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

Until the End of Time by Justin Timberlake

I don't know. There's just something about the music of this song. I never digested what the lyrics are and what they mean (most probably a love song), but the instant I heard this song and knew it was good.

Justin Timberlake, has so far, churned out good-quality music. I hope it continues.

Listen

Woke up this morning
Heard the TV sayin' something
'Bout disaster in the world and
It made me wonder where I'm going
There's so much darkness in the world
But I see beauty left in you girl
And what you give me let's me know
That I'll be alright

'cause if your love was all I had
In this life
Well that would be enough
Until the end of time
So rest your weary heart
And relax your mind
Cause I'm gonna love you girl
Until the end of time

You've got me singing
Oh whoa, yeah
Oh whoa, yeah
Everybody sing
Oh whoa, yeah
Everybody singing
Oh whoa yeah

Now if you're ever wondering
About the way I'm feeling
Well baby girl there ain't no question
Just to be around you is a blessing
Sick and tired of trying to save the world
I just want to spend my time with you girl
And what you're giving me
Let's me know that we'll be alright.

'cause if your love was all I had
In this life
Well that would be enough
Until the end of time
So rest your weary heart
And relax your mind
Cause I'm gonna love you girl
Until the end of time

You've got me singing
Oh whoa, yeah
Oh whoa, yeah
Everybody sing
Oh whoa, yeah
Everybody singing
Oh whoa yeah

This one's for the lovers
If you're out there let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
This one's for the lovers
If you're out there let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)
This one's for the lovers
If you're out there let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
This one's for the lovers
If you're out there let me hear you say
Yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah)

Oh whoa yeah
Oh whoa yeah
Oh whoa yeah
Oh whoa yeah

'cause if your love was all I had
In this life
That would be enough
Until the end of time

Trip to Jerusalem by Eraserheads

There were only 2 singles that I'm familiar with that came of from the Eraserhead's Christmas album aptly titled Fruitcake, one sharing the same title as the album. The other is this song, Trip to Jerusalem.

This is my favorite song of the Fruitcake album. I believe the video for this song might have helped in having that choice. I just remember point of view of the camera traveling and it seems to be flying on some angles.

The guitar riff on the chorus is also SiCk!!! It just sticks in my mind like a glue.

Open your door
Dance on the floor
Hey what’s your name
Let’s play a game
I am the champ
Come see me stomp

It never ends

Oh tell me do you wanna fly
Fly high way up in the sky
Or maybe you don’t even have to try
All you have to do is follow that star

But when the star doesn’t shine
You won’t be able to find your way
And the wiseman will still remain
The king of trip to jerusalem

Sometimes you win
Sometimes you fail
Choose holy blood
Lose holy grail
Just when you think you’ve gone so far
You find yourself back to the start

It never ends

Oh tell me do you wanna fly
Fly high way up in the sky
Or maybe you don’t even have to try
All you have to do is follow that star

But when the star doesn’t shine
You won’t be able to find your way
There won’t be any other chance to be
The king of trip to jerusalem

The music plays like a heavenly choir
Lovely chairs are there if you get tired

Don’t listen to a word he says
He’s just trying to distract you
Do your own thing stick with what you want

Open your drawer
Dance on the floor
And now at last just two of us
Only one chair
Who will sit there
Is it the king or
Is it the heir

It never ends

Oh tell me do you wanna fly
Fly high way up in the sky
Or maybe you don’t even have to try
All you have to do is follow that star

But when the star doesn’t shine
You won’t be able to find your way
The only thing that we can do is pray
On our trip to jerusalem

You Didn't Break It by Steve Vai

I bought my first Steve Vai album at a local record shop for around P100. This was probably one of the more pop oriented songs in the album, a song I definitely loved so much that I included in a mix tape (or more appropriately mixed cd I gave to a girl)

According to the liner notes, it was written by a couple, Bob and Suzannah Harris who goes by the commercial name Rantin and Rayven. On this record, they sang the vocals and backing vocals respectively.

You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break my heart when you split
You only cracked it just a bit

Somethin's changed
Though I know my heart ain't plastic
I guess through the years it's grown
A little more elastic

'Cause this time cryin' time
Didn't last as long
And my heart just needed minor repairs
And it feels pretty strong
(Feels pretty strong)
And it's movin' right along

You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break my heart when you split
You only cracked it just a bit

You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break my heart

Losin' love, it used to crush me
Now it doesn't
I just figured it was meant to be
Or it wasn't

So if you wanna know
Now that you're gone, the shape I'm in
You never clipped the wings of my heart
It's gonna fly again.

You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break my heart when you split
You only cracked it just a bit

You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break it
You didn't break my heart

I got somethin' that keeps me goin'
I got a habit of comin' around, honey
You didn't run me off the highway
You only slowed me down

Hello Again by Hoobastank

Hoobastank was one of my favorite bands during college, especially after getting immersed in Incubus music. Members of both bands were school mates as far as i remember.

The band might be more famous for singles such as the Reason and Crawling in the Dark, but they really had some good songs, one of which is this song, Hello Again.

Dan Estrin, the guitarist, uses a lot of textures and layers for the guitar parts... and I love how the riffs are put together in this song. Bass lines didn't go wrong neither.

I dream that someday we'll be able to
Look back on this together and say
It was for the best and that it made us
Stronger today, stronger today

There's much more for us to see
A brand new day for you and me
And with confidence I say, "We're better than ever"
And I don't know where this will lead
But in my life you need to be
Cause I need to say, "Hello again"

I'm so afraid that if I wait too long
You'll never look in my eyes again
With a look that gave me strength and gave me hope
And made me feel I've inspired


There's much more for us to see
A brand new day for you and me
And with confidence I say, "We're better than ever"
And I don't know where this will lead
But in my life you need to be
Cause I need to say, "Hello again"

Hello again, hello again, yea
Hello again, yea

There's much more for us to see
A brand new day for you and me
And with confidence I say, "We're better than ever"
And I don't know where this will lead
But in my life you need to be
Cause I need to say, "Hello again"

Patience by Guns N' Roses

Wow! This blog has been running for more about 4 years and I haven't written something about the guns who ruled the early 90's with their brand of rock and roll... Guns N' fuckin' Roses.

Me and my brothers started off with the Use Your Illusion albums and gradually gravitated to the older albums... Appetite for Destruction and GNR Lies. GNR Lies seemed to be a sucky album with me listening only to one side of the album as I found the other side not too appealing for my youthful and ignorant taste. (Little did I know that the other side I was not listening to was a copy of the GNR original EP "Live ?!*@ Like a Suicide".

The song starts of with the infamous whistle which every kid listening to Guns N' Roses had to learn at that time.

(1..2...1,2,3,4)
Shed a tear 'cause I'm missing you
I'm still alright to smile
Girl, I think about you every day now
Was a time when I wasn't sure
But you set my mind at ease
There is no doubt you're in my heart now
Said woman take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said sugar make it slow
And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
(inhale) Patience...
Ooh, oh, yeah

Sit here on the stairs
'Cause I'd rather be alone
If I can't have you right now, I'll wait dear
Sometimes, I get so tense
But I can't speed up the time
But you know, love, there's one more thing to consider
Said woman take it slow
Things will be just fine
You and I'll just use a little patience
Said sugar take the time
'Cause the lights are shining bright
You and I've got what it takes to make it
We won't fake it, Oh never break it
'Cause I can't take it

...little patience, mm yeah, ooh yeah,
Need a little patience, yeah
Just a little patience, yeah
Some more pati... (ence, yeah)
I've been walking these streets at night
Just trying to get it right (Need some patience, yeah)
It's hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like being stuck in a crowd (Could use some patience, yeah)
And the streets don't change but maybe the name
I ain't got time for the game
'Cause I need you (Patience, yeah)
Yeah, yeah well I need you
Oh, I need you (Take some patience)
Whoa, I need you (Just a little patience is all we need)
Ooh, this ti- me....

Shattered Like by Rivermaya

Being a big fan of Rivermaya I have a lot of favorite songs from the band. This probably cracks the top 10 Rivermaya songs for me. The song's structure seems simple and I just like the overall message... again a disappointment in love life.

I distinctly remember this songs video, which was a collage of videos from Rivermaya's tour abroad. They also performed a danceable version of this song for their Araneta concert with Kitchie Nadal, which ranks among the best concerts I've attended.

You're the night in my days,
that I fight to keep from coming
you're the life when I pray, that I feel.

I tried to tame you,
I tried to open your mind.
I tried to save you,
you said it's just a waste of time
'cause you are meant to explode one day
'cause you are built that way,
yeah you are built that way.

I delight in my pain,
and I'm shattered like your promises
though I tried to be sane,
I'm just shattered like,
shattered like your promises.

Had you been drinking?
had you been messing up your life
like you did mine, not long ago.

That's good for ego,
that's good for motherfucking ego
like I need it.
Still, while the record company waits
until our song I say tough luck

But i'm too crazy and
i'm too weak and I'm too busy
remembering how to smile
and how to be happy.

I delight in my pain
and I'm shattered like your promises
though I tried to be sane,
I'm just shattered like,
shattered like.

I'm just shattered, shattered, shattered...

December 2 Ch VII by Taken By Cars

This song is what i would call an "on-switch", it just turns the mood up! Awesome guitar riffs that would make you forget about problems... it just takes you to places.

Kudos to the band for delivering this awesome song.

A sinking call
An out of sight hello
From a thousand wailing walls
It's like you
It's like you never left at all

I throw your word around like child's play
Listen to what I say
I throw your words around like child's play
New blues for a new day

And when I'm gone
I want you to wonder
And when I stop
I want you to play

And let the best of you just see right through me
Cause I can't see

But I wasn't where you were
No I'm never where you are
I'm in my looking glass view
Always almost too close to you
I'm always almost too close to you

Ray of Light by Madonna

This is probably my favorite 90's Madonna song, why? Because aside from being a good song... I distinctly remember listening to thisn song while sitting at a backseat of a car with the sun on my face on the way home from a beach somewhere in the north. I actually felt I was kidnapped because the plan was not shared with me and my brothers... we just became aware a few hours before we would travel. But what the heck it was fun!!

To add: this was performed on MTV VMA's with Fuckin' Lenny Kravitz and his big hairdo on guitars.

Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun
She's got herself a universe gone quickly
For the call of thunder threatens everyone

And I feel like I just got home
And I feel
And I feel like I just got home
And I feel

Faster than the speeding light she's flying
Trying to remember where it all began
She's got herself a little piece of heaven
Waiting for the time when Earth shall be as one

And I feel like I just got home
And I feel
And I feel like I just got home
And I feel

Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light
Quicker than a ray of light

Zephyr in the sky at night I wonder
Do my tears of mourning sink beneath the sun
She's got herself a universe gone quickly
For the call of thunder threatens everyone

And I feel
Quicker than a ray of light
Then gone for
Someone else shall be there
Through the endless years

She's got herself a universe
She's got herself a universe
She's got herself a universe

And I feel

Quicker than a ray of light she's flying
Quicker than a ray of light I'm flying

Hatak by The Dawn

I was trying to choose which song from The Dawn's Sound the Alarm I was going to write about and choose this one over As I Do and Pedestal. I'm a recent The Dawn fan and I would say that this song falls in the company of classic songs from the band.

The album and the song features new guitarist Kenneth Ilagan, who replaced the classic Francis Reyes for lead guitar duties.

Hinihintay ang sikat ng araw
sa pusong madilim
upang makita ang sarili
ligaw at dumaraing

San ba ako huling lumiko
di ko na matandaan
marami nang binuhos ang mundo
isa isa lang mahina ang kalaban
mahina ang kalaban

May kaunting panahon ka pa
para ako ay sagipin
hatak lang ang kailangan ko
ayokong mahulog sa bangin

Kung ika'y aking nasaktan
ako sanay' patawarin
Tao lang, tao lang kaibigan
ang langit ay hanap pa din

San ba ako huling lumiko
di ko na matandaan
marami nang binuhos ang mundo
isa isa lang mahina ang kalaban
mahina ang kalaban

May kaunting panahon ka pa
para ako ay sagipin
hatak lang ang kailangan ko
ayokong mahulog sa bangin

Tignan mo ako ng may pagmamahal
yan lamang aking hiling sa iyo

Isa isa lang..
Isa isa lang..
Isa isa lang..
ang paghakbang

May kaunting panahon ka pa
para ako ay sagipin
hatak lang ang kailangan ko
ayokong mahulog sa bangin

What Light by Wilco

I'm not really familiar with Wilco as a band, but I've heard that they're quite good.

I don't own a copy of the Sky Blue Sky album, but I was able to get a copy of this song by way of Relix Magazine (see www.relix.com), which had a free CD that came along. I love the acoustic feel and the vibe in the song. Simple yet sweet.

This song made me a fan of Wilco

If you feel like singing a song
And you want other people to sing along
Just sing what you feel
Don't let anyone say it's wrong

And if you're trying to paint a picture
But you're not sure which colors belong
Just paint what you see
Don't let anyone say it's wrong

And if you're strung out like a kite
Or stung awake in the night
It's alright to be frightened

When there's a light (what light)
There's a light (one light)
There's a light (white light)
Inside of you

If you think you might need somebody
To pick you up when you drag
Don't loose sight of yourself
Don't let anyone change your bag

And if the whole world's singing your songs
And all of your paintings have been hung
Just remember what was yours is everyone's from now on

And that's not wrong or right
But you can struggle with it all you like
You'll only get uptight

Because there's a light (what light)
There's a light (one light)
There's a light (white light)
...
Inside of you

Bochog by Rivermaya

I'm honestly hardpressed in choosing which Rivermaya songs to write about. I enjoy them alot, even with the transitions of members of the band.

I choose Bochog, because somehow without listening to it for months, it popped in my head yesterday. It has a melancholic feel to it... and another unrequited love song for the books. I got a feeling that Kakoy Legaspi had a lot of influence with the direction of the Rivermaya sound for this album with a lot of great guitar parts. I'm not sure who copped the guitar solo for this song, but DAMN!, that's how I would like my guitar playing to sound.

Tumawag ka agad sa akin
ng matanggap mo ang mga rosas kagabi
Binasa mo ang sulat na
kasama't para kang lasing na pusa sa kilig

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
Pero ako

Mula pa sa may kanto ay
tuloy-tuloy kitang pinagmasdan kinaumagahan
Hanggang tenga ang 'yong ngiti
at tila na sa ulap lumilipad sige lipad

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
Pero ako

Sa panaginip ko ako ang nagbigay
ng mga rosas at inibig mo ako ng tunay

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
at wala ka ng kailangan
Busog na ang 'yong mundo

Busog na ang 'yong isipan
Busog na ang puso mo
Pero ako