purzik | within temptation

Jeroen van Veen est né le 26 octobre 1974

Martinus Johannes Everardus Spierenburg est né le 30 janvier 1975

Robert Westerholt est né le 2 janvier 1975

Rudolf Adrianus Jolie est né le 19 avril 1976

Sharon den Adel est né le 12 juillet 1974

Stephen van Haestregt

She embraced, with a smile
As she opened the door
A cold wind blows, it puts a chill into her heart

You have taken away the trust,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart
Past and present are one in her head,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart

Take my hand as I wander through
All of my life I gave to you
Take my hand as I wander through
All of my love I gave to you

You have taken away the trust,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart
Take my hand as I wander through
All of my life I gave to you
Take my hand as I wander through
All of my love I gave to you

The gates of time have opened
Now, its chains are broken
n ancient force unleashed again
As I enter the portal I feel the enchantment
It takes me away, away from here

Come near me,
enter my private chambers
I want to feel the warmth on my face,
light-in darkness, lift me up from here
Give me your wings,
to flee from my ivory tower

As I enter the portal
I feel the enchantment
The stars above are lying at my feet

Come near me,
enter my private chambers
I want to feel the warmth on my face,
light in darkness, lift me up from here
Give me your wings,
to flee from my ivory tower

After the cold darkness,
in the heart of the forest
Where birds are singing,
for the newborn sun
In the womb of the leaves,
on the branches of the trees,
lies the treasure of the morning,
the pearls of light

Carried away by the traculence of my world
I got lost in the search for enlightment
The blue rain
Covered my roots
and I forgot where I came from Pearls of Light

After the cold darkness,
in the heart of the forest
Where birds are singing,
for the newborn sun
In the womb of the leaves,
on the branches of the trees,
lies the treasure of the morning,
the pearls of light

Carried away by the traculence of my world
I got lost in the search for enlightment
The blue rain
Covered my roots
and I forgot where I came from

Is there a place deep within
A place where you hide your darkest sins
There's a strange kind of ambiance,
it's surrounding you
As a songstress you lure me,
towards the truth

Candles die down as you leave the room
In my heart you leave no gloom
As you lure me I know the truth
You're a leprechaun, I see you through

Is there a place deep within
A place where you hide your darkest sins
There's a strange kind of ambiance,
it's surrounding you
As a songstress you lure me,
towards the truth

The shadows of the night,
are unleashed again
Where their greed begins,
the end is near
A morbid hunger for blood,
lies in their cold black eyes
They've come to take our lifes away

One by one they died
A massacre that took all night
They had no chance, it was no fight
You can't kill what has been killed before
They died.....

With shadows on its tale
He stepped through the portal,
locked the door and ate the key
With his life they took their way to freedom,
and he became the final keeper of the key

Cold are the bones of thy soldiers
Longing for home, their little paradise
I don't feel redemption on their side

Fallen from grace, help me rise again
Fallen from grace, help me through
Fallen from grace, help me through
Fallen from grace

Feel these hands, the pressure, the cold, tremble
Do you hear these words
Do you feel the wounds
I'll never help you through

Cold are thy souls
I feel resentment,
they feel betrayed
They hate the cold
I don't feel redemption on their side

Fallen from grace, help me rise again
Fallen from grace, help me through

Take away
These hands of darkness
Reaching for my soul
Now, the cold wind,
blows out my candles
Feeling,
only fear,
without any hope

A thousand dark moons
A thousand winters long
A million fallen stars,
the candle burns in the womb

We try not to forget,
they live through us
Slowly they die away at every candle's end

A thousand dark moons
A thousand winters long
A million fallen stars,
the candle burns in the womb

We try not to forget
They live through us
Slowly they die away at every candle's end