In This ‘Train’ of Thought

It was then when I heard Chico and Del mentioning about how contagious Train’s album is. Till I heard it myself, and darn were they right.



Having been quite familiar with Hey Soul Sister, Train has not got into my core at least after hearing If It’s Love which spit fired interest in me. The next thing I know, it was Train playing on a sunlit Saturday on repeat.

And I couldn’t help but get a hand on some of my fave Train tracks.

Breakfast in Bed



Hypnotic.

The song gave me so much of a U2 feel, putting me in a daze. It isn’t catchy at first but when you come to crunch on the lyrics, you’ll definitely be mesmerized by it.

You’re the best book I ever read

You’re the smartest thing I ever said

You’re breakfast in bed

Could be the sweetest compliment you could ever hear waking up in the morning.

Parachute



The first line itself, bang!

I wanna take you with me to life with no more yesterdays.

Well, there are just some things you’re aching so much not to look back to. And for somebody to let you know that he’s willing to take you to a fresh start, it could have been the next best thing after a woeful downfall.

Words

Words, they’ll try to shake you, but don’t let them break you or stop your world from turning.

An ultimate feel-good vibe song.

Despite negativities hovering and the ruthlessness there is, it’s but right to look at things in a better perspective. Yes, there will be days when everything seems to be against you; like you feel such a mess. Those days happen, shit happens and you can’t do anything but keep going.

Turn the tables around. Life is what you make it.

Brick by Brick

I wish I could have written this song.

Rebuilding; like there’s no other word ever fitting to embody it.  It talks about having to start from square one again, with the promise to make it better than the last time around.

Brick by brick we’ll get back to yesterday when I made your body shiver and when you took my breath away,

And I couldn’t elaborate some more.

Marry Me



Every girl’s fancy. This could have been the quietest song in the album. I think it’s best listening to it when the lights are out.

It’s soulful and serene. Makes you want to picture your own wedding day.

Forever can never be long enough for me.

Because that’s what it supposed to be, anyway.

I bet you’ve got your curiosity burning after my run down of Train’s tracks. You might want to indulge your senses on it.

It’s a nice weekend playback-- like one hit after the other.  

The Case of the First Born

If I’m not that, I won’t be in such a sentiment.

The perks of being the ‘Ate’ almost always connote authority over the youngsters, well, that meant fun in some instance. I mean, being deputy to your parents and experiencing everything firsthand before everybody else does, nothing beats it. But as they say, what comes along this so-called ‘privilege’ is responsibility.

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I never had any legit trouble being one. I mean for the longest time, it has only been me and Sai back in our growing years. And it’s pretty apparent that her personality is stronger than mine—that oftentimes she’s more ate-ish than I was. Well now that made me realize that bully-ish could actually qualify. And yes, she beat me off my feet. Almost always. Brusko yan e.

Everything changed when Gabriel came. Talk about being hands on, that was me. And if anybody would even wonder how inherent my fondness for my brother is, you got to be kidding. You have got to wonder no more. Things notched up since then and I was entirely a revamped ate. Total overhaul.

And then there were three of us. Instances proved that we could have really been a crowd. Well, that makes me a referee, the man in the middle to meddle up with any possible collision. A situation that I don’t like being in to—in as much as I don’t want to take sides, somebody’s always got to give in, somebody’s got to give way.  Ikaw ang nakakaintindi, kaya ikaw nalang. Something that Sai has always negated from. And I couldn’t be any more loud-mouthed about the idea. I suppose now, she’s seeing some light in it. Goodness grief, what took you so long?

Now does pressure make any sense? I mean about having to enter the picture?

My siblings bring about a lot of promise, and I couldn’t be but a proud ate. Sai, being back to school alongside her thrills and frills and Gabriel in his smart- prente ways are always first-rate sights to see. I could not hope anything but the best for them both and I wish to be their backbone every step of the way. Well, having mentioned that, that’s a whole lot of other things I ought to be pondering.

The ‘lift’ I had just recently has got to be the start of this good streak plus the career prop up Jef has been giving me.

And yes, the ‘responsibility’ part transpires right here, coming full throttle.



I should be burning some rubber now.

I got to be starting somewhere.

one's

A decade. An aftermath. A decisive morning. Our stroke of luck.

Super Proxy

Yes. It’s a Francis M. song. And it has definitely run around my thoughts today. I mean, not the song, the fragment itself.

It’s the first day of the month and it could not be but fitting with what played first on my list --Up Dharma Down’s June. Swak e.

The idea of the good news breaking itself today brought about several things all together. My feeling under the weather is just about another thing. But the efficiency I had all throughout this day’s quite notable. Good head start for me, something I’d like to be building on, probably a streak of good stuff.

But what’s there to look forward to then? It’s not like I’m clueless. But it’s entirely a different story when I am to fill the shoes already. Course it’ll be tougher and more rigid at some point. Well, I’d always like to think bending over isn’t an awful idea to gamble on with.

It isn’t under wraps though how clear-cut I can be. I’d prefer to get things across just so that I get it across. Or probably get into my MAKUHA KA SA TINGIN OR ELSE scheme. I think that’s more like it. Me and my big mouth, oh, we’re trouble! But I personally think I won’t get to that point. Because given everything else, I am a genuine team player, pushy and intense at that. Like I can get to your nerves and get you going to hit the mark.

There could be so much more there. And that ‘so much more there’, it is collectively a craze of all sorts. Well, whatever there is, I’d cross the bridge when I get there.

Things can only get better. And I cannot be but grateful.

Pep talking- we fit!

Pedestrian lane

Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.

And it couldn’t hit me any better not to jot something down.

I remember what hard time I had crossing the street. I used to scream the hell out of me every time I had to. Almost always like near-death experience.



How was I to get used to it? School’s nearby and school service’s always to my rescue.

It took me a while actually. It was in college when Jef did some back up chores on me while I had his arms pinched out of kaba.

Just like with having to cross the street, I couldn’t be half-hearted. Once I set my foot to go, I got to be really going before anything hazardous gets in the way. Of course I have got to be cautious too. Just so that I will reach the other side unharmed.

My tentativeness, it has not left me entirely. But I think I’m way better.

You've got to be keen Jef. I can keep up now, promise. Only that I am not walking any faster.