Zijn Lyrics in English Gers Pardoel

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Verse 1

Sometimes I wake up around five

And I can't sleep anymore, so I make breakfast

I jump behind my computer and I make a new track

Music is my addiction, I'm looking for new crack

I've been searching for innovation my whole life

I'm a first, I'm a beat, I'm songs

I'm music to the deepest of my soul

To most I'm strange

Weird or maybe dumb, but

Verse 1

At all times I'm myself

It doesn't matter who's down

Who hates me or helps me

I have trouble talking about my feelings so I rap it

I'm a hard-to-read book, but check it

It doesn't matter who you are, you can be anything

You can be anything, you can be anything

It doesn't matter what you do, you can do anything

You can do anything

As long as you were yourself, are yourself, stay yourself

Forever

Verse 2

Best not think about yesterday

Today is beautiful and tomorrow we miss

Sometimes I'm ugly, sometimes handsome

But without all those clothes

Verse 2

I'm a clown with a tear who forgets to act

I'm the song including the chorus

But without all those words I'll still be the same

The bars help me

So the essence of it all still stays the same

I hear a fake trumpet

It's my phone that wakes me from this dream

I'm the calm and peace

I'm a part of what I want

I'm my own drugs

It doesn't matter who you are, you can be anything

You can be anything, you can be anything

It doesn't matter what you do, you can do anything

You can do anything

As long as you were yourself, are yourself, stay yourself

Forever

Verse 3

The alphabet floats around

I grab the letters together and put them in my mouth

Create sentences, words, words I stick together

Hold space and tear a piece of nail off

I'm busy, I'm focus

But I'm not the newest lotus

An old soul in a boy's body

Full of pride with my chest out

I'm showbiz, a perforated edge on a photo

And I'm the picture on your old polo

Stood in the garage all that time

I'm music like my own tattoo

It doesn't matter who you are, you can be anything

You can be anything, you can be anything

It doesn't matter what you do, you can do anything

You can do anything

As long as you were yourself, are yourself, stay yourself

As long as you were yourself, are yourself and stay yourself

Forever

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SONG MEANING

“Zijn” means “to be,” and Gers Pardoel turns that simple verb into a whole manifesto. In this song he wakes up before dawn, grabs breakfast, and dives into his studio because music is his drug. Every line celebrates creativity and self-expression: he is a beat, a lyric, even a full song stripped of its words. By painting himself as a “clown with a tear” or an “old soul in a young body,” Gers reminds us that appearances change, but the core stays the same.

The chorus is the heart of the message: no matter who you are or what you do, you can be anything as long as you stay true to yourself. Forget yesterday, enjoy today, and do not worry about tomorrow—your authenticity is your superpower. Packed with playful imagery and an irresistible rhythm, “Zijn” invites listeners to embrace their quirks, chase fresh ideas, and wear their true colors with pride.

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