Tourniquet (song)

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"Tourniquet"
Song by Evanescence
from the album Fallen
Length	4:38
Label	Wind-Up Records
Composer(s)	Amy Lee, Ben Moody, David Hodges, Rocky Gray
Fallen track listing
Haunted (5)	"Tourniquet" (6)	Imaginary (7)
from the album Anywhere but Home
Length	4:17
Label	Wind-Up Records
Chronology
Bring Me To Life (10)	Tourniquet (11)	Imaginary (12)

"Tourniquet" is a song performed by the alternative rock band Evanescence. The song was track 6 on their debut album Fallen.

"Tourniquet" was originally written and performed by Soul Embraced, a Christian death metal band. When Soul Embraced drummer Rocky Gray joined Evanescence, Evanescence did their own adaptation of the song. Evanescence's adaptation has a second verse added. Soul Embraced's version is called "My Tourniquet", but was changed to "Tourniquet" for the three demo versions and Fallen version for Evanescence.

In the demo versions, a clip from Baz Luhrmann's movie William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is played during the bridge and the line "I long to die!" is heard clearly. In the Fallen version, Evanescence lead singer Amy Lee screams that same line, as she confirmed in a 2004 interview.

The song is most commonly interpreted as one in which a girl is committing suicide, and praying that she will not go to Hell. This song is used as evidence by those arguing that Evanescence is a Christian band.

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Amy Lee | John LeCompt | Terry Balsamo | Rocky Gray | Tim McCord
Former Members: Ben Moody | David Hodges | William Boyd
Discography
Major Label Albums: Fallen | The Open Door
Other Albums/EPs: Evanescence EP | Sound Asleep EP | Origin | Mystary EP | Anywhere but Home
Singles: Bring Me to Life | Going Under | My Immortal | Everybody's Fool | Call Me When You're Sober | Lithium
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