The Truth Beneath The Rose Lyrics

Lyric discussion by wiseman387 

Cover art for The Truth Beneath The Rose lyrics by Within Temptation

I agree, it is definitely inspired by The Da Vinci Code, but it's not about the story of it, but the meaning. When two things that make sense collide in religion, sometimes you can't always determine what is right because they both seem right. This conflict can lead to challenges of faith that you have to work through. In this song, it seems that she made a choice of what to believe and it has led her astray. She doesn't feel like it is her fault, but she realizes she has done wrong. This parallels the storyline in The Da Vinci Code where one truth seems to conflict with another truth, and only one is really true, and it causes a question of faith.

In the song, after she realizes she was wrong to go the way she did, she wants to be forgiven, she wants to come back to God (or whoever she believes in), but she isn't sure if she can.

A very important word to understand is beast. In the Bible, the Book of Revelations, there is a beast that is talked about. This beast is a symbol of the AntiChrist, who is going to perform miracles and claim to be Christ (claim to be the right way) when really, he is not. She fears she was deceived by an AntiChrist, and now she wants to come back to the true Christ.

I hope that satisfies some people.