dusk casts a shadow on the footsteps of tomorrow
and the whole world sighs at the start of day’s end
stars peer through the scarlet sky at the night to follow
as dreams take form and reality starts to bend
I sit in crowded solitude against the fading sun
and let hope be born before the day is done
Too many sunsets have passed my way
Each one a mark on my dirty slate
Sometimes I fear the twilight
Knowing that Id wake up to another heartache
For a while id fancy myself a rock
Tough and hard
Not long after Ive tossed it around
Even it broke into tiny shards
Im never that strong
Nor am I brave enough to pretend
Even I have to start believing
That some things really do have to end
But then one night as I hid among the sheets
Knowing full well the terror that the sun can bring
I was awoken by an all-too familiar beep
And in quiet notes my heart began to sing
I took my time to take it in
Afraid of the cliff looming before me
But in the end I knew what would win
And no sooner did I start falling freely
Afraid, yeah I was afraid
Afraid that another day had come bringing tears
But so far the fall has been good
And maybe I was wrong about my fears
I don’t know whether Id hit rock bottom
I sure hope soon enough I’ll learn to fly
But one thing I know, I know for sure
that now I’m brave enough to try
It was as birth pangs
like knife thrusts to the deepest chambers of my heart
like bullet wounds to my soul
then the fury of a thousand waves
and the raging og a hundred flames
crashed over me
in their anger
and then
in their peace
then silence
I rose from my ashes
and breathed the new air
take away that rusty thermometer and put aside your old stethoscope
i don’t need your syringe nor those pills on the table
i am better
i am putting aside this hospital gown and i’m buying new clothes to wear
so here’s for the bills and the frown, for i’ve got work to do and people who care.
In a million ceramic pieces
in a thousand shards of tears
falls your place of honour
falls into a den of fears
where is your reason now
where is your justice
could you absolve somehow
the sins that you embellish
quiet
here under the cover of night
take this and dig deep
more
more
beneath the amiable smiles
and the perfumed clothes
under the strong words
and the glistening silence
there
six feet down
is an ocean of tears
Its really over(really?)
You made your stand
You got me crying(a lot)
As was your plan(I knew it all along)
But when my loneliness is through(kelan kaya yun…)
Im gonna find another you
You take your sweaters(you got your shirt na right?)
You take your time
You might have your reasons(good ones)
But you will never have my rhyme(and I have a lot baby)
Im gonna sing my way away from blue(a little dancin too)
Im gonna find another you
When I was your lover
No one else will do(you know its true)
And if Im forced to find another(IF)
I hope she looks like you
and she’s nicer too(or you could be nicer and itd still be you…)
So go on, baby(boo?)
Make your little getaway
My pride will keep me company(andami ko nun…)
And just gave yours all away
Now Im gonna dress myself for two
Once for me, and once for someone new(me and Cati…)
Im gonna do some things you wouldnt let me do
(like txt while driving and play with the soil)
Im gonna find another you(most probably not)
(bitterness never sounded sooo good)
Many thanks to the master, John Mayer
For the longest time
I thought bravery was the absence of fear
the headlong rush
into overwhelming odds
against overwhelming foes
I thought bravery was
the eternity of hope
to eternally prevail
against insurmountable darkness
to accept the unseen
all the while I forgot
that there is bravery
in a falling leaf
in a fallen seed
to be stricken with heat
and battered with rain
to be reborn again
maybe, there is bravery
in surrender
How does it feel
How does it feel
to have the tables turned
to have the places reversed
to be the one sought after
to be the one dreams are built around
i’ts you now
who holds the power
to make hearts cringe
to make tears fall
tara let’s save our tears
lock em’ up
and throw away the key
till someone picks it up
and asks to open it
saying "I’m here to take them away now."
