Tahan

nakatingala at tinatanaw

ang ilaw na mapanglaw

napapatanong at nag-uusisa

sa ilalim ng mapang-akit na mga tala

tila isang nakayakap na lilim

sa gabing binalot ng dilim

naririnig mo ba ang hiling

at ang aking mga daing

sa bawat ugoy ng nakahuhumaling na hangin

mapanlinlang ang katahimikan ng takipsilim

rinig ko ang hiyaw ng nagdurusang puso

natapos na , tinapos na ang huling yugto

“tahan na” awit ko sa aking sarili

nakasanayan na ang pagtitimpi

sa ayaw at gusto ay mananatili

ikaw at ikaw lang ang tinatangi

Lord, Show Me The Way

Lyrics by: Fr. Dionisio C. Tabiliran

Music by: Alan Gorgonio

Intro: //G-Am-Bm-Am//

Verse 1

G            Bm            Am

There is none like you

                          C                 D     G

Who can love more than the rest

               Bm           Am

There is none like you

                                              G

Who can save and forgive sins

Verse 2

          Bm                  Am

Lord show me the way

                   CM7          D

You’re my life and salvation

          Bm                 Am

Lord show me the way

                CM7          Dsus – D

For your Word is eternal

Verse 3

      CM7            Bm

To have you is enough

     Am                GM7

To have you is enough

            CM7    Bm       Am7

More than I can ask for

CM7                                D7sus  – D7

More than I can thank for

Verse 4

G               Bm           Am

Lord, you make me smile

                    C               D       G

You’re the source of happiness

                   Bm          Am

Lord, you make me smile

                                                    G

That you become part of me

Verse 5

           Bm                 Am7

Make me always strong

           CM7            D

As I follow your footsteps

   Bm                  Am

I find my way home

                        CM7               Dsus – D

And you welcome me again

(repeat verse 1 then CODA)

CODA

G             Bm                 Am

//Lord show me the way//

G             Bm                 Am     D   (G)

//There is none like you//

it happened.

full of blisters, my heart whispers

a song of hope, a way to cope

to heal, to feel, to deal

growing tired, blazing fires

memories kept and tears wept

we’ve been fools, we’ve been cruel

music strokes, love bespoke

rhythms undone, forgiveness gone

but it happened, it happens

you loved, I’ve loved

we mattered, even though shattered

we once were, when time was fair

grateful still, always will

chances taken, it happened

the one

i’ve told you a hundred times. no, a thousand times before

that i’m not just good enough.

you’ve picked me up a million times more

from lyin’ on the floor

with some baggage and some stuff

told you to let go

i’m up to no good

i’m damaged and more

thought you understood

so i’m wonderin’ why you stuck around

baffled, maybe your mind’s not sound

why would someone think I am the one

when all the others have long been gone

and they’re just in it for the fun

you smiled, you shrugged, and acted like it’s no damn deal

and offered to hold my hand

you laughed, you smiled, and you cried confusingly with me

now i think i understand

but you saw me through

can’t make a fool out of you

tried to hold it back

there’s nothing more i could do

have the stars aligned and brought you down?

i was lost and then was found

and here i thought i was already done

you remained when there was none

so maybe, you are the one

Saudade

my fingers itch to write a note

a letter, a phrase, a message or a quote

the blinking cursor keeps daunting and taunting me

like telling me how could i be really silly

maybe i start with a hi or a cool hello

no biggie, just writing to another fellow

oh what a mess! i should’ve guessed

i overthink and now i’m stressed

for crying out loud, this just makes no sense

for all i know, you could be very dense

has it been months now or maybe a year

maybe i should hold out til the coast is clear

or maybe this is just an awful plan

to think that it was me who ran

away from all the things it brought

the love, and all the in-betweens’ fraught

so maybe, just maybe, i’ll look away and close this box

keep this door closed and unhear my heart’s little knocks