Who You Serve

Verse 1
What is this feeling?
What is this pit inside?
It swallows nothing
But still full of pride

I read some shallow verses
Like parade of empty hearses
Meaning but nothing
And by nothing is to mean it all

Chorus
What does this all mean?
And why is it happening?
Scars to scars
We'll bend and break again

Maybe it's for one thing
Who you serve is your king
Head to ground
This is our only war

Verse 2
So real that it feels so fake
Like Sunday goers getting drunk till late

Walking outside the line
Running from the finish line
Running from something
And by something is nothing at all

Downright Ol' Blues

Verse 1
Depression strokes my hair
Can't believe this love affair with you
As we try to pull ourselves down

Disappointments and regrets
We love 'em like they're our pets
But they don't stop to haunt me
In my sleep

Baby, I am tired of being weak

Chorus 1
There ain't a solution
For our imperfections
If we're angles
Then we've got no wings

Our broken storyline
Makes sense when it doesn't rhyme
So, we write a song
And we start to sing

'Bout our downright ol' blues

Verse 2
I'm midway my uphill climb
But the ground seems a comfy sight
That I'm tempted to roll down
And stay there

Maybe, I'm all tired of being weak
I'm not the man with the strong suit that you seek
Just a frightened little boy, afraid to speak
A piece of a puzzle where I don't fit

Bridge
Hey, hey, hey
I'm calling out
Wake, wake, wake
All the kids with broken hearts
Hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey
You're not alone
So, wake, wake, wake
All the people with golden hearts
Hey, hey

Chorus 2/Ending
There is a solution
For our imperfections
If we're sinners
He can make us saints

Our broken storyline
Is a candlelight that shines
So, we write a song
And let the whole world sing

'Bout our downright ol' blues

A Long Way

Verse 1
Are You there?
Are You there?
Cause it feels like
No one's been listening

Hear me out
Hear me out
I don't want to throw away my years

But I know You'll never leave me alone
No, You'll never gonna leave me alone

Chorus
A long way
A long way
The loneliest road
I've ever been

I've got a long way
To find my brightest day
The brightest of days
I've ever been

But I got a long way away from home
On my own
On my own

Verse 2
A sigh in my back
Regrets down ahead
Restless is my soul
Knowing I'll fail again

I'm sorry, Mom
I'm sorry, Dad
I've let you down
Again and again

Bridge
Why did You forsake me, Lord?
Why'd You turn Your back?
Don't let me feel alone

Ending
But I know You'll never leave me alone
No, You'll never gonna leave me alone

Beautifully Cruel

Life can be beautifully cruel. As we grow up, we learn that life throws a lot of different things. Life beats, mocks, spits and kicks the hell out of us. It also offers praise, reward, good times and happiness. Then, it beats us again. More. Harder than the last time. Maybe bad times happen more often than the good. But that's okay, because that's living. That's what happens when we're alive. But then, why do bad things happen to good people? Probably, life. Why do good things happen to bad people? Again. Life.


The irony about life is that we should die from time to time in order to appreciate life and to hold it dearly even more. Moment by moment. Breath by breath. We die every now and then so that we can experience life, even just for a minute of it. Though, it beats and kicks our asses, we're still stronger than whatever bad wave comes our way. Life chisels us so that we can be someone far greater than ourselves. Far more than just ourselves.

Equally Yoked

Verse 1

I don't get what "equally" really means

Are there lesser or more consuming capabilities?

Maybe, I can't leave you without you hearing me

I still believe that one day you will see

Chorus

Maybe the world is unfair

It smites at us and smears

All I got is my fear of losing you

Instead of praying that you would know

That salvation is for all

I love you with you my whole

But truth is we're equally yoked

I am equally yoked with you

Verse 2 

Baby, there's something else I want you to see

What my other side shows and how big is my family

Maybe someday, you'll get to know this loving industry

To be a citizen of a city where we'll spend eternity

Bridge

In my most private moments

I start to put myself down

Or question my heart

In the morning'll pick myself up again

Hoping that my best friend

Will surrender her reign

Ending 

I know the world is unfair

But I won't back down from her

All I got is my fear of losing you

And I'm praying that you would know

That only Jesus makes us whole

I know, I love you with you my whole

But truth is we're equally yoked

Truth is we're equally yoked

Truth is we're equally yoked

I am equally yoked with you

The hard truth is I am equally yoked with you

I Need You, Girl

Verse 1

Do you remember when we're first starting out?

You were crazy at me and I'm the guy who went south

You had to show love 'cause I never knew a thing

I know it was real, it was never just a fling


Still you came in

Even in my darkest rooms

I might need a switch for my itch but


Chorus

I might just need you

To be here with me

We'll find forever

Like we always have believed

Hold on tight because tonight

We'll make the wrong things right

I know I need you, girl

I need you, girl


Verse 2

Four years later, you're still on my mind

I may have never ever said it, but craze is all I find

We may be together so old. No, let's not be old as bored

Because I might not find another you, yeah, maybe. Yes, that's just maybe. I'm sorry.

We'll stay up late

And watch movies all night round

We might need another fandom, so random but

Finds No Frown

Verse 1

Burn this silence down

I need to hear a sound

Everybody's gotta feel alone

Blood, they show our pain

Scars, they mark our gain

Everybody's gotta feel strong

Chorus

I lay it all down

Nothing is sound

I'm gonna be a loser

Inside this town

I'm not the only one

Who's broken and undone

Outside this drive

Finds no frown

Verse 2

I fear my doubts

And I doubt my fears

Everybody's gotta feel the same

Masks, they hide our shame

Smiles, they hide our pain

Everybody's gotta feel deranged

You Always

Verse 1

Seventeen years of my failing love

My childhood dreams and all my sweethearts, they end

The lesser I feel, the more I get hurt

When I look at my shame

Disgrace covers my heart

Pre-chorus

Maybe I've been thinking it the wrong way

'Cause all that is in me feels like a hurricane

Chorus

Teach me how to look at You

Teach me how to look at You always

Teach me how to seek You first

Teach me how to seek You first always

Verse 2

My life is a mess and I've been burned out

Well, if my love is in college

It's probably a dropout

Father, I turned my eyes away from You

I just look at myself and in everything that I do

Bridge

I know that I've been doing it the wrong way

I'm learning what to do and what to take away

Just Learning To Love

Verse 1

Let me just say this

Cause one day, maybe I'd forget

It's not like every phrase in

Romcom movies or the one cooking meth

No human is a professional

When it comes to love

We're born rascals

And we are, we are

Chorus

Just learning to love

Where should amateurs start?

Do I pick up the pieces of my heart or fall apart?

To learn to start again

To go on streets and let 'em in

I need to repeat this to myself

That I am just learning to love

Verse 2

Let me just sit this

And think it through again and again

Cause I am broken

And the cure is just in my hand

Honestly, I'm just afraid

To be open and to love what's made

But I guess we are

Bridge

Honestly, I am afraid

To be open and to love and to feel

But I am ready and waiting and

I Am My Own Stranger

Verse 1
I saw a man across the street
Fiercely staring back at me
He wears the same clothes just like mine
But his mouth, it doesn't smile

Like a mirror does what I do
This man, again, across the room
He's the real thing of what I fake
A walking truth and myself's mate

Chorus
I am my own stranger
I am my own stranger
I don't know myself
It's not nice to meet myself

Verse 2
I broke my hand, his hand did too
I faked my smile, he frowned so true
Yeah, maybe I'm the hypocrite
I don't know what to do about it

I have an issue of the heart
The politics of true self's mark
Don't let me eat my humanity
So, I'd burn bright like I used to be

Bridge
Why find fault and why do wrong?
It's in our blood
It's in this song
Lie is easier to tell
It's easier to fall apart

I know I can be difficult
But it's not what I used to be
Forgive me for whatever's not true
Let the stranger in me know You

Ending
I am my own stranger
A sail on the sea, let it be
I belong where I don't wanna be
Yeah, let me sail so free

The Pride (Summer's Story)

Verse 1

"I don't feel like talking

I don't feel like moving at all

Have I ran all races,

Used all my second chances for my faults?

Do I know love?

Do I know heart?

Do I know God?

Do I know life?"

Chorus

Summer falls like she didn't know

In her weakness she is strong

She was taken away

All her questions were left in the air

Everything was not just a love affair

She was carried away

Verse 2

"To the dead and the living

This is our song

For all the questions left unknown

Revealing the story

Of our broken hearts

To cast all what's broken and call it ours"

Bridge

"This is the pride of the crooked souls

This is the pride of the losers' ball

This is the pride of blood and love

This is the pride of letting go, letting go"

I'm Gonna Love Someone

Verse 1
There's a kid who jumps off on rooftops
And his cape glides in the air
He said to me, "Fear is my enemy
'bout my dreams. Yeah, it's slowly killing me

But I'm gonna be someone someday
I don't want my head with a crown
I wanna live for more than just cash and girls
I wanna love someone
Yeah, yeah, yeah"

Verse 2
There's a girl who's smile does not cease
With a spark in her eyes showing zeal
Her terminal days is coming 'round

Yet, she said, "I'm unafraid cause I'm found

So, I'm gonna go home someday
No more pain and my hair would grow back
I wanna live for more than make-up and fame
I'm gonna love someone
Yeah, yeah, yeah"

Verse 3
I'm waking up from my ambitions
Of my standards just to gain the world
I won't let my soul wander else
I won't let my love be a curse

I'm gonna be someone someday
I surrender this head with a crown
I wanna live for more than what the world has to offer me
I'm gonna love someone
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Ending
I'm gonna love someone
We can start by loving someone
I am loving someone

Oh, What A Birthday

Verse 1

Look at how you've grown

You're not a baby anymore

Like a small, cute, squally tot

The party's coming along

We don't care if it's big or small

It's still a celebration

Chorus

Oh,(La la la)

What a birthday

It's a celebration (La la la)

It's another year

A new edition (La la la)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

A new ignition (La la la)

Verse 2

Some of us are coming along

Just to give you our best smiles

To say these 2 words right

Merry be your heart today

The sun is shining bright for you

Have a happy birthday

Bridge

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

May all your dreams come true

We wish the best for you

I Wish I Can Take You To Prom

Verse 1

I wish I can take you to prom

And waltz our way into and back

I'll sing you my sweet, little hum

As we sway to the music of the band

I wish I can take you to prom

And be drunk by your laughs and your smile

When my heart beats like the beat of the drum

I hope it happens when you walk down the aisle

Chorus

Let me sing the tunes of made up memories

Sing the song of tales and fallacies

Of the time I that didn't happen

I'm a genius in daydreaming

That I wish I can take you to prom

I  wish I can take you to prom

Verse 2

So I'm just a wallflower there

I'm the one crowding the walls and the seats

I should ask someone else for a pair

But I can't give up my hopes and my dreams

Fall, Stand, Run

Verse 1

It's time, it's time

To kill our pride

It's time, it's time

To put up this fight

The world is a cage

The chair's lust and crave

The lonely misfits

Ran out of stage

Chorus 1

Where do we go from wherever we're from?

As the road tells us ways to die

Where do we go all who've fallen down?

We're finding our ways to cry

So stand, so stand, so stand

Verse 2

For the men who don't know

What the future even holds

For the kids whose dreams are

Too far and remote to go

The world is unfair

Don't believe whatever it tells

Be bold and take heart

Even though it hurts like hell

Chorus 2

Where do we go from wherever we're from?

As the wind sings us ways to sigh

Where do we go all the losers of games?

We're finding our ways to aim high

So run, so run, so run

Chorus 3

Where do we go from wherever we're from?

We've been waking from our sleepy days' rites

Where do we go all the lost and the found?

We've been running to a city of lights

So take heart, so take heart, so take heart

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Find Favor

Verse 1

You who've made a way

Cause I can never make me whole

It's the only love

Oh, You are love, that freed my soul

Even I walk through roads unknown to me

I won't fear

I'll trust You more

This new year's trek for You're with me

Let the mountains rise

And the waters run deep

I won't worry a thing

Your word's a light for my feet

Chorus

Set my heart on fire

Take me to You deeper

Let me find favor

Let me find favor in Your eyes

My only heart's on fire

Let me walk on water

Let my trust go higher

Let me find favor in Your eyes

Verse 2

Behold my broken song

Boldly comes to make You smile

Let Your love be strong

Let Your love shine like the sun

Let the valleys grow dark

And the pack of wolves cry

I won't fear nor doubt

Your word's a lamp for my path

Humanity Issues

Verse 1

The world is so crazy

My eyesight is blurry

What I know feels fuzzy

And to think that what I feel 

Is nothing else but emptiness

Hey, honey, please tell me

Did you find a cure?

Did you find a heart?

I need help, I need help

I broke your heart

I need a brand new start again

My thousandth second chance to find

Chorus

A cure for my humanity issues

A song for my less realistic world

Truth for all the lies I told myself

Freedom from indifference

Yeah, humanity issues

Yeah, break my humanity issues

Verse 2

Where to? Where now?

Am I lost or am I found?

You're not the only one

Who feels lost, who feels down

Going back, I'm going back to find

To's And Is'

"I HAVE NO CHORUS OR WHATEVER YET. HELP ME."

Verse 1

To write about drought

Is to write without a pen

To write about love

Is to write under the rain

To write about life

Is to write a book

To write a song

Is to stop and look

Verse 2

To sing about drought

Is to sing without a microphone

To sing about love

Is to sing about a thousand songs

To sing about life

Is to take yourself out

To sing a song

Is to put fire in your mouth

Verse 3

To survive a drought

Is to wait for the rain

To endure love

Is to endure the pain

To live a life

Is to give it all away

To be the song

Is to die before and live today

Tara Na

"We've been given the opportunity to write a song for a TV-Radio as their song station ID. It's so rad to do this! And it is an honor. Though this is not the final song or whatever, I'm just glad that I had to write using my mother tongue. It's fun and awkward at the same time! If you don't understand this song, there's google translate (I am ashamed that I have to use Google translate to make this song)."

Verse 1

Buhi ka ba?

Nagkinabuhi ka ba?

Para sa asa

Ang unod sa kasingkasing mo?

Pre-chorus

Diri nata amigo!

Aduna gyuy pagbag-o

Sa dapit nga ang gugma

Naga awas-awas

Chorus

Higayon sa paghigugma

Naa ra sa atoa

Higayon sa pag-atiman

Tara na, tara na

Ipadungog ang imong tingog

Diri may tingog ka

Tanang tribu magkahiusa

Tara na, tara na

Sa CARE TV
Sa CARE TV

Sa CARE TV

Sa CARE TV 9 ta

Verse 2

Buhi ba ta?

Magkinabuhi na ta!

Para kay kinsa

Ang unod sa kasingkasing ta?

Bridge

Diri nata igsoon ko

Aduna gyuy pagbag-o

Sa dapit nga ang gugma

Naga awas-awas