Als Ik Ouder Ben Lyrics in English Carlo Boszhard

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Intro

What was that?

Samantha?

Verse 1

If I were older I'd get this

One day this will be crystal clear

Because when I'm grown and know life's ways

What's happening now is totally normal to me

If I were older then I'd know

What such an enchanted forest really does to me

They're, I'll get it someday, childhood fears and nothing more

Then I'll see: This isn't bad but good

Excuse me

Every year you get more mature

Because, beyond your nose, you see the light

More and more certainty

As time passes

That I'm being watched by a super scary face

Look, if I were older I'd get this

So no reason to be afraid now, that's right

I often think: If only I were wise

Thirty-plus or old and gray

Because for whoever is old

The meaning of things is crystal clear

This is okay

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SONG MEANING

What if the cure for every childhood fear were simply... growing up?

In Carlo Boszhard’s lively Dutch tune Als Ik Ouder Ben (“When I Am Older”), the singer dreams of a future in which every spooky rustle, baffling adult conversation, and enchanted-looking forest finally makes sense. Right now, strange sounds (“Wat was dat?”) and eerie faces feel overwhelming, yet he imagines that with each passing year wisdom will shine a brighter light: worries will shrink, and the world will reveal itself as “niet slecht maar goed”—not bad but good.

The song turns the universal wish to be older into a cheerful reassurance. Boszhard reminds us that time naturally brings confidence and clarity; today’s mysteries will become tomorrow’s “klare taal” (plain language). Until then, the chorus’s upbeat energy offers comfort: it is perfectly normal to feel scared or confused now, and it is equally normal to trust that everything will be OK once a little life experience kicks in.

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