WITHIN TEMPTATION
Mother Earth
©20-- CD
All music and lyrics by Within Temptation, except:
"Never-Ending Story" - music by René Merkelbach
"In Perfect Harmony" - music by René Merkelbach and Ferry Matheeuwsen
"World of Make Believe - music by Guus Eikens, Lex Vogelaar and Within Temptation
All arrangements by Within Temptation, except
"Mother Earth", "The Promise" - co-arranged by Guus Eikens
Keyboard and orchestral arrangements by René Merkelbach
Produced and mixed by Oscar Holleman
Within Temptation:
Sharon den Adel: Vocals
Robert Westerholt: Guitars
Michiel Papenhove: Guitars
Jeroen van Veen: Bass
Martijn Westerholt: Keyboards
Ivar de Graaf: Drums
René Dissel: Fretless bass on "Never-Ending Story"
Arjen Lucassen: Guitar solo on "Dark Wings"
Hans Cassa, Caspar de Jonge, Yvonne Rooda, Melissa 't Hart: Choir
Mother Earth
Birds and butterflies
Rivers and mountains She creates
But you'll never know
The next move She'll make
You can try
But it is useless to ask why
Cannot control her
She goes her own way
She rules - until the end of time
She gives and She takes
She rules - until the end of time
She goes her own way
With every breath
And all the choices that we make
We are only passing through on her way
I find my strength
Believing that your soul lives on
Until the end of time
I'll carry it with me
She rules - until the end of time
She gives and She takes
She rules - until the end of time
She goes her own way....
Choir: Once you will know my dear
You don't have to fear
A new beginning always starts at the end
Once you will know my dear
You don't have to fear
Until the end of time (until the end of time)
Until the end of time (until the end of time)
Until the end of time She goes her way....
She rules - until the end of time
She gives and She takes
She rules
Until the end of time
Until the end of time
Until the end of time She goes her way........
Ice Queen
When leaves have fallen and skies turned into grey
The night keeps on closing in on the day
A nightingale sings his song of farewell
You better hide for her freezing hell
On cold wings she's coming
You better keep moving
For warmth, you'll be longing
Come on - just feel it
Don't you see it?
You better believe!
When she embraces your heart turns to stone
She comes at night when you are all alone
And when she whispers your blood shall run cold
You better hide before she finds you
Whenever she is raging, she takes all life away
Haven't you seen? Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world
Whenever she is raging, she takes all life away
Haven't you seen? Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world....
She covers the earth with a breathtaking cloak
The sun awakes and melts it away
The world now opens its eyes and sees
The dawning of a new day
On cold wings she's coming
You better keep moving
For warmth, you'll be longing
Come on - just feel it
Don't you see it?
You better believe!
Whenever she is raging, she takes all life away
Haven't you seen? Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world
Whenever she is raging, she takes all life away
Haven't you seen? Haven't you seen?
The ruins of our world........
Our Farewell
In my hands a legacy of memories
I can hear you say my name
I can almost see your smile
Feel the warmth of your embrace
But there is nothing but silence now
Around the one I loved
Is this our farewell?
Sweet darling you worry too much
My child, see the sadness in your eyes
You are not alone in life
Although you might think that you are
Never thought this day would come so soon
We had no time to say goodbye
How can the world just carry on?
I feel so lost when you are not by my side
But there's nothing but silence now
Around the one I loved
Is this our farewell?
Sweet darling you worry too much
My child, see the sadness in your eyes
You are not alone in life
Although you might think that you are....
So sorry your world is tumbling down
I will watch you through these nights
Rest your head and go to sleep
Because my child, this not our farewell
This is not our farewell........
Caged
These are the darkest clouds that have surrounded me
Now I find my self alone, caught in a cage
There's no flower to be found in here
Not withering or pale to me
Everyone with a friendly face
Seems to hide some secret inside
(he told me he loved me)
While he laughed in my face
He just led me astray
(he took my virtue)
I feel so cold inside
Sorrow has frozen my mind
My heart is covered with thoughts entangled
How could it ever have felt so real?
Is there a place more lonely than I feel within?
Could I have seen? Could I have known?
I just took it as the truth
Everyone with a friendly face
Seems to hide some secret inside
(he told me he loved me)
While he laughed in my face
He just led me astray
(he took my virtue)
I feel so cold inside
Sorrow has frozen my mind....
Always there to remind me
To keep me from believing
That someone might be there
Who'll free me and never ever leave me
Chant....
(he told me he loved me)
While he laughed in my face
He just led me astray
(he took my virtue)
I feel so cold inside
Sorrow has frozen my mind......
The Promise
On behalf of her love
She no longer sleeps
Life no longer had meaning
Nothing to make her stay
She sold her soul away
I held you tight to me
You slipped away
You promised to return to me
And I believed, I believed
After the night he died
I wept my tears until they dried
But the pain stayed
I didn't want him to die all in vain
I made a promise to revenge his soul in time
I'll make them bleed at my feet
I held you tight to me
But you slipped away
You promised to return to me
And I believed
Sometimes I wonder
Could I have known about their true intentions?
As the pain stayed the same
I'm going to haunt them down all the way
I made a promise to revenge his soul in time
One by one they were surprised
I held you tight to me
You slipped away
You promised to return to me
And I believed....
>>some sample
I held you tight to me
You slipped away
You promised to return to me
And I believed........
Never-ending Story
Armies have conquered and fallen in the end
Kingdoms have risen, then buried by sand
The Earth is our mother, She gives and She takes
She puts us to sleep and in her light we'll awake
We'll all be forgotten, there's no endless fame
But everything we do is never in vain
We're part of a story, part of a tale
We're all on this journey
No one is to stay
Where is it going, what is the way?
Forests and deserts, rivers, blue seas
Mountains and valleys, nothing here stays
While we think we witness we are part of the scene
This never-ending story, where will it lead to?
The Earth is our mother, She gives and She takes
But she is also a part, a part of the tale
We're part of a story, part of a tale
We're all on this journey
No one is to stay
Where is it going, what is the way?
We're part of a story, part of a tale
Sometimes beautiful
And sometimes insane
No one remembers how it began....
We're part of a story, part of a tale
We're all on this journey
No one is to stay
Where is it going, what is the way?
We're part of a story, part of a tale
Sometimes beautiful
And sometimes insane
No one remembers how it began.......
Deceiver of Fools
He feeds on fear
He feeds on hate
He rules again
With growing hate he will die
Their fate again
Our light in the darkness is too small to see
There's always a sparkle of hope if you just believe....
He told the tale so many times
About the dream not meant to be
In a world of the free
He plays with your mind
As faith for the future faded fast
He grows strong with their displeasure
It sets him free
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules with fear
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules again
He feeds on fear, poisons the truth
To gain their faith, to lead the way
To a world of decay
He rules your heart
He will sell your soul to the grave
No hesitation he'll make
He belongs to the dark
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules with fear
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules again....
Please awake and see the truth
He can only be if you believe what he tells you
Remember who you are, what you stand for
And there will always be a way
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules with fear
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules again....
In my heart there is a place
In my heart there is a trace of a small fire burning
A sheltering ray shines through this night
Although it 's small, it's bright
But darkness is lurking
He will sell your soul to bitterness and cold
Ooh, fear him...!
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
He rules with fear
Deceiver of hearts
Deceiver of fools
Shall he rule again....?
Dark Wings
(instrumental)
Dark Wings
Why was I one of the chosen ones?
Until the fight I could not see
The magic and the strength of my power
It was beyond my wildest dreams
Dark wings they are descending
See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us down
Don't you die on me
You haven't made your peace
Live life, breathe, breathe
Don't you die on me
You haven't made your peace
Live life, breathe, breathe
Dark wings they are descending
See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us down....
>> guitar solo: Arjen Lucassen
Chant
As they took your soul away
The night turned into the day
Blinded by your rays of life
Give us the strength we needed
Choir chant....
Dark wings they are descending
See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us
Dark wings they are descending
See shadows gathering around
One by one they are falling
Every time they try to strike us down........
In perfect Harmony
In a world so far away
At the end of a closing day
A little child was born and raised
Deep in the forest on a hidden place
Mother never saw his face
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony - in perfect harmony
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony - in perfect harmony
The woods protected, fulfilled his needs
Fruit by birds, honey by bees
He found shelter under trees
He grew up in their company
They became his family
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony - in perfect harmony
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony - in perfect harmony....
A thousand seasons they passed him by
So many times, have said goodbye
And when the spirits called out his name
To join forever, forever to stay
A forest spirit he became
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony - in perfect harmony
Ancient spirits of the forest
Made him king of elves and trees
He was the only human being
Who lived in harmony - in perfect harmony....
World of make believe
On golden wings she flies at night
With her dress it's flying wide
Countless diamonds and long blonde hair
The queen is coming - so you'd better be aware
Her plants and flowers they are never the same
They were silver, it's all her game
Flying dragons and enchanted books
She decides, she creates, it's her reality
In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever with all her glory
Unicorns appear in her sight
Fireflies hover through these woods at night
In search of the legendary amulet and it's secret
>> compltely bullocks, the next few lines
In the beagle, there is a door
Which will lead her to the wizard's charm
And she'll ask him for the wind to sail her home
To the world where she belongs
In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever with all her glory
In this world of endless fantasy
She makes it happen, it's her reality....
In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever with all her glory
In this world of endless fantasy
She makes it happen, it's her reality........
