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Within Temptation’s Sharon Den Adel: “Sometimes I Lose It, Emotionally”

Within Temptation vocalist Sharon Den Adel looks back at her life in music, reflections on motherhood and feeling “naked” onstage…

You’ve come a long way since you first picked up a microphone. What would your teenage self think of how things turned out? “It would be mind-blowing for her. I was 14 when I first started singing with a band while at school. That seems so far away now. Growing up in the Netherlands we didn’t have too many examples to follow. There were bands like Shocking Blue and Golden Earring, but they never seemed to reach too far outside the country. Being a full-time singer certainly wasn’t considered to be a future job.”

How did your parents react when you told them that’s what you wanted to do? “They said I could go to music school but they really wanted me to learn flute, piano, and how to read music. That didn’t sound very cool to me and I didn’t want to do it. I told them I wanted to skip all of that and just start singing, because I believed I was good at that. They wanted to support me, but in their own way. I never did learn to play the flute. They soon realised I was a good singer, but they didn’t think you could earn a living from music without being able to read notes. I still can’t!”

Each Within Temptation album has sounded notably different to its predecessor. Was it a struggle to find an identity? “It is something we were actively and consciously doing, or searching for. We have always wanted to push the borders of what we felt were limiting us within the scene. It’s a good challenge and it keeps things interesting. We like to reinvent ourselves on every album. If we had to stay the same as we were when we started, I doubt we’d have kept the band together so long.”

In 2011 Robert quit being part of the touring band. How difficult was that for you both? “We didn’t like it, but it was the best thing for both of us. We had actually come through a break-up before that. We broke up as a couple for a little while in 2008. When we got back together we decided the band didn’t work too well when we’re both touring together. We’re hard-headed people and sometimes it’s too much to be working together all the time. Now it works best with us writing in separate rooms. We send emails to each other rather than talk. It can be a fragile thing, but if you’ve worked with your partner you know it can be horrible. We can get into a fight within five minutes. Within the world of Within Temptation we collaborate with different people, and that works well.”

You don’t ever write music together? “No, never. I send ideas to him, and he either works on those, or he sends something to me and I work on that. We don’t sit together in one room. We tried it that way for a long time and it wasn’t working. On our first two albums he would write the music and I’d come in and work on the vocals. Since then I’ve got way more involved in the actual music. We can’t write together, but we’ve learned from our mistakes and have found a way that works.”

As a mum of three, how do you balance career and family life? “I found it hard at first. I had to change the balance of my personal life and the band. In the past I would go on tour for six weeks or more at a time, and I’d be away from home a lot. Now we manage it so that we tour for two weeks and then have a break, and then we go out again. It’s generally two weeks on the road and then two weeks at home. It’s more expensive that way, but it keeps the band alive. Everyone has family commitments.”

Within Temptation songs are always invested with considerable emotion. Which songs are most meaningful to you? “The last album was hugely important for me, coming after the loss of my father. I was still in an emotional state when I was writing Resist with the guys. Holy Ground is particularly meaningful to me, as is Supernova. The Cross [from 2007’s The Heart Of Everything] is another significant one, but there are so many. It’s not just because they deal with subjects personal to me, but sometimes songs relate to people around me. I may be a bystander, but you get sucked into people’s lives and their challenges because you care about them. I take parts of my own emotions along with things that have affected other people, and then integrate those into a song. Because of that we get through a range of subjects on our albums.”

Are there any you find tough to perform for personal reasons? “Say My Name [from the U.S. edition of 2004’s The Silent Force] and Forgiven [The Heart Of Everything] are hard songs for me to sing. You’re so naked on stage with those. Sometimes, and without meaning to, singing those songs brings back so much that you find yourself in an emotional state. It’s beautiful really, because I am not ashamed to show that side of me. That feeling – you can’t get closer to the origins of a song than that. You want to connect with the feeling, but not to the point where you lose it, emotionally. But sometimes I do.”

Did the success of 2011’s The Unforgiving and 2014’s Hydra change you as a band? “Not really. You only see it when you look back. At the time you’re carried away by the flow of everything and you don’t always see things changing. Afterwards, I look back almost with surprise and understand that it was all pretty successful. Of course you note where you are in the charts and that’s always a sign that something’s happening, but it’s only later that you realise how important it was, or how people really understood and connected with a certain song or album.”

Did you feel under pressure to maintain that level of success? “Success is not something you can control. Even after [second album] Mother Earth in 2000, people were wondering whether we could keep it up. Every album has brought a different kind of success; it might be musically or it might be because more fans have discovered you. The only pressure we feel is about whether we still matter to the music scene. We want to make music that feels important to people. Music is essential to life, so being relevant to people is the only aim we have. It’s like a circle: you give, and you get back.”

What do you think caused the writer’s block you experienced in the build-up to last album Resist? “At a certain age, things start happening for the second time in your life. When I was younger my grandparents died, and then as you get older more people leave you. It’s inevitable. It’s that circle of life. It causes you to stop and reflect on what’s important. The problems began when my father started getting ill. There was too much emotion and I couldn’t deal with it. For me, when there’s too much emotion I can’t write. I feel overwhelmed by it all. I need to be able to put it in a place, to know where it’s coming from and how to deal with it. Only then can I make music. I can’t do it when I’m right in the middle of it.”

Did the band come close to breaking up? “In the beginning of that period, I didn’t know if we could come back. Eventually, it was that uncertainty about the future that enabled me to explore the emotions I was having. I was talking to everyone and realised it wasn’t just me going through it. Everyone was having trouble coming up with new music. Of course, we wanted to continue. Music and this band is my passion, but I realised that we had to change the balance. It also helped to realise that there were a lot of new things happening in music, and not just within our scene, so we took inspiration from those sources, too. My heart and roots are in metal and rock, but I like all kinds of music. The challenge was to interpret something that might be happening in pop into our own genre.”

How important was your 2018 solo project My Indigo in getting things moving again? “It forced me to get out of my comfort zone. It made me look at music in different ways and get creative again. A lot of what I learned helped when it came to Resist. The song Firelight was originally written for My Indigo, for example, but we roughened it up a bit and it ended up on Resist, so it was a sort of bridge between the two. Writing rock music again came naturally afterwards, and that was a huge relief. When you’ve done a lot of intimate stuff, the heavier material then seems to come more easily.”

Resist brought new sounds and themes to the table. Is it a one-off or the start of a new era? “We felt like we developed a lot on this album, but overall it’s still only a small step and we hope to take things even further, along similar lines, in future. The album was inspired by the way we live today, with everything done on the internet and the way that takes away our privacy. Often we are not aware of the impact social media has on us, or that certain companies know so much about what we’re doing. There are not enough laws to protect our privacy. Back in the Second World War people would burn archives, for example, to not give away the places that Jewish people were living. But now all that information would be available digitally. We don’t see the whole picture. We turn away from the ways in which data about us and our lives is being stored and used.”

Does it worry you that your children were born into a time where this seems normal? “The scary thing is that the younger generation, such as my children, don’t remember a time when this wasn’t the case. I know it makes me sound really old, but it’s dangerous that young people are so addicted to communicating online, and not in person or even on the phone. They’re in love with it; they don’t want to give it up. When I was young I had to go outside and talk to people and make friends that way. The worst thing for young people now is that they’re trying to do this through a phone screen, and actually they’re alone.”

How do you keep your voice in good nick on long tours? Nightwish’s Floor Jansen says it’s all down to her consumption of red wine, but she might have been joking… “(Laughs) If I’m honest, I also drink a lot of red wine, but I’m not so certain it’s that good for your voice exactly! In fact, being on tour itself helps you to maintain your vocal chords. It’s like a muscle, so it needs training. The more you do it, the smoother it gets. You just need to remember your warming up time. I drink a lot of ginger tea, too, which helps me out, but really, practice is everything.”

Word has it you’re already working on new music. What can you tell us? “I’m leaving for Sweden in order to isolate myself and focus on writing. Robert has been working hard on new music, too. That has been going really well. It’s a continuation from where we were on the last album, but in a more progressive way. We’re in a good flow right now. We want to take the sound we had on Resist and refine it even more. It’s heavy stuff that we’ve been coming up with; both heavy and up-tempo. That’s making me happy!”

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A DGM/Within Temptation song list. Somehow.

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*HI FIVE* they're just sooo goooood and yesss can relate their songs to things so always a bonus XD OMG YESSS I've always seen somewhere as a Kanda song!!! it's perfect <3 will be interested to see anymore DGM WT matchups :D

yyyeeeess exactly!!! And aahh so glad you agree yes!!!!

humm perhaps i can go back song by song and see why i put them in the playlist, more under the cut ;O Always love rambling about musics of my playlists ahah

so this will be “the Within Temptation* Songs in my D. Gray Man playlist” with a major bias over Yulma&Laven in terms of ships, for anyone to be warned. And I DO reach a lot.

*+ My Indigo, the solo project of the singer, since well, she’s the song writter for both bands so might as well include it??

Also so it makes 26 songs i feel strongly enough about to ramble about them and 14 songs that are just vague enough to be mentioned. That’s. a lot of songs but what can i say.

General:

Paraside (What about us?)

Oooh that’s for the Order in general, since the song is very themed in people getting lost in a war without the war thinking about them, promising them a “paradise”

There's no sense, the fire burns, When wisdom fails, it changes all The wheel embodies all that keeps on turning Blood red skies, I feel so cold, No innocence We play our roll. The wheel embodies all, Where are we going? All in all, You expect the wise to be wiser Fallen from grace and All and all I guess we should have known better 'Cause What about us? Isn't it enough? No we're not in paradise. But it's all we want, And it's all that we're fighting for, Thought it's not paradise You and us, or I and them, There comes a time to take a stand The wheel is watching all, It keeps on burning The venom works, it's like a curse, A trojan horse, when will we learn? The wheel embodies all that keeps returning

Yup, definitly the Order.

Our Solemn Hour

THE INNOCENCE and how badly the Order takes it to some extreme. It’s litterally a song about begging the Holy Spirit and “letting those horrors happen”?? I mean not to post all the lyrics but fuck:

In my darkest hours I could not foresee That the tide could turn so fast to this degree Can't believe my eyes, How can you be so blind? Is the heart of stone, no empathy inside? Time keeps on slipping away and we haven't learned So in the end now what have we gained? Sanctus Espiritus, redeem us from our solemn hour Sanctus Espiritus, insanity is all around us Sanctus Espiritus, is this what we deserve Can we break free from chains of never-ending agony? Are they themselves to blame, the misery, the pain? Didn't we let go, allowed it, let it grow? If we can't restrain the beast which dwells inside It will find it's way somehow, somewhere in time Will we remember all of the suffering 'Cause if we fail it will be in vain

Okay no i have Feelings about this song: “I could not foresee” we see allen had a tone of visions. The tide? Like a tide formed by a Flood??? “The heart of stone” specifically about how the order would have lost its empaty? Not learning from their mistakes? Insanity brought by all of the? “Are they themselves to blame” > the Noah forcing them to do all that “But didn’t we (...) let it grow?” > but the horrors the Order had made, and it specifically makes me think of Alma. The whole part about the Beast dwelling inside that will end up backfiring at them reminds me of both Alma and Nea this kills me. And if they fail, it would be the end of the world. Fucking genuis of a song.

The Recknoning

Lots of war vibes on this one, a bit more generic but some thing shelp also as Allen’s place as a soldier:

As cold as stone, they march in darkness Enslaving the young and killing their fathers But soon they'll know the path they've chosen Has carved their fate in stone

Oh i remember “carved their fate in stone” reminds me of the 10 commandments somehow so i guess the religious aspect helps

Also the chorus with blood and tears and red tears, Allen litterally cries blood at some point after all due to the Akuma (something i can link back to well, killing their fathers)

The rest of the song talks about people who fell into the battle for their freedom, and about “seeing a face between the madness and the sadness” to end the war, which somehow makes me think of Allen and Mana?

Raise your Banner

More general war, with a side of “once believing in (who is now your enemy)” which can fit for Allen. Also those parts:

I'm feeling the eyes of the fallen, they're watching me They make me see, they make me see I'm feeling the pain how you break them and make them bleed You make them bleed, you make them bleed

This makes me think SO HARD about Allen and how he sees the Akuma

When gods are failing, They put all heaven in a rage, We're on our own Our tears keep falling, They're setting fire to the flame

The whole conflict between the two gods but in the end where is God right? that fits sooo well.

Allen (with a side of Nea&Mana)

Endless War

oh this one is mostly the vibe, but the Holy war is litterally a Endless War, and the song is about how any attempt to end it just makes it worse as people cut you down which i think fits a lot Allen’s journey. Also this, not recognizing the ghosts in the mirror reminds me of Nea.

Looking through the glass, Cannot recognize the ghost that you’re seeing Every step you take on the burning sand slowly sinking deeper All the memories remain of the pain broken your broken home And the walls that your heart grew so strong, You can't let go (...) Here they come again, Hear them whispering when your heart is bleeding Like a symphony playing on repeat, unraveling your feelings You keep crawling on, won't let it go, You keep holding on to feel whole ’Cause you're fighting an endless war, Hunting a miracle And when you reach out for stars, They just cut you down Is it worth dying for? Or are you blinded by it all?

Silver Moonlight

ah of course i’d have this one for the silver eyed boy. For Allen obviously. Kinda makes me think about his struggle with Nea and how determined he runs away from it all.

I'm hellhound in this life, Keep fighting this endless war It's always been like this, I don't know why Enslavement of your mind, Your fear it ties me down Going down, I won't bow, no Screaming at the walls of fire, They're closing in on me I hunger for the vertigo, the silver moonlight, it's where I wanna be. Screaming at the walls of fire, But I'm still running free In the silver moonlight I can breathe

I'm impatient, but it's colors that I need Too many shades of grey, I cannot breathe The dreams I have ain't tainted, I need you to believe The only way to make them real

The Whole World is Watching

this one is a bit wish fuffilment but for Allen? How his struggle is the center of all of history right now. The scars carrying him through, the steps taken ahead, and hopefully finding himself on the way.

The scars are made, they're changing the game. You learn to play it hard. And I know you wish for more, and I know you try. And now you realize, you know the time is right. The whole world is watching when you rise. The whole world is beating for you right now. Your whole life is flashing 'fore your eyes. It's all in this moment that changes all. What are you waiting for? What are you fighting for? 'Cause time's always slipping away. You build your walls then break them away 'cause that is what it takes. You saved yourself. You found who you are. That never goes away. Your sacrifice comes through your mind, but nothing is wasted. You made it now. You rise again, breaking out. Each step you've taken, you've paid the price

Final Destination

Allen’s struggle with Nea mostly?

I escaped my final moment, but it's turning back at me On every corner I can feel it waiting Just a moment, no awareness, I could easily slip away And then I'll be gone forever I'm searching, I'm fighting for a way to get through, to turn it away It's waiting, always trying, I feel the hands of fate, they're suffocating Tell me what's the reason, Is it all inside my head? Can't take it no more! All around me I see danger, and it's closing in on me Every second I can hear it breathing I can't stand the fear inside me, Cause it's leading me astray And it will be my ending (..) But no one faced what's coming my way, And I will let my fear fade away Whatever may be, I'll have to find out

I cant even word my justification there, it’s just, such an internal struggle and a fear of madness, of losing himself completely? It’s amazing. And it happened after Allen almost died, so after he “escaped his final moment”

It’s the Fear

Ooh same reasoning, Allen & Nea:

It waits for the day I will let it out. To give it a reason, to give its might. I fear who I am becoming, I feel that I am losing the struggle within. I can no longer restrain it, my strength it is fading, I have to give in. It's the fear of the dark, It's growing inside of me, that one day will come to life. Have to save my beloved, there is no escape, because my faith is horror and doom. (..) Long ago it came to me, and ever since that day, infected with its rage but it ends today.

The beloved thing can even be interpreted in a Past!Neallen idea, of Allen saving his beloved, feeling like he had to, but in the end it just made everything worse? “Long ago it came to me”, it recalls a lot their past life, and how since then it’s breaking Current!Allen

The Truth Beneath The Rose

Allen both as a reply to the Order’s corruption and Nea growing inside of him, hands down

Pray for me 'cause I have lost my faith in holy wars Is paradise denied to me 'cause I can't take no more? Has darkness taken over me, consumed my mortal soul? All my virtues sacrificed, can Heaven be so cruel? I believe it would justify the means, it had a hold over me Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast It is the darker side of me (forgive me my sins) The veil of my dreams deceived that I have seen Forgive me for what I have been, Forgive me my sins. I'm hoping, I'm praying, I won't get lost between two worlds For all I have seen the truth lies in between Give me the strength to face the wrong that I have done Now that I know the darkest side of me How can blood be our salvation? And justify the pain that we have caused throughout the times? Will I learn what's truly sacred? Will I redeem my soul, will truth set me free?

It screams “desillusion with the people you did a holy war for” while also feeling like losing yourself. “getting lost in between two world but the truth lies in between” COMON. And it fits with allen trying to find answers atm.

Mercy Mirror

Nea & Mana, and perhaps to some extend Mana & Allen? This is a very weird song and the whole mirror idea reminds me of them

We are forever as one in what remains You're in my blood from the cradle to the grave I don't like to think about the pieces, Or the cracks and the breaks that still remain, If I could breathe, I'd ask you (...) How to see and to feel what is real When sunlight reaches my soul? So look in my mercy mirror, I need you more than I have known So look in my mercy mirror, 'Cause I'm not ready to let you go It's a wicked game life plays, How it gives and takes away No turning 'round, touching ground What we had was so much more than I realized If I could, I'd embrace, embrace you

I’m almost certain it’s a song the singer wrote about her father who died, so it fits a lot too with Mana and Allen just on that principle, and the fact that Allen is still reaching for a part of him in Mana and feel so lost without him. But it feels... so much like Nea and Mana to me? They had to kill each other but we know they cared for each other. Nea and Adam hug so tight when they find back each other. The mirror Mana breaks to look for Nea. They are part of the same cradle, same twins, and they will be the end of each others. They are pieces of each other. It’s seriously painful dkjhfd

Iron

Nea??? It seems so much.. righteous rage and trying to justify his own bad deeds for a war.

Left in the darkness, Here on your own, Woke up a memory, Feeling the pain You cannot deny it, There's nothing to say It's all that you need to find the way Oh Damn, the war is coming! Oh Damn, you feel you want it! Oh Damn, just bring it on today! You can't live without the fire, It's the heat that makes you strong 'Cause you're born to live and fight it all the way You can hide what lies inside you, It's the only thing you know You're embracing that, never walk away Raised in this madness, you're on your own It made you fearless, nothing to lose Dreams are a drug here, they get in your way That's what you need to fight day by day (...) You need not to fear us, unless you're a dark heart a vile one, who preys on the innocent I promise, you can't hide forever in the empty darkness for we'll hunt you down, like the animals you are and pull you in the very bowels of hell

Like we know the “Keep walking” is something Nea used to tell Mana so I can see him trying to justify his own rebellion this way? “waking up a memory” like waking up a Noah memory, and he can feel that he’s born for this fight, that it’s his destiny to become the Earl. And him being determined in destroying the Noah fits on the last part?

Murder

Nea again, I can totally see that as an anthem for killing the Noah?

I've been around these vicious lies too, Too long to be neglecting the truth I'm getting closer and I'm fully armed. I'm about to hunt you down through the big black hole right behind you And I'm about to cut your wings away 'Cause I've been finding out where you've broken in And I will take you out when I close you in I'm killing them all, I put my soul on the line I purify sins that I committed in life I'll follow them all and I'll be bringing them down Wherever they go i'm right behind There's nowhere to go, Your head on the line There is no rope, You're running out of time So where will you go When I will murder your soul? I'm about to do it your way, I will make your world unsafe(...) You don't believe what all the signs say, I don't believe in judgment day But you won't be leaving here unharmed

Nea has been part of the Noah enough to “been a part of those vicious lies”, he puts himself on the line, he’s killing them for being exactly like him. And “i’m about to do it your way” is even better considering he wants to take the place of the Earl. And I love the “i don’t believe in judgement day” for a Noah meant to bring the end of the world

Lavi

Let Us Burn

Definitly a Lavi song to me.

The darkness has come to the roses, The fire is reaching the air The colors that I have created are suddenly flying away

The fire motif tand specifically it going up to the sky, i keep thinking about his innocence there. The colors fading away makes me think of how he reaced to Allen’s death specifically.

I'm not fighting myself, will not follow, 'Cause my choices are mine, it's my fate And I'll never bow down from the sorrow, I'll face all that is coming my way The lying, the devil, the silence, Embracing the world on the edge

He fights himself, litterally with the dreamworld, specifically because of a “devil” themed character, he’s a liar as well so it fits, he’s in a end-of-the-world scenario- he has a hard time dealing with grief and is trying to face it all on his own.

Then the chorus about letting himself burn, and begging later to be left to burn up reminds me of how Allen tried to stop him from burning himself up, and the second verse focusing on “searching no more for tomorrow” to focus on history fits to me. this is a Lavi song.

And We Run

*checks lyrics* ah. Lavi again.

It burns into your heart, the darkness that you fear You were never free, and you never realized And love, is a word you've never heard Your heart is cold cause it burns, the desire to leave the mind

yeah I see why it’s in my playlist

Faster

OOH Lavi but that’s litterally bc it talks about fire and lies and trying to figure out how to sort himself up? A lot like a peptalk for his own dreamworld fight?

.... also Laven’s lense

I can't see, cause it's burning deep inside. Like gasoline, a fire running wild. No more fear, cause I'm getting closer now. So unreal, but I like it anyhow. I go faster and faster And I can't hide from the feeling cause it's right. And I go faster and faster for love. And I can't live in a fairytale of lies. I can feel that you've mesmerized my heart. I feel so free. I'm alive, I'm breaking out. I won't give in, cause I'm proud of all my scars. And I can see I've been wasting too much time.

Empty Eyes

Lavi @ Junior in the Dreamworld. I just cannot... not see it and it kinda kills me?

Your determined by faith, You pretend to make up You lay out your case like the enemy But all that you got, Through dirty white lies You'll find the damn correct way, of blaming me for your crimes

Junior more determined by hos Bookman duty, but the way he forced it upon Lavi was a tool of the enemy, so Junior reminding Lavi of his duty was like the enemy actually. “dirty white lies” fits all the way the Bookman lies a lot, specially since it’s lie to make the reality seems better for themselves. Meanwhile yeah considering Junior and Lavi are actually the same people, the fact Junior blamed “Lavi” for being different was a way to dissociate himself from it. From how /he/ is the one who started changing.

Won't you talk to me? Don't walk or run away I'm onto you, Yesterday with empty eyes I don't know where I'm going, In search for answers I don't know who I'm fighting, I stand with empty eyes You're like a ghost within me, Who's draining my life It's like my soul is see through, Right through my empty eyes

Even more explicit there. Junior is litterally a ghost inside Lavi, a false soul created from his “past self” memories. he’s “Yesterday with empty eyes”, “the soul is see through”, even more so because Dug used to call out Lavi for having empty eyes, which freaked him out. Dug mentions that Lavi doesn’t have empty eyes anymore years afterward, so Junior was litterally “a yesterday with empty eyes”, and Lavi facing back his Jr self is him facing back those empty eyes. Meanwhile Lavi is looking for answers about the point of the Bookman, and he both doesn’t know who he’s fighting (himself?) while he’s currently fighting Allen and has no memories of it.

I'm about to give in, got nowhere to go, Afraid of the sins I'm holding on There's no other way, no doubt in the end, But I ain't got a thing to lose, nothing to defend

And this is Lavi giving in to Junior, This song is a trip the moment i ended up associating it to them dkjfhd

Edge Of the World

Lavi with Laven’s lense.

The truth can't bare the sunlight, You're afraid for the day it does

> “you’re a dazzling light, you shine so bright i’m afraid you’ll fade in the light”? perf.

Hell when I told you so, I got burn, burn, burned again Heaven forbid that my heart is forsaken Hope in the end truth prevails

He earns fire as a God, but I believed in your heart And I'm leaving you, leaving you, leaving you now The truth can't bare the sunlight, And don't pretend to be my guide Heard you said you'd change it over, But I got burn, burn, burned instead Heaven can wait 'cause my soul is forsaken. Hope in the end truth prevails

Fire and Ice

oh this one is Lavi/Laven for angsty mood. Like “worst case scenario” for them lmao

Every word you're saying is a lie, Run away my dear But every sign will say your heart is dead Bury all the memories, Cover them with dirt Where's the love we once had Our destiny's unsure Why can't you see what we had, Let the fire burn the ice Where's the love we once had, Is it all a lie? (...) You hide away, to the other side of the universe where you're safe from all that hunts you down But the world has gone, where you belong And it feels too late so you're moving on Can you find your way back home?

Makes me think about Allen too a bit? Of running away at the other side of the universe, losing his path back home. idk it reminds me of Lavi’s “the only home a man need is his own heart” and how Allen is now longing for Home? It’s a weird song but it fits them too much to exclude it

Lost

Aa Lavi/Laven. It’s a weird one. again mostly about their fight? Like how Allen called for him and all? And their relationship now with Allen likely losing himself?

My hope is on fire, My dreams are for sale I dance on a wire, I don't want to fail her I walk against the stream, Far from what I believe in I run towards towards the end, Trying not to give in She's lost in the darkness, fading away I'm still around here, Screaming her name She's haunting my dreamworld, Trying to survive My heart is frozen, I'm losing my mind Help me, I'm buried alive I'm burning the bridges, And there's no return I'm trying to reach her, I feel that she yearns (..) I tried to revive what's already drowned They think I'm a fool, Can't realise, Hope plays a wicked game with the mind 'Cause I thought that love would bind I cannot revive what's already drowned She won't come around

Okay it’s actually ALL over the place but all make me think Laven so it’s very hard to dissect it. The begining makes me think strongly about Lavi being lost in the dreamworld (dreams for sale, setting himself on fire). He is forced to think against his Bookman’s duty to be able to try to go against it. “Screaming her name” Allen is the one to scream Lavi’s name though while Lavi is being haunted by Allen in his dreamworld, breaking the moment Allen cannot survive the dreamworld. The fight result in his “heart being broken” and losing his mind. Jr ends up burning everything. The last verse remnds me more of how badly Lavi handled Allen’s death? How he held on and had a lot of problems with it?

More Laven than character driven:

Firelight

Oh my god it’s so Laven to me but i’m so biased but this is SO LAVEN TO ME.

I paid my dues all for truth, Can't leave it here forgotten Silence rules as blind as fools will never learn to break away Oh, why can't we rise again? When all the days go by a firelight, We'll never fade out in the night And we are estranged, we're drawn to the flame We are like fire to the rain Isn't it strange that love is in the way? It never goes away. I paid my dues all for truce, I'll leave it here forgotten Love will rule over truth, Will never learn to break away

I DonT KNOW but looking for truth??? Paying for it?? A Light that they can’t let fade away??? Not understanding why love is in the way?? GOD it fits.

My Indigo

LAVEEEEN. Laven. Goddamn Laven.

I call what we have indigo, unclear what we are or what we know (..) And though you never count the cost Of the innocence you've lost and what it meant You don't have to love me, There's one thing you should know My love will not unravel, It's unconditional, My indigo Even when the heart won't let me show, you don't have to say to let me know Ink burns on the page, blue to black, But words are fireproof, can't take back While the memory's alive, When there's pennies on our eyes, we'll never rest Can we take a second now to rain down the heavy storm that's in our chest

you can’t make a song about a heart not showing its emotions, unsure of what sort of love it is all about, and of ink disappearing to leave place to fireproof words to show how important the person became, and not have me scream laven

Lesson Learned

Laven. Okay there it’s specifically keywords so i’ll let the lyrics talk for themselves

I couldn't care less if the world's gone mad I couldn't care less, wouldn't turn my head The heart of the soul isn't touchable Hard to hold on to what's beautiful, There's no control, When you talk about us, can you feel the fire in us? Do you ever miss? Would you ever miss? Through the darkness i swear, I can see your love in there You never miss, and i got a lesson learned, our love lives in a world of hurt I couldn't care less by the reasons why I couldn't care less if it's wrong or wise I wouldn't be here if it all made sense, Thought if i could only understand, it would hurt less Don't wanna lead a heartless life Don't wanna feel a numb inside Don't wanna lead a heartless life It's a lesson learned, it's a lesson learned Our love is in a world of hurt

All I need

Laveen

Can you still see the heart of me? All my agony fades away When you hold me in your embrace Don't tear me down for all I need, Make my heart a better place, Give me something I can believe Don't tear me down, You've opened the door now, don't let it close I'm here on the edge again, I wish I could let it go I know that I'm only one step away from turning it around I tried many times but nothing was real Make it fade away, don't break me down I want to believe that this is for real Save me from my fear, Don't tear me down

A little more vague but. jfc it kills me.

HONORABLE LAVEN MENTION

ie not enough material to talk in depth about them but fck me it exist

-Sinead, i think it’s in my playlist for Laven but the lyrics are too vague to be on the list per se dkjhfd -Utopia, a lovestory specifically about trying to save humanity, and having to kill the ideal of who they are ect... Searching for answers. Make me think of Laven again but it’s very vague -Out of the Darkness, Laven. a vague lovesog of a love that helps “leaving your ghost and hurt behind”, and specifically the person leading you out of the darkness by calling your name. Allen being a light that guide Lavi out of the darkness, and who called his name to get him out of the dreamworld.

Kanda/Yulma

What have you done

OOOH YULMA AT ITS WORST. Lovers in a curse, forced to feel about killing each other, seeking to be at peace in the end!

I know I'd better stop trying, You know that there's no denying I won't show mercy on you now I know, should stop believing, I know, there's no retrieving It's over now, what have you done? (..) Would you mind if I killed you? Would you mind if I tried to? Cause you have turned into my worst enemy You carry hate that I don't feel. It's over now, What have you done? (..) I will not fall, won't let it go, We will be free when it ends I, I've been waiting for someone like you, but now you are slipping away Why does fate make us suffer? There's a curse between us, between me and you

The begining makes me think specifically about the begining of their fight, in fact the song seems like a progression through their whole fight: first them convincing each other they’re trying to kill each other, specifically the twisted part about asking to be killed, “Carry hate that i don’t feel” while Alma gets twisted by hatred - and the closer we get to the end the more you se them warry of fightings and that they just hope to be freed in the end of this, aware of the curse that makes them suffer as fates are cruel. All with th “What have you done?” that can be said to Alma killing everyone and at Kanda trying to kill Alma.

Somewhere

Kanda @ That person and in the end therefore, Yulma.

Lost in the darkness, hoping for a sign Instead there is only silence, Can't you hear my screams? Never stop hoping, Need to know where you are But one thing is for sure, You're always in my heart I'll find you somewhere, I'll keep on trying until my dying day I just need to know whatever has happened, The truth will free my soul Lost in the darkness, try to find your way home I want to embrace you and never let you go Almost hope you're in heaven, so no one can hurt your soul Living in agony cause I just do not know where you are Wherever you are, I won't stop searching, Whatever it takes, I need to know

I don’t... know how much to talk about it dkjhfd it’s litterally about looking for someone who is perhaps dead but is... such an important part of his life. That fits so well.

Star Crossed Lovers

Yulmaaaa, kinda the sad parts of their relationship again djkhfd

We're like lovers, but here we are again, Entangled in a dance that never ends This is karma, this is where our worlds collide, So for better, for worse Let's bite that magic bullet, Leave it all behind I need to feel the mercy of a star-crossed lovers' high Bite that magic bullet, Enjoy this crazy ride Only you can give me, A star-crossed lovers' high We are dancing where the wildflowers grow We're lost within a world that's so intense We go crazy, Time and time again, Spinning on a storm that never ends

Again kinda the world crumbling around them, an they wish it would be different but the world is too much, it brings them to madness. This makes me sad dkfhd

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

-Dangerous Mind can fit Nea sorta? and Allen searching for answers? -Why Not Me? kinda the Earl tbh? Considering his life a curse but something that he has to bear a bit? -Pale, The Earl? Kinda this idea of just... repeating the same war, the same story through history? even though he’s so tired? -In Vain, still a hopeless war “nothing of the heart remains” that hurts, and the whole memory for the dead thing. Pretty vague but it fits the holy war a lot. -Mad World, VEERY vague but Holy war in general + internal war conflict and the world crumbling, works for me. -Shot in the Dark, Allen lost in the war? treated like a criminal, and feeling like losing himself. -A Demon’s fate, Allen @ Nea? Can’t elaborate but.. yeah? -Forgiven, a song of mourning for a father that had left before you? After you did everything to help them? And now trying to carry their memories? Mana&Allen com’on. -Our Farewell, Same reasoning, except Mana @ Allen, even more so since Mana is still alive so it doesn’t make it their farewell. In fact when i hear it i see keyword, from Allen calling Mana’s name and having his legacy in his hand? And the silence of the loss and the world tumbling down.... -Memories, Allen remembering Mana? -Deceiver of Fools would work so well for Lveille i’m kinda laughing?

And this is only for those i’ve pinpointed! bc there’s... so many stuff....

So if you made it through all of this CONGRATULATION you now know what happen in my head each time i make a playlist and why it is a mess kjdhfdkf

take care ;O

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Within Temptation Singer Remembers Fans Ripping Band's Collaboration With Xzibit: 'I Think Fans Never Like Change'

Can you talk a bit about where you're at mentally, physically, and emotionally at the end of touring?

"When we came back from [2014's] 'Hydra,' it was a long tour for me - also the way we toured and a lot of things happening.

"My dad got sick at the end of that tour, so when I came back, what I'd normally do was I would immediately go into a studio because I have a lot of ideas. But this time, things were quite different.

"I didn't feel like going to the studio, didn't have any inspiration; not just me, everybody in the band had the same problem. We did have an idea, but we didn't know how to get there.

"For me, that was really frustrating because I can write very easily, ideas just come very easily to me, so at that time it was, like, I was really lost and I was frustrated for the first time in my life.

"And as for me, like, a way to express myself, I took some time off and realized I just needed some time for myself and also to look a little bit back on how my life's been with the band.

"Also, if I still wanted to do this. My dad got sick and I realized I didn't spend much time with him since he came back from abroad."

A lot of artists say that when they run into a writer's block, 'Write something else,' just keep writing but write something different. It sounds like you figured that out

"We've done it before, I remember that the same time we did 'The Q Music Sessions' [in 2013], like, the cover album for the radio, and also that helped us with new ideas for the album because when you do something different you get out of your comfort zone, you start exploring and you get different impressions of different music styles, and you somehow always take everything you do outside of what you do every time, you take something new into it, it's a necessary change, I think."

A lot of the songs on 'The Q Music Sessions' album were pop songs that you guys were interpreting. Did some of those elements made it into the material for [new album] 'Resist'?

"The cover songs, it was a long time ago it was mainly [Sharon's solo project] My Indigo because Indigo was more inspired by urban kind of music, but this album, for the first time, has some groovy songs on it.

"It's just taking crossover things into our own kind of music and it makes it more... it's not like we're now that kind of band without making regular music, we're not making urban kind of music, but we'll implement certain elements from modern music because there are more experimental moments than in the metal scene, maybe I've been looking in the wrong direction, but that's what's been missing for me."

Would you describe 'Resist' as a concept album?

"No, 'Resist' is just, like, general themes; like, an inspiration source. Because some songs are not about that all, so it's, like, a few songs are about that in a political way, some are in a personal way, and there are some songs that have nothing to do with the album title at all, so it kind of became an inspiration source."

What are some of the things that you would personally like to 'resist' and what are the things you'd like your children to 'resist'?

"Well, let's start with my children for instance, they're not allowed to be on the internet in a way that they can have their own account for everybody to see.

"I have closed up accounts for them because they don't realize that everything they post in, like, 10 years' time - it's still gonna be there.

"It's very hard to erase things that you put on the internet and they're 13 now - my youngest is 7 - so if they post stuff, of course, they want to have an account, everybody in their class has, but I just want to protect them from whatever idiotic thing they might do in the future.

"They're not allowed to do anything like that. I think what we're losing now on the internet is mostly identity in a way - not identity, but anonymity. This should be a right to have, not everybody needs to know what I'm doing."

Was it a band-decision to try and move into some of these different directions you were exploring on 'Resist'?

"Well, with the people I've been writing with, yeah. It was also, like, we knew that we liked certain bands and certain kinds of music, we listened more to that kind of music than bands on the metal scene.

"So I think, 'Okay, that's not what we want to make, but we want to make our kind of music, metal music but with certain elements that make it more modern.' I think everybody understood that that was the way to do it, but didn't know how to get there."

Were you worried at all that the sound on 'Resist' would maybe ostracize some of your fans?

"You know, I think fans never like change, they get shocked by us every time because every time it's something new. We try to evolve in our way and I think it starts with what the band likes to do.

"And I think as long as we are behind the music and we like what we do, eventually it will convince people who are maybe, like, 'I don't like it.' I've heard some people say for the previous album, the song we did with Xzibit ['And We Run'], like, 'That's crap, it can't be good with a rapper on.'

"But then they heard the song and they're, like, 'I have to come back to you, I'm sorry.'"

You've recorded a lot of live footage and released it as either audio or video packages. Are you going to try to capture 'Resist'?

"I hope so. I'd like to anyway, but I must say - nowadays, in the past, you could sell these packages, but nowadays, I don't think we can do it in the same way because it's very expensive.

"We were always a band that likes quality over quantity, so maybe we'll film a few songs, we have to see how we can do this."

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WITHIN TEMPTATION’S SHARON DEN ADEL: IF I LEFT, THE BAND WOULD BE FINISHED

For more than two decades, Within Temptation have remained at the top of the symphonic metal movement. The Netherlands outfit are not only one of the genre's most influential groups, but one of its biggest innovators as well. This notion couldn't be more apparent on their new album, Resist, which takes bold new steps embracing modern sounds like urban beats and more simplistic rhythms.

This time, they enlisted collaborators in Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix and In Flames' Anders Fridén on "The Reckoning" and "Raise Your Banner" respectively. It seems there's been an uptick in collaborations not just in metal, but across music entirely as streaming services continue to dominate listening trends. This can help serve as a gateway for fans to hear artists maybe they previously hadn't, extending an artist's reach as fans become increasingly eager to bounce between genres.

As for the new elements at work, it seemed to be a do-or-die situation for the band. Frontwoman Sharon den Adelacknowledged that inspiration for new Within Temptation music was low, putting the band's future in jeopardy, but her side project, the poppy My Indigo, helped to offer some clarity and direction.

Speaking about all of this and more is Sharon den Adel, in this exclusive interview.

It seems like streaming has started to really break down barriers in music, at least for fans, and the elitist factions are slowly dissipating, though they'll always be there in some sense. There's been a lot of style mixing in heavy music, something present on Resist as well. What's your take?

The thing is that bands who actually do this are not really in the metal scene at the moment but more in rock. They're arguing if the bands are pop, like Imagine Dragons or Twenty One Pilots who are combining all kinds of styles without hesitation.

That's also something that is inspirational for us — who cares about genres? You want to make a beautiful song and of course, when you are in charge you do your best, but you're not being afraid of combining styles together with the style we have been making for many years.

Resist embraces a more straightforward, heavy-hitting approach. Have you found the art of simplicity with this album?

In a way. In the past we normally covered every song with big orchestration, but at this moment we realized we just want to use it in a minimalistic way, only where it is necessary and where it is essential for the song.

Also with my vocals, there is more space for me to go different ways. It's a breath of fresh air to do it this way and it really helps us to find a new fire and enjoy everything again.

Some would say this album is more pop-friendly/modern, though any heavier band writing catchy music with some beats get that tag thrown at them today.

For us personally we have always been a band that wants to write catchy songs in a way. I think Resist has a new sound for us. We like it so much because it sounds so refreshing. What helped us was sounds from reggae, hip-hop and other kinds of music — you get different kinds of rhythms. Even some songs in this album are groovy, which I have always liked playing but we were never able to [properly] do it. Somehow we did find a way to integrate that into our songs to make this more cool more metal / rock [hybrid] because it is more American sounding in a way.

I mentioned Jacoby Shaddix before and Papa Roach are a band who experienced a collapse of sorts after the CD fallout, but have come back and they understand the streaming era and how to use it to their benefit. They seem to be one of the leaders in rock on how to approach the new music industry. What have you learned from Papa Roach?

We have always followed the band and they have been around since we have. They played the same European festival as us too. It was based on music that we asked him and I have always liked his voice. "Getting Away With Murder" is a song that was huge in Europe and we have always liked it because it has an attitude with it. Their previous album [Crooked Teeth] made me fall in love again with Papa Roach. They had one song, in particular, that was one of the biggest singles that they had and I loved it.

We met them at Graspop, a really big festival in Belgium, we were located backstage together and I bumped into him. We just started talking about art because he does a lot of street art and graphic stuff — I like graphic [design] stuff as well and it was a really nice conversation. It is really nice to have someone like him backstage to give a little color and energy.

After, I told the band that if we ever write a song that will fit his voice we should ask him to sing. When we recorded the song, we were a week away from shooting the video and we called his management asking if he would consider it. I thought it would be really cool to have a guy singing along just giving extra energy and attitude to it that I can't do with my voice.

I've read that your solo project, My Indigo, revitalized your spirit regarding Within Temptation. Was there any one moment where you went from doubt with your involvement with the band and then realized that you absolutely had to do another album?

I wasn't able to write new music because I didn't know which direction the band should go. I had no inspiration; I didn't know what to write and then I lost my passion for it. I was really tired of everything -- all the touring -- for more than 20 years of being my whole adult life I've been in this band.

I didn't know how to come back again and My Indigo actually helped me do that. I needed to write about other stuff than I was normally writing about. When that was out of the way and I had done my thing, eventually, slowly, it came back again and I felt I really wanted to make something with more attitude — more strong and epic.

Were you considering leaving Within Temptation and would they have had to find a new singer or would the band have been done completely?

I think Within Temptation would have been done completely. All the band members have a lot of side projects that they do for fun, but the strength of the band has always been that we've been a group for a long time. I think if one throws in the towel, the rest might stop as well. They supported me throughout the whole process — we are a very tight group. I think everybody is replaceable but it's more like, do you want to be? Do you want someone to be replaced and can you still find the passion together again?

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