Marin Heideman’s BLOG

One of the best songs ever written… What do you think??

Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, Come on, Come on, now,
I hear you’re feeling down.
I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I’ll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying.
When I was a child I had a FEVER My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I’ve got that feeling once again
I can’t explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am.

I have become comfortably numb.
(solo)
I have become comfortably numb.

O.K.
Just a little pin prick.
There’ll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it’s working, good.
That’ll keep you going through the show
Come on it’s time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship’s smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
but I have become comfortably numb.

Okay, just for the foreign people on this log a translation from a typical dutch song… Kris de Bruyne – Amsterdam (Do all the dutch visitors know the song??) Anyhow, the lyrics (translated by myself) And.. What do you think of Amsterdam??

You can buy books there,
Which are hard to find here
You can walk along the canals
Your hair loose in the wind
You can spend hours there
The parks are green
You can look at van Goch
That’s one thing you really should do
You are free like a bird
Because everything is possible
So close
And still so far
Is Amsterdam

Cause there in Amsterdam
Are you so far from me
Still I feel Amsterdam so painfully close to me

There is always a party
in the concert hall
Did you knew that even Randy Newman has been there?
Who of us expected then
That you have found a shelter totally alone
We used to go there together
Who of us is free as a bird?
Who of us who can still do everything?
So close
And still so far is Amsterdam

Cause there in Amsterdam
Are you so far from me
Still I feel Amsterdam so painfully close to me