Friday 14 May 2010

Belgium – Opzij, opzij, opzij / Step aside, step aside, step aside

This song is about how many people are too much in a rush. People have no time to stand still and enjoy the little things… And since we were last in the competition we too had to rush to be ready in time. Now we will stand still and enjoy the other video’s and relax! We'd like to thank Herman Van Veen for letting us use his song!

Schoolovision 2010 Belgium from Dave Schrauwen on Vimeo.



The lyrics in Dutch:

Opzij, opzij, opzij,
maak plaats, maak plaats, maak plaats,
wij hebben ongelofelijke haast.
Opzij, opzij, opzij,
want wij zijn haast te laat,
wij hebben maar een paar minuten tijd.

We moeten rennen, springen, vliegen, duiken, vallen, opstaan en weer doorgaan.
We kunnen nu niet langer, we kunnen nu niet langer blijven staan.

Een andere keer misschien
dan blijven we wel slapen
en kunnen dan misschien als het echt moet,
wat over koetjes, voetbal en de lotto praten,
nou dag tot ziens, adieu het gaat je goed.

We moeten rennen, springen, vliegen, duiken, vallen, opstaan en weer doorgaan.
We kunnen nu niet langer, we kunnen nu niet langer blijven staan.


The lyrics in English:

Step aside, step aside, step aside
make room, make room, make room,
we’re in an incredible hurry!
Step aside, step aside, step aside,
because we are almost too late
We only have a few minutes left!

We must run, jump, fly, dive, fall, get up and continue again.
We can’t no longer, we can’t no longer stand still.

Maybe another time
then we might be able to sleep over
and when it really has to be,
we can talk about cows, football and the lottery,
well good day, goodbye, so long, I hope you take care!

We must run, jump, fly, dive, fall, get up and continue again.
We can’t no longer, we can’t no longer stand still.



Best wishes from: Mattias, Rinaldo, Mats, Dries, Steven, Anne, Hanne, Quirina, Lotte, Bjorn, Lena, Annelies, Birte, Jens, Thomas, Maarten, Emma, Merel, Frederik, Jobbe, Ine and Mr. Dave

We wish you all the best of luck and we liked being in the competition very much already!

4 Comments:

Michael said...

Thank you for a very good entry Dave, and the children from Belgium.

The message in the song is definitely one that many of us (including me!) need to be aware of...

Very best wishes for the voting, from us in Scotland.

Katja from France said...

The song expresses very well this feeling of stress and rush!
Congratulations also to the piano player!

Ive Hapers said...

Good luck Qworzó!
Ik vind de clip geweldig goed gemaakt. Proficiat met zoveel talent.
Thumbs up!
meester Ive

tante Ruth said...

Proficiat met het mooie lied en geweldige clip!
Fingers crossed for next Tuesday!!!
tante Ruth