Originally recor… Read Full Bio ↴Written by: A. Lee, B. Moody, D. Hodges and R. Gray
Originally recorded as a demo and revamped as track #6 on Fallen. Rocky Gray is credited for writing the song for his band, Soul Embraced (The original, titled My Tourniquet, was a track on an album called For the Incomplete) and the rest of Evanescence reworked it for Fallen; Amy wrote a melody and a whole other second verse.
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?"
Tourniquet
Evanescence Lyrics
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But only brought more (so much more)
I lay dying and I'm pouring
Crimson regret and betrayal
I'm dying (dying)
Praying (praying)
Bleeding (bleeding)And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (ooh)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (ooh)
Do you remember me?
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side
Or will you forget me?
I'm dying (dying)
Praying (praying)
Bleeding (bleeding)
And screaming
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (ooh)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (ooh)
(Return to me salvation)
(I want to die)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (ooh)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (ooh)
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will I be denied, Christ? (Christ)
Tourniquet, my suicide
(Return to my salvation)
(Return to my salvation)
The song “Tourniquet” by Evanescence is a dark, emotional and hauntingly beautiful piece of music. The lyrics capture the suffocating emotional pain of someone who is desperately trying to cope with betrayal and regrets. The song begins with the singer expressing an attempt to numb the pain, but only ends up causing more agony. The following line “I lay dying and pouring crimson regret and betrayal” represents the feeling of being lost in one’s own misery and pain, but still struggling to find a resolution. Then comes the repeated verses expressing the pain through dying and bleeding, while crying out to be saved, and the question of whether it is too late to be saved.
The singer here is seeking redemption, asking whether they are too lost to be saved, and missing a personal connection. They are feeling lost, hopeless, and wondering whether they will be remembered on the other side. The chorus contains a plea to God, and their tourniquet is their lifeline, where they seek salvation. As the song progresses, it becomes even darker and poignant. The singer feels like their wounds are crying for the grave and they plead for deliverance. In the end, the final line, “Christ! Tourniquet! My Suicide” can be interpreted as a search for a way out of the current trauma, where the singer may be losing all hopes and thoughts of self-harming.
Line by Line Meaning
I tried to kill the pain
I attempted to alleviate my suffering
But only brought more
But instead, I created additional suffering
(So much more)
(And the amount of pain increased significantly)
I lay dying
As I am on the brink of death
And I'm pouring, crimson regret, and betrayal
I am experiencing feelings of intense regret and hurt from being betrayed
Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I beyond the point of being able to find redemption?
My God! My tourniquet
I am begging for divine intervention to save me
Return to me salvation
Please bring back my sense of hope and rescue me
Do you remember me?
Are you still aware of my existence?
Lost for so long
I have been feeling lost and disconnected for quite some time
Will you be on the other side?
Will you be waiting for me after I pass on?
Will you forget me?
Will you eventually forget about me and our relationship?
My wounds cry for the grave
I feel as though my physical and emotional wounds are too much to bear and I deserve death
My soul cries, for deliverance
My innermost self is crying out for relief and escape from my pain
Christ! Tourniquet! My suicide
I am contemplating ending my life as a last resort to end my suffering
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: Ben Moody, Amy Lee, David Hodges, William Gray
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[Verse 1]
I tried to kill my pain
But only brought more (So much more)
I lay dying and I'm pouring
Crimson regret and betrayal
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm dying (Dying)
Praying (Praying)
Bleeding (Bleeding)
And screaming
Am I too lost
To be saved?
Am I too lost?
[Chorus]
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (Oh-oh-oh)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (Oh-oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
Do you remember me?
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side
Or will you forget me?
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm dying (Dying)
Praying (Praying)
Bleeding (Bleeding)
And screaming
Am I too lost
To be saved?
Am I too lost?
[Chorus]
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (Oh-oh-oh)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (Oh-oh-oh)
[Bridge]
(Return to me salvation)
(Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh)
(I want to die)
[Chorus]
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (Oh-oh-oh)
My God, my tourniquet
Return to me salvation (Oh-oh-oh)
[Post-Chorus]
My wounds cry for the grave
My soul cries for deliverance
Will I be denied, Christ? (Christ)
Tourniquet, my suicide
(Return to me salvation)
(Return to me salvation)
[Instrumental Outro]
@stephenhawk1513
thats really weird that they just barely uploaded this 45 minutes before this comment. I havent heard this song in honnestly 20 years and suddenly had it in my head, I then looked it up to find they just posted this.
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Wow! What a coincidence!
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It was remastered, that's why.
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@TimothyCostas
This is my favorite Evanescence song, bar none. So underrated. Everyone turned away from them when the biblical ties started to come in heavier, but I truly don’t mind… and where I am now is much different spiritually than when I first began to enjoy this song. I didn’t believe in god, I loved this song. I do believe in god, I still love this song.
Masterpiece.
@anonymousaccount2105
I believe in a very different sort of God than the average christian.
@blazinga1200
Yeah, I more or less don’t believe in god like I did when I was younger. For me, it’s that I long for the grave and think about dying every day. The only thing is I don’t know what will happen when I die. I don’t fear it at all…obviously. I just don’t know what will happen when I do. I don’t think life is at all what I was led to believe. The funny thing is, I can state with absolute certainty that the Christian god does not exist but I still love the song. So yeah…I am like the other commenter…I don’t believe in the Bible but that doesn’t take away from the song at all.
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