Music speaks

I recently purchased a couple of CDs from Tower Records and I was delighted to find out that "Cool" by Gwen Stefani is actually the song I heard on the radio which I really liked even if I didn't quite catch most of the lyrics. Since lyrics are included in the Hitz compilation which I bought, I was even more delighted to know the lyrics goes like this:

It's hard to remember how it felt before
Now I found the love of my life...
Passes things get more comfortable
Everything is going right

And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool

We used to think it was impossible
Now you call me by my new last name
Memories seem like so long ago
Time always kills the pain

Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool

And I'll be happy for you
If you can be happy for me
Circles and triangles, and now
we're hangin' out with your new girlfriend
So far from where we've been
I know we're cool

Wow! As in what a song! Wish I could sing Cool truthfully. Truth is I never get to be in good terms with anyone I've had a past with, formal or not. Walking away and never turning back has been the rule so far and even on the other party's end, their choice is to act as if nothing ever happened - and logically, nothing is left out of the supposed friendship that we had before. Well, it is kinda sad and sometimes I reminisce with regret, remembering the happy days we had as friends. But then again, I guess romance, or even the mere hint of romance, is a big test of friendship and lucky are those who hurdle that test and remain friends despite of supervening events. Clearly, I never had that luck. I have to live through moments treating someone with whom you used to share so much of your thoughts and feelings as if that person is just a common acquaintance. I couldn't relate to Cool, and I guess it will remain as a mere anthem of how I would have preferred things to be.

And of course, I'd love to sing that part of Cool where it says now I found the love of my life. That remains an elusive dream from me. Nonetheless, with my friends making wedding plans and attending to wedding details left and right, I couldn't help having ideas for my OWN wedding. And here I will indulge.

The first time I heard the song Hanggang May Kailanman, I recognized that it was sung by Carol Banawa. She has the voice of an angel. I am mermerized by the song and unexplainably, I am always moved listening to her sing the song, which lyrics goes...

Kailanpaman sa'yo lamang magmamahal
Kailanpaman nangangakong magtatagal
Mula noon hanggang ngayon ikaw lamang
Ako para sa iyo hanggang may kailanman

It is the perfect wedding song for me. If fate permits it, I would ask my friend Glenda to ask her cousin Claire (Carol Banawa) to sing just this song during the wedding, preferably after the vows. (Yes, this is how detailed I've envisioned it to be. =) Aside from marrying the love of my life, her singing the song will make it my dream wedding.

Hanggang may kailanman
Kahapon at ngayon
Ay may bukas na daratnan
Hanggang may kailanman
Ang bawat sandali
Ay panahong nilalaan
Hanggang ako'y kailangan
Hanggang ikaw ay nariyan
Ako't ikaw hanggang may kailanman

Hanggang may saan man
Ang dito at doon
Ay may landas na tagpuan
Hanggang may kailanman
Ang bawat alaala ay ating pagsaluhan
Hanggang sa kalungkutan
Hindi kita iiwanan
Kasama mo hanggang may kailanman

Kailan pa man
Sayo lamang magmamahal
Kailan pa man
Mangangakong magtatagal
Mula noon hanggang ngayon
Ikaw lamang
Ako para sayo
Hanggang may kailanman

Hanggang sa kalungkutan
Hindi kita iiwanan
Kasama mo hanggang may kailanman

Kailan pa man
Sayo lamang magmamahal
Kailan pa man
Mangangakong magtatagal
Mula noon hanggang ngayon
Ikaw lamang
Ako para sayo
Hanggang may kailanman

What a beautiful song.