Joseph Ygoña Laurino

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Monday, May 10, 2004

l y r i c s

Assumptions

Your silent assumptions lead you astray
Guiding your thoughts to places with no meaning
Why do you choose to have pain in the night?
When all things that love you, wait with the light?

But time can make you see the truth
But only after you have suffered enough
Blindly hiding in desperate silence
You say it's love, I say it's selfishness

It's selfish when you abandon the ones that love you
It's selfish when you think you have it worst than anyone
It's selfish when you abandon the ones that love you
It's selfish when you think of you and forget about everyone

Hold on, for you need to learn how to breathe
This dream of ours grounded on reality
Flow with it now, it's where and when matters
Selfless living within the hearts of others

It's selfish when you abandon the ones that love you
It's selfish when you think you have it worst than anyone
It's selfish when you abandon the ones that love you
It's selfish when you think of you and forget about everyone

unconditional LOVE

you gave me the reason to exist
and i'll give you at the very least,
another chance for another day
so Please listen to what i have to say...

these past few months had been the best,
so give your teaRs some needed rest;
as i promised, i will give up my life for you,
too bad i only have one, since that's too few

There is nO need to say you're sorry,
My heart has forgiven you already;

you gave me the reason to exist
and i'll give you at the very least
another chance for another day
so please care for what I have to say

and i will wait for you in heaven
where all your regrets will be forgiven
and i will wait with an open heart
for you would do the same for my heart

Although in death, I’ll say goodbye
Once in the sky, we’ll say hello

soon it will be my last breath
but i won't mourn my very own death...
for my heart has decided
"that LOVE multiplies when divided"*

you gave me the reason to exist
and i'll give you at the very least
another chance for another day
so please remember what i have to say

i will remember you...
i will care for you...
i will listen to you...
i will die for you...

* from "by the river piedra" by paulo coelho


b R A V E

i'm crazy enough to be me
i'm cool enough to be me
i'm lazy enough to be me
i am brave enough to be me

are you crazy enough to be you?
are you cool enough to be you?
are you happy enough to be you?
are you brave enough to be you?

there is no them, only, only us
in ourselves we can trust
there is no them, only, only us
we will echo beyond the dust…

my Redemption will be found!
Revolution will have a sound!
your Redemption will be found!
Salvation on this very ground...

i'm crazy enough to be me
got no need to be like you
but can you prove to me
that you are brave enough to be you...

there is no them, only, only us
in ourselves we can trust
there is no them, only, only us
we will echo beyond the dust…

our Redemption will be found
Revolution will have a sound
our Redemption will be found
Salvation on this very ground...

are WE brave enough to be we?
are WE brave enough to be-lieve?
are WE brave enough to be saved?
are WE brave enough in be I-N-G?

April Fools

why can't you understand, how much you mean to me
why can't you take a stand and let me walk away
why can't i be somebody to see the truth
why can't i say goodbye and not waste my youth

on you...

and should i dwell on my lonely tears
should i be a slave to all my fears
should i walk away and carry on
separate and sing this song

for you...

is this love that i'm feeling?
is this right what i'm doing?
is this real what i'm dreaming?
or just a weak mind thinking?

of you...

and now you got to tell me the truth in your heart
and now you got to decide where to start
and now you got to find a way to say
and now you got to choose what’s next for me

and you...


WYSIWYG VERSION 2.0

what you'll see, is what you'll get
what you'll see, is what you'll get
what you'll see, is what you'll get
what you'll see, is what you'll get

i got NO TIME to change for you!
i got NO NEED to change for you!
i got NO WANT to change for you!
i got NO I if i change for you!

what you'll say, is what you'll regret
what you'll say, is what you'll regret
what you'll say, is what you'll regret
what you'll say, is what you'll regret

you got NO TIME to change for me!
you got NO NEED to change for me!
you got NO WANT to change for me!
you got NO YOU if you change for me!

Life is...

Life is a comedy
for those who let go of their mind
Life is a tragedy
for those who are left behind

Like is painfull
for those who have the time
Life is wonderful
for those who use their time

Life is simple
for those who don't understand
Life is grateful
for those who try to understand

Life is a poison
for those not wanting the cure
Life is a desire
for those who have faith in being sure

Children's Sake

what if there's no heaven?
then there must be no hell...
what then will be the purpose of living?
if not to live each day breathing...

how could you think like that!
i want to live knowing death will give me bliss
how can i believe that this is it?
i believe there's something better that awaits...


but then you're delaying your true potential
for you believe you can procrastinate
you always think that the grass is greener
that you hope that after death, things will be better...

please don't take away my reason for living
each day i look around and see suffering
i feel lost and know i can only do so little
believing that heaven awaits, i can sleep better...


but don't you see, you're accepting defeat
your beliefs have already predetermined your fate
you live life as if you can do nothing
to ease the suffering of some of the living...

but what you say makes me sad
i have always believed in my faith
when i wake up, i go on dreaming
that heaven awaits with angels smiling...


what i say, has freed me
from what i've been told as my fate
i live life knowing that i have choices to make
one of those is to make this place heaven,

for our children's sake...

Daymoon

What is the need of a daymoon?
We are already blessed with the radiance
Of a daystar with confidence so bright

What is the need of a daymoon?
When it also can not penetrate the stormy
Rain clouds that wins over the light of day

What is the need of a daymoon?
The sailors only need guidance at night
And even then, they only trust the stars

What is the need of the daymoon?
It only reflects the brilliance
Of the sun and does not echo its warmth

What is the need of the daymoon?
For unlike stars, it is not perfect
It hides a darkside for none to see

Just like you, just like me.

J & M


J

Oh what has come to pass?
Oh what answers have yet to be questioned?
I have been right on a few things
But I have mistakenly feared a few new friends

M

Oh what have I not written?
Oh what have I not yearned to understand?
My world was only part of my present tense
My word was only heard by ears within my fence

J & M

Now we both understand our wrongs
Now we both understand where our words belong
We were only trying our best to guide our friends
We didn't have empathy for the rivals that we needed to defend

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