Accoustic cover by the best Dutch poppunk band of the best Dutch punkrock song of the best Dutch punkrock band. 

Destine - 7 Years - Undeclinable Acoustic Cover

Medium & The Messages - The Oneliner

Through Downwrite you can pay famous musicians to write a song especially for you. I did this, and Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams, The Terrible Two's) wrote this beautiful song to support me and my wife Inge in the likely troublesome and maybe impossible process of having a child. Now that Inge is pregnant and all looks just fine, we decided to share this song with the world.  Because it’s a beautiful song, but also to support other couples like us that are not sure if at all they can ever be parents. Maybe if they hear this song it somehow can help them just as it helped us.

You see, my wife Inge has PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome), which basically means you can't get pregnant, if at all possible, without medical help. She has known this for the last decade. Always having wanted to at some point become a mother, it has been a constant dark cloud at the horizon for her to at some point actually start trying to have a baby.  Aside from the fun & healthy part, for her this process would include a bunch of painful tests and a strict menu of hormone pills inducing severe headaches and depressing moodswings. With no guarantees off course. It’s a bit like taking off on a ship not knowing if there is a land at the other side of that stormy ocean at all.

In 2014 we started trying to have a baby. Inge started a diary in which on a daily basis she wrote down experiences, feelings and emotions that she encountered during the process.

That’s when I found out about Downwrite and decided to ask Matt Pryor to write a song to support her. Inge has always been a great fan of The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams. It was she who over the years, by playing The Get Up Kids and the New Amsterdams endlessly and singing along with her beautiful voice, made me appreciate Matt's voice and songwriting. 

I wrote Matt a letter about our history and Inge’s diary and that I would love her and stay with her no matter what. It took a few weeks for him to get the song done but when we both listened to it for the first time we instantly loved it. He somehow managed to capture exactly the emotions we were going through, proving again what a great songwriter and artist he just is. We still listen to the song often, and it helped us a lot in a quite intense period. And the best part is: in 2015 Inge got pregnant. The baby is due May 25th 2016. Our luck couldn't be bigger. Thanks Matt, we will love this song forever!

Matt Pryor - In Your Diary (custom made song for Inge)

Liedje Voor De Laurenstoren - Piano

Ogen Dicht -  met Aline Bruijns

ZACHT HART

je raakt me aan onbewust
als je naar mij woorden kust
vogels vliegen om mijn hoofd
aangenaam verdoofd 

hou me dapper hou me sterk
Als een echte man daadwerkelijk
geen kik geef ik
hou mn adem in
en slik

en als jij lacht wordt mijn hart zacht
ik stamel en verzamel woorden
ja als lacht wordt mijn hart zacht 
eeuwig in die blik verloren
wat ik dacht maar nog nooit zei
blijf vannacht bij mij

zacht hart zacht hart zacht hard
blijf vannacht bij mij
zacht hart zacht hart zacht hard
blijf vannacht bij mij

wat ik voel als ik je zie
ken daarvoor de woorden niet
vlinders stormen door mijn buik
als ik je stiekem ruik

ik laat je gaan
ongerust
vol verlangen en van lusteloos ben ik 
ik kauw ik slik
naar binnen krijg ik nik

En als jij lacht wordt mijn hart zacht
Ik stamel en verzamel woorden
Als jij lacht wordt mijn hart zacht 
eeuwig in die blik verloren
wat ik dacht maar nog nooit zei
blijf vannacht bij mij

zacht hart zacht hart zacht hard
blijf vannacht bij mij
zacht hart zacht hart zacht hard
blijf vannacht bij mij

haal de adem van mijn leven
met de kaken op elkaar 
wat een eeuw lijkt duurt maar even
zachtjes wenk ik haar

en wat ik dacht maar nog nooit zei
is blijf vannacht bij mij

Geschreven door: Woes & Inge Ploum
Productie: Fuck The Writer

woesploum

Popular tracks