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)
Orff
Within Temptation Lyrics
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Endless wisdom comes our way
And before he his time has
Never failing until the end
We'll always, we'll always
See the truthless skies in your face
We'll never, we'll never
If you want to belong
And never see you're facing
To feel the sorrow
And never see the truth
It's too long to belong
And never see your face
And never to be strong
We've been dreaming for so long
Can his words taken you way ?
And before he his time has
Never faling until the end
We'll always, we'll always
See the truthless skies in your face
We'll never, we'll never
See the love when having goodbye
If you want to belong
And never see you're facing
To feel the sorrow
And never see the truth
It's too long to belong
And never see your face
And never to be strong
For how long?
The dream has sinned long ago
We tell our stories and endless worries found in here
We'll be together, for ever and ever
found in here
We'll always be
If you want to belong
And never see you're facing
To feel the sorrow
And never see the truth
It's too long to belong
And never see your face
And never to be strong
Within Temptation's "Orff" depicts a scenario where a dream has been ongoing for so long that its meaning is no longer clear. The song's lyrics suggest that wisdom is always accessible, but not always easy to understand. The band touches on the idea that time is both continuous and finite; it keeps moving, but eventually comes to an end.
The chorus refers to the fact that it's always possible to see someone's face or know their true intentions. The song also talks about the struggle to belong somewhere, as well as the pain of being unable to face something. Sometimes, it's too hard to be strong in the face of loss and tribulation.
Line by Line Meaning
We've been dreaming for so long
We have had this dream for an extended period of time
Endless wisdom comes our way
We continually have opportunities for knowledge acquisition
And before he his time has
Before his appointed time to leave this world
Never failing until the end
He will persist without fault until the end
We'll always, we'll always
We will continually
See the truthless skies in your face
We will see your face as you pretend to be truthful
We'll never, we'll never
We will never
See the love when having goodbye
We will not feel love when saying goodbye
If you want to belong
If you desire to fit in
And never see you're facing
Without ever acknowledging what you are dealing with
To feel the sorrow
To experience emotional pain
And never see the truth
Without ever acknowledging the reality
It's too long to belong
It takes too much time to fit in
And never see your face
Without ever acknowledging your true self
And never to be strong
Never to have inner strength
Can his words taken you way?
Will his words captivate you?
For how long?
Until when?
The dream has sinned long ago
The dream became corrupt with sin a long time ago
We tell our stories and endless worries found in here
We share our tales and constant anxieties here
We'll be together, for ever and ever found in here
We will stay together here, always and forever
We'll always be
We will continuously exist
Contributed by Josiah F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
ApoloniaSaga
Great demo, i love it! :D
Eli
Wow, I remember when this (and 'run') was the only thing we had before The Silent Force. I still miss that guitar solo when I listen to Jillian.
missrosepetals
Thanks for this! It's the first version I've found that is clear.
Pepito9z
HIGH NOTES SHARON AMAZING!!!
Cinnamon Mavka
I actually prefer the melodic sequence of this one, except the guitar.
But I guess it became more studio over time.
Cinnamon Mavka
Wait now I even prefer Guitar wtf
Rogier van Bochove
Magical creature Sharon
Iván Juárez Escudero
Once I heard it on GothamRadio, too bad that station no longer exists.
Zaina Arekat
The lyrics, lol! Thank god they changed them.