Alleen Omhoog Lyrics in English Thomas Berge

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Alleen Omhoog by Thomas Berge from Dutch to English.

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Once someone told me

Sometimes somebody gets too close

I always thought to myself

I know

You were big and I was small

Does it feel good to be you

Strange, I think to myself again

I know that

You laugh

Because you know you've wounded me

Without effort from where you stood

Because that makes it easy for me too

Because then I can get up

I don't feel your weight

The doors open

I get an answer again

I look in the mirror

I finally see myself again

There's nothing beneath me anymore

Just the bare ground

I can only go up

Just up

I wanted to, but I don't know you

And the fact I only see it now

Is kind of out of time

I know that

And if you know where I'm from

Everything's far from stupid

And I forget the same counts for you

Because you laugh

While you know you've wounded me

Without effort from where you stood

Because that makes it easy for me too

Because then I can get up

I don't feel your weight

The doors open

I get an answer again

I look in the mirror

I finally see myself again

I can start to realize

Some who look

Not only up

Just up

Once someone told me

Sometimes somebody gets too close

I always thought to myself

I know that

Then watch how I rise

I don't feel your weight

All doors open

Finally an answer

I look in the mirror

And I see myself again

I feel I'm rising again

Can only go up

Just up

I just can

Just up

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SONG MEANING

Ready for liftoff? Thomas Berge’s “Alleen Omhoog” (which translates to Only Up) is a motivational anthem about dusting yourself off after someone has hurt you and discovering that the sky is still wide open. The singer looks back on a relationship where one person was “big” and the other “small,” yet the smaller one finally realizes, Hey, I can stand on my own two feet! When he checks the mirror, he doesn’t see the victim anymore; he sees a stronger version of himself who has nothing but open air above and bare ground below.

In every chorus he declares, “Ik kan alleen omhoog” - “I can only go up.” Each repetition feels like another step on a staircase made of self-belief. Doors swing open, past wounds grow lighter, and confidence replaces the weight of sorrow. So if you need an energetic reminder that rock bottom can be a trampoline, let this Dutch pop tune send you soaring alleen omhoog!

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