De Bestemming Lyrics in English Marco Borsato

De Bestemming sweeps you onto a cool summer lawn, where the singer lies on his back and chats with the moon like an old friend. He fires off the biggest questions imaginable – Why are we born? Why do we leave? – and waits for an answer that never comes. That cosmic silence sparks a heartfelt plea: Show me what I live for, let me feel what I give, just for a moment, so I know it’s not all for nothing. The song instantly feels playful yet profound, as if we are invited to gaze at the sky with him and wonder about our own place in the universe.

In the next breath, Borsato flips the telescope around and looks at life as a game. You can make your own rules, he says, and every move has consequences for everyone around you, even though you still play solo. No one hands you an instruction manual, so the only path forward is trust – a trust he admits he’s missing. That tension between freedom and uncertainty powers the song’s emotional engine. De Bestemming ultimately reassures us that searching for meaning is itself meaningful; the hunger for purpose is proof that our journey matters, even if the destination stays just out of sight.