Astrid van der Veen (February 26, 1986, The Netherlands) was still very you… Read Full Bio ↴Astrid van der Veen (February 26, 1986, The Netherlands) was still very young when she started writing her first poems, created her own melodies and songs, sung and played her own music and the piano. When she was about 10 years old, she started with her singing lessons. The first two years those lessons where mostly in classical singing, after that followed three years of light music. She also liked playing in musicals and participating in songfestivals. She got the opportunity to record her first cd when she was 14 years old, and recorded Beautiful Red in 2000.

Arjen Anthony Lucassen heard this Beautiful Red album and called Astrid to ask her to sing 2 songs on his new instrumental project called Ambeon. Finally the album contained only 2 instrumental songs. The rest of the songs all featured Astrid's vocals. The album Fate of a dreamer (2001) has sold worldwide.
“Temple of the Cat” is the third single by Ayreon, released on 2000, from their album Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer. It was released again in 2000, as an acoustic version on the “Ayreonauts Only” album, with the voice of Astrid on it.

Astrid also plays a bit of other instrument like guitar and violin. She teached herself just like the way she taught herself the piano's. But it's good enough to guide her own vocal expressions. It's mostly used for the background-instruments on her recordings.

Astrid has been part of theEndorphins. The other bandmembers were Arjan Hoekstra (Sidius/Mirna's fling) and Dennis Edelenbosch (Stone in Egypt). They've known each other for years, played together already for a long time and finally formed the band in november 2005. They've played some live-shows and made a promo and other recordings, but unfortunately the band split up.

In 2005 Astrid recorded her second solo album called Seamless Borderline, which was a very personal and melodramatic album. In 2006 the Special Edition of "Beautiful Red", the album from 2000, was rereleased with some extra's on it.

Astrid is also a guest-singer on the latest album of Stone in Egypt, which was released in 2007.

In 2012, Astrid released an album called 'Het Licht der wereld', and put her new website www.astridvanderveen.com and facebookpage http://www.facebook.com/astridvanderveen.official online. On her website, you can find a biography containing a story about her life and music.

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Astrid van der Veen Lyrics

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Please come and take me with you, take me carousel
Let me fly, take me, round and round
You gave me all I wanted, but now I'm back alive
I beg you, please please take me, take me carousel

Please come and take me with you, take me carousel
Let me fly, take me, round and round
You gave me all I wanted, but now I'm back alive

I beg you, please please take me, take me carousel

It was a crazy dream, a true one
Almost too good to be
And now I want it back again
Back again, for good

Please come and take me with you, take me carousel
Let me fly, take me, round and round

You gave me all I wanted, but now I'm back alive
I beg you, please please take me, take me carousel

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Astrid van der Veen's "Carousel" seem to be about wanting to experience the joys of life again, symbolized by a carousel. The singer of the song is reminiscent of a good time in their life that they feel they have lost and are asking the carousel to take them back to those moments. The lyrics also suggest that the singer had everything they wanted at that time but lost it, and now longs to have it again. It is unclear what caused this loss, but it seems to have been significant to the point where the singer is begging for a way to go back to that time.

One interpretation could be that the song is about life passing by too quickly, and the singer is begging to relive a time that was special to them. The line "It was a crazy dream, a true one" suggests that maybe the singer believes that the time they want to relive was too good to be true and feels lucky to have lived it in the first place. Overall, the song is emotional and is sure to resonate with anyone who has experienced a period in their life where they were truly happy and wishes to relive it.

Line by Line Meaning

Please come and take me with you, take me carousel
The singer is pleading to go on a carnival ride, hoping it will take them away from their current reality.

Let me fly, take me, round and round
The singer wants to escape their life and feel the euphoria of the ride, moving in circles in the air.

You gave me all I wanted, but now I'm back alive
The singer has experienced something that they wanted, but it didn't bring the satisfaction they thought it would, and now they feel disillusioned and stuck in their current situation.

I beg you, please please take me, take me carousel
The artist is desperate to feel alive again and wants to relive the exhilaration of being on the carousel.

It was a crazy dream, a true one
The artist had an intense and vivid experience that felt like a dream, but was actually real.

Almost too good to be
The experience was so incredible that it almost felt like it couldn't be real.

And now I want it back again
The singer is trying to recapture the feeling they had on the ride and wants to experience it again.

Back again, for good
The artist wants to go on the ride again and hopes that this time it will bring them a lasting sense of fulfillment and joy.

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