{"id":385,"date":"2026-04-03T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.derdehelft.nl\/?p=385"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:23:13","slug":"music-cold-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.derdehelft.nl\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"Cold december"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In december 2025 schreef ik dit nummer als een muzikale wens voor het nieuwe jaar. Het ontstond in de laatste koude dagen van het jaar, precies in die periode waarin mensen terugkijken, vooruitkijken en soms opnieuw durven dromen. Het lied is mijn manier om een warm licht te laten schijnen op een wereld die soms hard kan zijn, maar waarin altijd ruimte blijft voor hoop, verbinding en menselijkheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Het nummer is geschreven vanuit Heukelum, maar de boodschap reikt veel verder dan de grenzen van ons stadje. Het gaat over samenleven zonder angst, over elkaar zien zoals we zijn, en over de kracht van muziek en sport om mensen te verbinden. Het is een uitnodiging om het nieuwejaar in te stappen met open harten, open handen en een open blik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The final days of cold December\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/34ccc0NiPog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>De tekst<br><br>The final days of cold December<br>whisper softly through the night.<br>A world that sometimes bends and breaks,<br>yet still keeps reaching for the light.<br>We\u2019re dreaming of a brand\u2011new start,<br>of peace that crosses every land.<br>Where no one has to run or hide<br>for love, belief, or who they stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the year of open hearts,<br>of hands that reach across the line.<br>Where music and sport can build the bridges,<br>and we grow stronger when we all align.<br>No fights for money, no hurtful voices,<br>no walls between your life and mine.<br>Everyone belongs in this wide world,<br>together we can make it shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From Heukelum to distant places,<br>from cities full of sound and light.<br>We celebrate that love is love,<br>and every heart deserves its right.<br>No fear to say who you are,<br>no shame in who you choose to be.<br>We walk side by side toward tomorrow,<br>one world, one melody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the year of open hearts,<br>of hands that reach across the line.<br>Where music and sport can build the bridges,<br>and we grow stronger when we all align.<br>No fights for money, no hurtful voices,<br>no walls between your life and mine.<br>Everyone belongs in this wide world,<br>together we can make it shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And when the clock strikes midnight loud,<br>and colors fill the winter sky,<br>we\u2019ll sing for every soul on earth<br>that no one has to stand alone tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the year of open hearts,<br>of love that lifts the world again.<br>Where every voice can find its place,<br>and no one\u2019s pushed aside or silenced then.<br>We\u2019re building up a gentle future,<br>hand in hand, for everyone.<br>A new year full of peace and kindness<br>let it rise, let it come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"385\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"pld-dislike-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-dislike-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"385\" data-trigger-type=\"dislike\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-down\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-dislike-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\"><\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In december 2025 schreef ik dit nummer als een muzikale wens voor het nieuwe jaar. 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