Out of Control by U2

I got to listen to my brother's copy of U2's Sweetest Thing single, which I now own after buying his whole cd collection from him, and was surprised to hear 2 U2 songs both of which I found fascinating. I asked myself, are these unreleased U2 songs recorded live?!? I did a little researched and found out that these are songs from U2's Boy album, one of their earlier albums. I asked myself why didn't i notice these songs, having listened to the said album a week ago. The truth is there's NOT really a big difference in the studio version and the live one, except for the fact that U2 is best seen and heard live as proven by their concerts! I wish I can see them live, even only for a 5-song set.

Monday morning
Eighteen years of dawning
I say how long?
Say how long?

It was one dull morning
Woke the world with falling
I was so sad, so sad
They were so bad, so bad

I had the feeling it was out of control
I was of the opinion it was out of control

Boys and Girls
Go to the school and girls
They make children
Not like this one

I had the feeling it was out of control
I was of the opinion it was out of control

I was of a feeling it was out of control
I had the opinion it was out of control

Out of control...out of control...out of control...out of control...out of
control...

I fought fate
There's blood on the garden gate
The man said childhood
It's in his childhood

One day I'll die
The choice will not be mine
Will it be too late?
You can't fight fate

I was of a feeling it was out of control

Love Song for No One by John Mayer

I only started to appreciate this song when it was suggested by my officemate/bandmate Jonray as something that we can cover. This song officially made me think that John Mayer really does write some awesome songs that hits you on a deeper level. It doesn't hurt either that the basslines were played by equally awesome musician David "DeLa" LaBruyere.

This has also been one of my favorite songs to play with the band.

Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
On old love
Or lack thereof
After all the crushes are faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I'm jaded
I hate it

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
Get here

Searching all my days just to find you
I'm not sure who I'm looking for
I'll know it
When I see you
Until then, I'll hide in my bedroom
Staying up all night just to write
A love song for no one

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
So tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here

I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?
Oh no way

I could have met you in a sandbox
I could have passed you on the sidewalk
Could I have missed my chance
And watched you walk away?

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
I'm so tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here oh yeah

I'm tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here
I'm so tired of being alone
So hurry up and get here

You'll be so good
You'll be so good for me

My Hero by Foo Fighters

There are only a few bands that captured my heart during my high school years, Oasis and Foo Fighters are the one's that really standout. I advidly collected Oasis and FF albums since HS.

I was recently able to see Foo Fighter's VH1 Storyteller's gig were they did a somewhat acoustic version of this song. I enjoyed though is Dave Grohl's incite about this song, which was inspired by "ordinary" friends in his life, but are people who he really looks up to.

Too alarming now to talk about
Take your pictures down and shake it out
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence, race it around

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He’s ordinary

Don’t the best of them bleed it out
While the rest of them peter out
Truth or consequence, say it aloud
Use that evidence, race it around

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He’s ordinary

Kudos my hero leaving all the best
You know my hero, the one that’s on

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He’s ordinary

There goes my hero
Watch him as he goes
There goes my hero
He's ordinary

Nasilayan by KJWAN

To be honest I didn't expect to really enjoy KJWAN's album. I know for a fact that they're a rock group on the basis of the self-titled debut album (they were bad ass with Daliri), but I just didn't expect this maturity for them. I was totally surprised with how great this album is, it probably is one of the best pinoy albums I've recently listened to.

Nasilayan is one of the songs that I truly connected with. This is the type of the song which can help me survive days I really dread.

Wag mo nang ituro ang iba

Kumpas ng panahon, puno ng sakuna
Bakit ang daming nanganganib?
Ang mundo ay nagalit nanaman
Wala siya sa'ting alaala

Nasilayan ang hirap ng mundo
Nasa'yo susi ng pagbabago
'Di alam kung sa'n sisimulan?
Umpisahan mo sa sarili mo

Gera sa Timog, walang katapusan
Sanhi kulturang magkaiba
Kelangan lang ng pakikiisa
Pantay ang tungo sa isa't isa

Lumiyab ka’t silawin ang mundo
Nasa'yo susi ng pagbabago
'Di alam kung sa'n sisimulan?
Umpisahan mo sa sarili mo

'Wag mo nang ituro sa iba

Perpekto by Dong Abay

Dong Abay (Yano) did some good work on this song. And to think about it that Raimund Marasigan and Buddy Zabala did the rhythm section work for this album, makes the Filipino album, a sort-of OPM super group

I just love Dong Abay's lyrics. Touching, simple and straightforward.

Ikaw ay nagdaramdam
Puso ay nagdurugo
Hindi mo yata alam, kung san ka patungo

Ikaw ay naliligaw
Isip ay nalilito
Ayaw mo ng gumalaw
Hindi ka sigurado

Ikaw ay napupuwing
Minsan nabubulagan
Mata ay nakapiring
Daan ay kadiliman

Ikaw ay nadadapa
Napipilayan din
Di makapagsalita
Anung ibig sabihin?

Wala, wala namang...
Wala namang perpektong tao

Ano ba ang epekto, kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?

Ikaw ay nawawala
Minsan ay nawawalan
Di ka naniniwala
Puno ng alinlangan

Ikaw ay nanliliit
Ligtas ka ba sa rehas
Bakit ka nakapiit?
Bakit ka tumatakas?

Ikaw ay natatakot
Parang walang hangganan
Ang kirot ng bangungot, di mo makalimutan

Ikaw ay nanlulumo
Bilang na ba ang araw?
Gusto mo ng sumuko,
Mundo ay nagugunaw

Wala, wala namang...
Wala namang perpektong tao

Ano ba ang epekto, kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?


Ikaw ay inaalon
Walang kalaban-laban
Tuluyang nalulunod tungo sa kalaliman

Ikaw ay nalulula
Agad kang nahuhulog
Babagsak sa lupa at biglang madudurog

Ikaw ay nagdurusa
Kaya pa bang tumagal
Hindi na makahinga
Lalo pang nasasakal

Ikaw ay dumadaing
Dala mo ba ay sumpa
Para kang ililibing at ipinagluluksa.

Wala, wala namang...
Wala namang perpektong tao

Ano ba ang epekto, kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?
Ano ba ang epekto kung meron kang depekto?

Wala...
Wala namang...
Wala namang perpekto
Anu ba ang epekto ung meron kang depekto?
Wala namang perpektong tao...

Beautiful Ones by Suede

This song has probably the most memorable video from the 90's... aside from being a really sick song. How the hell can you forget this song? The video, which displays the words of the song thru objects is really awesome. The performance part of the video is one of my favorites as well. I originally thought that the singer looked a tad bit girly and has this annoying voice, but hell why mess with success!

One moment I remember from the song was seeing it on MTV coming home after the classes got suspended because our school's basketball team won.

High on diesel and gasoline
psycho for drum machine
shaking their bits to the hits

Drag acts drug acts suicides
n your dad's suits you hide
staining his name again

Cracked up stacked up 22
psycho for sex and glue
lost it to Bostik yeah
Shaved heads rave heads on the pill
got too much time to kill
get into bands and gangs

Oh here they come the beautiful ones the beautiful ones
Lalalala

Loved up doved up, hung around,
stoned in a lonely town
shaking their meat to the beat,

High on diesel and gasoline,
psycho for drum machine
shaking their bits to the hits

Oh, here they come, the beautiful ones, the beautiful ones.
Lalalala

You don't think about it,
You don't do without it,
because you're beautiful,

And if your baby's going crazy
that's how you made me,
la, la, la, la...

Animal by Def Leppard

I've owned Def Leppard's Hysteria album for the past 3-4 years already, having only listened to it once. Just this weekend, I started to think again what made this album special, having sold about 20million records worldwide. This track caught my attention, it made a spark that other songs didn't. I just probably don't get the songs and can't relate to them, but this has that certain flair for a song i just can't explain. It also has an interesting video, somewhat relating the band in a circus setting.

A wild ride, over stony ground
Such a lust for life, the circus comes to town
We are the hungry ones, on a lightning raid
Just like a river runs, like a fire needs flame...oh, I burn for you!

I gotta feel it in my blood, Whoa-oh!
I need your touch don't need your love, Whoa-oh!
And I want, and I need, and I lust, Animal!
And I want, and I need, and I lust, Animal!

I cry wolf, given mouth to mouth
Like a movin' heartbeat in the witching hour
I'm runnin' with the wind, a shadow in the dust
And like the drivin' rain Yeah, like the restless rust... I never sleep!

I gotta feel it in my blood, Whoa-oh!
I need your touch don't need your love, Whoa-oh!
And I want, and I need, and I lust, Animal!
And I want, and I need, and I lust, Animal!

Huh! Oh!
Cry wolf baby
Cry tough
Gonna hunt you like an, uh, uh, animal
Gonna take your love n' run

I gotta feel it in my blood, Whoa-oh!
I need your touch don't need your love, Whoa-oh!
And I want, and I need, and I lust, Animal!
And I want, and I need, and I lust, Animal!

And I want (And I want)
And I need (And I need)
And I lust (And I lust)
Animal (Animal)
And I want (Take me)
And I need (Tame me)
And I lust (Make me)
Animal (Your Animal)
And I want (Show me)
And I need (Stroke me)
And I lust (Let me be your...)
Animal (Animal)
And I want (I want)
And I need (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
And I lust (Yeah Animal)
Animal (Animal)

Shake Yer Head by Eraserheads

I was playing a lot of bass this year, ever since i invested on a really good amp. one of my targets is to learn alot of Eheads. As I have been playing in a Eraserheads cover band, i was motivated to study the basslines for the debut album note-for-note. Even though I was already aware of how great Buddy Zabala is on bass, I was still taken aback on how awesome some of the laid basslines were for Ultraelectromagneticpop. All I can say was "Wow, ang galing talaga". One of the challenge was actually to learn Shake Yer Head, as it's the bass who holds the rhythm parts with minimal drumming for the song. Plainly stated this one's really a great song

I was born upside down
I felt my grandma
Put my feet on the ground
They put a spoon in my mouth
And everyone was shocked to hear me shout

Well I knew I couldn't take
All that dog food that they make
And just as soon as pull myself
On a stake and burn
I saw it coming around
And so I just yeah,
Shook my head and walk away

I grew up in a town
Where everybody's trying to push me around
The girls are all right
But the guys are tough
They're always bugging me with macho stuffs

Well I ain't no super fighter
I go for flower power
I've been running every race
Just to save my face

Well, they try to see
If you care
It's just a matter of not begging for more
You know it's really suicidal to just give in
With people you can never really be sure

Oh, when I get down to this
They'll eat you up
When the words get in your head
They'll get you up
It's a saving grace
To have enough
When you find yourself in a compromising spot
You should know, you shouldn't take
All that dog food that they make
You'd just as soon as put yourself on a stake and burn

You see it coming around

How You Remind Me by Nickelback

I don't know, why recently lyrics of this song is buzzing through my head (Are We Having Fun Yet?), when I haven't listened to it for years. But hey this is a good song! Well written, catchy and Nickelback's an awesome band. I guess my old-self is asking to take a listen to the old albums again.

Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
Tired of living like a blind man
I'm sick of sight without a sense of feeling
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
for handing you a heart worth breaking
and I've been wrong, i've been down,
been to the bottom of every bottle
these five words in my head
scream "are we having fun yet?"

yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no
yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no

it's not like you didn't know that
I said I love you and I swear I still do
And it must have been so bad
Cause living with me must have damn near killed you

And this is how, you remind me
Of what I really am
This is how, you remind me
Of what I really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
for handing you a heart worth breaking
and I've been wrong, i've been down,
been to the bottom of every bottle
these five words in my head
scream "are we having fun yet?"

yet, yet, yet, no, no
yet, yet, yet, no, no
yet, yet, yet, no, no
yet, yet, yet, no, no

Never made it as a wise man
I couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing
And this is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
This is how you remind me
Of what i really am
This is how you remind me
Of what i really am

It's not like you to say sorry
I was waiting on a different story
This time I'm mistaken
for handing you a heart worth breaking
and I've been wrong, i've been down,
been to the bottom of every bottle
these five words in my head
scream "are we having fun yet?"
yet, yet
are we having fun yet

Silly Love Songs by Wings

Today, I called in sick for work, cause I'm sick ahead due and was feeling headaches. While browsing for the net how a Rickenbacker 4001 bass sounds, I came across this old Paul McCartney classic.

This has been the song of the day. I just fell in love the song.

You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.
But I look around me and I see it isn't so.
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs.
And what's wrong with that?
I'd like to know, 'cause here I go again

I love you
I love you
I love you
I love you

I can't explain the feeling's plain to me, now can't you see?
(I love you)
Ah, she gave me more, she gave it all to me, now can't you see,
(I love you)
What's wrong with that?
I need to know, 'cause here I go again

I love you
I love you

Love doesn't come in a minute,
Sometimes it doesn't come at all
I only know that when I'm in it
It isn't silly, love isn't silly, love isn't silly at all.

How can I tell you about my loved one?
How can I tell you about my loved one?

How can I tell you about my loved one?
(I love you)
How can I tell you about my loved one?
(I love you)

I love you
I love you
I love you
(I can't explain the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see?)
I love you
(Ah, he gave me more, he gave it all to me, say can't you see)
I love you
(I can't explain the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see?)
(How can I tell you about my loved one?)
I love you
(Ah, he gave me more, he gave it all to me, say can't you see)
(How can I tell you about my loved one?)
I love you
(I can't explain the feeling's plain to me, say can't you see?)
(How can I tell you about my loved one?)
I love you
(Ah, he gave me more, he gave it all to me, say can't you see)
(How can I tell you about my loved one?)

You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.
But I look around me and I see it isn't so. Oh, no
Some people wanna fill the world with silly love songs.
And what's wrong with that?

All She Wrote by Default

Default became one of my favorite bands during college with the the strenth of "Wasting My Time" from the debut album, The Fallout. I was heavily watching out for the 2nd album to come and when I got news that it was released in the US, I patiently downloaded the album thru music channels in IRC.

All She Wrote was the one which was very easy to listen to and became a favorite that time. I even convinced my bestfriend (Dris) to take a listen to the album and he liked the song as well, even trying to play it in an acoustic guitar.

Something's wrong with your mind
It won't think of me anymore
Was it all a waste of time
Tell me why was I such a chore
Broken bottles empty
Cut my mouth so I can't say

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Lying here in your bed
The one that you liked to do it in
Pieces of long brown hair
Are all over it and still in my brain
i can't explain
What it's like not knowing if I'll ever cross your mind

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Sleep through the day
Fight through the night
Seven a.m. and the tv is white
Covered in snow
I never knew that hell could get so cold

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Something's wrong with your mind
It won't think of me anymore
Was it all a waste of time

If I Am by Nine Days

During HS and college, I really enjoyed watching music videos... today I just pass by most of it. It'a alway plus for a good song to have a good video, especially if it involves a cute girl, in this case a mysterious "seemingly" beautiful girl.

I wasn't able to own a copy of the album this song came from (The Madding Crowd), I was only able to borrow a pirated copy of the cd from a friend. Awesome song... just takes me to those years.

So your standing on a ledge,
It looks like you might fall.
So far down,
Or maybe you were thinking about jumping.
Now you could have it all,
If you learned a little patience!
For though I cannot fly,
I'm not content to crawl!...
So give me a little credit,
Have in me a little faith!
I want to be with you forever,
If tomorrow's not too late!...
And it's always too late when you've got nothing
So you say!...
But you should never let the sun set on tomorrow,
Before the sun rises today...
IF I AM!
Another waste of everything you dreamed of,
I will let you down...
IF I AM!
Only here to watch you as you suffer,
I will let you down...
So your walking on the edge,
And you wait your turn to fall.
But you're so far gone,
That you don't see the hands upheld to catch you.
And you could find the fault,
In the heart that you've been handed!
For though you cannot fly,
You're not content to crawl!...
And it's always too late when you've got nothing
So you say!...
But you should never let the sun set on tomorrow,
Before the sun rises...
IF I AM!
Another waste of everything you hoped for,
I will let you down...
IF I AM!
Only here to watch you as you suffer,
I will let you down...
So you're standing on a ledge,
It looks like you might fall...
IF I AM!
Another waste of everything you dreamed of,
I will let you down...
IF I AM!
Only here to watch you as you suffer,
I will let you down...
The answers we find,
Are never what we had in mind.
So we make it up as we go along...
You don't talk of dreams
I won't mention tomorrow.
And we won't make those promises that we can't keep...
I will never leave you!
I will not let you down!
I will never leave you!
I will not let you down!

Building a Mystery by Sarah Mclachlan

I feel in love with Sarah Mclachlan by virtue of this song. Period!

You come out at night
That's when the energy comes
And the dark side's light
And the vampires roam
You strut your rasta wear
And your suicide poem
And a cross from a faith that died
Before Jesus came
You're building a mystery

You live in a church
Where you sleep with voodoo dolls
And you won't give up the search
For the ghosts in the halls
You wear sandals in the snow
And a smile that won't wash away
Can you look out the window
Without your shadow getting in the way?

You're so beautiful
With an edge and charm
but so careful
When I'm in your arms

Cause you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

You woke up screaming aloud
A prayer from your secret god
You feed off our fears
And hold back your tears, oh
Give us a tantrum
And a know it all grin
Just when we need one
When the evening's thin

You're a beautiful
A beautiful fucked up man
You're setting up your
Razor wire shrine

Cause you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

Ooh you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
Holding on and holding it in
Yeah you're working
Building a mystery
And choosing so carefully

You're building a mystery

Cinnamon Girl by Prince

This is one of my favorite Prince guitar performances. He just attacks the song with ferocity. The song shares it's title with a Neil Young song I believe. I remember waking up at the mid-night because of the noise my older brother is doing and this song is in the screen. I wouldn't forget that moment... seeing Prince blaze a guitar solo for the video of this song.

I believe the song is somewhat inspired by the tragic events of 9/11. I guess this song is one of the positive things that came out of that event.

As war drums beat in Babylon
Cinnamon girl starts 2 pray
Eye've never heard a prayer like this 1
Never b4 that day

Tearful words of love 4 people she had never met b4
Asking God 2 grant them mercy in this face of a holy war

Cinnamon Girl

Cinnamon Girl of mixed heritage
Never knew the meaning of color lines
911 turned that all around
When she got accused of this crime

So began the mass illusion, war on terror alibi
What's the use when the god of confusion keeps on telling the same lie?

Cinnamon Girl

Don't cry, don't shed no tears
1 night won't make us feel
Cause we know how this movie's ending

Cinnamon Girl

As war drums beat in Babylon
And scorch the blood red sky
Militants bomb the foreign gun
Both sides truly die

Cinnamon girl opens the book she knows will settle all the scores
Then she prays after the war that there will not b anymore

Cinnamon Girl

Never the Bright Lights by Violent Playground

I'll be honest... I only found about this song by listening to Rivermaya's cover album, Isang Ugat, Isang Dugo. Thinking it was a song that was made in the 80's* (as most of the songs in the album were), I was surprised that it came from a band whose album I've seen for quite some time already but never bothered in buying.

Right now I've been listening to a lot of local bands and have found these treasure of songs! I was happy I was able to buy the Primordial Soup album for the new year.

My favorite part of the song is when the singer sings the title.

I see the people walking down the streets at night
And they all look like they long for a fight
It's like a dream where everybody is for sale
In a country where there angry and the sky is pale
We always want something more, then we want it all
So you can go back to your life, if that's what is called
It's such a terrible fate to be young and ugly
To be faced by so much uncertainty
You'd better keep your sanity

Bright lights go up
Big city come down

All this confusion gives you notions of self destruction
So you think of something that may keep us together
He may be black, he may be white
But they don't need to fight
In a city where there's too much violence already
Look at the sky it's dirty, and it's gray and filthy
And today looks just like yesterday
You ask yourself how long can a bad thing last
When we are sodden to our knees with so much strife
They say it's meant to change your life

I see the people walking down the street at night
And they all look like they long for a fight
Just like the old man said: "What are you gonna do with your life?"
Never the bright lights

*Note: just found out that the song was indeed from the 80's but was rerecorded in the 90's for this album.

Wish You Were Here by Incubus

I was the biggest Incubus fan at the time when Morning View came out. Everytime i'll get online, I'll visit the official Incubus webpage and the fansites as well. I downloaded pictures, wall papers and bootleg copies of the song.

The first time I heard this single... my mind was blown. It was just a mind-fuck. I can't forget listening to the guitars and drums thinking... "Oh shit.... this is fucking it". Hearing Brandon's voice being sampled by DJ Kilmore... that was awesome as well.

This might sound funny, but I see Incubus's music as one of my inspirations for getting good grades back in the day.

I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
Strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy...happy

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here

I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a back lit canopy
With holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs
I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy...happy

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here

The world's a roller coaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air saying:

I wish you were here
I wish you were

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
Wish you were here

Wave of Emotion by Richie Kotzen

Richie Kotzen entered by musical consciousness when he became the guitarist of Mr. Big replacing Paul Gilbert. Little did I know that Kotzen was the guitarist of Poison for the Native Tongue album, which i became familiar with back in the day because of my older brother.

This song is from a solo effort, the album sharing the same title, Wave of Emotion. I bought my Japan made CD (with accompanying OBI strip) in Quiapo. This is one of the songs I really enjoy from the album.

Said I brought you down (look in the mirror)
Truth goes round and round (sounds a little clearer)
Blame lives on your tongue (fault for everyone)
you're on your way alone...
Said you're life's too hard (take a look around you)
Ignore that baby scar (it will prolong you)
Love the things you hate (Repeat's your middle name)
To live is not too late..

We ride on the Wave of Emotion...
Emotion that may carry you up or down...
People and their problems...
No one stands alone...ride on the Wave of Emotion...

Say walk inmy shoes (ain't never been worn)
You look for ways to lose (every single moment)
Pity is what you use (to get what you want)
I'm Tired of hearin' your blues...

We ride on the Wave of Emotion...
Emotion that may carry you up or down...
People and their problems...
No one stands alone...
ride on the Wave of Emotion...

(Ow yeah yeah) Tell me what you're gonna do...
(Ow mama) When it all comes down on you...
(Ow yeah yeah) Time has got control you see...
(Time is keeper you see) we ride on the Wave of Emotion...
Emotion that may carry you up or down...
People and their problems...
No one stands alone...
ride on the Wave of Emotion...
We ride, Wave of Emotion...
Emotion, carry you up or down..
All their problems... all stand as one..
Ride on the Wave of Emotion..
Ride..o, Ride on the Wave of Emotion...

Remenis by Rivermaya

From old Rivermaya to the latest incarnation of Rivermaya. To be honest the last album, Closest Thing to Heaven, is a great Album. People should start looking past Rivermaya being Rico Blanco's band. These guys have written good music for the past two albums with Blanco and they deserve a lot better.

Mark Escueta's drumwork on Closest Thing to Heaven and Buhay is something I really enjoy listening to. As it turns out, he gets sole credit in writing this song as well!

Ano ang kulay ng paglimot?
Isasalin ko sana sa bughaw na nadarama
Naghahabi ng paghilom
Buhay natin ang tema
Alaala ang tinta

Simple lang ang buhay noon
Lahat ng bagay abot ng 'sang kamay
Himbing natin gintong nakaraan
Paminsan-minsan lamang balikan

Isipin mo nalang may taong wala ng meron ka
Pero sumasabay sa ikot ng mundo
Sekreto ng buhay ay wala sa mga tala
Muli nating balikan ang simula

Sayang, Hanggang remenis na lang
Sayang, Hanggang remenis na lang

Tama nang sisihan
Lahat nama'y nagkulang sa
Kanya-kanyang paningin
Kanya-kanyang paningin
Hawak mo ang mahiwagang alas
Sasama ka ba o kusang aatras

Simple lang ang buhay ngayon
Manalig ka, Diyos lang ang siyang gabay
Gintong pangako

Sayang, Hanggang remenis na lang
Sayang, Hanggang remenis na lang

Isipan mo nalang may taong wala ng meron ka
Pero sumasabay sa ikot ng mundo
Sekreto ng buhay, nasa tibay ng samahang
Sinimulan
Inaalagaan
Pinaninindigan
Muli nating balikan ang simula

Hinahanap-hanap Kita by Rivermaya

This song probably has the best filipino lyrics for a love song. The word-play that Rico Blanco incorporates in this song is just legendary. My favorite line is the first one in the song. It also has arguably the one of the bass lines recorded in pinoy rock history.

To top that, it has a narrated lyrics part and spills over to a instrumental of the classic OPM song, Maalala Mo Kaya.

“Adik sa’yo”, awit sa akin
nilang sawa na sa aking
mga kwentong marathon
Tungkol sa’yo, at sa ligayang
iyong hatid sa aking buhay
tuloy ang bida sa isipan ko’y ikaw

Sa umaga’t sa gabi sa
bawa’t minutong lumilipas
Hinahanap-hanap kita,
hinahanap-hanap kita
Sa isip at panaginip,
bawa’t pagpihit ng tadhana
Hinahanap-hanap kita

Sabik sa’yo kahit maghapon
na tayong magkasama’t parang telesine
Ang ating ending Hatid sa bahay n’yo
Sabay goodnight, sabay me-kiss,
sabay bye-bye

Sa school sa flag ceremony
hanggang uwian araw-araw
Hinahanap-hanap kita,
hinahanap-hanap kita
At kahit na magka-anak kayo’t
magkatuluyan balang araw
Hahanap-hanapin ka,
hahanap-hanapin ka