Within Temptation - Forgiven (Lyrics)

A WT video made by me, with the lyrics.

[@belmorra24]

This is one of the songs you should be happy if you never have to realise the true meaning of the lyrics.

[@nythiriafade3374]

There couldn't be a song that more clearly depicts my mothers suicide. It helped me finally come to terms with it.

[@drviagrin3798]

She wrote it for a friend that lost his son.

[@ana-mariaalrasul9231]

I was listening to this a long time ago, when I was meeting the love of my life. So many lyrics back then told me the ending of our story. And years passed by but heart never forgets what was really true. Some things cannot be faked.

[@alexhulea2735]

The other being 'Say my name' :D

[@nocount7517]

@@alexhulea2735 And Memories, and Our Farewell.

[@petroukiostz.1889]

One of the saddest and most heartbreaking songs!! Touches you to the very core!!

[@nythiriafade3374]

To any other suicide orphans out there, you aren't alone. This has been the hardest anniversary yet. At 21 I still needed a mother, 15 years later I still do. Figuring out life on your own with no one to turn to for advice really. I don't blame her though. She suffered a lot of abuse and had a spouse die of suicide in her arms. I think she saw me as stronger than her and didn't want to be a burden on me.

[@PointlessSideQuestLP]

I am so sorry. I'm glad you're still with us.

[@chase9812]

I'm sorry for your loss. I lost my Mom one year ago today 😢. She was 87. She had a long life but it was still very hard to say goodbye. Peace to you my friend.

[@Corstessia3110]

I wonder how she can sing without crying... Evertime I tried to sing it I started crying so hard that I felt on my knees...

[@elexiapittman1521]

Lots of practice

[@alexhulea2735]

probably the same way she sings "Say my name", a song about someone with Alzheimer not recognizing their spouse :)

[@AnaBlackOrchid]

x2

[@JoshMcSwain]

I remember her breaking down performing this live, it might still be on here

[@pleplepleple2544]

I am a grown man, with a beautiful, wonderul wife and the best son I could ever imagine, but everytime I listen to this song, I started to cry. When I think about my little babyboy or his mother, that anything could go wrong and they could've gone, I just can't handle it. Everytime my throat is stuck and I can't sing a word. What an emotional song it is... I can't imagine someone could wrote something that would be more emotional.

[@WafflePancakes1314]

Beautiful song. Why can't "popular" music be more like this?

[@Wolfkin-yw1gs]

Ikr

[@SandySaunders9142]

Because not that many appreciate true art. They want it cheap and easy. No pain.

[@justjade0616]

People like to listen to crap.

[@Yo-sr2hw]

@@SandySaunders9142 nah it's because it's fucking sad

[@nocount7517]

Because this music actually makes you feel some of the pain Sharon den Adel felt when she had a miscarriage, which is why this song exists. So beautiful, yet so tragic.

[@witchylau]

« Why not me before you? » Always hits hard

[@Hami_7982]

Makes me cry..... So bad.... Touches souls... 💔😓This is beyond beautiful.....💜

[@davidcleveland5]

Her vocals is so beautiful, when she hits the high notes it gave me chills🥰🥰🥰🥰 it's so hard to finish the song without crying.

[@iiiiiiii9513]

i swear this song is impossible to listen to without crying.

[@brendanmalin]

This song makes me cry and think of my mum, gone far too soon, i still need her😢

[@mateusmarques5343]

Put a headphone with a good quality and enjoy the instrumental and beautiful vocals. Masterpiece!!

[@jocelynpappas3341]

this song hurts a lot, especially when you've been someone with severe depression and had suicidal thoughts before. It makes you wonder about all the people who passed you by, and which ones weren't as fortunate to make it through. Even if i I still have mental health problems, I cant help but feel I need to keep going, there's so many people who don't get that chance, their emotions take them too soon and it isn't even their fault....

[@davidtal523]

i feel that far too keenly. its one of the major reasons i havnt done more then minor self harm. dont want to hurt her. and yes, i'm getting help. but its a very slow process.

[@pavelabadjiev2227]

I had a depression i know how it feels like

[@jkgramps]

I lost my wife, lover and soul mate to suicide in 2007. I've come to totally accept her reasons for doing so, but this song touches my heart.

[@karenfernandez2926]

That's so sad 😧

[@crnadamastasi1540]

I was born in 2007.😋

[@History_and_Coffee13]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I pray you will find comfort, and the strength you need. God bless.

[@jkgramps]

@@History_and_Coffee13 Thanks, I appreciate that. I'm a "part-time" poet. I wrote many poems for her during our 30+ years together and some more since her death. I have a manuscript comprised of 66 poems spread out over 8 chapters. I'm planning to self-publish it soon through Amazon. The title: We Met Along the Road, One Day

[@History_and_Coffee13]

@@jkgramps Let us know when you publish the book. Poetry seems to be a waning art.

[@vicmanson9314]

oh no. there's something in my eye.. A FUXKING RIVER

[@handheldcone9235]

+hayley parish Hey, hey, you know, it;s good :) It means we are not lost yet!

[@rainbowart1646]

pierce the hales i fucking love this song

[@manafbenayache1880]

dont cry girl i m here

[@elexiapittman1521]

How about an ocean

[@andrewlorenzo6028]

who is listening in 2019, where y'all at? love this song

[@amandabee3398]

I am right now

[@andrewlorenzo6028]

Listen this song and just relax think, think about a lot of things

[@rawsnake]

Me too and it always makes me feel emotional even though ive heard it sooo many times, the piano, her voice, the violins, just amazing

[@WizardOfHumor1989]

This would make an excellent anna and Elsa fan vid for frozen films

[@crnadamastasi1540]

2020

[@sawayht]

I have lost so much, I m sick and my life is been soo hard. This song give me power but the same time I start crying. Sometimes I feel my life is end. Every fuckin day my body is pain but this song is something what give me reason go out and see my friends. This is the best song ever what I have find here.

[@maira7804]

Im so sorry for you, are you doing better nowadays?

[@raja952]

tears automatically flood my eyes when i listen to this...cant describe the commotion in my heart.

[@WidowRose]

This song wrenches my heart, as it reminds me of my little brother whom I lost... :(

[@maxpearson1742]

Sorry for your loss hopefully he’s in a better place

[@ElvannReacts]

This song is just so beautiful, and so meaningful. i love to sing and play it on my harp, it is so sooting :D. I think the melody at the start fits just so beautifully on a harp, even if the original instrumentation is also amazing. I so love this band :)

[@drabinamahalder9373]

Elvann great , it's so cool u have a harp I just wish I had a violin

[@jblewis5235]

Elvann Please upload you playing ..2018 wanna see what u can do

[@faithsgachatube1973]

Would love to hear it with a harp

[@firecloudevilgod]

@@jblewis5235 yes please

[@CrowWingOfficial]

Sharon never fails with her music. This song makes me want to keep going so I don't hurt the ones I love.

[@lollypopsangel5454]

How does this song have any dislikes? This song is such a meaningful song. Not like all the other songs today. Love this song so much! Its a good tune, and it a beautiful song :D Reminds me of a lot of there other songs by them. Such great songs This song means something to a lot of people. All the instruments in this song go great with it. Literally one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life. :)

[@BakugouKatsuki86]

I think it has that mamy dislikes because of the wrong lyrics....

[@jamieslogin]

Kelly Art duuuuuuude yaaaas

[@nighttimeserenity2447]

Everything good enough will *ALWAYS* have dislikes. Some people's opinion just does not matter

[@chaos9608]

The good and the bad are what make up life. The world would be a horrible place if there was only yang, and no yin. If there was nothing but joy, we wouldn’t work for change. The good is, well, good, but there needs to be bad to show who we are.

[@andersondawn3631]

Well if makes you feel any better, there aren’t anymore 😅

[@lordxenomorph886]

I lost my aunt yesterday and she lost her son from suicide years ago I never got a chance tell her I love her

[@husinbro7188]

She hears u bro, sorry for ur lose, stay strong

[@chase9812]

😪

[@quinnalexander3825]

This song is great, but it only truly becomes memorable when you understand that the lyrics imply more than just betrayal; the singer (not Sharon, the fictional person the song is about) forgives a person they love for //dying//. The lyrics "Why not me before you, why did fate deceive me?" proves this. What's cool is that this is so emotional like that, and this is only the promotional song for the album XD

[@quinnalexander3825]

It might have been suicide : ) makes more sense that way.

[@erikmoonweb6250]

I always feel that it's the story of a mother who's son/daughter committed suicide. *"Couldn't save you from the start" & "I tried to shield you from the world"* (Stating her protectiveness and that she was there since the beginning). *"You couldn't face the freedom on your own"* (He/she was grown up and alone in the real world and couldn't withstand it). *"You gave up the fight, you left me behind" & "You were looking for the great escape to chase you demons away"* (It's telling us what happened and that she understands why). *"You'll always be mine, I know deep inside"* (Is a way of self-consolation). These line are repeated on various occasions, is like she's trying to convince herself and move one, but she just can't. *"Can you forgive me for trying again" & "Your silence makes me hold my breath" & "Still the sun can't warm my face"*. She says that she knows why he/she did it and that she forgives, but she doesn't completely as she keeps repeating that he/she left her behind and left her in silence (alone). She just can't move on and is looking for a way to do it.. The song is both beautiful and heartbreaking. It is truly one of my favorites and a masterpiece!!

[@maurocarvalho1148]

Thank you for your interpretation.

[@nythiriafade3374]

The parent child makes since, but for me, by the time I was a teen I tried to protect my mom from people who would hurt and take advantage of her. She started suffering from psychosis when I was about 13, or at least that's when I started noticing. It was just me and her so I became the parent.

[@jadebotelho7561]

Quinn Alexander I didn’t even think about betrayal, this just reminds me of a loved one who commited suicide

[@stephenbutler2692]

Came across this today as a suggestion on my app after listening to evanescence, how did this band pass me by? Love it.

[@GlinianyZakalec]

Best song of Within Temptation

[@danacalea7980]

why do all tge WT songs make me cry?? 😭😭

[@yanyoshidas]

Dana Calea cry kunaon ai maneh

[@MrGasoline122]

Voice like an Angel

[@katies2634]

Definitely angelic voice

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Yo! Sure she is angelic.

[@xnir00]

"oh for so long, I´ve tried to shield you from the world" if that can be possible. You are always in my heart my dearest son. te adoro con el corazón, mamá.

[@Marie-4207]

Just lost my Dad a week ago to suicide this song really helps. RIP POPS 💔

[@chase9812]

Sorry for your loss. Peace to you my friend

[@nicolecomer433]

I'm so sorry baby, 😭😭😭

[@Thecharmedonee]

as soon as the piano starts i start crying damn you within temptaion

[@michaelmyers6017]

lol

[@raytorvalds3699]

Within Temptation has made me shed a tear at several occasions. So much feeling and so beautiful.

[@Maruragakari]

Lol, you mean as soon as the song starts.

[@Cloudiicandi]

Samn

[@scribehelios2773]

@@Cloudiicandi Same*

[@rooiehans]

heard it for the first time and it made me cry. So beautiful

[@Suiguint0u]

I wont cry. I wont cry. I wont... cry. I wont.... Damn it!

[@SS-wb6co]

My first song of within temptation, and definitely my favorite one! I imagine a whole story with the lyrics, so sad but so beautiful

[@sallyfox6255]

Ooh, I used to like some things from Within Temptation.

[@SS-wb6co]

sally fox really? That's great!! Cuz i love that one too! :D I love also pale, i always imagine these two songs are talking about a whole story! And i love their other classic songs as memories, angel, Aquarius,etc. how about you? :D

[@susp7050]

First song I've heard from Within Temptation is All I Need. Heard it from vampire diaries

[@sallyfox6255]

swel len I used to like the Howling and the swan song, though it's been ages since I properly listened to them, and I can't really remember many of the song titles lol

[@ayshamehmood4832]

This song really fits Anakin and Padme's story! They are the star wars forbidden love! It's so sad and beautiful like this song!:-)

[@UchihaHelena]

I'm crying... This song is beautiful... I've listened to it about 20 times now... It's so perfect..

[@chase9812]

Same in 2022❤️

[@Justmi2cents]

Perhaps my favorite of all the WT songs!

[@jasv49]

What an absolutely phenomenal voice

[@BridgeToNowhere-ni8bm]

I want them to start making songs like that again!

[@Vexclorion]

This ... I remember when I came out recently someone reminded of the greatness of Within Temptation. Then I heard this on Facebook and had to relive.... Its incredible, what I was going through, the way I though, and everything that's happened from there to now. I even believe this is the exact vid I shared with the girl I was currently with back when this vid came out... Thank you to the band, and the person who posted this, for being such a part of my life

[@sjvermazen]

This is song is about someone dear to her committing suicide. "Tried to save you" "time has passed you by" "your silence" "you were looking for the great escape to chase your demons away" "why not me before you?" "You gave up the fight".

[@christinasings4395]

sjvermazen Or someone who passed and gave up the fight to live . Cancer etc Left me behind gave up the fight . Why not me before you . Could mean death in general.

[@alexiafreeandfiredyoungman6318]

To me it's the most beautiful and sad song this woman has ever sung

[@rooiehans]

Gosh. WT knows how to touch your heart

[@vitorvalerio8981]

My friend and I have been looking for this for 6 years and two hours ago I just heard it on the radio and found out the title. soooo happy!

[@mhodges118]

Where do you live!? Wished this played on the radio in Houston

[@vitorvalerio8981]

In Portugal

[@AndreHeitor666]

Vítor Valério in what radio did you listen it? i'm portuguese too

[@vitorvalerio8981]

RFM - Oceano Pacífico

[@rosebud10123]

The easiest way to search for a song is to remember the chorus of the song and type it into the KZbin search box, than click on two or three videos until you find the right one.

[@rubensvianna1600]

Por que será que as menos conhecidas são as mais belas músicas? Essa música me traz um sentimento tão nostálgico de amores do passado que quase ma faz chorar.

[@gris604]

Eu procuro músicas assim,amei essa banda,acho tão difícil achar músicas assim

[@rebeccasoderman3950]

Whenever I listen to this song I think of my beloved who left me without a single goodbye

[@czarna130]

This is so beautiful 😔

[@VevericinoDupe47]

This touch my soul every single time...

[@rebeccasmith3013]

i think all of within temptation songs are beautiful and the lead singers voice is just beautiful and sends shivers down my spine and its sad how they are not as big as i think they should be... love it

[@albertzelly3271]

How can one band bring so many beautiful songs out fantastic band keep it up wt

[@anietjuh28]

om stil van te worden. Zo prachtig. En life gehoord gisteren tijdens hun tour, kippevel nummer!

[@Fool-Of-A-Took]

I really love this song. She has a beautiful voice and it gives me goosebumps [or however i'm supposed to write that down] xD.

[@funkymonkeyfriend]

Wow, her voice sounds so pure and delicate, it's so pretty! I just wish I could sing like that

[@maurocarvalho1148]

All that's done's forgiven (= all that is done is forgiven).

[@meyke2198]

The 's means is...

[@lucasfernandodossantos2764]

Foi a primeira coisa que bati o olho e vi errado kkk

[@kawaiimetal6906]

Exato

[@acuculeleint8183]

Até pra quem está feliz essa música faz chorar! :'(

[@jennychaple4611]

i will ALWAYS love within temptation. this song never fails to bring me down

[@romans82]

I am crying now. I just really like this song. It expresses so much. Her voice and the lyrics on this song make it a song of the soul.

[@UUSER142]

awsome song, as usuall the case with Within temptation

[@whittosjuju]

i agree! these are my two fav within temptation songs ever!

[@hazellcandelario2166]

i really love how they sound... the music and lyrics are awesome. and the voice of Sharon is amazing...love her and the band of course: Within Temptation saw and heard them first during friendster era hahaha...seriously i Luuuve a couple of their songs

[@Alyathaean]

This song was and will always be the song for my main character in my fantasy novel I'm writing for over ten years now. Hearing that song makes the pics rise up in my mind and I know exactly how I would do it in a movie. 🤣 Just the song and the scenes of that special moment. Jeah ... I should finish writing.

[@kaipollarf635]

I would do the same, but I don't think I'm going to finish my novel. (I've been writing for two years at this point, and am stuck at the 320 page mark)

[@Erlance]

@@kaipollarf635 Coming here years later, I hope you guys continued writing those novels!!

[@kaipollarf635]

@@Erlance I've made like 30 pages progress. It's not getting done at this rate. Thanks for the confidence boost though.

[@Erlance]

@@kaipollarf635 hey, progress is progress!! It’s more pages than you had 3 years ago :))

[@tasfiahoque343]

Songs should be made like this!

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

love this song so beautiful !

[@andremarques7905]

Just beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️

[@Misszecat]

This song is so beautiful !!I love it !!

[@lovingbtsforever8195]

Her voice is so beautiful

[@mrInVinCibl3]

why so underrated :( damn these days no one appreciate good music. stop the world I want leave.

[@blackstrl7]

I just love them, and almost every song describes how I feel

[@serhiyrostotskyy3110]

Beautiful song!!!

[@elizabethgentry9496]

That was a beautiful piece.

[@SolarSweetheart]

Her voice is beautiful.

[@mark1cSES]

A good friend linked this song to me, i am eternally gratefull.

[@ElvisGarciaTorres]

2020 and this song still makes me feel emotional.

[@paulohelenasantos7866]

A GREAT SONG !!! AMAZING !!

[@unimouse7946]

Beautiful.....my soul believes because I am not of this world.....

[@rdau20]

just AMAZING loved it soooo much thank you i needed to hear this.

[@shannongrossen8885]

Will always be my favorite song from her

[@jblewis5235]

Hauntingly beautiful 👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌

[@teteee49871]

i love this song....ists so emotional....

[@kellygreep6255]

I literally sing my heart out to this song :(

[@mimma904]

its my first time listening to it and i am tryin so hard not to cry

[@NoNo-lc3nt]

Its a song for me about lost Love. The longing is so strong even when its gone... Wish you where here, my Love!!!

[@mary-jane3949]

Why can't music still be like this? 😭

[@ndcperez7981]

this is beautifull :')

[@DernaMiccolianredolina]

Beautiful and sad song! :')

[@user-kb6iu6wg8d]

This song is so beautiful and doesn't deserve the dislikes.

[@nikusekbakova1084]

Oh, my God, I love her❤️😍😍😍

[@elyssiacollett9037]

I love this song I wanna cry so badly because it's the feelings and the wordsxx

[@Chggy317]

Awesome job putting this together. you captured it very well, thanks.

[@jeonjungkook9347]

i love this song!!!!!!!1

[@gosiakowalczyk2276]

uwielbiam tę piosenkę

[@kissofdeath9]

beautiful...

[@gianlucacastelli5290]

Stupenda ❤️

[@selmaus7044]

💞Love this song so much💞

[@kazia1981]

piekna i bardzo nostalgiczna

[@Simoneliu]

Canção linda.💕

[@VANESSA80784]

That reminds of my ex best friend. We were inseparable. She had problems with her father,he used to beat here. I was always there for her,trying to make her feel better,but when she got free...when she moved with her boyfriend...it didn't last long and she chose a path with no turning back.

[@max_jank3247]

VANESSA80784 😞😞😢

[@maikelgeurts429]

drugs? heroine? my ex is 2 months out of mail but she had a new boyfriend and she let her 4 childeren behind for a house of a hero addict guy

[@oxWiLdHoRsExo]

omg this is such an amazing song xx

[@gianlucacastelli5290]

Voce stupenda ❤️straordinaria

[@dominielus]

piekna piosenka ,cudna

[@gimmefriedchicken]

this song makes me cry... i love it xXx

[@andreasndablegh4577]

pokoke enak lah di dengarkan...

[@aidacailar1126]

This is a very special song. It's a song to dedicate to your soulmate, to the only one person you ever loved with all your being, and who loved you back; a song to cry as you remember the greatest love you've ever known, that kind of love that just comes to you once in a lifetime and stays with you forever