Bring me to Life

Evanescence's "Bring me to Life" is one of my favorite songs. If you think about it, it's got some Christian application in it.

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 sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home

Wake me up
(Wake me up inside)
I can't wake up
(Wake me up inside)
Save me
(Call my name and save me from the dark)

Wake me up
(Bid my blood to run)
I can't wake up
(Before I come undone)
Save me
(Save me from the nothing I've become)

Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life

Wake me up
(Wake me up inside)
I can't wake up
(Wake me up inside)
Save me
(Call my name and save me from the dark)

Wake me up
(Bid my blood to run)
I can't wake up
(Before I come undone)
Save me
(Save me from the nothing I've become)

I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside
Bring me to life

Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead

All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything

Without thought, without voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life

Wake me up
(Wake me up inside)
I can't wake up
(Wake me up inside)
Save me
(Call my name and save me from the dark)

Wake me up
(Bid my blood to run)
I can't wake up
(Before I come undone)
Save me
(Save me from the nothing I've become)

I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside
Bring me to life

In the earnest search for something more, the author realizes there is something missing. In the song's context, I think she is referring to love.

I look at this song and see that this numb feeling, this "lie" of a life is the manifestation of a life without Christ. In this song, one can sing, begging God to show them a life un-frozen--a life worth something. The Christian realizes that there "must be something more"--that something more is Jesus and the purpose He brings.

Humans live in spiritual darkness apart from Christ. It is a cold and dormant life. God saw into our eyes and saw our "numb", sinful "cores". But once Christ breaths new life into you, you can't help but say, "Now that I know what I'm without, you can't just leave me." Once you taste God, you can't get enough of Him!

I may be stretching it, but I find it interesting, nonetheless. Next up, Linkin Park's "Numb"! Or not. Well, you never know...