After the release of their debut album Enter in 1997, the band became prominent in the Dutch underground scene. It was not until 2001 that they became known to the general public, with the single "Ice Queen" from their second album Mother Earth, which reached No. 2 on the Dutch charts. This was followed by the band winning the Conamus Exportprijs, a Dutch music award, four years in a row, and a fifth in 2016. Their next albums The Silent Force (2004) and The Heart of Everything (2007) debuted at No. 1 on the Dutch charts and expanded their international recognition. In 2008, they released Black Symphony, a live album recorded with the Metropole Orchestra. This was followed in 2009 by An Acoustic Night at the Theatre, another live album, this time with acoustic renditions of the songs.
The band's fifth studio album, The Unforgiving, was released in March 2011 and was one part of a transmedia effort, alongside both a comic book series and a series of short films that together encompass a story. The album saw the band increasingly venturing on new musical territories outside symphonic metal. Their sixth studio album, Hydra, was released in early 2014 in Japan, Europe, and the United States. The album advanced the band's exploration of new musical genres and features guest appearances from various artists: Finnish singer Tarja Turunen, who appears in the lead single "Paradise (What About Us?)"; Howard Jones, former vocalist of American metalcore band Killswitch Engage; Dave Pirner, lead vocalist of American alternative rock band Soul Asylum; and American rapper Xzibit. The band had extensive airplay on BBC Radio 2 in the United Kingdom with one of the songs from the album, "Whole World Is Watching" featuring Pirner.
Their latest studio album, Resist, was released in February 2019 and incorporates influences from other musical styles such as industrial and EDM. By 2016, the band had already sold more than 3.5 million albums worldwide.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_Temptation
Studio albums
Enter (1997)
Mother Earth (2000)
The Silent Force (2004)
The Heart of Everything (2007)
The Unforgiving (2011)
Hydra (2014)
Resist (2019)
Bleed Out (2023)
Forsaken
Within Temptation Lyrics
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We are forsaken this time.
We lived our lives in our paradise,
as gods we shaped the world around.
No borderlines we'd stay behind,
though balance is something fragile.
we would turn back the tide, it still slips away.
Our time has run out, our future has died,
there's no more escape.
Now the day has come,
we are forsaken,
there's no time anymore.
Life will pass us by,
we are forsaken,
we're the last of our kind.
The sacrifice was much too high,
our greed just made us all go blind.
We tried to hide what we feared inside.
Today is the end of tomorrow.
The lyrics of Within Temptation's song Forsaken seem to capture the final moments of a dying world, one that used to be a paradise but is now forsaken. The first lines of the song reflect the despair and hopelessness of the situation as the day of reckoning has finally arrived, and there's no turning back. The world's inhabitants had once lived a life of luxury like gods, but they were blind to the fragile balance of nature, disregarding the consequences of their actions that ultimately led to the destruction of their world.
The lyrics suggest that the world's inhabitants might have been aware of the destruction they were causing but chose to ignore it, believing that they could always find a way to turn back the tide. However, their arrogance and sense of invincibility eventually led to their downfall as they failed to reverse the damage caused by their neglect. The chorus of the song is particularly poignant, emphasizing the theme of abandonment and lost opportunities. The inhabitants now realize that their time's run out and that their future has died, and there's no more escape.
However, the song's closing lines leave us with a sense of finality that the inhabitants of the forsaken world must now accept. Their sacrifice was too high, and their greed made them go blind to the reality of their situation. By hiding their fears, they sealed their fate, and the end of tomorrow came soon enough. The lyrics of this song are powerful, evoking emotions of despair, hopelessness, and finality, painting a picture of a world that's lost forever.
Line by Line Meaning
Now the day has come.
The moment has arrived to face the consequences.
We are forsaken this time.
Our actions have led us to be abandoned and alone.
We lived our lives in our paradise,
We enjoyed our life without worrying about repercussions.
As gods we shaped the world around.
We behaved like divine powers, manipulating the world as we pleased.
No borderlines we'd stay behind,
We refused to acknowledge any limits.
Though balance is something fragile.
However, the equilibrium is delicate, and our actions could disrupt it.
While we thought we were gaining,
We believed we were making progress.
We would turn back the tide, it still slips away.
Even when we thought we were successful, we could not hold onto our progress.
Our time has run out, our future has died,
We have exhausted our resources and destroyed our chances for a better future.
There's no more escape.
We cannot avoid the consequences of our actions any longer.
Life will pass us by,
We will miss out on the joys of life.
We are forsaken,
We have lost everything.
We're the last of our kind.
We are the only ones left, indicating the extensiveness of the issue.
The sacrifice was much too high,
The cost of our actions has been too great.
our greed just made us all go blind.
Our selfish motives impaired our judgement.
We tried to hide what we feared inside.
We concealed our apprehensions to avoid confronting them.
Today is the end of tomorrow.
Our present is the culmination of our disregard for the future.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ROBERT WESTERHOLT, SHARON J. DEN ADEL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Aron Arnold
The best, but the most underrated metal singer of this planet. I watched a lot of live takes. She can really sing, a voice of a goddess. And the band is perfect.
Tamy
I agree!
Alex
The same, I was 15, when the album came out in France, now am 33
René Hoddevik
Yeah. Their new song with Asking alexandria is awesome
Patricia Cooney
She has a well deserved flourishing career. While she deserves the world, underrated might not be the correct word. There are vocal beasts out there that nobody ever heard of. She is up there with Floor Jansen status wise, and Floor is a vocal camelion and master
Sad1d Experience
God is only One, For He is Allah.
The Nightingale
remember when I first heard the original back when I was just 14 .... now 30 years old and still love it to death. hell, love it more!!!!
Classic Nova Productions
I was about 11 when I discovered them (The Silent Force was my first album of theirs I bought) and now I'm 27 and still love them more than ever
The Nightingale
@Classic Nova Productions Silent force came out around the time I discovered them, so I 100% relate ^_^ their magic is ageless ^_^
[Kami]Abby
Yep