Evanescence - Tourniquet Live

"Tourniquet" is a song by American rock band Evanescence. It is the sixth track on their debut studio album, Fallen. It was originally written for the Christian death metal band Soul Embraced, which featured former-Evanescence member Rocky Gray, and was apart of their debut album, For the Incomplete, and titled "My Tourniquet". After Gray joined Evanescence between 2001-2002, Evanescence performed their own adaption of the track.
During an interview with VH1, Amy Lee said, "A lot of our songs are written in a way that you could take them to mean several different things. That one was written by our drummer Rocky [Gray], who was in a Christian death metal band before he joined us. He told me that it is coming from a Christian standpoint, but it's about suicide. It's from the perspective of someone who has just committed suicide and it's about the controversy in Christianity that if you commit suicide, will you go to heaven or hell? If all sins are forgiven after accepting Christ, why would there be an exception? "
Two demo versions were recorded during the band's pre-Fallen sessions, and both featured a slightly rearranged sound. Both of the demo versions contain a clip from Baz Luhrmann's film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet during the bridge, and notably quotes the line, "I long to die!". The Fallen version removed the entire clip, while Lee is heard screaming "I want to die!"
Lyrics:
I tried to kill the pain
But only brought more
I lay dying
And i'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying praying bleeding and screaming
Am i too lost to be saved
Am i too lost?
My God my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
Do you remember me
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side
Or will you forget me
I'm dying praying bleeding and screaming
Am i too lost to be saved
Am i too lost?
My God my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My God my tourniquet
Return to me salvation
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will i be denied Christ
Tourniquet
My suicide
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