I saw your face in the half light
Of my broken bedroom mirror
The sturdy nose of a USAFFE man
Brought down by a mild stroke

Swallowed by the whale
In that last stretch of Bataan
Like Jonah who spent 3 days in that belly
He lived 3 years in Sheol

Are you like your father?
Or was it just the mirror?
What terrors did he see
Passed on to your child?

It’s a strange world isn’t it?
It’s a strange world.

It’s a strange world isn’t it?
It’s a strange world

At the death march memorial
The trees shield me from the sun
What life is there that the ground beneath
Seeks to wither away?

You told me of your father’s rage
Coming home late at night.
And that silence that you hate
When he stares out into nothing.

I was surprised
By the fullness of that face
What heartaches did he feel
Passed on to his child?

It’s a strange world isn’t it?
It’s a strange world.

It’s a strange world isn’t it?
It’s a strange world
(I’ll wait ‘til the morning birds come)

Strange World

Umalpas ang hangin
May dalang awitin
Nagpapapansin
Tumugon ang madlang
Namangha sa ganda
Ng bagong kanta
Ngunit isang sandali
Ang kanta’y nawala
Nabitawan ng hangin na umiiyak
Na parang bata

Ako ay nagising
Sa katok ng isang anghel
Binulong sa akin
Na dapat hanapin
Ang nawawala
“Narinig mo ba ang pangungulila
Ng mga gitara?”
At ng siya’y lumisan
Ang natira’y
Kalmot ng pusa

Nagpunta ako sa siyudad
Upang maghanap
Sa loob ng buwan
Sa ilalim ng kalan
Pati makina ng sasakyan
Kahit si Manuel Quezon
Nakayanang tumayo
Nakita daw niya ang kanta sa tiyan ng isang engkanto

Ako'y namahinga
sa kuwintas ng iyong luha
Kasama ang iyong mahal
Ang galanteng tala
Bihira ang katulad mo
Maramdaming kaluluwa
Hangin, huwag kang mag alala
mahahanap rin ang kanta

Sa gubat may nagkakantahan
Nakita ang kanta
Na nilalambing ang isang bulaklak
May alunig ang siklab ng apoy
Sa boses ng kuliglig 
Dumating ang araw
Nagpasyang sumayaw
At magpalamig

Kanta

You came to see me
Near the bottom of the sea
Counting everything
That swam away from the storm inside me
I am ashamed by all the trouble I cause
Keeping myself in the dark

But through these storms
I came to know myself well
Still you came to me

When you said I was your light
Suddenly I was your light
Baby, I am your light
Baby, I am your light

Baby, I am your light
Baby, I am your light


I am a painter
I painted all the storms
When i showed you the pictures
You said how pretty is the morn’
I wasn’t expecting that reaction
I guess that’s what they call
Love’s animation
Though i think it shouldn’t work
Like a thief in the night
Will this be another one to regret?

But if you’re the better judge than me
Maybe I’ll come through
When you said I was your light
Suddenly I was your light
Baby, I am your light
Baby, I am your light

Baby, I am your light
Baby, I am your light

I Am Your Light (Demo)

No longer need to cry
I'll wipe your tears away
The Sierra Madre
Is a dream to yesterday

Like your father who had
in his eyes
That nuclear flash of regret

Go build a spaceship
I'll take you far far away

To Titan or Enceladus
Titan or Enceladus
Titan or Enceladus
Titan or Enceladus

And there you will see
Every mountain, every sea
None of which was made with
A palm of pain or regret

I carved them with no pain and no regret

But if you see one misshaped 
river or hill
Call me and I'll be there

And I'll be there

To Titan or Enceladus
Titan or Enceladus
Titan or Enceladus
Titan or Enceladus

Titan Or Enceladus

Makulimlim na Umaga

Mapalad ang may hardin sa oras ng lumbay
Huwag mag alala, maramdaming kaluluwa
Doon may pahinga

Mapalad ang may hardin sa oras ng lumbay
Nakakuwintas sa iyong mata
Ang tamis ng ala ala

Walang sakit
Walang pait
Walang tuksong nandidiin
Walang takot
Walang kupas
Walang haplos ng mali

Walang lungkot
Walang poot
Na hindi napapawi
Ang sakit ng kasalanan
Ay hinding hindi darating

Mapalad ang may hardin sa oras ng lumbay
Nasa talulot ang ayaw mong pansinin
Na simpleng kaligayahan

Mapalad ang may hardin

The mystery of the cross 
goes beyond eternity
and passes through 
every heart that lived
and lives on the Earth

Open your heart and let
the river flow and flow and flow
you'll find a peace of mind 
unheard centuries ago

Oh Lord your mercy's greater 
than my sin, my suffering
In the cross I see my spirit with you
 My God, my saviour

In the cross I found the power 
to love my brother and my sister
Death has lost its sting on my soul
I am free from all my captors

Father of lights your gifts
are perfect and unchangable
I'll follow you like stars in gravity
and revel in your light

The cross

Afternoon Coffee with my sister
Under amethyst skies
In a coffeeshop by the sea
Life is good
Just you and me
Wondering about everything we see

Afternoon Coffee with my brother
It's a lovely day
Just to sit and say
What we feel deep inside
All the tiredness of the heart
Until it's alright

And when the castle crumbles
And we're caught in waves of fear
I'll go back to my sister
And she'll be there for me

Afternoon Coffee

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Naglaho ba tulad ng gubat
May apoy na lumiliyab
Bakit ayaw maapula?
Mata ng kuwago, huni ng orkidiya
Talastas ng ahas, Sigaw ng agila
Huling bulong ng isip na nagaalala

Nasaan ka na aking mahal
Hiyas ng tagaraw, kumot sa taglamig
Nagtatago ka ba nanaman
Sa maitim na ulap
Sa makasalanan

Huwag mong dibdibin ang bigat
Ng sandaang taon
Baka't maparalisa sa darating na sandaang taon
Ng paggising



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