| Within Temptation – The Truth Beneath The Rose Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I agree with Silentorchestra in that this song sort of is allegorical for the Holy Wars of the crusades in Medieval Europe for the Holy Land. There were several of them fought throughout history and a lot of the soldiers that went to Jerusalem came back to Europe with a loss in their faith. After having seen the evils of humanity, the cruelty and hatred between the battlers, it is hard for one to keep their faith in a cause and a God that they are killing for, and for what reason? It really brings to mind the wars of today, which grow distorted and lose their meaning the longer they go on. Once blood has been shed the original reason for a war loses its meaning and personal vendettas and nationalistic pride get in the way of the true reasons. The truth beneath the rose is a very symbolic entity in the old Templar and Catholic groups, as the rose is a major religious symbol to not only Christians but also Muslims in old literature. (Not so much today as it was then i.e. 10,000 A.D. and onward) She is singing for the loss of innocence and understanding in the face of adversity, THe veil of her dreams, more or less represent the character's delusions within their faith, and the emergence of all the bloodshed and who the person has killed is what causes them to see the "cruelty of the Beast" as well as the notion that people who murder others shall never go to heaven torments the character in her song because after having been at war for so long, without any understanding for the reason any longer, she cannot feel that she will be able to go to heaven after all the bloodshed. It is the classic questioning of one's own path in life and what one's cause and faith truly is, and what faith is the right one to go with. I wrote this all down on my computer somewhere with more detail but this will do. |
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