Maarten van Roozendaal was a Dutch singer and songwriter from Heiloo. He ga… Read Full Bio ↴Maarten van Roozendaal was a Dutch singer and songwriter from Heiloo. He gained fame when he won the kleinkunst festival in 1994. Maarten van Roozendaal's tone oozes heavy melancholy, but not in a depressing way and his songs usually result in a smile. Recurring themes are love, death, idiots savants & alcohol. Maarten van Roozendaal is often compared with Jaques Brel and Tom Waits.

He accompanies himself on piano, used to play with Kim Soepnel on bass, nowadays Egon Kracht plays the bass, and Marcel de Groot plays guitar.
His last theater show 'Barmhart' was applauded by crytics, his new theater show 'het wilde westen' just had its premier.

In february it became known that he was suffering a non-curable disease. He did not want people to pay attention to his illness and till the end he tried to be positive. He died on the first of July 2013 in the companion of his family.

Tranen
Maarten van Roozendaal Lyrics

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Ik heb de tranen
In je ogen geblazen
Altijd de poten onder je stoel vandaan geschopt
Telkenmale nam ik je te grazen
K heb al mijn leed
In al jouw gouden hart gestort

Jouw regenboog werd doffe en steeds doffer

En de invloed van mijn treurnis werd te groot
Daar stond jij met je blikje en je stoffer
Het was de uitweg die de Lieve Heer jou bood

Maar toen kwam er een reiziger van ver
En die nam jou expres bij mij vandaan
En ik had het nog gelezen in de sterren
Dat ik last zou krijgen van die volle maan

Dus hier sta ik dan wat in jouw kist te turen
En fluister dat ik zoveel van je hou
Waarom heeft het niet langer mogen duren
Jij had gelijk
JIj had gelijk
Je bent een leuke vrouw

Oh yeah
Je was een leuke vrouw
Oh yeah

Je was een leuke vrouw
Ooh, ooh ooh yeah

Overall Meaning

In the song "Tranen" by Maarten van Roozendaal, the lyrics describe a toxic relationship where the singer has caused pain and hurt to their partner. They have taken advantage of their partner's love for them, by constantly hurting them emotionally. The lyrics "Ik heb de tranen/In je ogen geblazen" (I have blown the tears/on your eyes) suggests that the singer has caused their partner to cry and the line "Altijd de poten onder je stoel vandaan geschopt" (always kicked the legs from under your chair) means that the person has not allowed their partner to feel comfortable or secure in the relationship as they were always pulling the rug from under them. The phrase "K heb al mijn leed/In al jouw gouden hart gestort" (I have poured all my pain/into all your golden heart) means that the singer has made their partner take on their emotional baggage and bear their pain.

The second verse describes the partner's attempt to leave the relationship by cleaning up and leaving with a "blikje en een stoffer" (a can and a dustpan). The singer's negativity and constant sadness have become too much to bear, and the partner sees this as a way out of the relationship. However, fate brings the partner back into the singer's life through a "reiziger van ver" (traveller from afar) and the two are reunited, only to end tragically. The final verse takes place at the partner's funeral, where the singer acknowledges their love and wonders why they couldn't have had more time together.

Overall, the song "Tranen" explores the idea of a person being unable to change their own toxic behavior and how it affects those around them. The lyrics depict the pain that comes with being in a relationship like this, where one person's sadness and negativity can bring down the other. The ending of the song is bittersweet as the singer realizes the love they had for their partner and how they were not able to make the most of the time they had together.

Line by Line Meaning

Ik heb de tranen
I caused you to cry

In je ogen geblazen
By hurting you

Altijd de poten onder je stoel vandaan geschopt
I left you feeling unstable and unsure

Telkenmale nam ik je te grazen
I repeatedly made fun of and belittled you

K heb al mijn leed
I shared all my pain

In al jouw gouden hart gestort
With you, who had a heart of gold

Jouw regenboog werd doffe en steeds doffer
Your life lost its color and brightness

En de invloed van mijn treurnis werd te groot
And my sadness overtook everything

Daar stond jij met je blikje en je stoffer
You tried to clean up my mess

Het was de uitweg die de Lieve Heer jou bood
It was the only escape for you

Maar toen kwam er een reiziger van ver
But then someone from far away came along