You Were So Alive

Mijn lieve neef Joute zou vandaag 14 jaar oud zijn geworden. Het is nu anderhalf jaar geleden dat hij volslagen onverwacht overleed. Nog steeds voelt het even onwerkelijk.

Ik besloot destijds al gauw dat ik een nummer wilde gaan maken als eerbetoon aan Joute. Ik ben nu zo ver dat ik het resultaat kan delen, ’You Were So Alive’. Ik draag dit nummer op aan Joute en aan zijn lieve broers en ouders, die samen moeten proberen om dit onvoorstelbaar grote verlies een plaats te geven.

Geproduceerd door Wouter Budé, Moon Music / mix en master door Wessel Oltheten, Spoor 14 / tekst en compositie door Janco Duijs.

Muzikanten: Wouter Budé, drums / Sophie van Schaik, basgitaar / Joop Janssen, electrisch gitaar / Janco Duijs, zang en acoustische gitaar.

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You Were So Alive

I look at life so awfully differently these days
I’ve been so messed up since you’re gone
I just can´t grasp the things that happened on that day
How they can never be undone

But time does not erase
Your joyful, smiling face

Your all-out laughter quietly echoes through the rooms
Ringing on for all to hear
Your loving gestures and your gentleness remain
You´ve touched so many people here

‘Cuz you were so alive
Joyous and playful, everyone loved you
You were so alive
You joked and uplifted, so naturally gifted
You were so alive
Always the true you, we all could relate to

Whenever I’m in doubt and I find myself alone
I’ll call on you and feel your strength
Whenever there´s no sense of power in my bones
I’ll think of you and move right on

‘Cuz you were so alive
When so much was needed, you fought and succeeded
You were so alive
Whenever things went wrong, you whistled a new song

So much you gave in so little time
You connected everything, such a joy to everyone
Everywhere you went you left a trail of genuine fun
Even on your own

You were so alive
To the edges of this world

Time does not erase
Your joyful, smiling face