Skupina bola založená pôvodne v roku 1989 bratmi Hansom a René Ruttenovcami a Bartom Smitsom. Čoskoro sa pridali Hugo Prinsen Geerligs, Jelmer Wiersma a Frank Boeijen. Od členov iných začínajúcich skupín sa The Gathering líšili najmä tým, že ich...

Píseň: King For A Day

Interpret:
Gathering, The
Album:
Always...
In everyone hides a king for a day
Nature's actors, in tragedies we play
But deep bows the head that bears the crown
For the weight of might can always pull us down


Soon my reign will end
I, a king without hands
Soon this day will end
As my tears descend


Everyone has his own dragons to slay
Look in her eyes, never turn away


Soon my reign will end
I, a king without hands
Soon this day will end
As my tears descend


Every treasure you find
And every road you take
Has it's opposite side
Sacrifices to make


Dream on...
Sleep on...


Time is my only fear
An enemy of sand
My dreams are old
A new king will rise