Within Temptation The SwanSong

[fightbox4]

this song needs to be longer

[belmorra24]

Is it written about Swan Lake?

[jezkn]

@belmorra24 No - it describes the demise of one of the characters in the book: the Silent Force or Hidden Force by Louis Marie-Anne Couperus - 1900) - about the end of Dutch rule in Java

[LilyMoth12]

Beautiful song!

[reikelgirl]

In my heart i know, i cant let go

[YumikoSasaki14]

ik vind echt dat dit de enige goede nederlandse band is(zover ik ken dan temminste)...okay tis totaal niet mijn stijl..maar ze hebben zeker talent ;) fakk jou frans bauer(ofzo)

[FairyDustMoonLight]

@YumikoSasaki14 Epica, Delain, Heideroosjes en De Dijk al gecheckt? c:

[YumikoSasaki14]

@FairyDustMoonLight uh nee die ik ken ik niet :P ik had ook gezegd voor zover ik ken omdat ik bijna geen nederlandse bands ken behalve dit en natuurlijk dingen zoals gerard joling frans bauer die ik totaal nix vind :)

[SofiaLovesCupcakes]

No I'm not crying I swear....ok I'm crying :)

[SilverWorldUK]

This song just shows exactly how pure and beautiful swans are.. Simply amazing!

[jolirabbit]

From what album this song come

[TheSwangurl]

love sharon n her voice



[TheSwangurl]

now ders a song full of melody n meaning

m hookd up with this band ever since i heard this.......

@hanhula78 ur r so right .....ur generation is sooooo doomd......

[GoddessofPoetry9]

Most beautiful song I have ever heard. Such meaningful lyrics and such angelic voice. I love this.

[LilyMoth12]

This is so beautiful I love this song so much! :)

[EvanescereMemoria]

which album does this belong to?

[PTphoenixUK]

@EvanescereMemoria The Hearth of Everything

[EvanescereMemoria]

@PTphoenixUK

thankyou

[lulagabriel]

@EvanescereMemoria This song is a bonus track from "The Silent Force" xD

[PTphoenixUK]

@lulagabriel What version?1 In Portugal the bonus tracks for The Silent Force were "Destroyed" and "Jane Doer". I just have the live version with the Black Symphony.

[lulagabriel]

@PTphoenixUK It's a bonus for the Special Edition or Dual disc, that's all I know.. I just have the basic version, with no bonus track... I just have the Special Edition on my PC! =D

[ryoubakurafangal]

80 thumbs up and I will sing this to my friend

[GoddessofPoetry9]

@ryoubakurafangal Thumbs up from me:D He or she will definitely love it<3

[MrThug4Life1]

she has a beautiful voice :)

[Azieru82]

Within Temptation knows how to perform and make such wonderful music.

[kdlayos]

Teens are lucky, they can always fall back on the songs created by the older generations if needed

[jezkn]

@kdlayos But oldies are even luckier because they've got further back to draw on

[MissDie15]

@hanhula78

I'm a teenager too and I agree with you. This song is very beautiful.

[alkizaurzaiz]

Sharon can't be from this planet

[jezkn]

..... mind you that video would cost a fortune because Sharon would have to be relocated to Java to tell the story olf the 'Silent Force'. Mind you it would be an exscuse (does she need one?) for her to wear even more exotic costumes and look gorgeous ..... Who will put up the money though (come on - plenty of millionaires in in Holland)

[Cashopeia]

Beautiful! :)



[jezkn]

Well - Ive searched in vain for a decent live performance of Swansong and Bittersweet and there just isn't one. I suppose because it takes a cast of thousands (and a bloody good orchestra) to pull it off.- and would cost a fortune. Also - not sure whether Sharon could sing it this well now. So this is pretty unique !! But a decent video to it - is a great idea.

[PTphoenixUK]

@jezkn She can sing it this well, probably even better. After the last album I thought her voice was over as the songs are not ambitious at all from vocal point of view. But saw them life in Lisbon last month and she proved her voice is better than ever.

[jezkn]

@PTphoenixUK That's great to hear and I would love to hear her perform this song (Swansong) live (but maybe Lisbon is a little far). However there is no decent version of her singing this live on YouTube or with this arrangement of the song. Probably vecause it would cost a fortune !! If you find a good 'live' version on YouTube send it to me!

[PTphoenixUK]

@jezkn They had the Black symphony concert in 2008, and they performed the song on that concert, and they had a orchestra there. Unfortunatetly they decided to make an acustic performance of this one, using little of the orchestra. But "Forgiven", a ballad in the similar tune and equally beautiful and touching, was performed using the orchestra at full potential. Hopefully they will repeat the Black Symphony when they celebrate their 20th anniversary and they revisit the Swan Song again.

[jezkn]

@PTphoenixUK Yes - I heard the Black Sympony concert -but the performance of SwanSong was not up to scratch as you say (and orchestral players nothing like quality of this recording) I will look forwards to a 20th anniversary performance. Please let me know - in case I miss it.

Incidentally there is a YouTube video of them rehearsing the recording of this song - including the divine 'fiddle' bits. Have you seen it?: Because thats the standard they've set for themselves! They've raised the bar!

[jezkn]

@PTphoenixUK ... And even Epica have not reached the standard of orchestration achieved in this piece (and 'Bittersweet'). It is, as far as I know unique amongst (so called) Metal Bands and a great credit to Within Temptation. Please keep me informed of anything else you think I should listen to. Thanks!

[PTphoenixUK]

@jezkn What do you think about The promise?! The live version with orchestra is superb. Think the intro specially is just perfect, sends goosebumps down my spine everytime I listen to it, never fails.

[jezkn]

@PTphoenixUK Yes that Black Symphony version of the Promise is brilliant - especially with Sharon snaking about like a Black Mamba in it with so much energy (and the french horns) - and far superior to the album version of it ... And yet it's completely the other way round for Swan Song where the album version (Ithis version) is far superior. Isn't that strange? There's some lovely violin right at the end of 'Forgiven' too.

[necruttoru]

so good after a bad mark at school o.O

[WTtheHowling]

pitty there is no official video for this song...imagine how artistic it would be...

[lidialidiaki]

i really love this song......!!!!!!

[lux0r66]

NUCLEAR winter has come for me, can't carry...... XD

[Godlystriker]

@lux0r66 hahas I laughed :)

[GothicAngel00100]

i think live is better...

[darlingbuttercupbaby]

where can you buy this song



[yassir570]

2011 (o_<)

[geeksXwillXrule]

I really don't care if they themselves don't think they're gothic. That's really what I hear in their music. It's not metal. It's not rock. It is symphonic. I'll always call it gothic symphony. And I love it.

[fashionbee87]

i feel so enchanted!

[hanhula78]

This song makes me cry. True beauty in music is so hard to find with all the shitty pop & rap. I pity my generation.... (I'm a teenager... My generation is doomed...)

[jezkn]

@hanhula78 A trifle harsh - I feel you are being. They will come to appreciate this a little later maybe when they have 'grown up a bit'. You are one of the more 'discerning ones' - but this is timeless beauty - crossing generations and will never age, whereas other (trendy) stuff will fall by the wayside.

[hanhula78]

@jezkn You make a good point. Maybe I'm just being overdramatic.

[jezkn]

@hanhula78 Well - not 'doomed' anyway. I remember feeling like you did but I used listen to stuff and pretend to like it ('cause my mates liked it and it was 'trendy') but secretly I liked other (better) stuff - but daren't admit it! That came later. You have the courage to like the better stuff now !! Good on ya !

[KatherineDianBrowder]

@hanhula78 tell me about it -_-

[Pegathor0328]

The singer is SOOO HOTT!!!

[mattmja94]

This song is beautiful. <3

[arbiter13lol]

what album is this from? i cant find it on itunes :((

[whiteenr]

@arbiter13lol It's a bonus track from TSF

[whiteenr]

Always listen to this song after a busy day. really good way to relax

[CzechChick87]

The best band ever! They don´t have a song which wouldn´t be great! Netherlands must be proud to have such a jewel!:))

[greatmusiclvr1]

i cry whenever i hear this song. it was the song that played at Kyla's funeral....

[artanaxes]

Perfect voice, perfect woman...almost sinful that so much incredible talent and beauty should be given to one person...

[hovig75]

@artanaxes i agree dear who you are -where you are ..i feel what you are feeling to her ....

[anneres]

2:18 -- best part :) So gorgeous...

[chua41]

just too much awesome

[terrAvril]

i want this on my funeral, for shore .

[EmilyRules971]

i soooo love this song. i listened to it all through the winter <3

[phuongduy111]

Feel like i'm in heaven....

[walkie0talkie]

@phuongduy111

I know what are you trying to say, this is a great feeling when listening to such a beatiful song like this, still there is no feeling in this world that can be equalised to the real heaven of god......

[LilySarahE]

I always imagine Arwen singing this after Elessar's death. 'Tis a beautiful song.

[UndercoverCracker]

She sounds freaking beautiful...

[inaluvtheofull]

love this song..... muahh

[TheBestOfTimes88]

Hi, i'm not goth, i wear normal clothes, i'm from argentina, and i love sharon's voice, she's my favourite singer.

[Zoza15]

@TheBestOfTimes88 WIthin Temptation were never considered Gothic in the first place..

[TheBestOfTimes88]

@Zoza15 Some people do consider them, but it's not the real genre, it's in my opinion, symphonic metal.

[Zoza15]

@TheBestOfTimes88 Which is exactly the genre that suits for this band :)

Symphonic Metal.

[gracerusso]

meravigliosa!

[LikeTalkingToAWall]

You don't have to be goth to appreciate their music, you know

[PTphoenixUK]

35 people have their wings broken

[SuperSavolainen]

Koskettavat sanat ,jotka koskettavat yhä vuosien jälkeen....

Within Temptation osaa tehdä todella hyviä kappaleita jotka kertovat elävästä elämästä!!! Parasta mitä kuulla saa!!!!!

[FrozenCheeseOutrage]

who cares what style it is if u like it listen to it and you don't have to be a certain label to like something

[jezkn]

The human condition is one that loves its labels isn't it ( - atleast on YouTube). What are the three obsessions of YouTube?

[RatchitScratchit]

@jezkn ... Labels, Dislikes and J.B.

[jezkn]

@RatchitScratchit Right on.

[sabinedunser1977]

is very divine Sharon singing

[cubssssss]

sappy and overproduced.

[jezkn]

This song has NOTHING to do with Evanescence in any sense whatsoever - neither style, arrangement, vocals or lyrics. Mind you - in a way - it hasn't much to do with W.T. either! But that just makes it all the more remarkable. And if it makes you miss your 'Gothic' self so be it!.I haven't got one to miss! But that just tells you what an incredibly wide appeal this song has - way outside the Metal genre ...

[Blandinedefretin]

magnifique musique

[WRRkratos]

lembro dos dias, que durmia na casa do meu amor... e acordava ao som dessa bela canção...

[adiprenne2006]

beautiful. speechless

[RatchitScratchit]

1999 likes - come on soime one make it 2000 !

[Holsterhipshooter]

@RatchitScratchit .... My Pleasure !!

[MrShajkacha]

amazing... how call this music direction?

[stefigrafic11]

Wtfi.. Did I just saw 35 dislikes???? It's not strange why they say that end of the world will be in 2012.. :

[AlucardtheDieHard]

@stefigrafic11 ikr...those prob didnt even botha to look/listen to the song - they're just being retarded for the fun of it

[David1sBored]

It's so good it makes me want to cry into an envelope and drink my tears.

[jezkn]

@David1sBored It might be a soggy envelope. Better with soimething water proof. (I admire the sentiment though)

[Talia13797]

i remember when i wanted to become a singer and sing this kind of music. I actually thought i could until someone told me my voice was horrible. I still dream that one day i could be as fantastic as within Temptation and create music that speaks to my heart and everyones that listens to it

[jezkn]

@Talia13797 Well - hold onto your dream (it wasn't Simon Cowell was it?). Upload something and let YouTube have a listen ?

[Talia13797]

@jezkn maybe i will, ill just have to find the perfect song

[jezkn]

@Talia13797 That's good to hear. Some people will always put you down. But others will be constructive. And it still sounds like you've got Self Belief - so go for it!

[Talia13797]

@jezkn thanx :D

[PTphoenixUK]

35 people can't dream

[j3fy10]

This has always bin my fav gothic band in the whole world"

[pwndbytechnomusic]

why would people listen to this

[jezkn]

@pwndbytechnomusic Mmmmm - Too many oif us are are soppy, sentimental souls. Aaaaaah (dabbing a handkerchief to his eye), Must get a grip .....

[jezkn]

@pwndbytechnomusic I believe there is a rap/hip hop/technofreak remix of this song somewhere on YouYube (there usually is). .

[LadyGx]

Wow this is on of the best songs from WT!!!!

[aqwfreak7]

This song is perfect for warcraft wrath of the lich king :D

[xAiingeal]

PROUD TO BE DUTCH! <3

[jezkn]

@xAiingeal And quite right too !

[Horizon99100]

@xAiingeal Echt hè? Finally a band to be proud off!

[pomfructifer]

when i lisen to this song i got such a stange feeling, it's so hard to discribe it... it's bringing me in a safe and magical place but in the same time i have a stange felling of lonleyness ....

this songe must be heard with the soul...

every time i listen to this i got goose bumps

[marisols92]

I sung this song for an audition! Quite lovely! <3

[jezkn]

The song is actually a Swan Song for a lost & doomed empire - that of the Dutch colony of Java in Louis Couperus' 'De stille kracht' (1900 - translated as 'The Hidden Force') as well as the Swan Song of the tragic Van Oudijck family which it recounts ( a film of the book is in production - it should have this song in it but it won''t ...)

[FortitudeOfHeaven]

I love this song, not just the song itself but the feeling that it's able to invoke and captivate. It sounds as graceful as a swan, yet as cold as ice.

which fits well, since it about dying and the myth of the swan's last song).

[jezkn]

Yeh - it's really got something this song... and it's a real pot boiler: grows and grows on you. Great, meaningfull lyrics too - full of hope and optimism - all about letting go and passing on - or over. It's actually not dark at all but full of light and wonder - which is maybe why a number of 'dark' metal addicts are uneasy with it! See - Metal doesn't have to be obsessed with dark themes !! I bet after reading this - even more people will hit the 'dislike' button ! Not me though.

[pankesita77]

el miedo de la mas bella musica

[sabinedunser1977]

is beatifull and dark

[WhiteWitch84]

This song has such personal emotional meaning for me.

[WhiteWitch84]

I love this song. it has so much personal meaning to me!!!

[amirakitty]

How can people dislike this song? I mean really??

[LicorniaGoddess09]

The song reminds of my fadeness to society.... even though the the swan is singing his last song before he dies. I thought about being faded to the world.

[goliathlup1]

Damn, I think i love her...

[ThalieXVII]

I adore this song!

[Jem87McM]

I want the dress Sharon is wearing at 2:49

[wacalinka]

cudne:)

[SharinganErik]

This song is so beautiful

It shows me how that i have a reason to live

That everyone have a reason to live

This song is made for people without a reason

They need to find out their reason

[jezkn]

@SharinganErik Yeah - very perceptive. This song makes you want to embrace the world - and your precious relationships - not want to leave it!

[Pwntz0rz]

This song makes me bawl like a three year old.

[Locationary]

for a split second at the start it sounds like linkin park - in the end

[shyboyangelus]

33 people have spunk in there ears!

[SugoiSeshira761]

i think that the reason for this song being my most favorite of all is the fact that it puts me into a state of nirvana...

[SweetestInsanity1]

This song inspired the novella I'm currently working on. :D

[pwiincesshafza]

Love iiT! Her Voiice iiSz SoO Nyc., And Speciialy LOVE Her DresseSz..x

[BlondDutchie16]

Like

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etc in eternity

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[0nlydepp]

i miss my Gothic self.

[jezkn]

@0nlydepp What happened to it?

[0nlydepp]

@jezkn Well, I kinda fell in love with another kind of music so I rarely listen to WT these days. But when I pick it up again, I remember again how much Wt music speaks to my heart, and it makes me feel nostalgic

[monikastr]

@0nlydepp I have this feeling too

[52772]

@0nlydepp me too! :(



[AudioAstronaut5000]

@0nlydepp this song isnt very gothic to be honest,,well it might be if you are a fan of evenessence

[littlemisshazel]

@AudioAstronaut5000

It's not gothic at all. It's symphonic metal.

[jezkn]

@littlemisshazel That's difficulty with labels. it's not Symphonic Metal either. Yes it's got orchestra and it's 'Epic' but if you played this to Joe Public he wouldn't recognise it as 'Metal' -just as a beautiful balad (with orchestral arrangement). However it is Metal to Metal fans 'cause that's how they see W.T. and it's Gothic to ex Goths 'cause that's how they see (saw?) W.T. It's all in the perceptgion. The fella below says it's overpoduced. What he means is he likes his Metal unpolished!

[AudioAstronaut5000]

@littlemisshazel symphonic maybe , metal hell naw

[Anyamar666]

@AudioAstronaut5000 WT is a gothic metal/rock band including some symphonic... and a few Ballades like this one.

[o0LanternLight0o]

@0nlydepp never too late to go back to goth haha

[jezkn]

@o0LanternLight0o Shows the power of this song. Ex goths are actually considering returning to Gothdom. Hows about that for a song tribute !!! Couldn't get any better!

[o0LanternLight0o]

@jezkn haha yeah i guess, i never was goth though, and im not now... too bad huh?

[jezkn]

@o0LanternLight0o No - neither am I (however please tell me how I would know if I was one - do I have to think melancholy thoughts and wear a sort of uniform?).

But I like the idea of a song exerting such power that it makes people nostalgic for something they once were. And this number is apparantly one of those

[o0LanternLight0o]

@jezkn hmm, i belive goth(just in my oppinion anyway) is when you find beauty in things that others would find depressing, dark, or gloomy, witch somtimes i do, i just dont sport the style is all. and idk if nostalgic would be the right word but yeah i get what you mean

[jezkn]

@o0LanternLight0o mmmm - Interesting - and yet here they're findng something dark and gloomy in something that is beautiful. Well - that definately decides I'm not one! I find this song amazingly optimistic (lyrics included) but I can see why they may read it a different way.

[o0LanternLight0o]

@jezkn well i dont mean in the since that a goth is one who thinks depressive things and finds them beautiful. i ment like say for exaple, one may say black clothing is dark and gloomy looking, but to a goth, it looks beautiful. im sure a goth doesnt look at suicide or depression in a positive way. i just ment to say agin, that there is certin things that a goth would find beatiful such as a sad song or a gloomy rainny day and like it, when another would find it depressing. am i more clear now?

[jezkn]

@o0LanternLight0o And no - of course you don't have to be a Goth to appreciate this song or even a MetalHead (infact some of them are pretty dubious abouit it - hence the dislikes). But that's not the point. It seems to evoke this powerful emotion 'of loss' in a lot of 'ex' Goths and I find that quite moving even though I'm not one! (Perhaps I'm a Sentimentalist - oh yes definately one of those .....!)

[o0LanternLight0o]

@jezkn and im sure aswell that yes a goth would find this song optimistic. but dont you think if you were to show a prepy highschool girl this video, she would think "what kind of weird depressed people listen to this stuff, and what the heck are these people wearing?"

[jezkn]

@o0LanternLight0o - Some useful insghts there. Here we are having a polite discussion about Gothdom and we don't even live there! They'll be coming after us soon! Goths remind me of a literary movement called English Sentimentalism (18th C) -who too 'derived pleasure out what others might find gloomy'. Samual Richardson is one ('Pamela'), Laurence Sterne ('Tristram Shandy') another. Henry McKenzie ('The Man of Feeling')'s hero, Harley dies of a broken heart (-not true of this song incidentally)

[jezkn]

@o0LanternLight0o ... love the idea of the 'Preppy School girl test'. That will be the 'gold standard' from now on !!

[Ghanima478]

where on earth can I find this song

[nosferotica1]

@Ghanima478

It's on the cd "silent force." I bought the ... I think it was the one with the bonus track because I liked that song "dangerous mind," I don't know if it was one of the original tracks or a bonus track, but I would say look for that one just in case.

[Biekeeh]

this song gives me shivers all over my body! Love it!

[Biekeeh]

One of my favorites... =)

[Ershad7]

Voice of an angel..

[thecloudchamber]

I like the pictures which go well with the song. 

[Niihoga]

It's a one of my favorite songs:)

[trialgek]

This band just keep me alive... Without this i would be dead already... Love you SHARON!!!

[PTphoenixUK]

@trialgek It keep me alive, too, two years ago when I was going through a very depressive moment.

[trialgek]

This band just keep me alive... Without this i would be dead already... Love you SHARON!!!

[woodschuckstraub]

Great voice. Deep song.

[Nelielsan]

uuffffffffffffff hermoso

[MISTRQ1]

díky že jste

[archie977]

hehe nice dressess:}

[panosgalatas1]

I'll spread my Legs one more time ....

Just kidding I actualy am a fan !!!!!!!!!!!

[notjustyouraverage]

@panosgalatas1 Lol made me smile :)

[RouRa9]

When she says "the sun warms my face" I can practically feel raises on my cheeks Dx and it's raining ...!