Alleen Omhoog Lyrics in English Thomas Berge

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Alleen Omhoog by Thomas Berge from Dutch to English.
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Once someone said to me
Sometimes someone comes 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 that you have wounded me
Without effort from where you stood
Because that makes it easy for me too
Because then I can stand up
I don't feel your weight
The doors open
I get an answer again
I look in the mirror
I see myself again
Under me is nothing more
Than the bare ground
I can only go up
Only up
Only up
Only up
I wanted to, but I don't know you
And that I only see it now
Is a bit out of time
I know that
And if you know where I come from
Everything is not so stupid yet
And that applies to you just as well I forget
Because you laugh
While you know that you have wounded me
Without effort from where you stood
Because that makes it easy for me too
Because then I can stand up
I don't feel your weight
The doors open
I get an answer again
I look in the mirror
I see myself again
I can start to realize
Some look
Not only up
Only up
Only up
Only up
Once someone said to me
Sometimes someone comes too close
I always thought to myself
I know that
Look how I stand up
I don't feel your weight
All doors open
Finally an answer
I look in the mirror
And I see myself again
I feel that I can go up again
Can only go up
Only up
I can only
Only up
Only up
Only 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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