Tranen Lyrics in English Kris Kross Amsterdam , Kraantje Pappie, Pommelien

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Last night things were good for a bit

I lie, I pretended, I always run off in the night

I hide my heart whenever it bleeds

You still see the pain then

You even see it when I laugh

It hurts to be without you any longer

But even so I have to let you go

So dry your tears even if you're really sad

You can grieve like me but it won't help us

Dry your tears even if you're really sad

Life goes on, you start again from scratch

There's surely something beautiful ahead

But you could've warned me, my love

Or isn't that just how things go and does that make me naive

Well, everything passes, it's done

I meant the best for you but now I'm at the back

Shit, it's quite a crazy paradox

But let's see if it's right, does it hit the nail on the head

And I get how it works, 'cause for both of us it was over

While we said about others look, we don't look like them

Look at us now, a life full of illusions

All the good days were written off with fights

Now you see that this is better

But you need to know that life without you isn't life

It hurts to be without you any longer

But even so I have to let you go

So dry your tears even if you're really sad

You can grieve like me but it won't help us

Dry your tears even if you're really sad

Life goes on, you start again from scratch

There's surely something beautiful ahead

Why are you taking the steps you take

I think it's better

Why don't you come with me anymore

You can handle it on your own

And are you sure about your choice now

I think it's better

This is your very last chance, babe

You can handle it on your own

So dry your tears even if you're really sad

You can grieve like me but it won't help us

Dry your tears even if you're really sad

Life goes on, you start again from scratch

There's surely something beautiful ahead

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SONG MEANING

Tranen – which literally means Tears – drops us right in the middle of a breakup’s most fragile moment. Over an infectious beat, Kris Kross Amsterdam teams up with Kraantje Pappie and Pommelien to confess how they’ve been hiding pain in late-night escapades, masking bleeding hearts behind forced smiles. The chorus, repeating “Droog je tranen, ook al heb je veel verdriet” (“Dry your tears, even though you’re hurting”), is both a pep talk and a goodbye: love still aches, yet clinging to it won’t save anyone.

The verses juggle regret, paradoxes and a flicker of optimism. They admit the fights, the illusions, and the hard truth that “life without you feels like no life at all,” but the song’s core message is clear – wipe the tears, start over, and trust that something brighter lies ahead. It turns a universal heartbreak into a dance-floor anthem of letting go, healing and daring to believe in a fresh start.

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