Nergens Liever Lyrics in English MEAU

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Sunday night, late again
Hours of pointless talk
I'd rather stay all night
Sometimes I drink a bit too much
And I don't know what I want anymore
Or what I expect from you
I act on feeling
I don't act on my conscience
Wanna feel what I feel
And give it a place
You've changed me
But, love, I wouldn't have wanted anything else here
'Cause I want you, even if everything ever goes wrong
No, there's nowhere I'd rather be
Yet what I want sometimes makes me so unsure
And that feeling is kinda new to me
It's safe in your arms
I promise, I'll do my best
But I'm no saint either
So what if I screw it up?
Then stay here with me
I want you, even if everything goes wrong
No, there's nowhere I'd rather be
Nowhere I'd rather be
Oh, it's getting later and
I'm hunting for drama again and
I'm blowing it up in my head again
Did I go too far again?
You feel so far away from me
'Cause, God, I've numbed everything here again
Sometimes I push you away
But still I feel so understood
You hear what I'm saying
And you've never held it against me
You've changed me
But, love, I wouldn't have wanted anything else here
'Cause I want you, even if everything ever goes wrong
No, there's nowhere I'd rather be
Yet what I want sometimes makes me so unsure
And that feeling is kinda new to me
It's safe in your arms
I promise, I'll do my best
But I'm no saint either
So what if I screw it up?
Then stay here with me
I want you, even if everything goes wrong
No, there's nowhere I'd rather be
Nowhere I'd rather be
Then stay here with me
'Cause I want you, even if everything ever goes wrong
No, there's nowhere I'd rather be
Yet what I want sometimes makes me so unsure
And that feeling is kinda new to me
It's safe in your arms
I promise, I'll do my best
But I'm no saint either
So what if I screw it up?
Then stay here with me
I want you, even if everything goes wrong
No, there's nowhere I'd rather be
Nowhere I'd rather be
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SONG MEANING

Picture this: it is a sleepy Sunday night in the Netherlands, the clock already past sensible hours, and MEAU is still wide-eyed, chatting nonsense and sipping one drink too many. In the glow of street-lamps and late-night doubts, she admits she would rather never leave this moment, as long as the person she loves is beside her. The lyrics swing between carefree laughter and whispered confessions, showing how love can feel thrillingly safe yet terrifyingly fragile at the same time.

“Nergens Liever” (“Nowhere I Would Rather Be”) is MEAU’s open diary of vulnerability. She celebrates the power of a partner who accepts her flaws, even when she pushes them away or overdramatizes problems in her head. The song captures that new, uneasy sensation of wanting someone so deeply that it makes you doubt yourself. Still, every chorus returns to the same warm promise: I want you, even when everything is against us. It is an honest ode to messy nights, personal growth, and the comforting truth that, in the right arms, nowhere else matters.

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