Never-Ending Story

“Armies have conquered and fallen in the end,
Kingdoms have risen then buried by sand.
The Earth is our mother, she gives and she takes,
She puts us to sleep and in her light we’ll awake.
We’ll all be forgotten, there’s no endless fame,
But everything we do it’s never in vain.

We’re part of a story, part of a tale,
We’re all on this journey, no one’s to stay,
Wherever it’s going, what is the way.

Forests, deserts, rivers, blue seas,
Mountains and valleys, nothing here stays.
While we think we witness, we are part of the scene.
This never-ending story where will it lead to?
The Earth is our mother, she gives and she takes,
But she is also a part, a part of the tale.

We’re part of a story, part of a tale,
We’re all on this journey, no one’s to stay,
However is it going, what is the way.
We’re part of a story, part of a tale,
Sometimes beautiful, sometimes insane,
No one remembers how it began…”

_{[ Never-Ending Story – Within Temptation ]}


Of course, given I was in Belgium for the Elements concert, I was quite in a Within Temptation mood and that huge, wonderful tree in the park where Tuur and I were shooting totally made the connection. So, here is my photo for Never-Ending Story (which WT played at the gig in a truly wonderful acoustic version).
Taken in Antwerp, Belgium.

Photo, concept, editing, styling make up: GothicNarcissus Photography
Model, hair: Tuur