these songs

why do i have this feeling that the songs i listen to lately somehow has me as its "role model"? most of them tell exactly of what i've been going through right now. but maybe it's just mere coincidence; that somewhere out there someone feels the same way that i do.

i've been hooked to homegrown talents lately, especially bands like up dharma down, juana, and milk 'n money. however, my first featured song for this entry is from nina, the first cut from her latest album which is out this month.

i do
nina


i can sense what you've been thinking
you wanna know if what i feel
is it down or the real thing
does your touch give me chills

if you think i have no interest
in the things you say and do
baby if you close this distance
i'm gonna prove to you that...

refrain:
i'm ready boy, ready boy
you know i wanna play
then come and go, go inside
i've got something to say to you
could have told you what you wanna hear boy
and it's oh so true

chorus:
do i like the way you kissing me
i do, yes i do
do i think about the birds and the bees
you know i do
coz there ain't no ways or maybes
do i wanna be your baby
yes i do, i do, i do

do i like the way you compliment my style
yes i do
do i like the way you chose to make me smile
you know i do
been thinking 'bout it lately
and i wanna be your baby
yes i do, i do, i do
(i really, really do)

i can see you've got some issues
you're afraid to let us start
many pieces of this puzzle
i'm missing from your heart

i can heal the pain you're feeling
i can fix the things you fear
seem too obvious to mention
but you're the reason that i'm here
(refrain and chorus)

bridge:
we could melt into the sun
watercolors start to run
we'll lie between the blue and green
maybe love changes everything

tears won't wash away the hurt
running from it doesn't work
coz love changes everything
everything, everything
(chorus)

all
juana



so you tell me that i'm wasting my time
coz i won't understand the reasons why
all the glimpses playing in my mind
keep on reminding me something's not right

please... beggin'
and here i am waiting for your say
and i say my soul is blackened
haunted by rejections
tell me when will this end

refrain
there is something in the wind
and maybe you should know
that it's real and it's for you
and if there's something in your heart
why don't you let me know
should i say or should i go

chorus
all the wasted time
all the times i've cried
all the words that rhyme
don't mean a thing
if i don't get it straight from you

now you tell me that i've lost my mind
coz you will never tell the reasons why
you had to leave me hanging on the line
somebody else's foot just stepped on mine

please... callin'
and here i am hearing you tell me it's over
my heart is broken
an understatement
coz you know you chewed it into bits

(refrain and chorus)

bridge
everyday
feels like i'm being pushed into a hole
all the heads around are shakin'
my pride is torn and broken
yet you tell me that it doesn't show

yeah all i know
is that one day i will be over you
coz all the dreams that i have known
simply faded in the cold
and something's tellin' me i must let go... let go

(refrain and chorus)

sige na please
juana

kay tagal kong naghintay para sa iyo
hindi ko matiis na ngitian mo na lang ako!
nais kitang hawakan at ipaalam
ang laman ng puso kong ito
ng puso kong ito

chorus
sige na please! sige na please!
pakinggan mo naman ako
dati pa man, dati pa man
ako’y in love sa yo!
sige na please! sige na please!
pakinggan mo naman ako

di ko maintindihan kung bakit ka ganyan
hindi naman kita pinipilit, sabihin mo na lang
kung ayaw mo akong kasama, eh di pagbibigyan
pero isang pakiusap lang
(chorus)


hinihiling
milk 'n money



oras ba ang pinahahalagahan
paano nang nadarama ko
siguro nga'y kailangang magtimpi
upang ang lihim ay di marinig

refrain
kailan ba
mo malalaman
kailan ba
o darating pa ba

chorus
ako na lamang bang maghihintay
kailangan ko pa bang pagdaanan ito
sapat na ba ang makinig
sa bawat oras na hinihiling, hinihiling
hinihiling sa 'yo
o darating pa ba

bakit pa kailangang magtiis
ililihim ko na lamang ito
baguhin ko pa ba ang lahat
pinipigilan ang sariling di sabihin
(refrain and chorus)

nangangarap lang
milk 'n money

naghihintay
sa pagpasok mo diyan sa pinto
kanina pa kita inaabangan,
hinihintay sa tabi ko
alam kong di mo napapansin,
nahihiyang aminin
ngunit sana man lang
ako'y iyong maintindihan

chorus
nagpupuyat sa kaiisip
nananaginip nang gising
pinapangarap na sana nga'y ikaw na nga
nangangarap lang
nangangarap lang

tinitingnan bawat minuto
sa aking orasan
bakit ba ako kinakabahan
sa tuwing lalapit ang iyong pagdaan
alam kong di mo napapansin
umaasa ang puso
pero sana man lang
ako'y iyong mapagbigyan
(chorus)

pakinggan mo sana
milk 'n money

bakit ba sa tuwing nakikita ka
lahat ay naiiba, ako'y sumasaya
mundo ko'y humihimig
umaasang pag-ibig na sana

refrain
ngunit kung ayaw bigyang pansin
dapat ko pa bang sabihin
kahit na damdamin ay pigilin
bahala na

chorus
pakinggan mo sana
ang pag-ibig na umaasa
pakinggan mo sana
ang pag-ibig na umaasa
(sana'y nariyan na...)

sana'y dinggin at isipin
lahat ay nagbabago rin
kung ang pagsuyo't hangarin
ay di mo pa rin naman pansin
(refrain and chorus)

i'm not yet done, guys! this is probably the most heartbreaking of them all. i just chose some relevant parts.

pagkakataon
milk 'n money

paano kung di na tayo magkikita?
paano kung wala nang pagkakataon
masabi ang lahat sa 'yo?

*there are actually so many "what ifs" on my mind right now. i know it's wrong since as we go through life, we really should have no regrets. but i'm just human after all. if what i feel is just some kind of illusion, where must i draw the line?