This is all so new
I've never felt this blue
And still at peace
With everything
And everyone
Smiling at the sun

Waking up at noon
Seems to fix my mood
And I'm at peace
With everything
And everyone
Smiling at the sun

I hope that I'd make something great
But there's no guarantee
So right now I'll just let go of the weight
And breathe because I'm free to

I know this won't last
Studying the past will show the harm
Of longing for
And holding on
To something that will pass

But that does not imply
That I should make it die
So soon
These dreams
Are bursting forth
Taking the form
Of music that will last

I hope that I'd be someone great
But there's no guarantee
So right now I'll just let go of the weight
And sing because I'm free to

I lift these songs to heaven's gates
And ask if they could keep them
Locked within a golden safe
Until I come to sing before the king

Until I come to sing before the king
Until I come to sing before the king
Until I come to sing before the king
Someday I'll come to sing before the king

Lightness (draft) - 3:24:22, 8.36 PM

A song I wrote 9 months ago. Hope you like it~
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She'll sail around the world
Ride the waves and feel the winds
Just a frightened little girl
Sailing farther from her sins

He says,
"Scarlet Ocean,
there's nothing left to save
Scarlet Ocean,
you will be my grave"

He shouldn't walk along these streets
With these buses passing by
But he's tired of his beliefs
He's tired of asking why

He says,
"Starlit Ocean,
there's nothing left to save
Scarlet Ocean,
you will be my grave"

She says,
"Starlit Ocean,
there's nothing left to save
Scarlet Ocean,
you will be my grave
you will be my grave"

Starlit Ocean (Commonwealth Avenue)

Lyrics:

I was driving down the highway with no destination in mind
You were sleeping, lying sideways, with your car seat reclined
You were smiling as the angels guarded you from up above
And I couldn't help but wonder what you were dreaming of

When I told you that I love you well I never would've guessed
That you'd end up loving me, too, and well you know the rest
In that morning birds were chirping and the grass was wet with dew
There and then I saw the world from a different point of view

A storm is raging right outside our doors
No I have never felt a love like this before
We have travelled far to Germany and Rome 
But in the end I know we'll find a way back home
Yes in the end I know we'll find a way back

Germany and Rome

Meaningful Silence (solo)

Do You Want To Be Mine (solo)

A song based on Psalm 51.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love (v1)
I was a sinner since birth (v5)
You taught me the wisdom that comes from above (v6)

Don't cast me out I have nowhere to go (v12)
Cleanse me and I will be whiter than snow (v7)

You ask for my life so I'll give it, though this grief has torn me apart (my own words)
Take my broken spirit, take my broken heart (v17)

You ask for my praise so I'll give it (v15)
I'm coming back to the start (my own words)
Take my broken spirit, take my broken heart (v17)

Broken (Psalm 51)

This song is based on Psalm 1!

Blessed is he who delights in the Law (v2)
He meditates on it all night and day (v2)
Blessed is he who delights in the Lord (v2)
He does not envy the fools and their ways (v1)

Blessed is she who delights in the Law (v2)
Her plans will prosper and so will her dreams (v3)
Blessed is she who delights in the Lord (v2)
She is a tree firmly planted by streams (v3)

(art by Sofia Paderes)

Delight (Psalm 1)

Genesis
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In the void there was no light (Genesis 1:2)
You spoke the Word, gave the world sight (Genesis 1:3) 

You parted waves from the clear skies (Genesis 1:6-7)
The mountains welcomed the sunrise (Genesis 1:9-18)

Refrain:
And it was good (Genesis 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31)

You made the moon and the bright stars (Genesis 1:16-18)
The critters crawled and the beasts roared (Genesis 1:20-22)

From the earth on the dry lands
You fashioned man with your own hands (Genesis 1:26-27)

Refrain:
And she was good
And he was good

The snake seduced them with new thoughts (Genesis 3:1)
They ate the fruit and became gods (Genesis 3:5-6)

[Have you forsaken us (Psalm 22:1, Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34)]

The Gospels
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On the cross, filled with anguish 
Hung the Word who became flesh (John 1:14)
On the Third, resurrected
Glorified, you ascended

Revelation
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Jesus come, dwell among us (Revelation 21:3)
Restore the world as it once was (Revelation 22)
You're the Word that gives us sight
From the void you can make Light

Come Lord Jesus (Revelation 22:20)

From the Void (Genesis, The Gospels, Revelation)

It's Alright Now (a Bombay Bicycle Club Cover; feat, Roshelle Muñez & Jan De Vera)

JULY 16, 2019 just making this public now for the band lol hope no one notices

She is a girl I met one January noon
Borrowed some books and said that I’d return them soon
When she asked about them I couldn’t find the words to say
I’ve never read a page until this day

Please be careful
You’ll be careful
Won’t you
Do be careful
Don’t you dare fall for words like these

I won’t dare to make a move
No I won’t dare to make a move

She is a girl who’s made of sugar more than spice
And, by some lovely accident, everything nice
She’s wise beyond her years. It’s in her soul, it’s in her name.
She’s clumsy and childlike all the same.

Please be careful
You’ll be careful won’t you
Do be careful
Don’t you dare fall for words like these

I won’t dare to make a move
No I won’t dare to make a move

Keep this story in a bottle
Throw it out into the sea
It could sink under the water
Or find its way to you and me
And by God if it’s the latter
Then maybe then maybe
Just maybe...

She was a poet who was barefoot on stage
Saw her December under starlight and the rain
I am a troubadour, my feet were meant to roam
But when I heard her voice I longed for home

She (draft)

Raven Black, we made a pact to stay 'til the bitter end
Now you want to leave and I don't want you to pretend
To love me
No you don't love me
That's okay I'll be just fine
This was not a waste of time

I'm not asking you to stay
If you're gonna lie straight to my face
Just tell me honestly
If we're not meant to be

Raven Black, we made a pact to stay 'til the bitter end
Now you want to leave and I don't want you to pretend
To love me
No you don't love me
That's okay I'll be just fine
I was yours and you were mine

Stay (draft)

Troubadour (draft)

Mondays should be my day off, but for the past few weeks, work has taken that away from me. Now, I finally get to rest. Here are some tracks I wrote and recorded during my rest day. They're raw and sound awful, but I like them. Hope you do, too.

The first track is something I would usually right. Nothing out of the ordinary.

The second is something I've always wanted to do: a punk rock song with cheesy lyrics and vocals. Glad I got to try making one at least once in my life.

I got tired of recording the third song, which is perfect because it's a song about being tired. I started writing this album hoping I would find answers to questions I've been having lately. Turns out I'm leaving this project with more questions.

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I. Looking For

When I was a boy
Just 5 years of age
I picked up a fiddle
And started to play
Those were
The best years of my life

Learned the guitar
Back in summer ‘09
I made my first tune
And wrote my first rhyme
It wasn’t perfect
But i   was all right
I wasn’t perfect
But I was all right

It began to feel different
When I hit 18
I made some new plans
Set aside all my dreams
And I can’t
Get away from the push and the pull
Of the waves crashing over my heart and my soul

23 and there’s no going back
All i have are these mem’ries intact
It’s hard to move on when I’m stuck in the past
how long will this last

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for
Haven't regained what I lost

II. Every City

Every city that I’ve been to
Feels a little like you
There’s always something new
Always something new

Every pretty little detail
In your photographs
Tells me you’re not far
Stay right where you are

I can’t tell you I’ll go with you
I know I’d be lying
But I’ll see you when it ends
And I can’t tell you that I’ll miss you
You know that I'm trying
I’ll see you when
I’ll see you when it ends

Every city that I’ve been to
Feels a little like you
I’m still not used to
Still not used to you

Every time you take a detour
It’s unclear
If you’ll find your way back here
Or finally disappear

I can’t tell you I’ll go with you
I know I’d be lying
But I’ll see you when it ends
And I can’t tell you that I’ll miss you
You know that I'm trying
I’ll see you when
I’ll see you when it ends

III. Start/End

I started with some questions I need answers to
And now I end with some and 20 more
Do you think you could give me back the time
I wasted
Searching for what I could never find

I looked in every place
Every time
Every face
I got so far thinking that I’ve come so close
But you were always there
To tell me that I’m wrong again

You said, “Turn the other way,
Is it so hard to see
All the things you’re holding on to
Are making you bleed

Neither the past
Nor the future
Are in your hands
So let go

I told you hope is harmful when there’s no guarantee
All the things you’re holding on to
Are making you bleed

Neither the past
Nor the future are in your hands
So let go"

Just let me have my way
Is it so hard to see
That the more you hold on to me
The more you will bleed

I know my past and my future are in your hands
So please let go

I. LOOKING FOR

Sleep (draft)

Fall asleep on a video call
While I blabber on, blabber on
I wonder if you hear me at all
Talking through a machine

Sleep through the chaos
Sleep through the pain
Tomorrow's another day
To face it all again

Blue ocean colors cover your bed
As these words sail into your dreams
What scenes are going on in your head
And what the hell do they mean?

Sleep through the chaos
Sleep through the pain
Tomorrow's another day
To face it all again

Fall asleep on a video call
While I blabber on, blabber on
Blabber on, blabber on

Sleep (draft) - 29:05:2020, 01.42 AM

A place for Benny Manaligod to dump his songs about faith, love, and life.

Check out my band! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpVjgD48Csc

For gigs and other stuff, you can email me at bennymanaligod@gmail.com

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https://soundcloud.com/the-one-only-i-can-see (used up two hours; cant upload NEmore)
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