Outside the Box: Miranda Residence. Palauig, Zambales

This is our home in Palauig, Zambales. My children are staying here while I work in Laguna. I only see them once a month.

At least they have a very wide play ground.

You Were There

I guess you've heard, I guess you've known
In time I might have told you, but I guess I'm too slow.
And it's overly romantic but I know that it's real
I hope you don't you mind if I say what I feel.

It's like I'm in somebody else's dream,
This could not be happening to me.

But you were there,
and you were everything I've never seen.
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep.
I was alone.
I opened my eyes and you were there.

Don't be alarmed, no don't be concerned.
I don't want to change things
leave them just as they were.
I mean nothing's really different
It's me who feel strange.
I'm always lost for words
when someone mentions your name.

I know that I'll get over this for sure
I'm not the type who dreams there could be more.

But you were there,
and you were everything I've never seen.
You woke me up from this long and endless sleep.
I was alone.
I opened my eyes and you were there.

Can I take your smile home with me,
or the magic in your hair?

The rain has stopped, the storm has passed
Look at all the colors now the sun's here at last.
I supposed that you'll be leaving
but I want you to know
Part of you stays with me even after you go.

Like an actor playing someone else's scene
This could not be happening to me.

But you were there, and you were
everything I've never seen.
You woke me up from this long and empty sleep.
I was alone.
I opened my eyes and no,
I'm not alone, no, I'm not alone.
I opened my eyes and you were there.

Reflection

Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you’ll never know me
Every day, is as if I play a part

Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I can not fool
My heart

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

I am now
In a world where I have to
Hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What’s inside my heart
And be loved for who I am

Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don’t know?

Must I pretend that i’m
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?

There’s a heart that must
Be free to fly
That burns with a need
To know the reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel

Must there be a secret me
I’m forced to hide?
I won’t pretend that i’m
Someone else
For all time

When will my reflections show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflections show
Who I am inside?

Hand In My Pocket

I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah

I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby

What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
Coz I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five

I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah

I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby

and what it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
Coz I've got one hand in my pocket

And the other one is flicking a cigarette
and what it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
Coz I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign

I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby

I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
But I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano

What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
Coz I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxicab...

Outside the Box

This is ME - Take it or Leave It

10/24/08

Miranda Residence. Palauig, Zambales

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