sophia

on my home last night, nag-pipe in ang kantang ito through the cab stereo. bigla akong natulala. ang ganda ng boses. ang ganda ng music. ang ganda ng lyrics. na-transport ako sa isang alternate time and place na alien sa realidad ko ngayon. bigla kong naisip ang isang ideal, fictional, more perfect-than-perfect na tao na matagal ko nang kilala sa utak ko pero di ko kilala sa totoong buhay. at habang tumutugtog ang kantang ito, na-realize ko na sa isang alternate universe, yung klase ng lalakeng yon ang tipong mamahalin ko nang sobra pa sa dapat, because he's perfect. mabuti na lang walang ganong klaseng lalake sa totoong buhay, dahil nakakatakot.

pero yung lyrics, mas rooted in reality. i can see myself singing this song to someone i really, really love. wala pa akong "sophia" sa ngayon pero bukod pa ron, halos lahat ng lyrics, swak.

i love!

shinare ko na lang ang link ng kanta. mas maganda kasi yung solo piano version. mas clean, mas ethereal.


SOPHIA
by Nerina Pallot

Five o’ clock and a fire escape symphony
Spilling out across the road and the square
And the sky’s the same as your own, do you think of me?
Do the parks and trees and the leaves reach you there?
After the rain, in the lonely hours he haunts me....
Calling out, again, and again....
Sophia, Sophia, I’m burning, I’m burning
It’s a fire, a fire I cannot put out.
Sophia, Sophia, I’m learning that some things
I can’t go without
And one of those is him.

And now I walk these streets like a stranger in my home town,
Learn the language, form the words when I speak.
But he changed me, I’m his ghost since he came around
Now I count the hours, and the days and the weeks.....
In passion and silence,
Every word, every line a measure
It’s the science of the soul.
And his books, they breathe a reason
And now, I want to know.....
Sophia, Sophia, I’m burning, I’m burning
It’s a fire, a fire I cannot put out.
Sophia, Sophia, I’m learning that some things
I can’t go without
And one of those is him.

And you, with your new born eyes,
Have you ever loved a man like I love him?
Do you hurt, but still feel alive
Like never before?
Oh Sophia! Sophia!
Sophia, Sophia, I’m burning, I’m burning
It’s a fire, a fire I cannot put out.
Sophia, Sophia, I’m learning that some things
I can’t go without
I can’t go without him.

note to self: i HAVE to write about this whirlwind week as soon as it's over. may isang araw pa, and i HAVE to finish work today. para sunday, pahinga.

HOY! ALAS-SINGKO NA!