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White On Yellow

Grohl On Me

The Bean Curve

Brad

Untitled #4

Hiram

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Breakable

Irene

My Happy Thoughts

Closed Captioned

Hostile Takeover

No. 36

All About Relationships

Asan Na?

Solace

Miron

Again

Slow

Public Service Announcement

Unsettled

Revelation

Pyramids

WHITE ON YELLOW

demystified, and covered up in faded yellow flowers...
oh so sad...
scarred...and read into and dog-eared... all thoughts...
all words painted in pictures of crimson skies and lonely sunsets...
in complex equations of fleeting, seething, unseeing moments...

build me up and then tear me down and do it all over again...
the fascination kills me... but it never is the same... and then again...

in crowded streets they scream and wail and light their torches...
broken souls in tainted, church-maneuvered gossip...

fall...fade into light...
follow the voices that rise with the tide...
fall... fade into light,
it's alright...

someone always finds a reason to forget all that ever was said and done...
and there's a box for every season, of memories unsung... undone...

fall...fade into light...
follow the voices that rise with the tide...
fall...fade into light,
it's alright...
it's alright...
it's alright...

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GROHL ON ME

waiting for me... waiting for myself to set me free
lost in silence... amazed at how the past has come to be
still i'm waiting... i'm still waiting... for a chance...
a symphony...
do feel sorry... oh so sorry... a pathetic apathy....

and i'm fine... i'm fine...

waiting for me...indecisions are plenty, woe is me...
write me a letter, and make me feel better...
i can't seem to be...
still i'm waiting... i'm still waiting... for a happy happy me...
and i'm so sorry... oh so sorry... it was never meant to be...

and i'm fine... i'm fine... i'm fine...

(somewhere in the song, if you listen hard enough, you'll hear me read a rather agitated version of an excerpt from Dr. Seuss' "green eggs and ham" ehehehehe)

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BEAN CURVE

she said what she said in her head
but i heard it long before she even thought of it... spoke of it...
there's a room with no windows...just mirrors and half-painted lies...
and a sigh...

feed the meek with a bowl of promises
written right before the storm
feed the meek...believe in a past that was stricken
then again reborn...

and i... i'm still knocking on the house of light...

she bled... in my head... these are dreams i longed forgotten,
then again, that was then...
someone's feeding off the living...
there's a story that's wrapped in a private little shell by an empty well,
there's so much i can't tell...

feed the meek with a bowl of promises
written right before the storm...
feed the meek...believe in a past that was stricken
then again reborn...

and i...i'm still knockin on the house of light

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BRAD

brad, patawad
di ko inakalang hahantong pala sa ganito
ba't ba kasi di mo nakayanan
alam mo namang... lubha kang mahihirapan

brad, buti kamo
di ka iniwan ng basta, di gaya ng iba
magulang mo'y parating na upang ika'y maibalik na sa
kanila

ginawa na namin ang lahat para sa iyo
ginawa nga namin ang lahat, sa iyo

brad ikakatuwa mo
humingi na ng tawad sa mga mag-anak mong umiiyak
sayang ka di na makakasama
sa mga pagpupugay sa ngalan ng kapatiran

ginawa na namin ang lahat para sa iyo
ginawa nga namin ang lahat, sa iyo

brad makakasiguro
brad hanggang sa huling hibla ng hinhinga mo

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UNTITLED#4

as a kid she used to sit on the couch and watch tv...
not knowing why it had to be so loud... why she was
forced to... bugs and mickey and daffy and donald kept
her sweet company... beyond the reach of the screaming
and banging... behind closed doors she sits there
moaning...

years have passed since mommy had left her all alone
with daddy...she didnt quite understand why mommy had
left all so suddenly... yet she kept daddy company
even underneath those sheets of pain... not knowing
why daddy held her tight... painfully touching her...

she met mary jane and along with other little friends,
they kept her locked in her own private paradise
away from it all... one night she sat there cleaning
daddy's favorite hunting knife... she took it to him
to show him just how much she really badly loved
him...

bless my father...bless my mother... bless all
children... here and after...

the morning papers beheld her face on the front
page... the front page screamed and wailed as she sat
pat not knowing what to make of that... she didnt
quite understand what was wrong with repaying daddy
for the way he loved her... she said she just loved
him back and loved him back and loved him back ...

bless my father...bless my mother... bless all
children... here and after...

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HIRAM

minsan pa, hagkan natin ang umaga...
at iwan ang gabing hiram nating dalwa...
kahit saglit, nilipad mo ako't inabot nating dalwa...
sabay ng pagluha, bumitaw na naman at umasa...

kung sakali... kung sakali...

minsan pa, hagkan natin ang umaga...
paraisong nakabinbin sa 'sang sulok ng dilim...
naghihintay ng muling pagdating...
nag-aabang ng takipsilim...
umaasang mayat-maya'y nariyan at kasayaw ka...

kung sakali... kung sakali...

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there's a box at the center of...
it's kinda pink i've been thinking of...
what's inside...?

"the eye in the middle of a storm", it's a riddle
it's alright...
fuck the situation it's a "truth mutilation"
it's alright...
hidden in the ballast of a sinking boat singing
all night...
"the gun's got a bullet with a name", it's a riddle
it's alright

it's what you've seen on TV lately...
you pray you get home oh-so-safely...

there's a body at the center of a field...
and all the suckaz with no money must yield...
our-so-called-life...

"the eye in the middle of the storm', it's a riddle
it's alright...
fuck the situation its a "truth mutilation"
it's alright...
hidden in the ballast of a sinking boat singing
all night...
"the gun's got a bullet with a name" it's a riddle
it's alright

(diego mapa: duct tape duct tape soft glue soft glue
poison stew poison stew what's new what's new...
paralyzed... in disguise... trying to be nice...
trying to be wise... crime has such a price such a price...
duct tape duct tape soft glue soft glue
what's new what's new what's new what's neww???!!!)

it's what you've seen on TV lately...
it's what you've seen on TV lately...
it's what you see on TV baby...
it's what you see on TV baby...

(uh, yup, diego mapa is "egg boy" ehehehehe)

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BREAKABLE

I saw you drown tonight…
and pictures of a sunny day played in my head…
emotions are illusions…
and love is such a vision…
up high on a pedestal…

falling…breaking into pieces…
drowning…I’m choking on the thesis…
but I will survive…
I will survive…

I saw you drown tonight…
And visions of a perfect sunset played in my head…
emotions are illusions…
and love becomes a silly silly silly game…
played by fools…

falling…breaking into pieces…
drowning…I’m choking on the thesis…
but I will survive…
I will survive…

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IRENE

Irene…its been oh so cold outside...
Somewhere the pavement’s gotten oh so wet…
In a house down the street…there’s a candle burning...
“he’s not coming!”

Irene…it’s been going on far too far...
I guess this time it’s time…
for some…for something…
And I wish that it were just your heart that’s breaking

when he’d walk in the room…
And it’s cold…and you’re shaking…
And the house down the street…fills itself with madness…and mad excesses…

Voices/noises so familiar…
Yet no one’s found the time to look inside…
The walls remain a blank exterior…
Is it serious?...

Irene…its been oh so cold outside...
Somewhere the pavement’s gotten oh so red…
In a house down the street…there’s a candle burning... “he’s not coming!”

Voices/noises so familiar…
Yet no one’s found the time to look inside…
The walls remain a blank exterior…
Is it serious?... Is it serious?... Is it serious?.. Is it serious?...

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My Happy Thoughts

Wish away on a disconnected highway
By a field that’s turning gray
Further down there’s a fork beneath a sign that says:
“PAY ATTENTION. YOU’RE LOST!”…but hey..

It’s ok… It’s ok… It’s ok… It’s ok…

Free… Free…
You’re so free…to be…
Free…

Dream away on a Sunday
In a field that’s blue and gray
Today the preacher’s gone to Mars in his rocket
He never said goodbye…would you rather cry?... but hey…

It’s ok… It’s ok… It’s ok… It’s ok…

Free… Free…
You’re so free…to be…
Free…

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Closed Captioned

state witness, deaf and witless
forced to implicate a hapless shrew
crime scene unsafe and toxic
everywhere is off limits to you

bodies lying in a shallow grave
everyday we get more of the same
hypnotized by what they show us
everyone gets fifteen minutes of fame

You hear it on the radio…hear it on the radio today….
The sun is on in stereo…you hear it on the radio it’s for sale

segue, segue, segue
crass fighting for primetime cred
news flash, news flash, news flash
you think you’re better off being misled

closed captioned for the hearing impaired
read between the lines instead
this is a reenactment
nobody wants to end up dead

You hear it on the radio…hear it on the radio today….
The sun is on in stereo…you hear it on the radio it’s for sale

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Hostile Takeover

its been building up inside of me
from the outside seeping in
a picture of anatomy
building a monopoly

what was I thinking?...
what was I drinking?...

its like keeping with the company
from the outside looking in
a picture of monotony
a taste of reality

what was I thinking?...
what was I drinking?...

what was I thinking?...
what was I drinking?...
it’s like building a monopoly
it’s like building a monopoly
it’s like building a monopoly
it’s like building a monopoly
what was I thinking?...
what was I drinking?...

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No. 36

they say I’m not supposed to feel..
I feel there’s really nothing real… is it bad?...
In every bed it’s all I said…
“it stains the sheets but pays the rent”…is it bad?

Touch me…touch me, please…
Touch me…touch me, please…

They say I’m not supposed to care…
The scars and broken bones are there…it’s been done…
Some of them are cavalier…
They kiss my hands and lips of steel…but its been done…

Touch me…touch me, please…
Touch me…touch me, please…
Touch me…touch me …

I am my own protection…
I am my own salvation from the things that are part of what I’ve become…

This isn’t something I would cry about…
A little secret whispered all too loud…

That’s not my conscience speaking…
That’s not my heart that’s bleeding…
That’s not my body…my broken body…my broken body screaming…

Touch me…touch me, please…
Touch me…touch me, please…
Touch me…touch me…touch me…touch me…
Touch me…touch me, please…

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All About Relationships

my sentimental me…
my sentimental you…
you never listen to me..
I never hear you…

Set aside by a landslide…
All conversation leads to suicide…
The fascination’s just wearing thin…
They keep it coming…they keep it coming…

An elemental me…
An elemental you…
I never listen to you…
You never hear me…

Set aside by a landslide…
All conversation leads to suicide…
The fascination’s just wearing thin…
They keep it coming…they keep it coming…

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Asan na?

paikot-ikot..nakatago sa isang sulok mo…
nananaginip…naiiyak sa mga bangungot mo…

pira-pirasong mga panahon… mga nakaw na sandaling inukit ng isang madilim na kahapon…itinapon…

alaala pa ba?...
nasaan na kaya?...
ang lumipas sa isang kumpas nawala…

noon pa man ay alam ko na
sa mga panaginip ko nakita
magiging bahagi ka ng isang makulay na dula..na aking ipipinta…punumpuno ng pag-asa…asan na?..asan na?...naglaho na parang bula…
mga damdaming inilarawan sa hangin nilipad na…
nabulag sa tinadhana…umasa sa isang tula…iniwan akong lito’t namamalikmata tuwing umaga…

alaala pa ba?...
nasaan na kaya?...
ang lumipas sa isang kumpas nawala…

nasa laot..naghahanap ng mga sagot
inaanod-anod…munting bangka ng sigalot…
mga nawawalang sagwan…
bituing marikit na nagtuturo ng daan kung saan man…kung saan man…

alaala pa ba?...
nasaan na kaya?...
ang lumipas sa isang kumpas nawala…

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Solace

I can’t stop the race
In every stage a gap precedes a hastened symphony
Things are out of place
And it’s a shame I wonder if its ever gonna change

Aaaaaaaahhh…oblivious…
Aaaaaaaaahhh…delirious…
Aaaaaaaahhh…oblivious…
Aaaaaaaaahhh…delirious…

I try to save face
Behind a make-shift canopy of lace and infamy
Be that as it may
In every stage the wounds precede a fateful remedy

Aaaaaaaahhh…oblivious…
Aaaaaaaaahhh…delirious…
Aaaaaaaahhh…oblivious…
Aaaaaaaaahhh…delirious…

I want to stay here with you…
I want to stay here with you…
I want to stay here with you…
I want to stay here with you…

I’m falling and ailing and anticipating…I’m crawling and hating and loving and failing…I’m falling and ailing and anticipating…I’m crawling and failing…I…

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Miron

di ka ba titigil…
sa kahahabol ng pangarap ng ibang tao para sa iyo?…whoah…
san ka ba titigil?
Kelan ka ba titigil?

Sabi-sabi….sabi-sabi…

Di ka ba titigil…
Sa pagmamasid na lamang?…kelan ka ba sasalang?…
Di ka aantayin ng mundo…
Iikot ng iikot ito…
Di ba nakakagigil?…

Labis-labis…labis-labis…

Hanggang kailan mo ba kayang dalhin?…
Hanggang kailan mo ba daramdamin?…
Hanggang kailan magtitiis?…
Hanggang kailang magtitiis?…
Magtitiis..?

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Again

Whenever you feel like there’s a trend
You do it again
Whenever you think the war would end
You do it again
Whenever you see the need to feed
You do it again
Whenever you wanna do it again, again, again and again

I see through you…
I’d see through your end…
And I don’t feel you’d…I don’t feel you’d bend…

Whenever you feel the world needs saving
You do it again
Whenever there’s strife whenever there’s grieving
You do it again
Whenever there’s a threat to your so-called world peace
You do it again
Whenever you think you’ve got the bends again, again and again

I see through you…
I’d see through your end…
And I don’t feel you’d…I don’t feel you’d bend…
I see you…
I see your end…
And I don’t feel you’d…I don’t feel you’d bend…

Do it and do it and do it again…
You do it and do it and do it again…
Do it and do it and do it again…
You do it and do it and do it again…

I see through you…
I’d see through your end…
And I don’t feel you’d…I don’t feel you’d bend…
I see you…
I see your end…
And I don’t feel you’d…I don’t feel you’d bend…

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slow

wish you could like I could…
wish you would like I would…
unsure if we really should…
could I wish upon an angry moon…

it made no difference before…
we could’ve dreamed and asked for more…

wish you could like I could…
wish you would like I would…
feel the time just passing by…
I am done with nothing more to hide…

it made no difference before…
we could’ve dreamed and asked for more…

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Public Service Announcement

Bawal mag-isip…bawal kwestyunin ang buong sistemang nagbibigay sa iyo ng kaalaman..na nagdidikta sa iyo kung ano yung dapat mong malaman at hindi malaman..marinig at hindi marinig..makita at di makita..pag-usapan at di pag-usapan…

Bawal mag-isip…bawal magtanong… bawal magduda…

Bawal kasi bawal eh…bawal kasi bawal eh…

Hoy…hoy…hoy…hoyyy!!!

Bawal mag-isip…bawal kwestyunin ang lahat ng idinidikta sa iyo tungkol sa gubyerno mo…sa relihiyon mo…sa kasaysayan ng mundong ginagalawan mo…sa mga tao sa paligid mo..sa pamilya mo…maski na tungkol sa sarili mo…

Bawal mag-isip…bawal magtanong… bawal magduda…

Bawal kasi bawal eh…bawal kasi bawal…

Hoy…hoy…hoy…hoyyy!!!

Alam nyo kung bakit?...

Coz that’s society…those are society rules…those are society’s…the high society…
Coz that’s society…those are society rules…those are society’s…the high society…
That’s society…those are society rules…those are society’s…the high society…
That’s society…those are society rules…

Bawal mag-isip…bawal pagyamanin ang sariling kaalaman at ipagtanggol ang sarili mong karapatan kapag wala kang pera…pag mas madami kang pera mas madami kang karapatan…mas madami kang karapatan mas madami kang pwedeng sagasaan…pero kapag ikaw ang nasagasaan ng taong mas madaming pera sa iyo bawal magalit at umalma…

Bawal mag-isip…bawal magtanong… bawal magduda…

Bawal kasi bawal eh…bawal kasi bawal…

Hoy…hoyy…hoyyyy!!!

Alam niyo kung bakit?....

Coz that’s society…those are society rules…those are society’s…the high society…
Coz that’s society…those are society rules…those are society’s…the high society…
That’s society…those are society rules…those are society’s…the high society…
That’s society…those are society rules…

Malapit na rin ipagbawal ang magsalita ng Malaya..
Malapit na rin ipagbawal ang magsabi ng totoo…

Bawal kasi bawal eh...bawal kasi bawal..

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Unsettled

unborn…in debt…minds full of fear and regret…
unscathed…unbathed…the heart of the hunger forgets…

the world will spin steady when all debts are settled…when all debts are settled..
and the world will be ready when all debts are settled…when all debts are settled..
when all debts are settled…

unborn…uncertain…it’s a future I don’t understand…
its listed here...certain to a point…a burden our children will bear…

the world will spin steady when all debts are settled…when all debts are settled..
and the world will be ready when all debts are settled…when all debts are settled..
when all debts are settled…and we will..

we will be free to choose…when all debts are settled…
we will go on to be the people that we sought to be…believe...when all debts are settled…we will…

the world will spin steady when all debts are settled…when all debts are settled..
and the world will be ready when all debts are settled…when all debts are settled..
when all debts are settled… we will..

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Revelation

upon me…a revelation…
and suddenly…an intermission…
the highs are high…a proposition then…
of what it is to feel…

…and what it is now...
…and what it is now…

behind me…some superstitious feat…
and suddenly…the merciless retreat…
the highs are high…a proposition then…
of what it is to feel…

…and what it is now...
…and what it is now…
…and what it is now...
…and what it is now…
…and what it is now...
…and what it is now…
…and what it is now...
…and what it is now…

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Pyramids

We found hope…we built pyramids…
Finding out its all too late…No one’s here…

We sent some photographs to outerspace…
Finding we’ve been wasting time…
No ones here…No one’s here…
Finding we’ve been laid to waste..No one’s here…

From around...were further from belief…
Shot an arrow…we’re part of all there is…Now no one’s here…
No one’s here…no…We’re part of all there ever was…
Now no one’s here…

Calling out all earthlings…calling out all of earth…
Calling out all earthlings…calling out all of earth…

We’ll find hope…we’ll build pyramids…
Finding all that once was lost…for one more day
We’ll sing songs…we’ll bear children…
Hoping that it’s not too late…for one more day…

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Twisted Halo EP

In loving Memory Of The Fearless Exploits Of The Bolo Brigade