Erstellt am 19.10.2007 - 12:50

All I Need

explained by Sharon den Adel



This song has been written from the point of view of someone
who has been disappointed in love and life. A person who has found something or someone he wants to believe in again. At the same time he knows that he won't be able to deal with a new disappointment. He's afraid of giving into the temptation of wanting to believe, because if it does backfire again he's not sure wh at he's going to do.

I don't know why this songtext turned out to be on this subject. Sometimes lyrics just go into a certain direction and others are written with a subject in mind from the start. All I know is that this text became a lot more real to me when a friend of the family committed suieide this year. We knew he was going through a rough dme. The last time Robert and I saw hirn we realized that he had reached the point where he would either break, or he would have to dramatically change his view on life and his future. More than two years passed, and nothing really changed, until we were on tour this year. He'd had some bad news, and that was just one disappointment too many.
When I was 10 or 11 years old, he took me to a friend who had moved from my hometown all the way to loure in Friesland, which lies way up in the north of the country. It's about a 2-3 hour's drive from where I live, and for us Dutch people that's a lotbecause we're not used to driving for too many hours in a row. Friesland, which is 1 of 12 Dutch provinces, has its own dialect and in the past the Frisians actually said they wanted to be independent from the rest of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Our friend was a Frisian, and he bought me a fake Frisian passport I can remember it had all kinds of info about Friesland and it provided discount at, for instance, museums, stores and cinemas. This immediately broke the ice. Although I'd known hirn for as long as I could remember - I was bit shy back then. I only saw hirn when he was in the country, when he had to work in my hometown with my dad. He lived in Indonesia where he'd married and had a fa m ily, but whenever he was in Holland he stayed at my grandma's place, where he would rent a room. When he gave me the passport he said: "As this will be your first time in Friesland, I won't be able to take you with me unless you have a Frisian passport..." LOL. He was this really big guy, who was not much of a talker, but the fact that I was shy made hirn talk the whole trip long. He told me all kinds of things about the eities we passed, the environment a!1d about his beautiful Friesland. He treated me like a grown-up, w,hich was really good for my self­esteern. It was a great start of the weekend. I had forgotten about this trip, but when things like this happen, you start to remember many things you'd forgotten about along the way. I still have that passport and 1'11 always have my memories. He really was a good guy. Rest in peace.

Sharon


Quelle:

Within Temptation Official Fan Magazine No.6


hajo

[Dieser Beitrag wurde am 19.10.2007 - 12:51 von hajomajor aktualisiert]

Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei dem Universum bin ich mir nicht so sicher.

Albert Einstein


THE SISTERS OF MERCY

Erstellt am 19.10.2007 - 12:56

Ja, hatte ich mir auch damals durchgelesen.

Erstellt am 19.10.2007 - 14:19

Das ist traurig

Erstellt am 19.10.2007 - 20:55

Oah wie schön

Erstellt am 21.10.2007 - 00:38

wie traurig...danke fürs reinstellen, hajo, da steht der song plötzlich in nem ganz anderen licht

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Erstellt am 11.11.2007 - 09:02

Die Story hinter "All I need" fand ich auch sehr berührend. Was die anderen Songs angeht. "The truth beneath the rose" ist an den Film "Da Vinci Code" angeleht würd ich sagen. "What have you done ?" wurde schon erklärt: aus tiefer Liebe wird Feindschaft. "The howling" ist ja ein Song zu "Chronicles of Spellborne" und handelt vom Krieg der Menschen gegen die sogenannten "Howler" das ist wohl so eine Art Wolfsmenschen oder so. Der Titelsong handelt von William Wallace dem schottischen Freiheitskämpfer nach dessen Leben Bravehart gedreht wurde. Watt währ da noch: "Final Destination" auch ein Song nach einem Film. Fazit des Ganzen: dem Tod entkommst du nicht ! "Forgiven" jemand trauert um seine große Liebe die verstorben ist und vergibt ihr nach ihrem Tod alles was geschehen ist. "The Cross" wird schon schwieriger. Jemand wird von seinem Partner ignoriert. Der Partner erkennt nicht, was für eine Last derjenige trägt. würd ich mal so sagen. Vielleicht fällt euch zum Rest ja noch was ein

Erstellt am 20.12.2007 - 14:15

Ach ja, nach langer Zeit mal wieder ein Text von Sharon. Diesmal >>>>>>


"Hand Of Sorrow"


explained by Sharon den Adel


The lyrics of 'The Hand of Sorrow' were inspired by Robin Hobb's 'The Farseer Trilogy', which tells the tale of Fitz Chivalry Farseer. The part that inspired us was the feeling of being torn between your own dreams and higher goals in life as well as the sacrifiees made to achieve them. Other themes that keep being repeated throughout the story are moral issues like the question whether violence is appropriate, when it can prevent more violence.

If you're interested in the Trilogy you can find a summary below;

The Farseer Trilogy

Assassin's Apprentiee 1995
Royal Assassin 1996
Assassin's Quest 1997

The first Robin Hobb Trilogy, The Farseer Trilogy, took place in the Six Duchies. It is the tale of Fitz Chivalry Farseer. The discovery that this bastard son exists is enough to topple Prinee Chivalry's ambition for the throne. He abdicates, ceding the title of heir to the throne to his younger brother Verity and abandoning the child to the care of the stable master Burrich. The youngest prince, Regal, has ambitions of his own, and wishes to do away with the bastard. But old King Shrewd sees the value of taking the lad and training him as an assassin. For a bastard can be sent into dangers where a true-born son could not be risked, and may be given tasks that would soil an heir's hands.

And so, Fitz Chivalry is trained in the secret arts of being a royal assassin. He shows a predilection for the Wit, a beast magic much despised in the Six Duchies. This secret vice in the young assassin is tolerated, for a partnership with an animal may be a useful trait in an assassin. When it is discovered that he may possess the hereditary magic of the Farseers, the Skill, he becomes both the King's weapon, and an obstacle to Prince Regal's ambitions for the throne. At a time when the rivalry for the throne is intense, and the Outislanders and their Red Ship raiders are bringing war to the Six Duchies, Fitz Chivalry discovers that the fate of the kingdom may very well rest on the actions of a young bastard and the King's Fool. Armed with little more than loyalty and his sporadic talent for the old magic, Fitz follows the fading trail of King Verity who has travelled beyond the Mountain Kingdom and into the realm of the legendary Elderlings in what may be a vain hope to renew an old alliance.

~ Sharon ~


Viel Spass





[Dieser Beitrag wurde am 20.12.2007 - 16:05 von hajomajor aktualisiert]

Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei dem Universum bin ich mir nicht so sicher.

Albert Einstein


THE SISTERS OF MERCY

Erstellt am 20.12.2007 - 18:13

oh ja, die bücher hab ich allesamt gelesen, erst auf deutsch und besorgt hab ich sie mir dann noch auf englisch. aber richtig gut wirds ja erst mit der folgenden liveship traders trilogy, die in der gleichen welt wie die farseer trilogy spielt, aber andere charaktere begleitet, und dann noch mit der the tawny man trilogy, die sich wieder mit fitz chivalry befasst

ich liebe robin hobbs bücher, sie ist eine meiner lieblingsautorinnen!

find ich cool, dass eines meiner lieblingslieder des albums sich auf meine lieblingsbücher bezieht

danke fürs reinstellen, hajo!

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Erstellt am 21.12.2007 - 12:44

Hmmm, leider habe ich die zweiten Chroniken von Fitz dem Weitseher noch nicht gelesen.(der lohfarbene Mann, der goldene Narr, der weisse Prphet)

Sind die gut? Wär ja echt nochmal ne Maßnahme.
Lese sowieso viel zu wenig in letzter Zeit!

Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei dem Universum bin ich mir nicht so sicher.

Albert Einstein


THE SISTERS OF MERCY

Erstellt am 22.12.2007 - 10:54

Hab ich´s mir doch gedacht: die Story stammt aus einem Buch ! Klingt spannend. Sollte ich auch mal lesen wenn ich mit Harry Potter und den unzähligen anderen Büchern fertig bin die ich noch auslesen muss. Tja, hätt ich das Fanzine schon, hätte ich ja gewusst wovon der Song handelt. Aber das lässt ja auf sich warten.