You Were There - John Foxx

You were there

When I was looking through

Your pictures in the night

You were there

When I fell asleep and I

Woke up in the light

And when the streets filled

And my heart stilled

And I asked someone the time

You were there

You were there

You were there

I know you were

And you were there

When I stopped to stare

By the quiet trees

And you were there

And I thought that you were

Someone else I’d seen

And when the traffic roared

And my heart soared

So that I could hardly breathe

You were there

You were there

You were there

I know you were

And you were there

When I stopped to stare

Oh you were there

When I stood and watched

From so many years ago

You must have smiled

When I was walking through

The places that you’d known

And when I’d given up

And all the letters stopped

And no trace at all remained

You were there

You were there

You were there

I know you were

And you were there

When I stopped to stare

Jij was daar

Toen ik doorkeek

Je foto's in de nacht

Jij was daar

Toen ik in slaap viel en ik

Wakker worden in het licht

En toen de straten vol waren

En mijn hart werd stil

En ik vroeg iemand hoe laat

Jij was daar

Jij was daar

Jij was daar

Ik weet dat je was

En jij was erbij

Toen ik stopte om te staren

Bij de stille bomen

En jij was erbij

En ik dacht dat je was

Iemand anders die ik had gezien

En toen het verkeer raasde

En mijn hart maakte een sprongetje

Zodat ik bijna niet kon ademen

Jij was daar

Jij was daar

Jij was daar

Ik weet dat je was

En jij was erbij

Toen ik stopte om te staren

Oh je was erbij

Toen ik stond en keek

Van zoveel jaren geleden

Je moet hebben geglimlacht

Toen ik er doorheen liep

De plaatsen die je kende

En toen ik het had opgegeven

En alle letters stopten

En er bleef helemaal geen spoor over

Jij was daar

Jij was daar

Jij was daar

Ik weet dat je was

En jij was erbij

Toen ik stopte om te staren