Within Temptation - "Shed My Skin" (feat. Annisokay)

Carry on your fire
And raise your head.
And everything comes to end,
When hearts asunder.

When you gather
Like birds of prey.
Rejoice what is broken
And turning away.
There’s no rest cause
These wounds won’t heal.
I can’t let it go,
Can’t let it go.

No matter how deep
Ae’re falling,
For our calling.
Can’t look back because
It leads me to nowhere.
What is awaiting,
I’ll embrace it.
In the end, all I know,
I have to face it.

Carry on your fire
And raise your head
And save yourself
From their collective projection.

Carry on your fire
And raise your head
And everything comes to end,
When hearts asunder.

Forgive me, release me,
I shed my skin.
This pain is awakening
What lies deep within.

You kill me, as lightning your words strike in.
Oh, everything’s changing now that I shed my skin.

That I shed my skin.

I know heaven is not my home.
I feel like I’m choking and I’m playing their game.

Oh, I can’t hold on to yesterday.
I cannot hold on, cannot hold on.

No matter how deep we’re falling, for our calling.
Can’t look back because it leads me to nowhere.
What is awaiting, I’ll embrace it.
In the end, all I know, I have to face it.

When hearts asunder.

Forgive me, release me, I shed my skin
This pain is awakening what lies deep within.
You kill me, as lightning your words strike in.
Oh, everything’s changing now that I shed my skin.

We shed our skin, we don’t wanna be broken, broken.
We shed our skin, we don’t wanna be broken, broken.

Carry on your fire and raise your head,
And everything comes to end, when hearts asunder.
v Forgive me, release me, I shed my skin.
This pain is awakening what lies deep within.
You kill me, as lightning your words strike in.
Oh, everything’s changing now that I shed my skin.

That I shed my skin,
That I shed my skin,
That I shed my skin,
That I shed my skin!

"Shed My Skin" τιτλοφορείται η νέα δισκογραφική απόπειρα των Within Temptation. Πρόκειται για single, στο οποίο συνεργάζονται με το Γερμανικό συγκρότημα Annisokay...

Sharon den Adel (about the song): «'Shed My Skin’ revolves around dealing with inevitable changes in life. It is about becoming the person we are meant to be, even if that means losing people we love, but have grown apart from. Real growth begins where comfort zones end and that’s exactly what the song is all about: if we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.»

Bands: Within Temptation / Annisokay
Country of origin: Netherlands
Location: Waddinxveen, South Holland
Formed in: 1996
Genre: Symphonic/Alternative Rock
Lyrical themes: Love, Inner struggles
Years active: 1996 (as The Portal), 1996-present

Album: "Shed My Skin"
Type: Single / Collaboration
Release date: June 25th, 2021
Label: Spinefarm Records
Format: Digital