Utopia

I love it.

It's amazing. Lyrics, and music. It's kinda simple and complex at the same time in this really beautiful way.

Thoughts?

Utopia is a perfect summary of everything WT stands for, all the beauty, passion and love all their other songs represent. Or at least all the wonderful meaning WT as in my heart.

The line that is something like...'You're holding my hand, but you don't understand" Think about it...no one can ever really understand how we truly feel about something...take even for example how much people I try to explain my love of WT to don't understand....but it is alright because that is what love and faith is based on- that support and guidance we get and give without being in that persons exact shoes. It's beautiful.

And the first line...I guess this has a lot of meaning for me because WT was the thing that allowed me to live freely...

THIS SONG MAKES ME SO HAPPY.

Did anyone else notice the radio guy kinda gasp in the beginning...He too is in shock like everyone knows WT is great, but here is living proof. Sharon and Robert go off and have a baby in their happy little world and then they come back and prove to the world they learned something from all their experiences...and then give words and feelings to this intense love.

Yeah.

his name is rob
and yeh
he is 3fm 3fm loves wt

I am in love. I cant even explain. Sharon sounds so beautiful it's unbelievable. Just beautiful. The lyrics are amazing and I really do like Chris' voice he sounds right on the song and isn't overpowering at all. Which I am happy about

It's just perfect. It really is.

It is exactly what we needed right now.

AND IT IS WT.

Chris is so lucky to have sung with Sharon.

I agree with Amy right there, some things are unexplainable, there are sometimes things you can't simply explain with just words, and only then are our feelings and emotions the true nature that gives it all its meanings and understanding!
I love Utopia, I love Sharon, I love Within Temptation, and I love Chris (in a non-homosexual way, that is of course, lol!) I'm so happy and proud of them! And with complete honesty, the thing that really surprised me the most out of this song was Sharon's voice. <3 I mean, I know it's perfect already, but she just broke that barrier of perfection! Her voice is beyond perfect, beyond superb, beyond beautiful, beyond angelic! Her voice is the essence and epitome of Pureness, Perfection, Holyness, Beauty, and GODLYNESS!

I think it's reminded me of just how much I love Sharon's voice. Like seriously she has the most beautiful ever. Ok we knew that but just wow. She just gets more amazing.

Her voice is in the second verse just blows me away especially 'I'm searching for answers not given for free' just perfect.

And Ruud's guitar is gorgeous yeah I really dont know how to explain how much or why I love this song still. It's just perfect.

I love Utopia .And it's really something I wouldn't expect from WT,but on the other hand it totally fits with the acoustic live album What I really love about is that I'm able to hear Sharon again(I really missed her voice!),and the fact that Chris doesn't overpower Sharon,he is there more for the atmosphere.The lyrics are really beautiful aswell.Overall,I do really enjoy the song and it might become one of my favorites

Still don't have words that can possibly describe it. Seriously. I could try typing out an entire paragraph about what I think about it, but I love it so much that I can't really think about why.

There's only one word I can say.. WOW!! I love it!!

Hmm, I still don't know how I feel about this song. I mean it's really beautiful but I think I'm the only one on here who is not obsessed with it. So far the best thing for me in it is Sharon, she sings better than ever, so emotional and I'm really happy to hear her voice again. (And yeah I really could have lived without this Chris along...) About the lyrics, they put me in a weird mood so far. Still I love what Amy said about it. And I guess I just need to find myself in it.

Honest opinion? I like the chorus and lyrics alot it's like magic! However I think Chris sort of punctures the beauty of the song on the verse. I do like this song I'd probably love it more if it were only Sharon or a guy with a softer voice singing on the record. I admit I obessesed over the 7 second sample on youtube *is a fangirl*

I really love Chris' voice. It's quite rough and makes a good contrast with Sharon's voice. He doesn't over power her at all. They work really well together. I just love the song so much.

I didn't really think it was shocking though. I mean it's different but it's not like some completely different genre or anything. Or maybe I've played it too many times now I just know it as WT.

I'm just gutted I'm gonna have to wait til like 5/6pm to see the video on Monday.

Sharon's voice just blows me away everytime.

I WROTE "THE BURNING DESIRE TO LIVE AND ROAM FREE...SHINES IN THE DARK AND GROWS WITHIN ME" on my door....THOSE LRYICS ARE ME. THIS SONG IS ME.

Utopia good.
Me likey Utopia!
Roberto happy.
DONE!

Fork Ninja wrote:

I WROTE "THE BURNING DESIRE TO LIVE AND ROAM FREE...SHINES IN THE DARK AND GROWS WITHIN ME" on my door....THOSE LRYICS ARE ME. THIS SONG IS ME.

i love the whole lyrics but i think my little sister is now more the one that would feel like youre holding my hand but you dont understand poor girl

Ilove the lyrics and the tune to it :D I cant wait for the video!!

well here itrs alrready monday buit its wt
it probably is late
unless shonnies kids finaly teachet her the consept of TIMING
considering those 2 were both early

Utopia entered the Tipparade at #30. That's not good yet, but it at least shows that Radio 538 sees some potential in it. Forgiven did not enter the Tipparade at all. I'll keep you updated about chart movements

^ Yay go WT.

So could anyone explain to me how this is so different to normal WT? I dont get it. Maybe I've listened to it too many times but everyone keeps complaining that it's not WT and it's so different. How is it? It didn't shock me. Plus WT have changed so much with every album there is no set WT style. Mother Earth is a hugely different album to The Heart Of Everything.

Could someone please explain why Utopia is so shocking to everyone? You know apart from how amazing it is.

^That's EXACTLY what I'm telling these close-minded idiots over at YouTube! I've been arguing with these fuckers for like the past 3 days because all they're doing is bitching about it, while I'm over there telling them that one should like a song for what it is and represents, and not by it's genre/style! (I obviously didn't say it to them in that nice manner though, but they got it) I keep telling them to appreciate it for what it's trying to convey and the message it exposes to its audience. But obviously, some of these brick-headed douchebags just don't fuckin get it!
I tell them that Within Temptation is still the same Within Temptation, they never had a "set" Style, and they're unique because of that. So I basically told them to shove their "labeling"/"classifications" up their asses because nobody should force anything on anybody. So yeah...

So I found the lyrics

Utopia:

The burning desire to live and roam free

It shines in the dark
And it grows within me

Youre holding my hand but you dont understand

So where I am going, you wont be in the end

Im dreaming in colors

Of getting the chance

Of dreaming of trying the perfect romance

The search of the door, to open your mind
In search of the cure of mankind
Help us were drowning
So close up inside
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia?
Why does it have to kill the idea of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia?
How will the lights die down, telling us who we are?
I'm searching for Answers
your hurting inside, is there life within me?

Youre holding my hand but you dont understand
So you're taking the road all alone in the end
Im dreaming in colors, no boundaries are there
Im dreaming the dream, and Ill sing to share
In search of the door, to open your mind
In search of the cure of mankind
Help us were drowning
So close up inside
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia
Why does it have to kill the idea of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain, down on utopia?
And when the lights die down, telling us who we are

Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia
Why does it have to kill the idea of who we are?
Why does it rain, rain, rain down on utopia
And when the lights die down, telling us who we are
Why does it rain?


This song is very me right now. I love it lots and lots.

I love it so much <3 it's really amazing and it just has this thing about it <3 it gives me a feeling I cant quite desrcibe

So after what has been one of the worst weeks in recent memory, I think I understand (my interruptation) of Utopia...beyond the original giddy in love feeling I felt toward certain lryics in that song.

For me the world is a very beautiful place (thus Utopia) but looking back it only got that way because of rain because the floods and destruction gave rise to rebuilding and a rush of beauty. It in chasing this beauty we find the "burning desire to live and roam free" It's a choice to be free from the sorrow, the destruction and to dance merrily with the sun and the flowers<3

So we can drown in the madness (cuz oh there is no escaping the madness) or we can take a step away and walk another path...perhaps one that runs parallel to all the sorrow on which we see it but can also keep our eyes on the bright love<3


There is life within us all...But perhaps we need a little rain to unlock that potential.

I don't get why some people call this song pop. I mean, it's calmer than the usual WT song, but it still sounds so WT-ish... I would call something pop when it's somewhere between Lady Gaga and Greenday.