• Jij laat mij mijn thuis weer zien

    FREN AND A BOY CALLED UB
  • A sweet Dutch song about a sweet girl that rose from the sweet lakes over yonder and somehow knows how to show UB Boy the place where he belongs: Home.

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  • The Two of Us

    Not changing anything meant not translating anything

  • The two of us. All of a sudden I wasn’t alone anymore, I felt I was with the two of us. I was one half of a whole. Together we felt like one. I could my thoughts get extended by Fren and I could supplement hers. Share thoughts and feelings. That felt so relieving! Like something I found back after so many years. That made me feel come home. Made me dare to peek at the world through a slit again and see and also revalue everything. I was so touched that I wrote this song. It wasn’t intended to be a song right away. Though I certainly already put some rhythm in the words.

  • I think it took me less than a day to put the words to music. I didn’t want to change anything, cause the words already moved Fren to tears. “It is so long ago that someone told me something so sweet”, she texted me back. So not changing anything meant not translating anything. This was going to be my first song truly written in Dutch. And I just had to time the words to fit the melody I had in mind. And find a satisfying pronunciation.

    Now unfortunately Fren and I don’t see each other anymore. But I now know how and where to find home. It is there.

  • Fren & a Boy called UB - January 11th 2018
    Jij laat mij mijn thuis weer zien
    Jij inspireert me Fren. Ik voel me thuis komen met jou. Ik kom thuis en er ligt een berichtje klaar: Hoe was mijn sollicitatiegesprek? Er is iemand voor me thuis. Elke avond zegt iemand me welterusten als IK naar bed toe ga. Dat ik je nog nooit gezien heb doet er niet toe. Je bent er. Dat je dat voor je vriend doet, geweldig. Als je dat later voor je man doet, dan ben ik de gelukkige die het ook heeft gehad. Zo lang als dat mag duren neem ik het volledig van je aan. En als ik het later voor mijn vrouw doe, dan ben jij de gelukkige die ik het ook heb gegeven. Je bent voor mij echt een geschenk en ik neem het zoals het komt. Met jou kom ik weer tot rust. Met jou ga ik weer om me heen kijken. De dingen weer zien en waarderen. Jij laat mij mijn thuis weer zien. Dank je Fren! Ik investeer in je UB. En dat weet je. Wat een toverwoorden. Ja ik weet het. Maar ik kan het niet geloven. Wat hoor ik dat graag. Dank je liefste Frenneke, liefste vriendinneke van mij…

    You inspire me Fren. With you I feel I come home. And then a message awaits me: How did my job interview go? Someone is home for me. Each night someone says good night to me the moment I go to bed. That I never saw you before doesn't matter. You are here. That you do that for your friend, amazing. When you do that to your future man, I’m the lucky guy to have received that as well. As long as it may last I’ll take it all from you. And when I do this to my future woman, you are the lucky girl I gave it to as well. You really are a gift to me and I take it as it is presented. With you I find peace. With you I dare to look around again to see and revalue everything. You show me my home again. Thank you Fren! I'm investing in you UB. And you know. What magical words. Yes I know. But I cannot believe it. So great to hear. Thank you dearest Frenny girl, sweetest friend of mine..