Sabado, Marso 30, 2019

I'M BROKEN

I remember getting into a van with one of our common friends who I wasn't surprised knew about what situation I'm in (Because I can't use the term "about us"). She said: "MATAAS ANG STANDARD NUN!!" --Sorry if I didn't make the cut! I'm not handsome, not fit, not rich, not a kind person, maybe not even as Faithful as you would want. Super bait, super faithful, rich, handsome & fit ba ang BF mo? Some of our friends even said they think you don't have one. The BF excuse is just for me to stop bugging you.

She even added, "Bossy sya, bossy ka, magwo-work ba yun?" I remember answering: "Kung nagpapasakop sya, magpapakumbaba yun. Aayusin ng Dios ang kailangang maayos, as long as the two of "us" work it out. --Sorry, it seems now that we're not compatible. Apparently, there's no mutual love to begin with!

Pasensya na talaga, pero sa tingin ko i
ba talaga ang nagagawa ng improvement sa physical appearance. Hindi mo lang napapansin yun, pero nagbago ka. Yumabang ka na. It's good to quote Bible verses, but you're still a bit of a sarcastic bitch, especially to me. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Always when we get to "talk" again. Some women get flattered when they have admirers, but you... you're something else! Or maybe I'm plainly not good enough for you, that's why I get that treatment. Even one of our friends noticed how you deflected me at Army Navy. I loved the memories of that day; now the latter parts are just knives for my skull.

I wonder now why I fell for you in the first place. I looked beyond the facade. You hurt me so many times. I thought it was always just not time yet. I kept hanging on false hope. You broke me.

But then again, I said that "Wala tayong karapatang magalit kung hindi tayo gusto nung taong gusto natin." The fingers will always point back at me. I still struggle with this statement. Umasa ako kasi may naramdaman akong kakaiba sa yo, naramdaman kong mayroon talagang namamagitan sa ating dalawa, na ayaw mo lang aminin. Pero katulad nga ng ipinamukha mo sa akin, MALI NA NGA AKO. The almost ten years that I was attracted to you and admired you are for nothing.

I feel na parang naging unfair ka sa akin. Ang selfish mo, inisip mo lang yung SPBB mo. Pano naman yung SPBB ko? Sobrang sakit nitong ginawa mo sa akin ngayon. Hindi ba wala na tayong communication for 3 years? Nananahimik na ako sa isang tabi. Your timing sucks! Sana last week pa right after THAT Topic... para nagkaron naman ako ng time to digest and adjust to your Nth rejection. You are hostile when it comes to this --you really like shoving it to my face!! Ang sakit talaga... you only make it sound polite on your end. And to think that I dreamt of you last night, only to wake up to your message. Exactly the opposite of what the dream was.

Every time I make my move, you "charge at me full speed and slap me in my face to stop me". THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE EVERY SINGLE TIME! I become dumbfounded and "head back to the drawing board" and figure if it needs to be delayed a little more. Then the vicious process repeats itself all over again.

I hope this all goes away immediately.

Congratulations... you win! Be happier now.

This Sunday was awful! 😭

Huwebes, Marso 14, 2019

My Week's Dozen Angry Songs

I love this band. Or at least the songs in their albums during my college years anyway. They have been my playlist for five days now. It’s very seldom that my Last Song Syndrome is not just one song. HAHAHA!!! But I’m not a supporter of communism, socialism, fascism or any of those bullshit activist mentalities. I simply think RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE is bad-ass awesome, as rock “misfits”. At the time of their rise to fame, people found it hard to define their music: rap metal, alternative metal, (new) punk rock. Quite frankly, I never thought I would dig their music at first. It took me a while.

Observe the audience during this opening piece from their 2010 concert in London: the mosh pit jumping in unison with the band and shouting the lyrics; that may very well be a major envy of any up-and-coming rock artist. It is known and accepted that the genre has hardcore fans who can be this obsessed in live performances. Or maybe they were just too ecstatic to see RATM reunited, playing together live again after a few years in hiatus. It’s like an ocean of people splashing high waves. Just imagine how it would have felt near the stage… literally ground-shaking for sure! Some famous bands have to endure water bottles being hurled at them, even shoes, especially in open-air arenas. However it fully transpired, this show kicked ass through and through.

This is one of my most favorite tunes. Tom Morello is a guitar virtuoso when it comes to riffs and effects while Zack Dela Rocha’s voice is as aggressive as ever and full of angst, a blended sound unique to the industry. It’s a shame they’re no longer around, collectively. I think Morello’s playing perfectly complemented Dela Rocha’s vocals. Oh well. L
(I DO NOT OWN THE VIDEO)

Lunes, Pebrero 18, 2019

Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise

After a hard day's work... uh, make that a bad day's work, I wish I could have someone to talk to. That would be pretty amazing! I got low today. Not only at work. This tune is sad but beautiful; one of my most favorite songs ever. And yes, that's "Mayonaise" with a single "n".

It's that time again when I just want to scream and get away from it all. I have to take more of THAT anti-depressant, otherwise known as Prayer.



"MAYONAISE" by Smashing Pumpkins

Fool enough to almost be it,
Cool enough to not quite see it...
Doomed.
Pick your pocket full of sorrow,
Run away with me tomorrow...
June.

Try and ease the pain
Somehow, feel the same
Well, no one knows
Where our secrets go

I send a heart to all my dearies,
When your love is so, so dreary...
Dream.
I'll run into the straight and narrow,
While the harlots of my perils...
Scream.

And I fail...
But when I can, I will
Try to understand
The way I can, I will


Mother weep the years I'm missing
All our time can't be given
Back.
Shut my mouth and strike the demons
Cursed you and your reasons
Out of hand and out of season
Out of love and out of feeling

So bad...
When I can, I will
Words defy the plans
But When I can, I will

Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
And old enough to always feel this
Always old, I'll always feel this

No more promise, no more sorrow
No longer will I follow
Can anybody hear me?
I just want to be... me.
When I can, I will
Try to understand
The way I can, 
I will...

Lunes, Pebrero 11, 2019

"...strangely something so beautiful yet so far away."

Let me lay it down outright: I DON’T WANT TO PUT THE LYRICS HERE BECAUSE THE CONTENT IS NOT RELATABLE TO ME AT ALL. I only happened to stumble upon this video in my youtube account’s “Recommended for you” features. And now the LSS is sinking in. (What?! Hahahaha….)

I don’t know who these guys are. (Or is it just one guy?) As far as I’m concerned, they did a good job of putting a “Xennial”* like me to a trance with this particular track. Maybe I’m just tired. (Trying hard to be younger? HAHAHAHA!!!! Okay… I belong more to Generation-X.)

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(I don’t even know if this 2018 definition is ‘official’)

The “synth-beat” resonance and overall look of the video (wardrobe, car/s, setting) is like a combined Beverly Hills 90210/Melrose Place meets Baywatch first run kind of vibe. A clean empty beachfront is so magical. Hahahaha.… So early 90s feels! Did I say it right? Or does it matter? For me, the effect of their sound is a bit similar to what Toto does to my mind generally when I listen to them. Light and cool to the ears; strangely something so beautiful yet so far away. Music indeed is incredibly powerful. Sometimes it’s not the lines, stanzas and the accompaniment themselves that get you, it’s the way they make you feel.

Although it’s already a very long time ago, I miss high school. The carefree feeling of just living a simple young life, soaking it all up, and reacting immaturely to almost every other thing.

There’s a part of me that never outgrew it, believe it or not. So nostalgic and so happy— even though there were instances that I got bullied, succumbed to accidents, caught people’s attention for the wrong reasons and faced humiliation more times than I realized. I tried to inject humor at every chance I could. I wish I could have been more creative in some of the awkward situations, where I was totally unaware. But none of those make a difference anymore. Only the memories matter. Sentimental idiot here. HAHAHAHA!!!!

I’ve got to move forward in my life right now. It’s so overdue! Or am I missing something else altogether? Hhhmmm…


My brain is telling me, “WTF am I listening to?! Screw it! We like what we like.” HAHAHAHA!!!! >_<


LANY – Thick And Thin
(I do not own the video)

Sabado, Enero 12, 2019

"Goodbye to Romance" (Lisa Loeb version) - Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy

I’ve known this song for more than twenty years and I keep wondering, why is it that I find the tune really beautiful just now? Maybe because of some occurrences in life that songs become more relatable as we grow older. I first heard it in a double-CD album entitled, “Ozzy Osbourne: Live & Loud”; I think it was 1993. Definitely one of this metal icon’s most awesome concerts! The original recording (1981) was that of his previous guitarist, Randy Rhoads. Excellent work on the guitar solo!

This version however, is from Lisa Loeb. Although it doesn’t really resemble an 80s Pinoy pop song (because the overall sound and guitar solo of this Ozzy tune are virtually retained), it reminds me of “High School Life” by Sharon Cuneta. HAHAHA!!!

Like jokes, at times some songs are half-meant. Half-meant. We can’t be really too sure about everything, especially in love. Some scenarios are still welcome in life. I’d like to think of it not as a goodbye to someone, but only a “someday-it’ll-all-make-sense” kind of tune and a “lullaby to misery”. Sad but clear-headed. Beautiful and timely indeed! At least as far as my life is concerned right now…



“GOODBYE TO ROMANCE” (Lisa Loeb cover) originally by Ozzy Osbourne

Yesterday has been and gone
Tomorrow will I find the sun,
Or will it rain?
Everybody's having fun
Except me, I'm the lonely one
I live in shame

I say, hey
Goodbye to romance, yeah
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past

I guess that we'll meet
We'll meet in the end…

I've been the king
I've been the clown
No broken wings can hold me down
I'm free again
The jester with the broken crown
It won't be me this time around
To love in vain

I say, hey
Goodbye to romance, yeah
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past

I guess that we'll meet
We'll meet in the end…

And I feel ‘the time is right’
Although I know that you just might say to me,
“Whatcha gonna do?!”
“Whatcha gonna do?!”

But I have to take this chance, goodbye
To friends and to romance
And to all of you
And to all of you

Come on, now


I say, hey
Goodbye to romance, yeah
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past

I guess that we'll meet
We'll meet in the end…

And the weather's looking fine
And I think the sun will shine again
And I feel I've cleared my mind
All the past is left behind again

I say, hey
Goodbye to romance, yeah
Goodbye to friends, I tell you
Goodbye to all the past

I guess that we'll meet
We'll meet in the end…

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