drive-by kiss by the dambuilders

i still see the two of us together
when the winter wind blows cold
you can't get lost as long as you remember
if you know where the highway goes

i may never find out where it is
but i might reach you with a drive-by kiss

and its wrong to think about forever
when you know it doesn't last
but if you try to run away from your memory
you can't ever drive too fast

you may never find out who it is
but i might reach you with a drive-by kiss

and it's a sad way
to say hello
but if you sleep it off,
will you let me know?

say good-bye
but don't let me go

i may never find out where it is
but i might reach you with a drive-by kiss
say good-bye to part of me i miss
with a drive-by kiss

i didn't know it would come to this
i hope i can say what i never did
with a drive-by kiss



notus: this is for ed. this is for the times i can no longer spend with him... for the thoughts left unsaid... for things left undone. he may be off with someone else but i hope he remembers me. yes, it went pretty fast. i can just seal everything with a drive-by kiss.

waiting in vain by bob marley

1, 2, 3:

I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love.
From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, girl,
My heart says follow t’rough.
But I know, now, that I’m way down on your line,
But the waitin’ feel is fine:
So don’t treat me like a puppet on a string,
’cause I know I have to do my thing.
Don’t talk to me as if you think I’m dumb;
I wanna know when you’re gonna come - soon.
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love,
’cause if summer is here,
I’m still waiting there;
Winter is here,
And I’m still waiting there.
---
/guitar solo/
---
Like I said:
It’s been three years since I’m knockin’ on your door,
And I still can knock some more:
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more.
Ya see, in life I know there’s lots of grief,
But your love is my relief:
Tears in my eyes burn - tears in my eyes burn
While I’m waiting - while I’m waiting for my turn,
See!

I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love;
I don’t wanna wait in vain for your love, oh!
I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna -
I don’t wanna wait in vain.
I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna -
I don’t wanna wait in vain.
No, I don’t wanna (I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna -
I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna wait in vain) -
No I - no I (I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t
Wanna - I don’t wanna wait in vain) -
No, no-no, i, no, I (I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna -
I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna wait in vain) -
It’s your love that I’m waiting on (I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna -
I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna wait in vain);
It’s me love that you’re running from.
It’s jah love that I’m waiting on (I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna -
I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna - I don’t wanna wait in vain);
It’s me love that you’re running from.



notus: bcuz we skipped the courtship part. sad.

love generation by bob sinclair

(Bam, bam, baba bam, bam,)
(baba bam, bam, baba bam babam.......)

From Jamaica to the world,
this is just love,
this is just love,
Yeah!

Why must our children play in the streets,
broken hearts and faded dreams,
listen up to everyone that you meet,
don't you worry, it could be so sweet,
Just look to the rainbow, you will see
sun will shine till eternity,
I've done for much love in my heart,
No-one can tear it apart,
Yeah,

Feel the love generation,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Feel the love generation,
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon yeah,

(whistling.....)

Feel the love generation,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Feel the love generation,
Ooohhh yeah-yeah,

Don't worry about a thing,
it's gonna be alright,
Don't worry about a thing,
it's gonna be alright,
Don't worry about a thing,
it's gonna be alright,
Gonna be, gonna, gonna, gonna be alright,

Why must our children play in the streets,
broken hearts and faded dreams,
listen up to everyone that you meet,
don't you worry, it could be so sweet,
Just look to the rainbow, you will see
sun will shine till eternity,
I've done for much love in my heart,
No-one can tear it apart,
Yeah,

(whistling.....)



notus: promote love! yeah, right!

you and me by lifehouse

what day is it
and in what month
this clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up
and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

cause it's you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to lose
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you

all of the things that I want to say
just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping inwards
you got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

cause it's you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to prove
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you

there's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
everything she does is beautiful
everything she does is right

you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to lose
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you

you and me and all of the people
with nothing to do
nothing to prove
and it's you and me and all of the people
and I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you

what day is it
and in what month
this clock never seemed so alive



notus: this, while reading Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk... odd, is it?

White Shadows by Coldplay (Morgan Page Remix)

When I was a young boy I tried to listen
And I wanna feel like that
Little white shadows that sparkle and glisten
I'm part of a system plan
Do you ever feel like there's something missing?
Things you'll never understand
Little white shadows that blink in the distance
Part of a system plan

When all our fears are waking up
All the space they're taking up
I said I cannot hear you, you're breaking up

Ohhhh...

Maybe you get what you wanted
Maybe you stumbled upon it
Everything you ever wanted
In a permanent state

Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you mean it
When you find that you keep it
In a permanent state
A permanent state

When I was a young boy
I tried to listen
I don't think I'll ever feel like that

We're part of the human race and
All of the stars and outer space
We're part of the system plan

When all our fears are waking up
And all the space, they're taking up
I said I cannot hear you, you're breaking up

Maybe you get what you wanted
Maybe you'll stumble upon it
Everything you ever wanted
In a permanent state

Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
When you find that you keep it
In a permanent state
A permanent state

I swear I'm only seeing faces
Tired of the human races
Oh, answer now is what I need...

See it in a new sun rising
See it breaking on your horizon
Oh, come on love, stay with me...



notus: this is for kenny... for bringing back to me my love for music.

Snow on The Sahara by Anggun

Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

But to stand with you in a ring of fire
I’ll forget the days gone by
I’ll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight

Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I’ll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I’ll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold

Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I’ll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I’ll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

If that’s the only place where you can leave your doubts
I’ll hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, I’ll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

Just a wish and it will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the darkness comes and darkened your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold

Lost out in the desert


notus: i am not sure to whom this song goes out to. whenever i hear this song, it is kalinaw i think of... i can't seem to get him out of my thoughts. odd.

Days Go By by Dirty Vegas

You
You

You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin

You leave me when I'm at my worst
Feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you

You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin

You leave me when I'm at my worst
Feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you



notus: to whom do you pledge your allegiance? you, self, yes, you. would you betray yourself at that delusional moment?

Island in the Sun by Weezer

Hip hip
Hip hip
Hip hip
Hip hip

When you’re on a holiday
You can’t find the words to say
All the things that come to you
And I wanna feel it too

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

Hip hip
Hip hip

When you’re on a golden sea
You don’t need no memory
Just a place to call your own
As we drift into the zone

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

We’ll run away together
We’ll spend some time forever
We’ll never feel bad anymore

Hip hip
Hip hip
Hip hip

On an island in the sun
We’ll be playing and having fun
And it makes me feel so fine
I can’t control my brain

We’ll run away together
We’ll spend some time forever
We’ll never feel bad anymore

Hip hip

We’ll never feel bad anymore
No no
We’ll never feel bad anymore
No no
No no
No no



notus: because i can't come home for the holidays, lemme just imagine the warm weather, the sea, sun, sand of davao.... hip hip!

Waves by Marjorie Fair

Feels as if the things I thought about
Silly boy, you're off to what I thought about
In a way, the sun is setting on my side
But it's alright unless it's gone
Away from here for good

[BRIDGE]
But it's so hard, watching you fade away
And it's too hard, watching you fade away

[CHORUS]
These are the ways that I talked about, silly boy
Don't you forget about what I have said
These are the ways that I talked about, silly boy
Don't you forget about what I have said
It's all in your head

The person that I thought I was
Is something that I don't think is coming true
And to say things that surround me now
Are the same things that I seem to see right through



notus: who is this lady i knew, i know and i'll know someday? i know i am daddy's frustration... i have been following all his orders, grooming me. i could have been an exact replica of him... only somewhere, somehow, i took a different path. now, "the person that i thought i was is something that i don't think is coming true and to say things that surround me now are the same things that i seem to see right through"

all the young dudes by world party

Well Billy rapped all night about his suicide
How he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five
Speed jive don't want to stay alive
When you're twenty-five
And Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks
And Freedy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face
Funky little boat race
Television man is crazy saying we're juvenile deliquent wrecks
Oh man I need TV when I got T Rex
Oh brother you guessed
I'm a dude dad
All the young dudes (Hey dudes)
Carry the news (Where are ya)
Boogaloo dudes (Stand up Come on)
Carry the news
All the young dudes (I want to hear you)
Carry the news (I want to see you)
Boogaloo dudes (And I want to talk to you all of you)
Carry the news

Now Lucy looks sweet cause he dresses like a queen
But he can kick like a mule it's a real mean team
But we can love oh yes we can love
And my brother's back at home with his Beatles and his Stones
We never got it off on that revolution stuff
What a drag too many snags
Now I've drunk a lot of wine and I'm feeling fine
Got to race some cat to bed
Oh is there concrete all around
Or is it in my head
Yeah
I'm a dude dad
All the young dudes (Hey dudes)
Carry the news (Where are ya)
Boogaloo dudes (Stand up)
Carry the news
All the young dudes (I want to hear ya)
Carry the news (I want to see you)
Boogaloo dudes (And I want to relate to you)
Carry the news
All the young dudes (What dudes)

Carry the news (Let's hear the news come on)
Boogaloo dudes (I want to kick you)
Carry the news
All the young dudes (Hey you there with the glasses)
Carry the news (I want you)
Boogaloo dudes (I want you at the front)
Carry the news (Now you all his friends)
All the young dudes (Now you bring him down cause I want him)
Carry the news
Boogaloo dudes (I want him right here bring him come on)
Carry the news (Bring him here you go)
All the young dudes (I've wanted to do this for years)
Carry the news (There you go)
Boogaloo dudes (How do you feel)
Carry the news



notus: ode to high school friends. some of you may be young dads and mommas cradling your lil angels. some of you may have headed to the big city. some of you may still be in school or if out, bumming around, drinking your 6-pack, playing your guitar...

Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends

summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when september ends

here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends

like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends



notus: waiting room turned comfort room. wake me up when september ends...

No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley

No woman no cry, no woman no cry
No woman no cry, no woman no cry
Say, say, say I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown
Obba, obba, observing the hypocrites
As we would mingle
With the good people we meet
Good friends we have,
Oh, good friends we've lost
Along the way
In this great future,
You can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I say

No woman no cry, no woman no cry
Little darling, don't shed no tears,
No woman no cry
Say I remember when we use to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Gorgie would make the fire lights
As it was, log would burnin'
Through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on thru
Oh, while I'm gone

Everything 's gonna be alright,
Everything 's gonna be alright
Everything 's gonna be alright,
Everything 's gonna be alright
No woman no cry,
No, no woman no cry
Oh, my little sister
Don't shed no tears
No woman no cry


notus: karen, this is for you on your 23rd year.

Ever After by Bonnie Bailey with Hed Kandi

Three years ago, our journey began.
Chasing down this cure, no plan in hand.
Just your pulse, my racing guide in the dark.
Just knowing with conviction from the start.

The moment your eyes made an introduction,
I felt my second violent breath of life.
Flawless to the point of being godly,
Yet I fell hard for your imperfections.

And now we're slightly weathered, we're slightly worn.
Our hands grip together, eye to eye through the storm, yet
I still believe in ever after with you, yeahhhhh.
Cuz life is a pleasure with you by my side,
And there ain't no current in this river we can't ride.
I still believe in ever after with you.

Nothing compares to the good times.
Feels like we're floating, when the rest have to climb.
You made me believe in love, and not the perfect kind.
A real messy beautiful twisted sunshine.

Emotions, volcanic eruptions,
We both still care, so we're still alive.
Tunnel vision, determination,
I want you, I want to make it right.

And now we're slightly weathered, we're slightly worn.
Our hands grip together, eye to eye through the storm, yet
I still believe in ever after with you, yeahhhhh.
Cuz life is a pleasure with you by my side,
And there ain't no current in this river we can't ride.
I still believe in ever after with you.

You are my twisted sunshine.
You are my twisted sunshine.

And now we're slightly weathered, we're slightly worn.
Our hands grip together, eye to eye through the storm, yet
I still believe in ever after with you, yeahhhhh.
Cuz life is a pleasure with you by my side,
And there ain't no current in this river we can't ride.
I still believe in ever after with you.

And now we're slightly weathered, we're slightly worn.
Our hands grip together, eye to eye through the storm, yet
I still believe in ever after with you, yeahhhhh.
Cuz life is a pleasure with you by my side,
And there ain't no current in this river we can't ride.
I still believe in ever after with you.


notus: oh. my. god. this is for allin. for most part, the song tells so much about how it is with him except the mushy party bcuz we never really had any of those... but... oh, how i wish. i still believe in ever after with you...

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails

I hurt myself today.
to see if I still feel.
I focus on the pain.
the only thing that's real.
the needle tears a hole.
the old familiar sting.
try to kill it all away.
but I remember everything.
what have I become?.
my sweetest friend.
everyone I know.
goes away in the end.
you could have it all.
my empire of dirt.
I will let you down.
I will make you hurt.
I wear my crown of shit.
on my liar's chair.
full of broken thoughts.
I cannot repair.
beneath the stain of time.
the feeling disappears.
you are someone else.
I am still right here.
what have I become?.
my sweetest friend.
everyone I know.
goes away in the end.
you could have it all.
my empire or dirt.
I will let you down.
I will make you hurt.
if I could start again.
a million miles away.
I would keep myself.
I would find a way.



notus: i wonder if this songs holds true for krystel and i... just a passing thought.

Runaway Train by Soul Asylum

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a slow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now
I'm in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

CHORUS
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here no there

Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Everything is cut and dry
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

CHORUS

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughin' at the rain
Little out of touch, little insane
Just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train never comin' back
Runaway train tearin' up the track
Runaway train burnin' in my veins
Runaway but it always seems the same



notus: this song truly reminds me of that night Nap called up and roused me from my sleep. that night i decided to get rid of him... and get rid of him fast.

A Long December by Counting Crows

A long december and there’s reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can’t remember the last thing that you said as you were leavin’
Now the days go by so fast
And it’s one more day up in the canyons
And it’s one more night in hollywood
If you think that I could be forgiven... i wish you would
The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it’s all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl
And it’s one more day up in the canyons
And it’s one more night in hollywood
If you think you might come to california...i think you should
Drove up to hillside manor sometime after two a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,
Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her
And it’s been a long december and there’s reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can’t remember all the times I tried to tell my myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass
And it’s one more day up in the canyon
And it’s one more night in hollywood
It’s been so long since I’ve seen the ocean...i guess I should



notus: this song says it all. i mean every word i wrote in my testimonial for raen at friendster. if cebu is treating her bad, i'd be more than happy to have her here. manila is bearable enough for a fresh start. then again, i should also take a dosage of my own pill...

4 am by our lady peace

I walked around my good intentions
And found that there were none
I blame my father for the wasted years
We hardly talked
I never thought I would forget this hate
Then a phone call made me realize
I'm wrong

If I don't make it known that
I've loved you all along
Just like the sunny days that
We ignore because
We're all dumb and jaded
And I hope to God I figure out
What's wrong

I walked around my room
Not thinking
Just sinking in this box
I blame myself for being too much
Like somebody else
I never thought I would just
Bend this way

If I don't make it known that
I've loved you all along
Just like the sunny days that
We ignore because
We're all dumb and jaded
And I hope to God I figure out
What's wrong



notus: to daddy and mama on your 28th wedding anniversary. a tribute from daddy's lil girl.

Insensitive by Jann Arden

How do you cool your lips after a summer's kiss?
How do you rid the sweat after the body bliss?
How do you turn your eyes from the romantic glare?
How do you block the sound of a voice you'd know anywhere?

Oh I really should have known by the time you drove me home,
By the vagueness in your eyes, your casual good-byes.
By the chill in your embrace and the expression on your face,
That told me you might have some advice to give ...
On how to be...
Insensitive.

How do you numb your skin after the warmest touch?
How do you slow your blood after the body rush?
How do you free your soul after you've found a friend?
How do you teach your heart it's a crime to fall in love again?

Oh you probably won't remember me, it's probably ancient history,
I'm one of the chosen few who went ahead and fell for you.
I'm out of vogue, I'm out of touch, I fell too fast, I feel too much.
I thought that you might have some advice to give ...
On how to be ...
Insensitive.


notus: mmmmmm... Nap. Kalinaw. Nap. Kalinaw. Nap. Nap. Nap.

Cannonball by Damien Rice

Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Still a little hard to say what's going on

Still a little bit of your ghost your witness
Still a little BIT of your face I haven't kissed
You step a little closer EACH DAY
Still I can't SAY what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

Still a little bit of your song in my ear
Still a little bit of your words I long to hear
You step a little closer TO ME
So close that I can't see what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannon

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to cry
So come on courage!
Teach me to be shy
'Cause it's not hard to fall
And I don't WANNA scare her
It's not hard to fall
And I don't wanna lose
It's not hard to grow
When you know that you just don't know



notus: i am blinded by the presence of Nap in my life right now. there are a great deal many things i like about him. i like that he is eloquent, intelligent, and, i must admit, wise beyond his years in most respects. i like that he can and will make me laugh, and can and will laugh at most of my attempts at humor. i like that he is interested in coffee, stocks and football with almost the same intensity as much as i do... there's one minor thing that will still keep me getting too close: i haven't really met him yet.

the ghost in you by counting crows

A man in my shoes runs a light
All the papers lie tonight
But falling over you
Is the news of the day

Angels fall like rain
And love, is all of heaven way
Inside you the time moves and she don't fade
The ghost in you she don't fade away

The race is on, I’m on your side
But hearing you my engines died
I’m in the mood for you
Or for running away

All the stars come down in you
But love, love, love you can't give it away
Inside you the time moves and she don't fade
The ghost in you she don't fade
Inside you the time moves and she don't fade away
Don't you know she don't fade

Don't you go it makes no sense
And all these talking supermen
Just take away the time just to get it away
Aint it just like the rain
Cause love, love, love, love is only heaven away
Inside you the time moves and she don't fade
The ghost in you she don't fade away

Inside you the time moves and she don't fade away
The ghost in you she don't fade

A man in my shoes runs a light
But all the papers lie tonight
Falling over you is the news of the day
And love will not fade away
And love love love will not fade away



notus: i am falling for a married man again. yes, that's the news of the day. if he asks me out i am surely gonna say yes in a heartbeat. why, oh, why...