The Cycle

Time slips by and you don’t know where the day has gone,
Until you find yourself alone
You ask why the monuments are standing tall,
When your mountains start to fall

But even if I tell you it wouldn’t stop the world from spinning round,
And even if I held you it wouldn’t stop us turning upside down…

For you and I, this is not the first or the last time
For you and I, this is not the first or the last time

There’s something hidden in the canopy,
That’s never for our eyes to see
And sometimes you’re gonna have to let it be,
If your heart is to be free

So even if he tells you all the very words you want to hear
And even if he holds you, nothing else compares to what you fear…

For you and I, this is not the first or the last time
For you and I, this is not the first or the last time

Nothing is guaranteed in this world that we live,
A world we have learned to forgive
If all that we want is for someone to believe,
That is all that we need.

For What Without Love Is Life

Bathe in a sea of wine, we drank our fill -
The ocean dry
And there the bottles lie,
Like captured memories in time.

I’ll wait for you, my love,
Until the stars above have lost their will
To shine and shimmer
These words wont be enough,
Hearts in a crystal rough
There’s beauty in the way they shatter.

A message to the shore,
These water circles to you, dear
Washed out forever more,
Or you can rain me down with tears.

But if we find the moon,
We’ll close this distance soon,
A falling star will spell our names
And in this solitude, my soul reached out to you,
So we won’t be alone again.

My memories of gold,
Sweet maiden I will hold
There in a space of cupboard love,
A story left untold that only we would know
To hold, to touch, to call my own.

For Lovers & Grungers

Seize the day before the day is done
Hear the city sleep to dream her war is never won
For victory was beyond your sights
The impossible reach that stretched your limbs
And pulled itself at the seams
To reveal the naked truth behind closed doors
A thin disguise, if you look you’ll find
A puzzle of scattered pieces
Pieces of you, pieces of me
My mind is your fruit for the picking, that ripens with age for someone to listen
Or hear the thoughts you couldn’t imagine
As far and wide as deep as the ocean
We’ll swim together, forever into blackness
Awake with sand on the soles of our feet
Washed over, wash away the tear of a forgotten dream
Or a nightmare we cared not to remember
So strange for fiction but a fabrication made real
Sometimes so real and unreal
Tell me your desires and feed them to me
I want to know all that you are and all that you will be
Let your eyes be the window and I’ll look into thee
Deep in your sorrows, your laughters, your dreams
-You’re all that I see
Take these expectations they only burn right through me

He who calls himself a man will weep behind closed doors
And he who calls himself a man will ask of himself much more
Yet with the sound of a fight-bell ring, he’s centred on the floor
Coz he who calls himself a man will fight his futile war!

Untangle these words, now what’s left to say
For there in the vines – so twisted they came
The seeds that we sowed which sprung up in June
Now left in the sun to wither so soon
So secret the questions we asked to receive
For what without love I wish not to conceive
Like bottles of memories I threw out to sea
Those circles of water bring them back to me

So sweet are the mouths of lovers
For they have touched the lips of another
So sweet are the eyes of the blind-sight
For they feel the warmth of the moonlight
So sweet is your name in a whisper
Which lingers in my soul forever.

The Curfew

Pour me another glass waiter,
Save my innocence for later,
I’m passing time
Left my reality to wander,
With my sanity, I’m over asking why
Coz I’ve heard it all before,
Like a whisper on a starry night

So pass me the bottle on the wall,
You either leave me now or take me home
Pass me the bottle on the wall,
You either leave me now or take me home

Spare me a different conversation,
I got nothing left for patience
-It’s 3am
I’m gonna satisfy the hour,
Curfew’s standing on the corner,
Staring again

Like he’s seen it all before,
A cab will take him home tonight

Crave

The wind blows cold in the middle of July,
To steal the sun away for a while,
But when the rain comes down she’s not around

What can you get somebody for free,
Who’s got it all and more than she needs?
Coz when you’re high you’re used to looking down…

And I don’t know why you came here for
And I wished that I could give you something more

The simple life is more than it seems,
Don’t take more than you offer to give,
There’ll be a time we all cry charity

And when she gambles all for the take,
Somebody’s bound to fall for the bait,
She teaches you to lose before you win…

Old Rivers

There’s the moon in the sky like a pearl in your eyes
Or a lucent goodbye
All alone in the night, an unforgettable sight

There’s a song in my head I cannot comprehend
Could I have been misled to another dead-end
Or is it all in my head?

My skin has withered dry like flowers in the sun
And in these lines of age you’ll find old rivers run

Find a blessing for me like a simple relief
For short is the sight of a fool who’s not seen
Love fade before his eyes

Like flowers in the sun my skin has withered dry
And where old rivers run, these lines of you’ll find
My skin has withered dry like flowers in the sun
And in these lines of age you’ll find old rivers run

All That Jazz

I know a girl and she likes the finer things in life,
But love’s always on her mind, the one thing that makes her smile
And also the one thing that makes her cry…

She believes the better and the best things you find in life are free
And all of the riches to make you happy don’t grow on trees
When that day comes love is all you need…

And all that jazz that comes with all of the simple things in life’s romance,
And all that jazz that comes with all of the crazy things you wished you had.

She dreams an ever-after fairy tale that ends in white,
Up in the Heavens where the angels take to flight
And also she’s the one who’s on my mind…

And all that jazz that comes with all of the simple things in life’s romance,
And all that jazz that comes with all of the crazy things you wished you had.

Love floats like a butterfly
And love can sting like a bee…

She Loves

She said it’s a case of seeing that someone you love,
Multiple times on the faces of everyone
And it plays your mind

She’s lost in the sea on a sailboat that drifts in the night,
She dreams of the day when he’ll take her away for a while
And maybe forever, maybe forever…

With the one she loves, with the one she loves.

He’s making a trail of footprints so deep in the sand,
She follows it down coz she knows where they lead in the end…

To the one she loves, to the one she loves,
To the one she loves, to the one she loves.

To the one she –
Misinterpreted the sign, he gave that wasn’t goodbye, goodbye
Oh, to the one she –
Tried to read between the lines, but it was so hard to find the sign

To the one she loves, to the one she loves,
To the one she loves, to the one she loves,
To the one she loves, to the one she loves,
To the one she loves, to the one she loves.

Save It For A Rainy Day

She listens to the rain,
By the window pane,
But the noise don’t seem to drive her insane
It’s beating down,
Over time,
Just like the tears rolling down from her eyes

And the wind tries to blow her down to her knees…

Misery without the company,
She can’t help but be alone and lonely
Faraway,
In her mind,
There’s the thought of bliss she can’t seem to find

And the time seem to pass her by each day,
And the wind tries to blow her hopes away..

Thought she’d save it for a rainy day.

Before it falls down, she’ll feel it come around,
And it fills her mind like something she knows
And when it comes down she’ll start to dance around,
There’s something she knows

Got Till It’s Gone

As it crossed my mind I realise,
It’s just another day and time
When you get so close,
The moment passes by
We live in this elusive life…

So just hold on, you may not know what you got till it’s gone.

Well, there’s a light for us to see,
Through the darkness of reality
So take my hand, you’re not alone,
But try to make it on your own…

And just hold on, you may not know what you got till it’s gone.
‘Got till it’s gone’
Just hold on, you may not know what you got till it’s gone.

Now there’s a truth beyond the doubts,
Listen when they shout it out
So keep this love and don’t let go,
It may not be here too long

But just hold on, you may not know what you got till it’s gone.
‘Got till it’s gone’
Just hold on, you may not know what you got till it’s gone.

Fingers

Heaven’s in sight – look over your shoulder
The light breaks the sky, you can see it
Like flowers in time, it won’t last forever
All beauty must die, you can miss it

And there’s a laughter in the air
It feels like fingers through your hair
And it’s a sight beyond compare
To see you dancing in the wind

Somewhere in dreams we’ll make up the wonders
Thought sometimes you need to believe it
But the light brings hope like the rain brings life
Still the brightest day will turn into night

I Can’t Tell You Why

I can’t tell you why the sky’s a different blue
I can’t tell you why it was falling too
It’s just the way it is

I can’t tell you why we fall into sleep
I can’t tell you why we forget our dreams
It’s just the way it is

Changes (Take Some Getting Use To)

I see you shiver as you jump in when the water’s cold,
And do we understand it’s deeper than it was before
Gotta do what needs to be done,
And you have to lose before you win some…

Darling, sure enough these changes take some getting use to,
Darling, sure enough these changes take some getting use to

The light begins to fade into the night once again,
But I know we could be something more,
Don’t worry for now, don’t worry for now,
We’ll make it somewhow

Darling, sure enough these changes take some getting use to,
Darling, sure enough these changes take some getting use to.

Para Saating Dalawa (For You and I)
(Tagalog interpretation by Gerwin Cuenca & Patria Flores)
Featuring Patria Flores (my mum!)

Panahon na nakalipas,
Hanggang sa ika’y mapag-isa
Nagtatanong kung bakit ganito,
Tila gumuguho ang ginagalawang mundo

Kahit isipin ka’y, hindi titigil ang pag-ikot ng mundo,
Kahit ika’y aking yakapin, ‘di mapigilan ang paggulong na ito

Para saating dalawa, ‘dito ang huling pagkakataon,
Para saating dalawa, ‘dito ang huling pagkakataon

Mayroong nakatagong pangamba,
Na di na dapat madama
Kung hangad ng puso’y kalayaan,
Minsan kailangang hayaan

Kahit isipin ka’y, hindi titigil ang pag-ikot ng mundo,
Kahit ika’y aking yakapin, ‘di mapigilan ang paggulong na ito

Para saating dalawa, ‘dito ang huling pagkakataon,
Para saating dalawa, ‘dito ang huling pagkakataon

Walang katiyakan sa mundong ito,
Mundong natutuhang tanggapin
Kung hangad ay kapwa paniniwala,
Yan lang ang tanging hangarin

Para saating dalawa, ‘dito ang huling pagkakataon,
Para saating dalawa, ‘dito ang huling pagkakataon,
Para saating dalawa.

I Don’t Mind

You and me, we can take on this world
We can show them we matter and more than they think we are worth
We can write down our history so they can remember
Of our trials and tragedies, we never say never.

And if you ask me to walk with you
Through a valley of shadows and fire…

I don’t mind
Take my hand, I don’t mind
Hold me close, I don’t mind
No, I don’t, I don’t mind

You and I, we can light up the sky
We can soar o’er mountains until we run out of time
You can rest by my side when you’re tired
You can be anything that you like if you want it

But if you want me to walk with you
Through the valleys of shadows and fire…

I don’t mind
Take my hand, I don’t mind
Just hold me close, I don’t mind
Walk with me, I don’t mind

I don’t mind.

Tonight

(Tonight) I can have you by my side
(Tonight) We can make up if we try
(Tonight) Let us do this now tonight

(Tonight) Let us throw it all away
(Tonight) All our troubles yesterday
(Tonight) We can make up for the pain tonight

Do you remember when we were together then?
And now…

Tonight, we can have it back
Tonight

(Tonight) We can only make mistakes
(Tonight) We can learn from them today
(Tonight) But it won’t be easy if you don’t believe me
(Tonight) Tonight, let us put it all aside
(Tonight) Leave our troubles all behind
Tonight

Do you remember when we were together then?
And now…

Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight…

Little White Lies

It’s been so long, time only matters when he’s gone
If he only knew
Another night, she’s tired of being all alone
Tears of solitude

Oh, does he mean that much to you?

See in his eyes, they only turn to look the other way
Oh, can’t you tell?
I bet you could, but you’re too afraid to lose him now
But he don’t treat you well

Oh, does he mean that much to you?

Little white lies – don’t she realise?
Little white lies – he got away this time
Love’s too blind to see, don’t know why she needs to believe
His little white lies.

Sometimes she cries when no one is around to see the tears she’d hide away
And when it’s to realise it’s not to be
Something’s in her way

Yeah, he shouldn’t mean that much to you

Little white lies – don’t she realise?
Little white lies – he got away this time
Love’s too blind to see, don’t know why she needs to believe
His little white lies.

The Reminder

I been looking for tomorrow,
I hate the world today
It only brought me sorrow,
But I don’t want to complain

Cos there’s people worse off than me,
There’s people hurtin’ you just don’t see
You don’t see…

Sittin’ on the corner,
Looking for a change
So tell me of an order,
That our love can arrange

Cos there’s people worse off than me,
There’s people hurtin’ you just don’t see

So open your eyes is all…
Open your arms is all…
Open your mind is all…
Open your heart is all… (that’s all you gotta do, baby!)

When you’re down you can call out my name
Just remember there are people who go through the same
Don’t let it take you,
Don’t let it take you down with it
Cos you know…

There’s people worse off than me,
There’s people hurtin’ you just don’t see

So open your eyes is all…
Open your arms is all…
Open your mind is all…
Open your heart is all… (that’s all you gotta do, baby!)