Dichterbij Dan Ooit [English translation]

Rather lose something you really love

Than keep something you wouldn't miss

Rather outside even though it's cold

Than inside where there's nothing anymore

There is nothing here to stay for

Here is only what once was

That I will cherish for ever

Forever

Who can tell me how everything works

And how big the gap is between now and never

And why it is that now I notice

You are far away, yet closer than ever

Rather ask for the longest way

Than the answer that makes you stand still

Rather say what I rarely say

Than conceal that I have to go on

I don't have to tell you anything

What I haven't already said

With my lips or with my eyes

Forever

Who can tell me how everything works

And how big the gap is between now and never

And why it is that now I notice

You are far away, yet closer than ever

Rather laugh about something in the past

Than fear something that might happen in the future, perhaps

Rather love a great spirit

Than hate something you can't see

I don't have to explain you anything

It lies here open between us

And I take a last bow

Forever

Who can tell me how everything works

And how big the gap is between now and never

And why it is that now I notice

You are far away, yet closer than ever