An extension of emo friday? Haha not really. It seems as if some lines of this song has become a bit popular with some friends (bakit kaya? :>), soooo....here we go. Hahaha enjoy!

Fine Line

There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...
Oh...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love
And a waste of time.

So is there really a fine line?

So my teammates and I planned to have an emo friday where all of us would go to work wearing black shirts, chucks, and black-framed square glasses and act all emo and stuff. It didn't push through today, so it's for next week...but that won't stop me from posting some sort of emo music I've been listening to for the past days.

Okay, it's not exactly emo emo music, but the lyrics of these songs make me emo. :P Hahaha. Enjoy!

Fall Back Into Me
we've been here before
we'll be here again
so go on and rest your head
before you lose it again
we're leaning on each other
or at least i can pretend
that we didn't lose it all again

it could have been different
it could have all been saved
and now i'm standing at your front door, singing

when everything's the same and nothing ever changes
will you fall back into me
you see, everything's estranged
a million empty faces
so will you fall back into me

congratulations
you left me a little jaded and rejected
and so i lost it again
you chew me
you throw away
as i continue to pretend
that we didn't lose it all again

i guess it's never different
i guess it's all the same
so now i'm bloodied by my fists clenched, swinging

i was a name across your lips
it's time to spit me out
i played the game when my heart rips
it's time to hear me out

we're leaning on each other
or at least i can pretend
that we didn't lose it all again

all again
lose it all again

Searchlights
where did you hide yourself
for these searchlights are growing dim
i know this isn't much to recollect
better now to close this puppet show
and say that it's the end

but for me, could you ready yourself
and hold on for a moment
just for me, could you bury it all
and hold on to this moment

you make me fall forever
with no end in sight
when everything around is broken
could you say that this felt right

you are, for contradiction's sake
everything i remember that i swore i'd forget
your life has served you well
when everyone around has perished from this fire that you've lit
under me

i can ready myself to hold on for a moment
lock and key, try to bury it all
and begin in this moment

say it felt right
say it felt right
say it felt right
say it felt right

My debut's coming soon
And you already know what I wanna do
You've got my time on a dotted line
But, you show up invited before I sign it
Some would say I'm not making mistakes
Please don't be fake

My debut comes today
And my feelings have all run away
With the man that I am
Understand (hey)
If I don't keep going
It will just go to show that
I've been beaten by an industry
I've never seen

This is me on my knees
Singing take it all from me
Take it all
Speak to my needs
My needs yeah
And take it all
Oh just take it all
This is me

So the crowd gets quiet
I start to play
And I think they are buying
What I've got to say
But to my difiance
The music fades
And we all sit silent
And I crawl back inside
Because it wasn't suppose to go this far

This is me
On my knees
Singing take it all from me
Take it all
Speak to my needs
My needs yeah
And take it all
Oh just take it all
This is me

And when you grow silent I start to fall(x3)
And when you grow silent oh
And when you grow silent I start to fall(x3)
And when you grow silent we grow silent
So when you grow silent I start to fall
And when you grow silent I start to fall(x3)
And when you grow silent
And when you grow silent
And when you grow silent I start to fall(x3)
And when you grow silent
And when you grow silent oh

This is me
On my knees
Singing take it all from me
And take it all
Speak to my needs
My needs yes
And take it all
Oh just take it all
This is me
On my knees
Singing take it all from me
And take it all
Speak to my needs
My needs
And take it all yeah

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Means nothing, really, but I love the beat. =D Jon McLaughlin is love. <3

Heh. I can't stop it, it's been playing in my head. Here are some of my favorite Altar Boyz songs. I love all the songs, but these are the ones I immediately loved, more for the meaning of the songs than the lyrics (but Something About You's lyrics is definitely one of the funniest :P).

Repertory Philippines' Altar Boyz finished their last show yesterday (huhuhu :( ) but I am praying for another run (right Julie?). This time, I'm dragging everyone I can drag to watch it with me. I'm not a musical/theater person, but this one is really good -- so when you get the chance, WATCH IT!

Their lyrics are posted all over the net, but I'll only be posting my ultimate favorite, Everybody Fits. :) Enjoy!

EVERYBODY FITS

Somedays, you just can't begin
You feel, outside looking in
It's like, you're the odd man out

Let me, help you
End your doubt

It doesn't matter
If you're different and out of place
It doesn't matter
If there's acne upon your face
It doesn't matter
Take my hand and then
You will see
Everybody fits in God's great family


Strangers
Seem to, stop and stare
Wonderin'
Why you're, even there
Feeling
So left out and wrong
I'll show
You that
You belong

It doesn't matter
If you have a gigantic nose
It doesn't matter
If you're born with eleven toes
It doesn't matter
You can trust and
Believe in me
Everybody fits in God's great family

In the family of God you'll learn
That there is no such thing as others
All the woman and men on Earth
Can be your
Sisters and your brothers
Sisters and your brothers!

It doesn't matter
If you're wrinkled and old and grey
It doesn't matter
If you face Mecca when you pray
It doesn't matter
Won't you listen and
Here my plea, everbody fits
It doesn't matter
If you're yellow or white or red
It doesn't matter
If you're pregnant and you're unwed
It doesn't matter
'Cause the truth it can
Set you free, everbody fits
Everybody fits!

It doesn't matter
Every murderer on death row
It doesn't matter
Every prostitute that you know
It doesn't matter
Welcome to the
Fraternity, everybody fits in God's great

Family, you and me
We fit into the family yeah!

(Originally posted at Refine Me)

A year ago, my friend Chris sent me a Christmas email with a challenge, and we had a pretty interesting conversation about it. Then I told him I'd blog about it that year, but I never did, so here's the one year overdue entry about what we talked about.

Interestingly, when we talk about the Christmas story, it usually ends with Jesus lying down on the manger, with the shepherds visiting him and then followed by the three wise men. After that, the Christmas story is "finished", and we hardly even talk about why He came. What's the real reason why He was born that night, to those parents, on that place? Why the angels sang and why the shepherds came and why the three wise men came to visit and bring him gifts. Yes, sure, they did all that because Jesus is God's son, but again, why did Jesus come down here in the first place?

The answers to those questions do not really come until the Lenten season, where the real reason of God becoming man becomes clear (supposedly). It's nice to remember those things during Easter, yes, and I remember saying that Easter is where the juicier story really is. Because that's where the entire salvation history is shown, where God's forgiveness can be really seen, and His power is demonstrated in its fullness.

Then I remember my usual greeting every Christmas: may we always remember the reason for the season. Yes, Jesus is the reason for the season, but why? What is so special about it, besides Him being the son of God? What is the real reason, anyway?

Chris' email challenged me to remember that the story of Christmas does not end where we always end the story during Christmas. In fact, the Christmas story is just the start. Christmas is where God's sacrifice started, by His sending His only son to a world laden with sin, to save the people who barely acknowledge Him. Unlike other people who are born to this earth to live, Jesus was born to die. For you. For me. For us.

Christmas is the start of His journey to save us, Jesus' journey to the Cross. This where God gave us a concrete and human sign of His love. That is where the Christmas season gets its beauty, its magic.

This Christmas, let us remember and keep in our hearts the REAL reason for the season. :)

I leave you with a song that I finally made sense of during the email exchange with my friend. :) Enjoy and have a blessed Christmas Eve. :)

Bethlehem Town
Jars of Clay

Oh, Mary, Joseph, rest your eyes
Try not to think of the ending
World full of empty, He will die
But tonight He is still just a child

The silent night drifts all away
And the angels are dancing around you
There's the joy of knowing He'll save the world
Overshadowing the pain that He'll go through

Have you cursed at the wind
Have you cried to the heavens
Have you fought with this mercy you don't understand
When the wise men kneel down
To kiss the hand of this king they found
In bethlehem town

Will you hold back the years a while
Will you dream that this man could always be a child
And never carry all the weight
Of the dirt and the distance and the company we keep

And did the stars shine much brighter that night
You gave birth to the death that would bring us to life
And did the mystery keep you awake
Was the sound of His little heart too much to take

Oh, i don't understand
When the wise men kneel down
To kiss the hand of this king they found

Butterflies
(Dave Barnes)

Baby, something is happening here
Though it’s not perfectly clear, I think I like it
Baby, my heart and my brain can’t agree
On the status between you and me
And where we’re standing

And I can’t tell you what it is but
It’s the best thing that I've found
The butterflies in my stomach
Keep my feet off the ground
So for now I’m just saying, let’s just call this love
Let’s just call this love

Maybe, I’m over reacting a bit
Blame it on August and quit
And start all over
Maybe you might just feel the same way
Practicing both of our names
Just to giggle

You're in my arms
And all the world is gone
The music playing on
For only two
So close together

And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive

A life goes by
Romantic dreams must die
So I bid mine goodbye
And never knew
So close was waiting
Waiting here with you
And now, forever, I know
All that I want is to hold you
So close

So close to reaching
That famous happy and
Almost believing
This one's not pretend
Now you're beside me
And look how far we've come
So far
We are
So close...

Oh, how could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?

We're so close to reaching
That famous happy end
Almost believing
This one's not pretend
Let's go on dreaming
Though we know we are
So close
So close, and still
So far...


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Enchanted = ♥ ♥ ♥ I have a silly smile on my face. :x

She hangs up the phone and she lays wide awake
Holding onto the heart you again will break
It’s not that she’s innocent
And she’s not been defiled
Yes she picks up the phone,
Well it’s you who dialed
And I know she’s tell you to stay

But please, stay away
Stay away
Stay away

I know this is heavy
I know I seem mad
But you’re the one who laughs and runs while
She’s standing sad
We both know where this going from your history
She again will fall in love
You again will leave.

And I know she’s telling you to stay
But please, stay away
Stay away
Stay away

She wears her heart on her sleeve
Yeah she’s crying her eyes out to me
Heaven or hell she will go through
Depends on you
Depends on you


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Ahh, Dave, you can be so emo, but I love you. ♥

Let's just take our time
There's nothing else to do
What better way to spend the night
Than wasting it with you
The moon has won the war
The daylight waits to end
Stay here by my side
We'll watch the struggle start again

I need you now and forever
So stay right here with me
Don't ever leave
Love was kept from me like a secret
And I swore that I was through
Until you, until you

The city settles down
I watch you as you sleep
There's a silent celebration for
Every breath you breathe
Now this all makes sense
With you as company
I left all I knew and found
A better part of me, yeah

The time it took to find you
I would
Wait again my baby
The feelings that
I feel with you now, yeah

Until you
Until you
Until you


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Awww. ♥