A Writer’s Paris.

A batchmate (and friend) and I were at Kittens last week and we found that the rumors were true - the place IS closing down. To everybody and anybody who have had more than a drink or two - together with a plate of chicharon bulaklak - with the TV tuned into some infamous telenovela - and the ice you paid for in a chipped, plastic bowl melting in the heat — here in this shabby, well-loved hole in the wall - have one last drink, and make one last memory.

Unbelievable (Craig David)

Always said I would know where to find love,
Always thought I’d be ready and strong enough,
But some times I just felt I could give up.
But you came and changed my whole world now,
I’m somewhere I’ve never been before.
Now I see, what love means.

[Chorus]
It’s so unbelievable,
And I don’t want to let it go,
Something so beautiful,
Flowing down like a waterfall.
I feel like you’ve always been,
Forever a part of me.
And it’s so unbelievable to finally be in love,
Somewhere I’d never thought I’d be.

In my heart, in my head, it’s so clear now,
Hold my hand you’ve got nothing to fear now,
I was lost and you’ve rescued me some how-.
I’m alive, I’m in love you complete me,
And I’ve never been here before.
Now I see, what love means.

[Chorus]

When I think of what I have, and this chance I nearly lost,
I cant help but break down, and cry.
Ohh yeah, break down and cry.

[Chorus]

Now I see, what love means

Music Of My Heart (Nsync with gloria estefan)

You’ll never know
What you’ve done for me
What your faith in me
Has done for my soul…

You’ll never know
The gift you’ve given me..
I’ll carry it with me (yeah…yeah…)

Through the days ahead
I think of days before
You made me hope for something better (yes you did)
And made me reach for something more

You taught me to run
You taught me to fly
Helped me to free the me inside
Help me hear the music of my heart
Help me hear the music of my heart
You’ve opened my eyes
You’ve opened the door
To something I’ve never known before
And your love…
(love)
Is the music of my heart.. (music of my heart)

You were the one
Always on my side (always on my side)
Always standing by (always standing by)
Seeing me through

You were the song that always made me sing
I’m singing this for you (singing this for you baby)

Everywhere I go
I think of where I’ve been (think of where I’ve been)
And of the one who knew me better
Than anyone ever will again

You taught me to run
You taught me to fly
Helped me to free the me inside
Help me hear the music of my heart
Help me hear the music of my heart
You’ve opened my eyes
You’ve opened the door (you opened the door)
To something I’ve never known before…
And your love…(your love)
Is the music of my heart

What you taught me
Only your love could ever teach me
You got through when no one could reach me
Ohh…ohh…ohh

Cause you always saw in me
All the best that I could be
It was you who set me free…

You taught me to run
You taught me to fly
Helped me to free the me inside (me inside)
Help me hear the music of my heart
Help me hear the music of my heart

You taught me to run
You taught me to fly
Helped me to free the me inside (me inside)
Help me hear the music of my heart (music of my heart)
Help me hear the music of my heart
You’ve opened my eyes
You’ve opened the door (opened the door)
To something I’ve never known before (never, never, felt before)
And your love…
Is the music of my heart..

Music of my heart
Music of my heart
Is the music of my heart…

Close to the End (Mojofly)

Have you ever felt being there
Have you ever found the sunshine on your hair
Have you been under your skin
Have you ever found the beauty from within

Like an unfamiliar song
You can hum with all your heart
But you’ll never find the words

And i don’t wanna wake up
Without you again
And i don’t wanna wake up
Feeling so close to the end

Have you ever thought of nothing else
As i wake up each day until the moment i lay my head on my bed
And as i close my eyes and cling to my pillow
Though you’re miles away i still wait for the day that would never come

The stars are bound to die
It all makes no sense
I can’t take the chance
I don’t want to see you go

Hiram
Session Road

Pagod na sa hiram
Walang patutunguhan
May sasabihin ba?
Makinig na lang sa hinala
At kung akala mo ikaw lang ang nangangamba
Wag mong ikabahala
Idilat mo ang yong mata
Pansamantala lang ba
Ang lahat ng ito?

Hindi ko alam, wag mong simulan
Pahihirapan ba ang talunan?
Tuwing ika’y mamasdan
Tuwing ika’y hahagkan
Wala ka nang mararamdaman

Sa muling pagtatagpo
Mababago ba ng mundo?
Sa aking paghihintay
Sumasambang di mabibigo

Hindi ko alam, wag mong simulan
Pahihirapan ba ang talunan?
Tuwing ika’y mamasdan
Tuwing ika’y hahagkan
Wala ka bang nararamdaman?

At sa tuwing babalikan nawawala na sa katuwiran

Hindi ko alam, wag mong simulan
Pahihirapan ba ang talunan?
Tuwing ika’y mamasdan
Tuwing ika’y hahagkan

Wala ka nang mararamdaman

How to Save A Life (The Fray)

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you’ve told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you’ve followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
And you’ll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Congratulations
(Blue October feat. Imogen Heap)

Is that seat taken
Congratulations
Would you like to take a walk with me

My mind it kind of goes fast
I try to slow it down for you
I think I’d love to take a drive
I want to give you something
I’ve been wanting to give to you for years
My heart

My heart, my pain won’t cover up
You left me.. hu hu hu hu
My heart won’t take this cover up
You left me.. hu hu hu hu

I came to see the light in my best friend
You seemed as happy as you’d ever been
My chance of being open was broken
And now you’re Mrs. him.

My words they don’t come out right
But I’ll try to say I’m happy for you
I think I’m going to take that drive
I want to give you something
I’ve been wanting to give to you for years
My hearts

My heart, my pain won’t cover up
You left me.. hu hu hu hu
My heart
My heart won’t take this cover up
You left me.. hu hu hu hu

And I can’t change this
I can never take it back
But now I can’t change your mind
(You left me)
And I can’t this
I can never take this back
But now I can’t change your mind
can’t change your mind
(You left me)
Can’t change you mind
(You left me)
(You left me)
(You left me)
(You left me)

Go away
Make it go away
Please.

Sleep (Azure Ray)

Fill these spaces up with days
In my room
you can go you can stay
I can’t sleep,
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep

Now these years locked in my drawer
I’ll open to see just to be sure

I can’t sleep,
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep

And So I’m reaching out for the one
And So I’ve learned the meaning of the sun
And all this like a message comes to shift my point of view
And watching it pull my own light as it tips a shade of you

Hold my wine hold it in
nobody’s lost
but nobody wins

And I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep

And So I’m reaching out for the one
And So I’ve learned the meaning of the sun
And All this like a message to shift my point of view
I’m watching through my own light as it turns the shade of you

I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you
I can’t sleep
I can’t speak to you

Both Hands (Ani Di Franco)

i am walking out in the rain
and i am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
and i am getting nowhere with you
and i can’t let it go and i can’t get through
and the old woman behind the pink curtains
and the closed door on the first floor
she’s listening through the airshaft
to see how long our swan song can last
and both hands
now use both hands
oh no don’t close your eyes
i am writing graffiti on your body
i am drawing the story of how hard we tried
how hard we tried
and i am watching your chest rise and fall
like the tides of my life and the rest of it all
and your bones have been my bedframe
and your flesh has been my pillow
i’ve been waiting for sleep
to offer up the deep with both hands
with both hands
and in each other’s shadow we grew less and less tall
and eventually our theories couldn’t explain it all
and i’m recording our history now on the bedroom wall
and when we leave the landlord will come and paint over it all
and i’m walking out in the rain
and i am listening to the low moan of the dial tone again
and i am getting nowhere with you
and i can’t let it go and i can’t get through
and both hands
please use both hands
oh no don’t close your eyes
i am writing graffiti on your body
i am drawing the story of how hard we tried
how hard we tried
how hard we tried