"Our Farewell" is the first single of the

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and

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band Within Temptation from their second studio album ''

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''. Although the song was released as a

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, it never entered the charts, just like their previous single, " Restless". There was also no promotional video made for the single. A live recording of the song is on the ''

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'' DVD, in which the song is performed as a duet with Dutch opera singer Gea Gijsbertsen, who also conducted the choirs for Within Temptation's special gig at the

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during the Mother Earth Tour. After the release of the album '' The Silent Force'', the song was still played live at some concerts,Setlist
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's songs ("Water, Fire, Heaven, Earth" and "Hearted"), the inspiration for " Forevermore", a song by the Dutch symphonic metal band

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, featuring the mild-autistic Ruurd Woltring. The recording of this song was made possible thanks to the Dutch TV-show '' Niks te gek!'' (''Nothing too crazy''), in which mentally disabled people get their wishes granted.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control Within Temptation songs 2001 singles Songs written by Sharon den Adel Songs written by Robert Westerholt Heavy metal ballads 2000 songs Folk rock songs