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Another Mayer cover! Probably gonna be a long time before I cover one of his songs again. Enjoy! 

Gravity (John Mayer cover)

"It's hunting season, and the lambs are on the run, searching for meaning." Begin Again was one of the best movies I've seen so far this year!!! Plus, I couldn't get this song out of my head. So, here's a cover of it. hope you guys like it! (this was recorded with Josh Buizon's Blue Microphones Snowball Mic)

Lost Stars (from the movie Begin Again)

First performed during Faith Vidanes' debut! I finally found time to record it. :) Hope you guys like it! Belated happy 18th, Faith!! <3

Verse:
You are the moon that glows in the sky
Lighting up the world when it's blue
Stars they dance, though late in the night
Don't you know they dance just for you?

There you are, above darkened clouds
Smiling at the world from afar
With the stars, you wander around
May they follow you wherever you are

Here I am, just another boy
Singing songs that others have sung
Tryna find the words to employ
To adore the goddess of love

Pre-Chorus:
Oh, you've got me in a daze yeah,
No, it's not a childish phase
You gave me one look and now I can't get my mind off of you
(And it's all because)

Chorus:
I see the galaxies when I look in your eyes
And I can't speak no I can't speak at all
I swear to Zeus you're Aphrodite in disguise
Don't think that you could hide it from me
No I never thought I'd get this close to someone so divine
Oh I can't breathe no I can't breathe at all
Aphrodite could you could you please be mine,

Verse:
Here you are, I've waited so long
Hoping you would sit down and stay
And with the stars, I'm dancing along
Like a fool, so you'd look this way

You're the moon that glows in the sky
Lighting up my world when it's blue
And here I sing, though late in the night
Hope you know I sing just for you

Aphrodite (collab with Bryant Ayes)

Tenerife Sea cover

The Scientist cover

Removed all of the effects. I think I might like this version better. What do you guys think?

Yvaine (w/o Effects)

What I'm about to say will take the kind of courage used to
Cut a wire from a bomb
The kinds of things that you will hear, will resemble
A bottle of wine fermented too long

My mouth is dry, I'm up in the sky,
My stomach's starting to dance
Before I die, I have to try,
I'm gonna take the chance

But oh, there's a risk that you'd go away
From the friendship we're enjoying right now
But there might also be regret if we throw away
The more-than-friendship we'd be missing somehow

So...
I was thinking maybe later you would wanna go out?
We could walk around oval as usual, asking what life is about
Maybe I'd tell you that the couple years we've spent together touched my life to the core
Maybe I'd tell you that I love you, and I want to love you more

Tell me tell me tell me tell me how to get to you
Tell me tell me tell me tell me tell what you want me to do

And if you're listening and thinking "Is he talking 'bout me?"
Maybe maybe maybe maybe

You are a work of art
I'm captivated by the things that you do
Though jealous of the man who tries to win your heart
My goal is that he'd envy me too

So...
I was thinking maybe later you would wanna go out?
We could walk, and talk, and travel, read, and watch, and figure out what life is about
Maybe I'd tell you that the couple years we've spent together proved our friendship true
Maybe I'd tell you that I love you, and maybe it's time that you knew
I know for certain that I love you, and I hope you love me too 	 

Maybe (original)

Edge Of Desire (a John Mayer cover)

Cherry Wine (a Hozier cover)

i hear them calling
they're calling out to me
they tell me freedom is here
yeah freedom's finally here

all the while rain is falling
just like notes on a symphony
they tell me not to feel fear
'cause freedom's finally here

'take one bite to take the fall
i'll be right next to you through it all'
with these words i saw
with these words i saw

i once was caged but now i'm free
and i don't really wanna go home
i once was blind but now i see
yeah i don't really wanna go home
i've paid the price, i know the cost
don't preach to me, i know i'm lost
and if my father calls for me
tell him i don't wanna go home

tell me again
what's it like on the other side
are you still living in fear?
aren't we all just human
we turn to dust when we die
sacrifice every year
to please the gods we hold dear

'take one bite to take the fall
we'll be right next to you through it all'
with these words i saw
with these words i saw

i once was caged but now i'm free
and i don't really wanna go home
i once was blind but now i see
yeah i don't really wanna go home
i've paid the price, i know the cost
don't preach to me, i know i'm lost
and if my father calls for me
tell him i don't really wanna go, don't really wanna go home

no i don't wanna go back to where i couldn't run
do you see me now? i've only just begun
i won't stop to lay my head
until i've reached the sun
no i don't wanna go back to where i couldn't run

prodigal's anthem (or 'the gods we hold dear')

Fast Car short cover

Another Christmas cover from me and Sary! Hehe. Merry Christmas!!!

Sary's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/saryvalenzuela
The other Christmas cover: https://soundcloud.com/the-one-only-i-can-see/baby-its-cold-outside-a-cover-duet-with-sary-valenzuela

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (a cover by Benny & Sary!)

These are original songs recorded right after they were written. :)
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Let’s lay in the fields of green
Tell each other things we really mean
All the places we have been
Are nothing compared to this

Tell me all about your dreams
All the things that you could be
The future we haven’t seen
Is nothing compared to this

I know it’s all uncertain
And I know these things take time
So you and I will climb that mountain
And see what’s on the other side

Let’s lay in the fields of green
Tell each other things we really mean
All our favourite movie scenes
Are nothing compared to this

I’ll tell you all about my
All the things that I could be
The future we haven’t seen
Is nothing compared to this

I know it’s all uncertain
And I know these things take time
So you and I will climb that mountain
And see what’s on the other side

I know it’s all uncertain
I know we’re both unsure
But if we part ways, at least this mountain saw
That you were mine, and I was yours


Mountain Eyes (prototype)

Our first EP! Special thanks to Kian Ransom for making this EP possible. :) Check out his band, The Ransom Collective: https://soundcloud.com/theransomcollective

To support our music, you can buy this EP on Bandcamp for $3.99. Just click

Vocals & Acoustic Guitar - Benny Manaligod
Back-up Vocals & Lead Guitar - Jan De Vera
Drums & Percussions - Bryant Ayes
Bass - Joric Canlas

All songs written by Benny Manaligod
All songs arranged by Benny Manaligod, Jan De Vera, and Bryant Ayes
All songs recorded and produced by Kian Ransom

Aphrodite EP

Maybe

03 Maybe

Yvaine

02 Yvaine

Prodigals

01 Prodigals

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

Lyrics:
Tell me where your treasure is
Tell me, what does your heart miss?
Tell me of the men you've kissed
In this city made of mist

Tell me of your search for truth
Through the lens of foolish youth
Tell me what you had to lose
In this life we did not choose

There's much to say
These sunken eyes won't stay awake for long
But I will stay
From morning light until the break of dawn

Raconteur (raw)

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)

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)

Meaingful Silence will be included in our upcoming EP, "From Morning Light/Till Break of Dawn", which will be released on Sept. 8, 2017.

Lyrics:
Don't worry 
About the things that have been bothering you for so long 
Don't worry 
About all of the ways this could go wrong 

Just tell me how you really feel 
You don't have to pretend when you're with me 
'Cause in the end 
I'm still your friend 

You told me 
You're afraid that I would get hurt 
Well don't you worry 
I'm not asking for much, you have my word 

Tell me how you really feel 
You don't have to pretend when you're with me 
'Cause in the end 
I'm still your friend 

And when you see that we were meant to be all along 
When it's all clear 
I will be here 
Singing our song

credits:
releases June 3, 2017 
Lyrics by Benny Manaligod 
Arrangement by The Ridleys 
Artwork by Therese Jose 
Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - Benny Manaligod 
Second Vocals/Electric Guitar - Jan De Vera 
Bass - Joric Canlas 
Drums - Bryant Ayes 
Recorded at Raketship Project Studio 
Recorded and mixed by Paolo Vivas

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThBRAMrvxUo

Meaningful Silence (Our Song)

you took a train heading out to nowhere
thats where you were headed in the first place
new job
new city

you knew the names of people you wouldnt call friends
and you were just another pretty face
in the new job
in the new city

in a station middle of nowhere
thats where i saw you with a suitcase
new life
old city

i missed
your smile
i know
its been a while
old friend
its all right
youre here
dont cry

hey baby
your sorrow
ends here today
youre strong
independent
im here to stay

Your Sorrow

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

I'll Be There For You (Friends Opening Song)

A rush project, finished right on time. Happy birthday, mother!

Lovely As A Flower

If My Heart Should Somehow Stop (James Vincent McMorrow cover)

Better Together Cover

Hi guys! I've run out of minutes! if you want to hear more of my original songs, check out my solo project: https://soundcloud.com/skeptictankph

You can also check out my band: https://soundcloud.com/the-ridleys