music by david benoit interpreted by dianne reeves
deep in your eyes is a promise love can be ours if we want it starting tonight ev'ry dream i ever knew here in your arms i'm believing fin'lly my life has a meaning of its own here in the land of loving i am home
i was alone in the city searchin' for someone to find me cold empty nights and a million strangers' eyes here in your arms i'm beginning to leave behind all the loneliness i knew here in the land of loving there is you...
in this simple room magic is made though the world seems unchanged leave the lights on i'm a little afraid this might be just a sweet dream...
deep in the night love is growing
though i had no way of knowing that when i found you i found ev'rything I need here in your love i'll be staying fin'lly my life won't be living all alone here in the land of the loving i am home...
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i have learned that no matter what pains and heartaches you go through, as the proverbial saying goes, there will always be light at the end of the dark tunnel.... a reward for all the sacrifices... a million of things to be happy about for every sadness and tear that fell... and if you're lucky, a true and genuine love waiting with open arms in the land of the loving...
sometimes love comes to us in the most unexpected time, ways, or places. and yes, at times when you have already come to terms with yourself and gathered all your senses to realize that you do not need love in your life to really be happy. romantic love, that is. when it seems that the love of family and friends are more than enough to fill your cup of emptiness, it suddenly overflows with more love than you ever expected and are ready for.
God teaches in the most unique of ways... at times He wants us to accept harsh realities of life first before He gives us what we deserve. as long as we are still stubborn and hardheaded, we will commit the same mistakes over and over again until we learn. we have to be broken into pieces first, before we can be whole again. but, putting back all the shattered pieces of yourself will not be an easy task. you can only do this if you have truly learned.
i have loved this song almost my entire life... and i never thought i would fully understand what it says until now. now i can say i am finally home...
go, the lights are low in here i close my eyes and breathe inside your arms i lie and i cry
love, i don't know what am doin' wrong just tell me what you mean don't go, i've given everything
tell me everything's alright don't tell me its not right and ask me to let go if loving you is all i know don't leave me in the cold without you its not better without you nothing matters nothing matters...
here i lie and i don't try to hide the love and still i die, it's something you don't feel
there's no use in walking out the door it's something to fight for but tomorrow i love you so much more...
tell me everything's alright don't tell me its not right and ask me to let go if loving you is all i know don't leave me in the cold without you its not better without you nothing matters nothing matters...
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and so it's another teleserye song.... funny how i find nice songs from teleseryes. although i knew from sometime ago that alessandra de rossi has been singing and recording songs, i have never heard this song yet. it caught my attention one night while watching "green rose," a remake of a koreanovela, with my mom. so, i searched for alessandra's songs and i wasn't surprised to find it in youtube.
i have listened to almost all of alessandra's songs on youtube, and i can say that she isn't a bad singer. she isn't that good either, but she can carry a tune. reminds me of when i first heard gwyneth paltrow sing with huey lewis in that duet from a movie they did. both ladies have their own style of singing, and each style is definitely all her own.
of all the songs of alessandra's on youtube, this particular song has promise. it may even be a hit if given a proper promotion. it has the formula of the typical broken hearted love songs that "pinoys" are very much fond of. and the "masa" would identify with this song more than her other songs. anyhow, i also like her version of christopher cross' "sailing." it has this kinda ethereal sound. and oh, the music video is also excellent! it matches the ethereal mood of the song.
kudos to alessandra de rossi for further exploring her artistic talents. hope to hear more songs from you.
pansin mo ba ang pagbabago? di matitigan ang iyong mga mata tila di na nananabik sa iyong yakap at halik sana'y malaman mo hindi sinasadya kung ang nais ko ay maging malaya
di lang ikaw di lang ikaw ang nahihirapan damdamin ko rin ay naguguluhan di lang ikaw di lang ikaw ang nababahala bulong ng isip wag kang pakawalan ngunit puso ko ay kailangan kang iwan
pansin mo ba ang nararamdaman di na tayo magkaintindihan tila hindi na maibabalik tamis ng yakap at halik maaring tama ka lumalamig ang pagsinta sana'y malaman mong di ko sinasadya
di hahayaang habang buhay kang saktan di sasayangin ang iyong panahon ikaw ay magiging masaya sa yakap at sa piling ng iba...
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una kong narinig ang awiting ito sa isang teleserye. at noong ako ay nasa guam, halos araw-araw yata ay naririnig ko ito sa kotse papunta ng opisina at pauwi sa bahay. nagustuhan ko ang kantang ito dahil sa magandang himig nito, at siguro dahil na rin sa kakaibang pagkanta ni juris. sa tingin ko, kung iba ang kumanta nito ay hindi ganoon kaganda ang dating nito sa pandinig. tamang-tama ang lambot at lambing ng tinig ni juris para sa kantang ito.
mula sa simple, ngunit madamdaming titik ng awiting ito, siguradong "theme song" ito ng mga brokenhearted. 'ika nga nila, halos lahat naman ng magagandang kanta, karamiha'y tungkol sa mga pusong wasak at sugatan. mas madamdamin siguro kasi isiwalat ang damdaming umiiyak at nahihirapan, kaysa sa humhalakhak at tumatawa. kaya naman kahit sa mga obrang gaya ng awit at tula, hindi naiiwasang halos pighati at sakit ang nilalaman.
nawa'y magkaroon pa si juris ng mga magagandang orihinal na kanta na kagaya nito, lalo na't siya ay soloista na lamang ngayon. ang boses niya ay masarap sa tenga pakinggan, isang kaaya-ayang pahinga at alternatibo mula sa mga walang sawang sumigaw at bumirit. hindi ba kayo napapagod?
hindi naman sukatan ng galing sa pag-awit o ganda ng boses ang taas ng tono na kayang abutin. ang importante ay kaya ng isang mang-aawit na iparating ang tamang damdamin na hinihingi ng isang awitin. at sa tingin ko, nagawa naman ito ni juris, baka nahigitan pa nga.
am i better off dead, am i better off a quitter they say i’m better off now, than i ever was with her as they take me to my local down the street i’m smiling but i’m dying trying not to drag my feet
they say a few drinks will help me to forget her but after one too many i know that i’m never only they can see where this is gonna end they all think i’m crazy but to me it’s perfect sense
and my mates are all there trying to calm me down cause i’m shouting your name all over town i’m swearing if i go there now i can change your mind turn it all around and i know that i’m drunk but i’ll say the words and she’ll listen this time even though they’re slurred dial her number and confess to her i’m still in love but all i heard was nothing (nothing, nothing …)
so i stumble there, along the railings and the fences i know if i’m face to face that she’ll come to her senses every drunk step i take leads me to her door if she sees how much i’m hurting she’ll take me back for sure
and my mates are all there trying to calm me down cause i’m shouting your name all over town i’m swearing if i go there now i can change your mind turn it all around and i know that i’m drunk but i’ll say the words and she’ll listen this time even though they’re slurred dial her number and confess to her i’m still in love but all i heard was nothing...
she said nothing oh i wanted words but all i heard was nothing oh i got nothing nothing... i got nothing nothing... oh i wanted words but all i heard was nothing
oh sometimes love is intoxicating oh you're coming down your hands are shaking when you realise there's no one waiting...
i loved the script the moment i heard "the man who cant be moved." and i get to love them even more for every new song i hear from them. and suddenly, i read online that they are going to have a concert here!!!!!! OMG! i hope i can watch.... i wanna watch....... pweaseeeeeee????? who's ever out there who wants to come with me.... lez go!!!!! friends.... i hope you read this.
oh and i forget... i haven't seen the script yet since yesterday when i watched videos of their songs. yeah, i know. loser! ahahaha.... and guess who am i crushing on? ;p
carry on and bear the happy load on a dusty road gotta win the race even though the road is hard gotta be certain
like the black bird flyin' in the night what's he lookin' for searchin' for the way even though the road is hard gotta be certain
it's a typical dream that's neverendin' burnin' inside of a soul gotta follow this dream and watch your bendin'
through the dark years don't you stray away from the dusty road just keep it goin' on even though the road is hard gotta be certain
lots'a people are gonna put you down does it bother you? don't let them change your mind even though the road is hard gotta be certain
it's a typical dream that's neverendin' burnin' inside of a soul gotta follow this dream and watch your bendin'
typical dream that's neverendin' burnin' inside of a soul gotta follow this dream yeah...
and keep your feelings on the mood when you know the fight is over and you can't tell them all if you wanna get where you're goin' don't get dust on the road...
need no help now gotta burn and have them know loneliness forgotten now am back on the road
gonna keep my feelings movin' gonna keep it goin' on leave the things forgotten won't get dust on the road
steppin' down movin' right along loneliness forgotten don't get lost on the road...
i saw the video of this song posted on a friend's facebook account and was surprised to learn that mike francis has died already 2 years ago... he died?!!! he was just 47. i am genuinely sad.... =(
mike francis is one of the artists who has been a part of my journey through music and life. i think i like almost all of his songs, and this is one of my favorites. i used to have a cassette tape copy of his songs, which reminds me that i have to add at least one of his albums to my list of "cds to buy." now i guess i won't have the chance to see him perform here in manila. now that i can already afford to go to concerts. yeah right...
well anyway, thank you for being with me through your songs, and helping me get through those times. now that you have gotten over your "dusty road," i hope you're now making angels singin' with you:
steppin' down movin' right along loneliness forgotten don't get lost on the road...
when the rain is blowing in your face and the whole world is on your case i could offer you a warm embrace to make you feel my love
when the evening shadows and the stars appear and there is no one there to dry your tears i could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love
i know you haven't made your mind up yet but i would never do you wrong i've known it from the moment that we met no doubt in my mind where you belong
i'd go hungry i'd go black and blue i'd go crawling down the avenue no there's nothing that i wouldn't do to make you feel my love
the storms are raging on the rolling sea and on the highway of regret though winds of change are blowing wild and free you ain't seen nothing like me yet
i could make you happy make your dreams come true nothing that i wouldn't do go to the ends of the earth for you to make you feel my love
to make you feel my love...
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hello my bloggie! i missed you so much. i was so busy with life that i forget to fill you with all that's going on. maybe it was just too overwhelming for me to be flying here and there that my thoughts can't get organized to write a decent post. or maybe being in a foreign land can't get my mind settled. i don't know, really... but to put it simply... i just can't write that time. period.
anyhow, i am back! and i hope that i can put a thing or two on you however busy i get. thank you that you aren't a person, because if you were, for sure sobrang tampo mo na sakin kse halos isang taon yata kitang hindi nasulatan. :D well, except for the regular conspi gig sked of course.
so, going back to business... i heard this song while watching a certain movie when i was in guam. it got my attention that first time i heard it, but i can't really make out the lyrics to be able to search for it, as usual. but thankfully, RX93.1 played it often at that time, so i finally found it and saved it in my youtube account. but obviously, i just got to post about many, many months later. that is, now. hihihi....
hope you enjoy this song bloggie! and i look forward to share with you more and write on you my thoughts regularly this year. happy new year to us! i hope that it will be more fruitful and happy!
**happy new year to us too! can't believe it's been that long... ;) always remember that whatever you're going through and whatever happens, what's always important than anything else in this world is contentment and security of the heart, mind, and soul...
it’s you, and me movin' at the speed of light into eternity (yeah) tonight, is the night to join me in the middle of ecstacy feel the melody and the rhythm of the music around you (around you)
i'ma take you there, i'ma take you there so don’t be scared, i’m right here, ya ready? we can go anywhere go anywhere but first, its your chance take my hand come with me
it’s like i waited my whole life for this one night it’s gonna be me you and the dance floor cuz we only got one night double your pleasure double you fun and dance forever ever ever forever ever ever forever ever ever forever (forever) ever ever ever forever ever ever forever ever ever forever on the dance floor
feels like were on another level (ohh ahh) feels like our loves intertwine we can be two rebels breakin' the rules me and you you and i all you gotta do is watch me look what I can do with my feet, baby feel the beat inside i’m drivin', you could take the front seat (front seat) just need you to trust me (trust me) girl girl girl it’s like now
it’s like i waited my whole life (oh) for this one night (one night) it’s gonna be me you and the dance floor (dance floor) cuz we only got one night (ohh) double you pleasure double your fun (yeah) and dance forever ever ever (ohh) forever ever ever (ever) forever ever ever (ever) Forever (forever) Ever ever ever (ever) forever ever ever (ever) forever ever ever (ever) forever on the dance floor
it’s a long way down we so high off the ground sendin' for an angel to bring me your heart girl where did you come from? got me so undone gazin' in your eyes got me sayin' what a beautiful lady no ifs ands or maybes i’m releasin' my heart and it’s feelin' amazing there's no one else that matters you love me and i wont let you fall girl let you fall girl (ahh ohh oh oh yeah) yeah, i wont let you fall let you fall let you fall (ohh ohh) yeah yeah yeah yeah
it’s like it’s like i waited my whole life (whole life) for this one night (one night) it’s gonna be me you and the dance floor (me you and the dance floor) cuz we only got one night double your pleasure double your fun and dance forever ever ever forever ever ever forever ever ever forever ever ever ever forever ever ever forever ever ever forever on the dance floor
i've been hearing this song on the radio for quite a while already, but i haven't really been paying attention to it. it caught my attention when i watched a video on youtube about a wedding, having this song as a wedding march. i don't remember anymore how i came to find the video though, but it has been going around facebook for quite some time too.
i never really bothered to understand the lyrics of this song either, but while watching that wedding march video at youtube, i caught some of its lyrics. i tried to understand the lyrics to know why the couple picked the song as their wedding march. well why not? i heard such lines as: "it's like i waited my whole life for this one night, it's gonna be you and me and the dancefloor." oh yeah, most people wait their whole lives to finally tie the knot, isn't it? or just to find that one person they want to spend their whole lives with.
imagine a danceable tune for a wedding march... and of course, what kind of march do you expect? whoa! everybody danced their way to the altar of course! it was so cool, i swear. it even gave me goosebumps. i dunno why.
am not much of a dancing person, but i found the video very nice. while watching it, i was thinking that the usual solemnity we expect from a wedding doesn't always come in a very peaceful ceremony. like in this wedding for instance, even though the mood is very joyous and festive, i don't know why i felt a certain solemnity. maybe it's because i can see that the couple is truly happy about their union. it's not all the time you see that in couples getting married. i saw the genuine happiness that couples wanting to spend their lives together should exude.
i may never get married, but it's good to know that even if i don't i can say that am truly happy and i guess i may be in that state forever...
i was supposed to post this last friday, but i wasn't able to finish writing it since work was dismissed early. but i guess it's just timely and the delay is for the best. in the course of events this long weekend, i just realized few things again... that people really do just come in our lives for a reason. they don't come just because... or just for nothing.
i am glad to know that i have made good decisions in the past, and the right ones at that. it was good that i have realized who people really are early, so that i wouldn't waste much of my precious time with them. in fact, i even find more and more reasons to validate my past decisions further more... thank God that i have done the right things! even if i may have started with a wrong foot at times, at least am proud to have ended things right and with a clear conscience.
people at times are too good to be true... they don't really seem who they are when they are with you. sometimes, you come to know better of them when they are far away from you. and this makes you think and say: "hell, i am really glad you're out of my life!" ...oh, and am much happy now... really! am better off with no liars and people who pretend they really care for you when they actually don't. people who suck big time behind your back.
anyhow, enough wasting blog space for worthless things. i guess, we sometimes have to meet the wrong and worst people there are to prepare us for our true happiness... that makes us realize and see things we haven't seen before.
"it’s like i waited my whole life for this one night it’s gonna be me you and the dance floor..."
i don't really dance... but ya, am willing to dance my whole life with you....
if i should die this very moment i wouldn't fear for i've never known completeness like being here wrapped in the warmth of you loving every breath of you still my heart this moment or it might burst could we stay right here until the end of time until the earth stops turning wanna love you 'till the seas run dry i've found the one i've waited for
all this time i've loved you and never known your face all this time i've missed you and searched this human race here is true peace here my heart knows calm safe in your soul bathed in your sighs wanna stay right here until the end of time 'til the earth stops turning gonna love you until the seas run dry i've found the one i've waited for
the one i've waited for
all i've known all i've done all i've felt was leading to this all i've known all i've done all i've felt was leading to this wanna stay right here 'til' the end of time 'till the earth stops turning i'm gonna love you till the seas run dry i've found the one I've waited for the one i've waited for the one i've waited for
wanna stay right here 'til the end of time 'till the earth stops turning i'm gonna love you till the seas run dry i've found the one i've waited for the one i've waited for the one i've waited for
it's been a long while since i have blogged again... there may be so many topics to write about or songs to post, but i couldn't find myself to write. the things that have happened in the past weeks have left me first, dumbfounded, then in deep contemplation.
i have always known that life is short. death can come to anyone at anytime. but i never imagined myself dying tragically. as dramatic or artistic as i may seem to be, i don't desire neither a dramatic nor artistic ending. if i can choose my own, i want it as simple, as silent, and as painless as it can be.
but even those who drowned and left with Ondoy and Pepeng must have also wished a happy and peaceful kind of dying. they, too, never thought that they would pass that way. and if i was one of them, would i be ready? i never feared dying, per se. but would i be ready for a death as sudden? and as helpless? see, i never really learned how to swim. i can float and manage a few strokes, yes. but these meager skills can't save me from drowning from the floods of Ondoy or Pepeng. much as i wanted passing on peacefully, what would i do in such a situation? how 'bout my loved ones, would i be able to help them?
living life is already hard in itself. i don't understand why dying can be as hard or even harder. what's with all the things happening around us nowadays?!? killer typhoons, earthquakes, plane crash... what else would be next? although i am really very thankful that my family and i, as well as most of my friends are okay and survived the recent calamities, still... it's really very sad and hard to see those people die that way. if the things that transpired may be the signs of the times, then may God bless us all...
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hearing this song on NU107 for the first time, led me to think things and blog again. it made me write this entry. for what? nothing. just to think and realize that whenever God may choose to have me, i will not complain. i am more than thankful for all the blessings and love He has surrounded me with to complain. besides, no one really knows how we are all gonna die. even those who are ill can never be really ready when the time comes. so, as for me, i will be wherever God wants me to be till the last of my days... always thankful, always grateful... and greatly loved.
yeah... this song encompasses everything am feeling right now.
am good to go anytime.
well 'am all good to go... as long as i get my death wish not to have a funeral until i get cremated. i want to remain alive....
all those arrows you threw, you threw them away you kept falling in love and then one day when you fell, you fell towards me when you crashed in the clouds, you found me
oh, please don't go... i want you so i can't let go for i lose control
get these left handed lovers out of your way they look hopeful but you, you should not stay if you want me to break down and give you the keys i can do that but i can't let you leave
oh, please don't go... i want you so i can't let go for i lose control
this is my LSS of the moment. i saw a video of the 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world in chico garcia's blog and this was the background music. but i opted to post a different version of that video because i think the sound quality is better.
i don't remember if i ever heard this song before, but i was mesmerized hearing it while watching those sea creatures marvelously swimming their way around a tank, sadly though. they are supposed to be wandering free in the ocean, not encased in glass for our amusement. it made me realize that i should really learn how to dive. so, that will be in my "things to do before i die" list, which also reminded me that i should really make that list. not that am dying though, i just want to make the most out of this lifetime. i believe that there are certain things that we should experience even just once in our lives.
i tried to find an mtv of the song, but sadly i cant find one. there was a live version, but the sound isn't really as nice as the one used in that aquarium video. but to put a face on a great song, there's this video response of the band itself, barcelona, that i found.
i haven't heard the other songs of barcelona. i plan to buy their album soon to find out if their other songs are as good as this one or i hope even better. what makes this song good, for me, is that even if it's short and simple, it's also kinda deep and poetic. nice words coupled with a dramatic melody incite the necessary emotions. oo na, emo na nga kung emo... e basta gusto ko sya! ;p
and yet, another video. this time it's a collection of film clips with the same song as background.
Hey Mom Why didn't you tell me Why didn't you teach me a thing or two You just let me go Out into the World You never thought to share what you knew
So I walked under a bus I got hit by a train Keep falling in love Which is kinda the same I've sunk out at sea Crashed my car, gone insane And it felt so good I want to do it again
Hey Mom Why didn't you warn me Coz about boys is something i should have known They`re like chocolate cake Like cigarettes I know they're bad for me But I just can't leave 'em alone
So I walked under a bus I got hit by a train Keep falling in love Which is kinda the same I've sunk out at sea Crashed my car, gone insane And it felt so good I want to do it again
(AND I WALKED)UNDER A BUS I GOT HIT BY A TRAIN AND IT FEELT SO GOOD AND I WANNA DO IT AGAIN WANNA DO IT AGAIN *HEY EY IEEY* (WANNA DO IT) Oh, felt so good
Hey Mom Since we're talking What was it like when you were young Has the world changed Or is it still the same A man can kill and still be the sweetest love.
So I walked under a bus I got hit by a train Keep falling in love Which is kinda the same I've sunk out at sea Crashed my car, gone insane And it felt so good
So I walked under a bus I got hit by a train Keep falling in love Which is kinda the same I've sunk out at sea Crashed my car, gone insane And it felt so good I want to do it again I want to do it again
i love this song. it is one of the songs i wanted to sing when i still had a band but never was able to. when i hear it, i think about all that i have gone through in love. why is it that after a relationship comes to an end, we vow to ourselves not to go through all that again, only to find ourselves falling in love again? but it doesn't stop there 'cause we also find ourselves hurting all over again, then the relationship eventually comes to an end as well. such a cycle... but then again, it isn't really the falling in love that we don't want to go through again. who doesn't want the flowers in the air, everything's beautiful, all happy feeling? i guess, we all do. it's just the hurting, of course, that no one ever wants to go about again.
this song is different from all that blubber about loving and hurting. it actually says that after all she has gone through in love, she still wants to do it again. such a masochist huh? loving or being in love was even likened to being hit by a train or ran over by a bus. well maybe, it just didn't include that she wants to do it again and again because she doesn't want to stop loving so as to finally find the right person for her.
whatever the writer of this song really means, how many times do we really have to love? how many times do we have to hurt? how many times do we have to make those mistakes over and over again before we find the right one?
oh and when do we know it's the right one? oh well, but that's another story.
mom used to to tell me something like, when you love don't give too much nor too little, but just enough. that puzzled me because it's kinda hard to do. but i guess, as i grew older and more mature, it seems that it's not that hard anymore. i realized that it doesn't have to be taken literally. i interpret it now as just still keeping your head when it comes to love, being level-headed. with all the experiences, i somehow tend not to get too much overwhelmed nor clouded by love anymore. it's easier to think and use my head now that i know better, rather than before when i was just a mere neophyte. though i know that my mom couldn't really protect me from hurts and pains, i am just glad that she is around when i go through difficult times.
though we fall in love and have relationships with different kinds of people, somehow relationship "per se" remains the same. we all go through good, bad, happy, difficult times. we go through rough battles to make the relationship work. we hurdle all the challenges to stay together. we defy every contradiction or situation, conquer all our fears. and so, whoever it is we are with, even if the circumstances are different, it is still being in love.
papalubog na naman ang ilaw nagpapaalam na naman ang araw ang gabi ay muling mamayani at ang lamig ay hahaplos sa pisngi
ilang araw na ang lumipas magmula nang ika'y magpaalam ilang gabi na ang nagdaraan ang pag-iisa'y 'di na 'di na makayanan
ngunit kailangan kong indahin ang lamig ng gabi ngunit kailangan kong tanggapin wala ka na sa tabi nag-iisa, wala ka na wala ka na, nag-iisa
ala-ala'y nagbabalik sa aking isip mga larawan ng bawat sandali pag-ibig nating sinumpaan ipinangako sa liwanang ng buwan
ngunit kailangan kong indahin ang lamig ng gabi ngunit kailangan kong tanggapin wala ka na sa tabi wala ka na, nag-iisa nag-iisa, wala ka na
ngunit kailangan ko nang masanay at tanggapin na lumisan ka na ng tunay ang lahat lahat ay bubuti ang pag-ibig ay mananatili lagi't-lagi hanggang sa walang hanggan...
hindi ko na maalala kung kailan ako nagsimulang mahumaling sa mga awitin ni noel cabangon. basta't ang tanda ko naging madalas ang aking panonood ng kanyang mga pagtugtog sa mga restaurants/bars, hanggang sa nagkaroon na ng conspi. sa loob ng panahon na yaon ay masasabi kong kahit paano'y naging malapit na rin kami. kaya nga ako naging conspirator (at ang aking bespren) ay nang dahil na rin kay noel.
ang "nag-iisa, wala ka na" ay mula sa pinakabagong album ni noel na "himig nating pag-ibig." ito ang isa sa mga kantang nakapukaw ng aking damdamin at naging kasa-kasama ko rin sa mga panahon ng aking pag-iisa.
minsan sa ating buhay ay kailangan din nating tumigil at maging mag-isa upang matukoy natin kung ano ang nararapat para sa atin...
lagi-lagi na lang 'di maalis ang pagnanais ko na ipahiwatig ang damdamin ko sa'yo at ako ang napili ng puso mo
oh ang nadaramang ito magpakailanma'y hindi magbabago tulad ng araw tulad ng ikot ng mundo tulad ng pag-ibig ko sa'yo mahal...
at kung ako ay mabibigyan ng pagkakataong maulit ang lahat ilang ulit ko ring isisigaw tanging ikaw pa rin, sinta... ikaw at ako pa rin... mahal...
tulad ng araw tulad ng ikot ng mundo tulad ng pag-ibig ko sa'yo mahal...
at kung ako ay mabibigyan ng pagkakataong maulit ang lahat ilang ulit ko ring isisigaw tanging ikaw pa rin, sinta... ikaw at ako pa rin... mahal...
mahal...
mahal...
at kung ako ay mabibigyan ng pagkakataong maulit ang lahat ilang ulit ko ring isisigaw tanging ikaw pa rin, sinta... ikaw at ako pa rin...
ikaw at ako pa rin... mahal...
kung meron mang nagpapasaya at nagpapatingkad ng mga lunes sa conspi, iyon ay sa tuwing tumutugtog si rica arambulo. alam naman nating patay na araw ang lunes sa karamihan ng mga bars na gaya ng conspi, kaya't isang magandang ideya na magkaroon ng "piano nights with rica arambulo" kung lunes. hindi man regular ang gigs ni rica tuwing lunes sa conspi ay mapapanood pa rin naman sya kahit isa o dalawang beses sa isang buwan.
sa galing ni rica sa pagkanta at pagtipa ng piano, hindi mapipigilan ng kahit sino mang manonood sa kanya na mapasabay sa kanyang mga awitin. maraming mga popular na kanta ang inaawit ni rica sa kanyang mga gigs, ngunit hindi lamang iyon sapagkat isa rin siyang magaling na kompositor. kahit hindi mo alam ang kanyang mga orihinal na awitin, siguradong isa sa mga ito ay tatatak sa'yo kapag iyong narinig. gaya na nga ng nangyari sa akin noong una kong marinig ang kantang "ikaw at ako pa rin." ang titik at musika nito ay nilikha mismo ni rica at nagmula sa album na may pamagat ring "rica arambulo."
mapapanood si rica ngayong lunes, may 25, sa conspiracy garden cafe, #59 visayas avenue, brgy. vasra, quezon city.
only tell me that you still want me here when you wander off out there to those hills of dust and hard winds that blow in that dry white ocean alone lost out in the desert you are lost out in the desert
but to stand with you in a ring of fire i'll forget the days gone by i'll protect your body and guard your soul from mirages in your sight
lost out in the desert you are lost out in the desert
if your hopes scatter like the dust across your track i'll be the moon that shines on your path the sun may blind our eyes, i'll pray the skies above for snow to fall on the sahara
just a wish and i will cover your shoulders with veils of silk and gold when the shadows come and darken your heart leaving you with regrets so cold
lost out in the desert you are lost out in the desert
if your hopes scatter like the dust across your track i'll be the moon that shines on your path the sun may blind our eyes, i'll pray the skies above for snow to fall on the sahara
if thats the only place where you can leave your doubts i'll hold you up and be your way out and if we burn away, i'll pray the skies above for snow to fall on the sahara
i was listening to rx93.1 last wednesday when i heard this song again. i haven't heard it for... god knows how many ages ago. and it was really good to be reminded of good ole songs i loved back then. well, i still do love it now. and thanks to the monster radio that i get to be reminded of nice songs of yesteryears. it's just so sad that i haven't really heard that much of anggun lately. or maybe it's just me.... hehe... am not that updated, you know.... :)
many will agree with me when i say that anggun kinda reminds you of our very own grace nono. not just about the looks, but also with the timbre of the voice and over-all style. i remember that i hear other people say the same things when anggun became a hit a few years back.
also, one thing that i so love about this song is the nice poetic lyrics. i don't know if all her songs are like this, since i never had the chance to buy the album (which i vowed to do the moment i first heard this song). if there are still copies available at record bars, i hope i remember to buy one. for now, am gonna try listening to her other songs at youtube.
according to the comments at youtube, where i got the video of this song, the original version of this song is in french. i was surprised 'coz i didn't know that this is originally done in french. and so i listened to it to find out which version is better...
now, i really wish i know how to speak french so i can appreciate it more. nonetheless, i love this version too, even though i don't understand a tad bit of it. :D and i just can't pick one between the two versions. i love 'em both!
another summer day has come and gone away in paris and rome but i wanna go home mmmmmmm
may be surrounded by a million people i still feel all alone i just wanna go home oh, i miss you, you know
and i’ve been keeping all the letters that i wrote to you each one a line or two “i’m fine baby, how are you?” well i would send them but i know that it’s just not enough my words were cold and flat and you deserve more than that
another aeroplane another sunny place i’m lucky, i know but i wanna go home mmmm, i’ve got to go home
let me go home i’m just too far from where you are i wanna come home
and i feel just like i’m living someone else’s life it’s like i just stepped outside when everything was going right and i know just why you could not come along with me 'cause this was not your dream but you always believed in me
another winter day has come and gone away in even paris and rome and i wanna go home let me go home
and i’m surrounded by a million people i still feel all alone oh, let me go home oh, i miss you, you know
let me go home i’ve had my run baby, i’m done i gotta go home let me go home it will all be all right i’ll be home tonight i’m coming back home
sometimes, in life, we just want to go home. not just the literal meaning of it. at times it's more of going home to your own self. we want to be taken away from the busy, stressful world and the pressures of life. we want to find comfort, familiarity, love, rest...
i find myself in that kind of situation every now and then. nobody can be much too strong not to find time to take a pause. i have to have time to be just me as "me" and take even just a short time off from being "me" as daughter, or "me" as niece, or "me" as employee, and everything else there is.
maybe this is also why i love songs that talk about going home or simply just about "home..." i am not really a michael buble fan, but when i heard this song, i just cant help but to like it, love it even. i guess i had, and still continue to have, a few comings and goings in my life that hearing this song instantly touches the deepest part of who i am.
* purple dreams and lavender wishes on your birthday....
iniwan ka na ng eroplano ok lang baby 'wag kang magbago dito ka lang humimbing sa aking piling antukin
kukupkupin na lang kita sorry wala ka nang magagawa mahalin mo na lang ako ng sobra-sobra para patas naman tayo 'di ba?
chorus: sasalubungin natin ang kinabukasan ng walang takot at walang pangamba tadhana'y merong tip na makapangyarihan kung ayaw may dahilan kung gusto palaging merong paraan
pinaiyak ka ng manghuhula hindi na raw tayo magkasamang tatanda buti nalang merong langit na nagtatanggol sa pag-ibig na pursigido't matiyaga
bridge: long as we stand as one ano man ang ating makabangga nothing will ever break us wala talaga as in wala
coda: hahalikan nalang natin ang kinabukasan ng buong loob at yayakapin pa tadhana'y medyo overrated kung minsan kung ayaw may dahilan kung gusto palaging merong paraan
gumawa na lang tayo ng paraan gumawa na lang tayo ng... baby, gumawa na lang tayo ng paraan
ang entry na ito ay para sa'yo... alam mo na kung sino ka. kung bakit? basahin mo na lang 'yung title at 'yung lyrics.
una kong narinig at nakita ang mtv ng kantang ito sa blog ni niña sandejas. kaya salamat sa kanya. alam kong hindi naman siya nagbabasa ng blog ko, pero salamat pa rin. hehe... oo na, huli na ko sa lahat at kailan ko lang nalaman ang kantang ito. pero 'ika nga nila, huli man daw at magaling.... huli pa rin! ahehehe... 'di na kasi ako nakakapakinig ng NU107. at mas lalo namang hindi na ako nakakapanood ng MTV dahil wala kaming cable. isa pang kamalas-malasan, hindi rin makuha ang channel 23 sa aming sushal nga pero walang kwenta namang tv (mejo flatscreen na kse ito). kaya goodbye rin MYX. hay... e kse naman daw, digital na raw ang tv na ito, kaya kailangang may cable ka talaga para makuha mo lahat ng channel nang malinaw. kapag antenna lang ang ginamit mo, e goodluck na lang sa'yo. kaya goodluck na lang sa'kin!
bihira akong makagusto ng kantang halong ingles at tagalog ang lyrics. pero magaling talagang gumawa ng kanta si rico blanco. simple ang mga salita at pagkakasulat, at madali itong tumatak sa isipan ng sino mang makikinig. sa aking opinyon, isa si rico sa mga musikero at bandistang Filipino na magaling humabi ng mga salita upang maging isang simple ngunit makata at makabuluhan na mga kanta. nakakalungkot man na kinailangan niyang humiwalay sa dati niyang banda, nakakatuwa na rin dahil hindi siya tumigil sa pamamahagi ng kaniyang talento sa industriya ng musika. nawa'y patuloy pa rin siyang humabi ng mga masisinsin na mga awiting Filipino na ating maipagmamalaki.
kakapakinig ko lang din ngayon-ngayon lang ng kantang ito sa NU107 (o ayan, nakikinig na 'ko ulit!), kaya naisipan ko na ring i-post ang entry na ito. tutal e wala pa naman akong song entry para sa linggong ito. kaya bago ako humayo mamayang gabi papunta sa aking maikling bakasyon sa la union, na sisingitan ng maikling byahe sa ilocos ng sabado, at babalik ulit ng maynila ng linggo (kasalanan mong lahat ng ito, bespren ko doon!)... whew!!! e iiwanan ko muna ang aking blog, at ikaw na masugid na tagasubaybay ng aking blog, ng isang kyut na kyut na kanta. :) para sa'yo talaga 'to e, kasi antukin ka talaga!
i have shown in one of my previous entries my affinity for tori amos. i just read from a certain site that she has recently released a song (yipee!!!), "maybe california," from her new album "abnormally attracted to sin." ya, you read that right! what a title huh? the album will be available in mid-may (yey!).
i was supposed to listen to the song, but sadly, i can't play it on my browser. i duno why... ooh, let me correct that, i just did.... silly me! i cant click on the player, but the link below led me to another site where i can listen to the song. hehe... nice song, as always...
anyhow, pictures on the site prove how tori amos has evolved tremendously as an artist. and it is not just with the type of her songs, as i've mentioned in my previous blog post, but also with how she looks...
