Ill Never Go - Erik Santos

The site of him saying goodbye is still very clear in my mind. I can exactly recall how, every second I was with him that very day counts.

We both decided to give each other a space. I wish I could stop the time so I'll never have to say goodbye. It breaks my heart little by little letting him go, but it was a step we both have to painfully undertake. I've never acted like this before. It was such a humbling experience -putting myself down- just to make him stay and hold on to the relationship. It was not an issue of "a love gone"...It was more of personal factors beyond our control. They just seem to interfere with the relationship, so we had to cool down a bit.

It was so difficult because we both knew how we really love each other to let the relationship disappear. The more it shattered my heart into pieces the last minute he kissed my lips several times whispering how much he loves me and he'll always do. I saw him shed tears that very moment I stepped out of his car.

I guess... this is a part of growing in a relationship. I will always remember that very moment with him wheneder I hear this song. I dedicate this song to the only man I love and will always love every single day of my life. "I'll never go, so far away from you even the sky will tell you that I need you so. For this is all I know I'll never go... far away from you"

I will just be around, waiting for you...XX

I'll Never Go
By Eric Santos

You always ask me
Those words i say
And telling me what it means to me

Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

Come to me and hold me
And you will see
The love i give
For you still hold the key

Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

Chorus:
I'll never go far away from you
Even the sky will tell you
That i need you so
For this is all i know
I'll never go far away from you

Come to me and hold me
And you will see
The love i give
For you still hold the key

Every single day
You always act this way
For how many times i told you
I love you
For this is all i know

I believe this is the second song I will post by Billy Joel (I came to know him because of this song). This is the most influential song to my thirst for knowledge. This embraces a lot of things in our lifetime (even before I was born).

I consider this a very influential song because when I entered high school, I know I had an edge in our History class because I was already oriented about some places, events and persons around the world because of this song. I love singing, I will claim that over and over again. Because of this love for music, I memorized a lot of songs and you may not believe it but this is another one of those songs I have memorized. I don't know why I spend time memorizing songs... but I guess it was really a part of my life. Music and songs are an innate part of me.

I will not claim I passed high school because of this song. I somehow made it through it because of the historical accounts of its lyrics, events that happened before my birth and during our life time. In fact, I even had those names memorized til College. I was reminded of this song most especially in out International Politics subject. (I was a Political Science major, by the way)

There you are... the vast influence of music to me.. from friendship to past life to higher learning to history.

Let us all be reminded of the song but first, check out the lyrics and see if anyone could memorize it in a month or a year.

We Didn't Start The Fire Lyrics

and the music is here:

WE DIDNT START THE FIRE - Billy Joel

A recent loss to my favorite artists here in the Philippines is Francis M. As one newspaper headline said it: "Cancer claimed Francis M's life". The news was really devastating.

I have appreciated Francis M when I was still in high school. As a teen-ager in the 90's, he was an icon. I remember a lot of his songs and this song I loved the most. This was more of a rap and I remember I love listening to this music using my brother's walkman (truly vintaged). I love the way this song was sung and he was just so good.

I memorized this part of the song:
Let the sunshine
let the rivers run away
'Coz it's a beautiful day now
to play now...

FRANCIS MAGALONA lyrics

Those were the times when all I cling on to is nature... watching the sunset, breathing fresh air in the mountain, birds chirping, wind blowing... exactly the things mentioned in his song. I remember my sister told me this was the song Francis M. played harmonica, like the way Alanis Morissette combined her harmonica in her songs (Ironic).

Each time I hear this song played, I can't help but sing and rap with him. I love rap music and if anyone would ask me, I would agree with the rest of the world. Francis M is the best rapper the Philippines has ever had.

Your music will live Kiko! Here is the music and I'm sure as the music starts, you can't help but sing with him. I will always be proud that I memorized your song... This is it:

Girl Be Mine - Francis M.

I was with my cousin the other day. We were just having some fun time at a restaurant when suddenly the owner brought out their "videoke". She (my cousin) asked me to sing -have I mentioned singing is my second nature? Perhaps she knows me enough to have not asked me if I can sing at all but she asked me to sing.

I'm a song lover, no wonder I have this blog site. However, being confronted what to sing at that moment, my mind was blank. I have sang a lot of songs already and I don't know what to sing. She told me about this song on her way to our meeting place that night, and asked me if I know this song. Of course I do. I also happened to sing this once when there was an occasion in our house.

So without much debate, she entered the song number and handed me the mic. It was my first song in that restaurant and as they say, one has to give a good impression at the start. But this song would not give me that chance. The note was just too high for me so I didn't sing it entirely. To our surprise, when the song ended, the videoke machine gave me a 98% rating. Impressive enough but I wasn't convinced because I know I blew the song.

Well, I was just given the chance to practice more on the song and hopefully I could sing it better next time. And by the way, the lyrics of the song is good... But this is my story about this song.

Hope you'll love it!

alone - heart

February - Love is in the air, as they say!

I Think I'm in Love Lyrics

When I think about love, I think about music. I thought about this song and my aunt who used to sing this a lot. This is one her favorites. She is my best example of how a lady would look like when she's in love. She is the prettiest aunt I've known. She was a little younger back then. She is now in the US, and been staying there for more than 20 years already. I thought she was my favorite aunt, and looking back, she was indeed my favorite aunt. Sadly, I wasn't able to say this to her in person. So I'm saying it now, in case she could still read my blog.

I really like it when she sings and she really sang so "heavenly". When she gets to the lyrics that says: "I think I'm in love with you..." I could see her smiling. Her smile is very contagious! I could still see her smile until now and I can't help but smile back. "I can't get you out of my mind..."

I miss her... maybe I'll come visit her!

Listen to the song and sing with it. When you do, please don't forget to smile. Smile hard when you are really in love... laugh even. Otherwise, just pretend to smile ;-)

I Think Im In love - Lea Salonga

Love Has Come My Way - Heart Evangelista

This is a story about my prettiest niece: Nicolle!

I will always remember this song because of her. We were living in an apartment in manila before. She was still around 4 years old. We played the cd that contains this song and for the longest time it has been played, my pretty niece learned about this song.

One time when I came home from work, my sister, her mom, asked her to sing. To my surprise, she sang this song. The sound of her voice singing this song was very heavenly. Imagine hearing this song interpreted by a little girl like my Nicolle.

Well, what will make this blog extra special is that Nicolle is my first niece and I remember putting her to sleep when her mom was in the office, working. I would carry her, sing her songs and put her to sleep. She was the first baby girl of our family and that is incomparable. She now has a baby sister and when I carry this baby, baby Chezka, I still recall those days I was carrying my Nicolle.

The lyrics here:
The sun is down it's a gloomy day
My hair is ugly and it looks like hay
I feel so lousy, I could fade away
But its ok Because Love has come my way

My pretty dress won't fit to my dismay
And all I wanna do is sing and play
I'm super lazy, need some brewed Caffee.
But It's ok Because love has come my way

Chorus:
Love, love has come my way
Everything is gonna be ok
And it will always be a happy day
Because love has come my way

All my fears and troubles fly away
When I think this love is here to stay
And you may say this is just an cliche, sure it's ok
Because love has come my way

(Repeat Chorus)
I just know we'll never go astray
I'm sure until the day our hair turns gray
Life will be as pretty as a bouquet
That's the love true love that came my way

Coda:
Love, love has come my way
Everything is gonna be ok
And it will always be a happy day
Because love has come my way

Happy year 2009 to all!

I have been out of the blog system for a while. But I have been planning to write about this next song which will always remind me about my childhood. So here it is.

I remember clearly this song was played several times when I was still a kid. We were on the western part of the country. As kids, we were mostly surrounded by our oldies and during night time, televesion were still scarce by then, we would gladly listen to the radio and this song is played so much so that I was able to memorize its lyrics.

Growing older, when I hear this song, I remember soldiers marching outside our house. I am not really sure if they were indeed soldiers or the so-called "vigilante". That was the time Martial Law in the country was still in force. My younger years taught me so much, so much that my sister could hardly believe I still have those memories within me that includes memories when I was barely 4 years old.

If I were to recall my past, this is one song I would always remember it with. When I hear this song, I always see myself -that little kid with so much smile, enthusiasm and vigor- just few of those things we always miss when we're getting older.

Here's the song:

One way ticket - Boney M