Vaya Con Dios is a musical group from Brussels, Belgium founded in 1986 by … Read Full Bio ↴Vaya Con Dios is a musical group from Brussels, Belgium founded in 1986 by lead singer Dani Klein, contrabassist Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt. Their name is Spanish for "Go with God".

Dani Klein, the lead singer, and Willy Lambregt had previous success in the band Arbeid Adelt! and decided to form the band Vaya Con Dios together with contrabassist Dirk Schoufs, because their interests were with gypsy music, jazz and opera which are genres which they felt were underappreciated in Brussels.

Their first single "Just a Friend of Mine" has a Latin feel to it and became a big hit in France, selling over 300,000 copies. Willy Lambregt left the group and was replaced by Jean-Michel Gielen. Even though Vaya Con Dios had success in Latin countries, they remained largely unknown in the Netherlands partially due to being a Belgian band, but also because of their gypsy style. In the Summer of 1990, they finally broke through in the Netherlands with "What's a Woman?" peaking at #1 for three weeks, thus making Vaya Con Dios the second Belgian artists to have a #1 hit in the Netherlands; the first being Ivan Heylen in 1974. The song is about the difficulties of men and women who on the one hand need one another, yet sometimes have a difficult time understanding each other.

In 1991, Dani Klein and Dirk Schoufs decided to go their seperate ways and from then on the group consisted of only Dani Klein singng with various musicians. On 24 May 1991, Schoufs died of an AIDS-related illness, which he contracted due to his heroin addiction. Even though they were no longer a team, Dani was very saddened and the third album Time Flies is much more melancholic than the previous albums.

Even though the music and the composition of the band changed, Vaya Con Dios remained popular in large parts of Europe, especially France, Germany, and Scandinavia, until 1996, when Dani left the music business complaining of too much stress. She returned in 1999 as singer in the group "Purple Prose", also the title of the début album that same year. Vaya Con Dios returned in 2004 with a new album called "The Promise," released on an independent label.

In November 2006, Vaya Con Dios released a new album called 'The Ultimate Collection'. It's a CD and DVD of the acoustic concert in Brussels (Belgium) at 31 August 2006.

In total, Vaya Con Dios sold more than 7 million albums and more than 3 million singles

Forever Blue
Vaya Con Dios Lyrics

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Where are you now, my fallen angel?
Have you found some peace atlast?
Making your exit like a stranger
Left me bound to the past
To the pain And the lies
And the dangerous games
That you liked
Enough to pay

The price with your life

One day my time will come, and baby
I'll be travelling on that train
That's gonna take me to you, baby
Well, I promise you then
When we're face to face
Like a man
You won't try to escape
I won't let you hide
And in the end We'll stop this masquerade

Down here the circus goes on, baby
Your woman's running loose
As for your so-called friends, now baby
Guess who's wearing your suits
Fighting over your bones?
Guess who's forever blue
Left alone in the cold?
Crying oceans of tears
Hurt in her soul
A million years
And mountains of gold
Won't make up for all,
oh baby
The hurt that you've done
Oh, baby
What have you done?

Oh, baby
What have you done?

Overall Meaning

The song Forever Blue by Vaya Con Dios is about the aftermath of a tragic event - the suicide of a fallen angel. The singer is speaking directly to the fallen angel, lamenting their passing but also expressing anger and hurt over the choices that led to their death. The verses describe how the singer is left behind in a world full of pain and lies, while the fallen angel has moved on to some kind of peace. The chorus is a promise of sorts, with the singer vowing to find the fallen angel in the afterlife and confront them about their actions.

The song is heavy with emotion and the subtle jazzy blues melodies only add to the melancholic feel. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a world where the singer is stuck in the past, unable to move on from the hurt the fallen angel caused. In a way, it's a cautionary tale about the consequences of one's actions and the pain they can cause others.

Line by Line Meaning

Where are you now, my fallen angel?
Where do you reside now, having passed away? I hope you have found peace and solace.

Have you found some peace at last?
I hope you have found peace after all the pain and struggles you faced while you were alive.

Making your exit like a stranger
When you passed away, it felt like you left and vanished like a person who was never known.

Left me bound to the past
I am left imprisoned within my memories of us in the past, unable to move on after losing you.

To the pain And the lies And the dangerous games That you liked Enough to pay The price with your life
You chose to play dangerous games filled with lies despite the harm it caused, it hurt you to the point that it claimed your life.

One day my time will come, and baby I'll be travelling on that train That's gonna take me to you, baby
Someday, I will join you as well, and I'll travel towards you like a train upon tracks.

Well, I promise you then When we're face to face Like a man You won't try to escape I won't let you hide And in the end We'll stop this masquerade
When we meet again, you won't be able to hide or run away from me. We'll end the act of pretending and unveil the truth.

Down here the circus goes on, baby Your woman's running loose As for your so-called friends, now baby Guess who's wearing your suits
This world is still a circus even though you're gone, and your woman and friends are living on without you. They take away what is yours.

Fighting over your bones? Guess who's forever blue Left alone in the cold? Crying oceans of tears Hurt in her soul A million years And mountains of gold Won't make up for all, oh baby The hurt that you've done Oh, baby What have you done? Oh, baby What have you done?
Even though you're dead, your friends and woman are still contentious over your remains, and they will always feel the pain of losing you. They will always feel blue because you left them, deserted and sad. Nothing in the world will equate to the damage you caused, even if you were to offer infinite time and wealth. Oh, baby, what have you done?

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