members, Past and Present:

'''Current:'''
* Amy Lee - lead vocals, keyboards, harp (1995-present)
* Tim [=Mc=]Cord - bass, live rhythm guitar (2006-present)
* Will Hunt - drums (2007, 2010-present)
* Troy [=Mc=]Lawhorn - lead guitar, backing vocals (2007, 2011-present)
* [[Music/SickPuppies Emma Anzai]] - live bass (2022-present)

'''Former:'''
* Ben Moody - lead guitar (1995-2003)
* Terry Balsamo - lead guitar (2003-2015)
* David Hodges - keyboard, piano, drums, backing vocals (1999-2002)
* Rocky Gray - drums, percussion (2003-2007; live member 2002-2003)
* John Le Compt - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2003-2007; live member 2002-2003)
* Jen Majura - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2015-2022)
* Will Boyd - bass (2003-2006)

'''Session Musicians:'''
* Francesco di Cosmo - bass (2003; appears on ''Fallen'')
* Josh Freese - drums, percussion (2003; appears on ''Fallen'')
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!! Bring tropes to life:

* BrokenBird: Amy Lee gives off this vibe through most of her musical work.
* ChangedForTheVideo: "My Immortal" is much more guitar centered in the music video version, while the regular album version is more orchestral and doesn't feature [[SelfBackingVocalist multiple Amy Lees]] in the chorus.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Amy Lee's signature fashion style is this (she even had a Lolita dress made by h.NAOTO, a renowned VisualKei designer), though her current style seems to be a mix of this, Ero Loli, and Aristocrat in the same vein as most female GothRock singers.
* IAmTheBand: Amy is the only original member left. You can replace just about anyone in a band except for the singer without anyone noticing on a CD. Her aggressive firing of other members (sometimes even on the phone) doesn't help either.
* LesserStar: Ben Moody, despite being a co-founder and the primary songwriter, has never achieved the level of recognition that Amy Lee has.
* MaleBandFemaleSinger: Seen since the beginning, with Amy Lee being most well-known member and the only member remaining from the original formation. Averted as of 2015, when Jen Mazura joined on guitar.
* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Amy is frequently barefoot on stage, in videos, and in photos.
* RevolvingDoorBand: This started even before the band got big with ''Fallen.'' None of Evanescence's three major albums to date have had the same lineup across consecutive albums at the time of respective releases.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: Three former Evanescence members (including co-founder Ben Moody) and a new female lead singer (former ''Series/AmericanIdol'' contestant Carly Smithson) founded ''We Are the Fallen,'' a band that sounds not unlike Evanescence. And if you compare the current and former faces of Moody's bands, it's practically a case of ReplacementGoldfish. Moody also wrote "Don't Tell Me" for Music/AvrilLavigne, which included the TakeThat section: "You wiped my tears, got rid of all my fears, why did you have to go? Guess it wasn't enough to take up some of my love / Guys are so hard to trust / Did I not tell you that I'm not like that girl? / The one who gives it all away."
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!! The music of Evanescence provides examples of:

* AlbumTitleDrop:
** The line "lock the last ''open door''" from "All That I'm Living For".
** The line "forsaken all I've ''fallen'' for I rise to meet the end" in "Whisper".
** The line "just pass me ''the bitter truth''" in "Wasted On You".
* AudienceParticipationSong: The ''Anywhere But Home'' performance of "My Immortal".
** Also at their shows "Going Under" and "Bring Me to Life" really get the crowd into it.
* ArcWords: Oceans, Dreams, [[TheOphelia Drowning]], and Beneath the Waves on ''Evanescence.''
* BreakupSong: "Call Me When You're Sober," "Cloud Nine," "Made of Stone," "Oceans," "Sweet Sacrifice," "The Change," and "If You Don't Mind".
* CallBack:
** "Unraveling" is a reprise of "Bring Me to Life" in ''Synthesis''.
** "The In-Between" recalls melodies from "Hello" and "Never Go Back".
* CanisLatinicus: Whisper's Latin chanting, "servatis a periculum, servatis a malelficum," is meant to mean: "save us from danger, save us from evil," but conjugated the verb incorrectly, omitted the pronoun, and forgot to decline the nouns. The result is that what they're saying actually translates as near gibberish: "you all save danger from, you all save evil from." The correct phrases in Latin would have been, "serva nos a periculo, serva nos a malefico."
* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Tourniquet".
--> ''I LONG TO DIEEEEEE!!!''
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: "Imaginary" is a rather depressive version. The narrator builds her own world in her head, her "[[SleepyDepressive sleeping refuge]]," to [[{{Escapism}} escape the horror of reality]].
-->In my field of paper flowers\\
And candy clouds of lullaby (paper flowers)\\
I lie inside myself for hours\\
And watch my purple sky fly over me (paper flowers)
* CoverVersion: What they did to Music/{{Korn}}'s "Thoughtless" and Music/{{Nirvana}}'s "Heart-Shaped Box". Also, "Tourniquet" is technically a cover of a song by ChristianMetal band Soul Embraced, whom former Evanescence drummer Rocky Gray was the lead guitarist for. Hence him getting co-writing credit on Evanescence's version.
** The band recorded a cover of Music/FleetwoodMac's "The Chain" for [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar Gears 5]]. That and a "live from home" cover of Music/{{Bananarama}}'s "Cruel Summer" appear on the extended version of ''The Bitter Truth''.
* ConceptAlbum:
** ''Fallen'' is ''That we are all fallen, but we can get up again.''
** ''The Open Door'' is to consider ''locking the last open door behind you'' (in negative situations) before moving on with your life and hopefully happiness.
** ''Evanescence'' is follow your instincts / heart, dreams, oceans, and the other side of death.
* DefiledForever: "My Heart Is Broken" has shades of this trope in the verses due to being partially inspired by the horrors of sexual abuse. Amy's note on this (from Kerrang! magazine):
--> "A good friend of mine heads up an organization in New York that rescues victims of sex trafficking. My husband and I got involved and were really moved and horrified. As I was writing the song I was putting myself in that place – what would it be like to be trapped? Threatened? Alone? Unable to tell anyone what was happening because you're afraid of what would happen?"
* DeterminedDefeatist: The narrator of "Whisper" is frightened and desperate, knows that the situation will only get worse, and keeps going.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: "My Last Breath," from the perspective of the one dying.
-->Hold on to me, love\\
You know I can't stay long\\
All I wanted to say was, "I love you and I'm not afraid."\\
Can you hear me?\\
Can you feel me in your arms?
* DrivenToSuicide: The subject of "Tourniquet".
** {{Implied|Trope}} in "Missing". The lyrics sound a lot like a suicide note.
** "Imperfection" speaks out to someone on the verge of suicide, urging them to defy this trope.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: "Good Enough" at the end of ''The Open Door'' and to a degree "Secret Door" at the end of SelfTitledAlbum deluxe edition.
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: The opening to "Good Enough" is like waking up with the modulation between chords. Explained as, An instrumental segment on the front of the song. The first 60 seconds have an entirely different composition, with a slower tempo, before jumping to what's more obviously the preamble to the regular song, which goes for around 15 seconds before vocals begin.
** "The In-Between" piano solo is this to "Imperfection", whose music video includes the former.
** The 2002 version of "Whisper" has a 1-and-a-half minute long intro (a combination of two score pieces from ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'') before the song proper. Also, the version of "Bring Me to Life" played live at Cologne served as this trope.
* EpicRocking: The instrumental track "Eternal" from ''Origin'' is '''''7:22'''''. To be fair however, it's not ''one'' song, but '''''three''''' unreleased songs spliced together.
* {{Escapism}}: The narrator of "Imaginary" builds her "sleeping refuge," [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} her own world in her head]], to escape the horror of reality.
* EtherealChoir: "Understanding", "Solitude", "Field of Innocence", and "Lacrymosa".
* EvolvingMusic: "Imaginary". Best shown when you play the ''Origin'', ''Fallen'', and ''Synthesis'' versions chronologically.
* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
** On ''Fallen:'' "Tourniquet" to "Imaginary".
** On ''The Open Door'': "Like You" to "Lose Control" and "The Only One" to "Your Star".
** On ''Evanescence'': "The Change" to "My Heart is Broken".
** On ''Anywhere But Home'' and other live shows: "Bring Me to Life" to "Tourniquet".
** On ''Synthesis'': "The In-Between" to "Imperfection".
* FollowYourHeart: "Whisper," "Lose Control," "The Only One," "All That I'm Living For," "What You Want," "Erase This," "Lost in Paradise," "Sick," and "End of the Dream".
** Aesop of "All That I'm Living For" and "Lost in Paradise".
** "All That I'm Living For" is for other creative types particularly noted.
** "The Change," except in a relationship context.
* GriefSong: "My Immortal," "Even in Death," "Hello," "Like You," "The Other Side," "My Heart is Broken," "Never Go Back". And more.
* GrowingUpSucks:
** "Field of Innocence" is about this; The line "I still remember the sun, always warm on my back/Somehow it seems colder now" in particular.
** WordOfGod says "My Heart is Broken" is about growing up and losing innocence at an extremely young age. Knowing Amy's personal experiences (and the line "Sweet sleep, my dark angel"), it's probably inspired, at least in part, by her deceased younger sister, as "Hello" and "Like You" were on ''Music/{{Fallen}}'' and ''The Open Door'' before it.
* HappyPlace: "Imaginary" is about Amy's old room, viewed through the lens of a BrokenBird/possibly formerly abused child.
* HarshVocals: "Lies" features the lead singer of Christian metal band Living Sacrifice giving both spoken prose and death growls.
* HeartBeatSoundtrack: "The Only One" features a pounding pulse underneath the song.
* HiddenTrack: "My Immortal (Band Version)" is not noted on re-pressings of ''Fallen''.
* IncrediblyLongNote: In "End Of the Dream," "Bring Me to Life," "Cloud Nine," "Oceans," "Going Under," "Sweet Sacrifice," "Lose Control," "New Way to Bleed," "The Change," "Whisper," "The Only One," and "Never Go Back."
* InsecureLoveInterest:
** "Good Enough" asks, "Am I good enough for you to love me too?"
** "All That I'm Living For":
--->Guess I thought I had to change the world to make you see me\\
To be the one
* IronicNurseryTune: In "Lose Control", implying a possible case of infidelity:
--> Mary had a lamb,\\
His eyes black as coal.\\
If we play very quiet, my lamb,\\
Mary never has to know.
* KillItWithFire: In "Erase This:"
--> Not enough to say goodbye!\\
Burn it until there's nothing left!
* TheLastTitle: "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", a hodgepodge of lyrical bits and pieces over a simple piano track. The "you" is almost certainly Ben Moody.
* LoudnessWar: The self-titled album, right from the opening drums. The music volume was higher than the actual stereo volume.
* LyricalDissonance:
** "Imaginary" is about a dreamworld filled with "paper flowers" and not wanting to be part of the scary real world. Not that you would know that from the minor key and 'epic' guitar riffs on both songs. In the ''Fallen'' version only, the ''Origin'' version is more soft and dreamy.
*** The ''Synthesis'' rework pulses with bass from the first verse and though the guitars have said goodbye, this song gets more epic as it progresses.
** "Anywhere" from their ''Origin'' album has a distinctly hopeful (if melancholy) sound. At first blush, it's a sweet song about starting a new life with a loved one. And then... That One Line kind of ruins it:
-->'' Unlock your heart. Drop your guard. No one's left to stop you!''
** "The Other Side," off ''Evanescence'', a desperate grief song with a determined sexy riff.
** "Never Go Back," similar reasoning, sad song about facing death while trying to save your loved ones, with blasting guitars and powerful drum sections.
** "The Change," a break up song focusing on the tragedy of leaving a bad situation for your soul and how sad and lost you feel, but it uses the instruments as if they were all weapons, even the ''Ah Ah Ah'' bits are for war and not peace.
** "Like You" is dissonant throughout, but features an ironic (and chilling) twist just before the second hook:
-->The humming, haunted [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail somewhere out there]]
-->I believe that [[TogetherInDeath love can see us through...in death.]]
* LyricalTic: Amy and her band are fond of "ah-ah-ah"s in their songs.
** "Lose Control" and "The Change" would be be the best examples...
** Also in the beginning of "Lies".
** And the pre-chorus of "End of the Dream".
** And in "Missing," three times.
** And in "Imaginary."
** Subtly, "The Only One".
* LyricalColdOpen: "Going Under", "Lithium" (''The Open Door'' version), and "Exodus."
* LoveIsADrug: In the most devastating way possible in "Lithium:"
-->''Just didn't drink enough to say you love me.''
-->''Lithium, stay in love with me.''
* LoveMartyr: "Made of Stone," "Lithium," "Imaginary," "Taking Over Me," to name a few.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** "My Immortal":
--->When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears\\
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears\\
And I held your hand through all of these years
** "Taking Over Me":
--->I have to be with you to live, to breathe
** "All That I'm Living For":
--->Take my darkest fears and play them\\
Like a lullaby\\
Like a reason why\\
Like a play of my obsessions\\
Make me understand the lesson\\
So I'll find myself\\
So I won't be lost again
* MelismaticVocals: "The Only One", "Hi-Lo", and "My Heart Is Broken" are some of the biggest offenders.
* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: "Even in Death," which Ben Moody describes as: "...Someone who's in a relationship, they lose their loved one, and they kind of flip out, and they go and dig them up..."
* MusicBoxIntervals: "Bring Me to Life" obviously...
* NewSoundAlbum:
** ''The Open Door'', compared to ''Evanescence'' and ''Fallen,'' has more classical elements and is more about build.
** ''Synthesis'' is almost entirely made of electronics and string sections, with the rock instruments pushed to the background.
* NightmareFetishist: Take horrific and deadly situations, put a sexy riff behind it... See "Haunted", "Even in Death", "The Other Side", "Tourniquet"...
* NonAppearingTitle:
** "My Immortal", "Cloud Nine", "October", "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You", "Haunted."
** A few subversions, too:
*** "Lacrymosa" is not in the main lyrics, but "Lacrimosa" is sung in the background through the chorus.
*** "Hi-Lo" has "high or low" in the hook.
*** "The Change": ''How can I forgive you? You've changed.''
*** "Whisper" instead drops the album title: ''Fallen angels at my feet, whispered voices at my ear.''
* NotSoDifferentRemark: In "Snow White Queen," the stalker invokes this with their victim: "Soon I know you'll see / You're just like me."
* ObsessionSong:
** "Snow White Queen" (both the stalker and the stalkee,) "Taking Over Me," "Surrender," "Anything for You," "Away from Me," "Farther Away," "The Other Side," "Haunted," "Even in Death," and "Lithium."
** Subverted with "Haunted," as the lyrics seem to be from the mind of the victim of a StalkerWithACrush.
** "Lithium:" Both in the sense of what the songs is about being in love with her own unhappiness and addicted to her own sorrow and the relationship she had with the guy who inspired her to write it. Of the kind of "passive" obsession type:
-->''Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone''
-->''Anything is better than to be alone''
-->''I want to stay in love with my sorrow.''
* TheOphelia: "Erase This," "Swimming Home," and "Never Go Back" make a big deal out of death by drowning and insanity, and the greater theme of the ''Evanescence'' album is drowning to a degree.
* OminousLatinChanting: "Field of Innocence," "Whisper," "The End," "Lacrymosa."
* OneWomanWail:
** Amy's vocal when the rock is absent, especially on "Lacrymosa."
** "The Change" shows she can do it when the rock is present as well.
** She has a habit of doing this (and frequently does so) in concerts.
* PimpedOutDress: Amy in [[http://i.imgur.com/R6o6ND7.jpg the cover]] of ''The Open Door.''
** Also [[http://www.hrhmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DMpJjQFW4AESecV.jpg this]] ''Synthesis'' promo pic.
* PrecisionFStrike:
** None of their own songs at the time of its release, but their cover of Korn's Thoughtless from the ''Anywhere But Home'' live album certainly counts; "You think it's funny/what the fuck you think you're doing to me". This caused some controversy as the album was released without a parental advisory warning, with the track unedited.
** Amy finally busts one out in one of their own songs in "Imperfection".
--->The world's a little more fucked up everyday
** A downplayed example occurs with "Use My Voice".
--->Label me "bitch" because I dare to draw my own line
** "Yeah Right" features the line "I'm reaching a new level of not giving a fuck".
* PropertyOfLove: The stalker in "[[ObsessionSong Snow White Queen]]" tells their victim, "You belong to me."
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The band has stated that "My Last Breath" was inspired by the 9/11 attacks. "Never Go Back" was written after the 2011 Japanese tsunami
* RockMeAmadeus: "Lacrymosa" samples the opening of the "Lacrimosa" from Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Requiem" throughout the whole song.
** The choir from the piece was previously sampled on the pre-chorus of the unreleased demo "Anything For You".
* RousingSpeech:
** "End of the Dream" and "Whisper" are all about facing your fears, following your heart and showing off a little bit what you can achieve.
** "Imperfection" has this:
--->We stand undefined, can't be drawn with a straight line. This will not be our ending! WE ARE ALIVE!
* SanitySlippageSong: In "Tourniquet," you can hear the narrator losing their mind to panic and fear towards the middle to end of the song.
** "Lose Control," "The Other Side," "Haunted," "Imaginary," and many many many more...
* SarcasmMode:
** In "Everybody's Fool":
--->Look, here she comes now, bow down and stare in wonder. Oh, how we love you...
** "Lacrymosa" minus the middle 8, in some interpretations.
** "Taking Over Me" can also be interpreted as such, vocally.
** "If You Don't Mind". All of it.
** "Weight of the World:"
--->And oh, I know you don't believe in me
* SelfBackingVocalist:
** On practically every song, especially noticeable in "What You Want," "Bring Me to Life," "Missing," and "Haunted." Amy does self-backing OneWomanWail in "Lose Control."
** Averted with "Call Me When You're Sober" (which brings in her sisters as support) and in "Use My Voice" (which uses not only her sisters but a team of guest vocalists)
* SelfEmpowermentAnthem: "What You Want," "End of the Dream," "Whisper," "Use My Voice".
* SelfTitledAlbum: Well, EP... AND album.
* SiameseTwinSongs: "Unraveling" and "Imaginary" in ''Synthesis''.
* SleepyDepressive: The narrator of "Imaginary" builds her "sleeping refuge," [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} her own world in her head]], to [[{{Escapism}} escape the horror of reality]]. The song mentions "alarm clock screaming monsters." And this:
-->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
* SopranoAndGravel: "Lies".
** "Bring Me to Life" is Soprano and Rap just until Paul [=McCoy=] pulls out a type 1 MetalScream near the end.
* SpiritualSuccessor: "Secret Door" has this vibe that it may be the follow up to "Good Enough."
* SpokenWordInMusic: "Understanding" uses dialogue from the 1958 film ''Terror in the Haunted House''.
* StalkerWithACrush: "Snow White Queen," "Surrender," "Anything for You," "Away from Me," "Haunted," "The Other Side," "Farther Away," and "Taking Over Me."
* SubduedSection: "Taking Over Me," "Sick," "Imaginary," "My Heart is Broken," and "The Other Side."
* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "My Immortal," "Hello" (''Fallen''), "Good Enough" (''The Open Door''), and "Swimming Home" (''Evanescence'') are these on their respective albums.
** Also the initial demo of Disappear, back then posted with the caption "Perfect Rainy Sunday". It's very different from the version of Disappear in the album
** The piano part for Made of Stone, posted with the title "Meanwhile in the Studio". It's added with the heavy elements in the final version of Made of Stone.
* SwitchingPOV: "Snow White Queen" is an ObsessionSong that switches between the stalker's and the stalkee's point of view.
* TakeThat:
** "Everybody's Fool" to fake artificially perfect people and certain pop stars. Years later, the song would find a new meaning regarding the projected life people post on social media.
** "Call Me When You're Sober" to Lee's ex-boyfriend [[Music/{{Seether}} Shaun Morgan.]]
** Some Evanescence fans are taking "What You Want," and possibly even the entire new album, to be this to bands such as Music/LinkinPark, which have changed their style in newer albums to make themselves more marketable, and consequently alienate their original audience.
** "New Way to Bleed" at critics of their music and their... Ahem... "Issues" with their recording company...
** "Oceans," "The Change," and "Erase This" could be even at their ex-former band mates.
** "Sick" is about the... Ahem... "Issues" they had with their recording company.
** On the band's 2016 tour, Lee introduced a new song, "Take Cover," as being "dedicated to every person who ever tried to tear this band apart from the inside out."
* TakeThatAudience: In an affectionate "Don't put me up on a pedestal" sense '"Weight of the World" was Amy Lee's "Plea for perspective from the expectation of young fans." Admitting she does not have all the answers, does not want to be perfect and is not a doctor or therapist, and doesn't appreciate the pressure of being a role model. Just distancing herself from that sort of pressure somewhat.
* WinterRoyalLady: The stalker dubs their crush "Snow White Queen."
* WomanScorned: "Call Me When You're Sober," "Lacrymosa," "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You," "Oceans," "Sick," "Made of Stone," and "If You Don't Mind."
* XtremeKoolLetterz: The "y" in "Lacrymosa."
* {{Yandere}}: "Taking Over Me," "Away from Me," "The Other Side," "Surrender," and "Anything for You."
* YouAreNotAlone: "Like You", "Imperfection", and to some degree "The Only One".
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!! Tropes found in their music videos:

* AllJustADream: "Bring Me to Life."
* DeathByFallingOver: Amy at the end of "Bring Me to Life," or so it seems.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: "My Immortal."
* DramaticWind: "Bring Me to Life."
* FairytaleMotifs: "Call Me When You're Sober" features a coldly handsome young man with grey eyes, ''real wolves,'' and Amy Lee [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood wearing a red hood.]]
* GameFace: Almost everyone other than the band shifts between normal and demonic-looking faces over the course of the PerformanceVideo parts. [[spoiler: And then there's [[HarsherInHindsight Ben]]...]]
* HappyRain: The end of "Good Enough".
* LonelyPianoPiece: "The In-Between" is this for the "Imperfection" video.
* MindScrew: "Imperfection" has scenes that ooze with this.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands:
** Amy seems to develop telekinesis around the 2:35 mark of "Call Me When You're Sober."
** Also, in "What You Want," Amy jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge, and lands in a perfect crouch, even though she should be seriously or even critically injured, if not dead.
* OfCorsetsSexy: "Call Me When You're Sober."
** Amy's "Going Under" top isn't a corset at first glance, but with so many belts around the bodice, it can qualify.
* OnceASeason: Or rather Once an Album: Amy underwater:
** Going Under and Everybody's Fool in Fallen.
** Lithium and to some extent Good Enough in The Open Door.
** What You Want in Evanescence.
** Imperfection in Synthesis.
* TheOphelia: How many times has Amy drowned or symbolically is lost underwater, in her videos, usually after an emotional down turn, revelation... "Everybody's Fool," "Going Under," "Lithium," "What You Want,", "Good Enough", and "Imperfection".
* PerformanceVideo:
** "What You Want" is mostly this, with a few brief scenes of Amy running, Amy jumping, Amy meeting up with the rest of the band and walking into the ocean... You get the idea.
** "Going Under" is almost entirely this. With demons.
* RageAgainstTheReflection: "Everybody's Fool."
* ShowerOfAngst: "Everybody's Fool," again.
* StepfordSmiler: "Everybody's Fool," [[RuleOfThree once more.]]
* TakeMyHand: "Bring Me to Life."
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-->''Must be exhausting to lose your own game.''