the alarm goes off
I'm fighting a war in bed
it's against myself

perpendicular
short hand at 3, I waited
now there's just 1 hand

can't you trust me like
you trust gravity to pull
you back to the ground

summer sun, high noon
little boy tied to a tree
it's midnight, full moon

talking in the dark
speaking with only our hands
I found warmth and light

flowers and dried leaves
these gravestones neatly aligned
just like office desks
and cars stuck in traffic jams
and spreadsheets with empty cells

lights on or lights off
does it really matter, when
either way we'll smash

bamboos sway and bend
in the moon's last summer light
we say our goodbyes

endless summer day
hoping by the end of it
you'll come home to me

boy ran to the fields
and saw how big the sky is
brother didn't see

boy ran to the fields
and fell towards the big sky
brother longs for him

boy ran to the fields
his brother chased after him
they ran forever

wrong sh_t all the time
a fish is caught by its mouth
I'M the f_cking fish

ghosts do not forget
they haunt where it seems quite
just like past lovers

we're to meet at noon
I stepped out, hand on the gate
the sign says
                          WET PAINT

eight hours of sleep
eight to work and to hustle
eight to love yourself

you speak with your eyes
and love with your hands and mouth
can't help but listen

right hand seeks the lamp
left arm numb with you in it
I wake up alone

when you are driving
don't slow down when the light's green
do so when it's orange

kung pagod ka na
'di kailangang umalis
magpahinga ka

someone's calling me
I look around thinking if
I forgot to pay

she gravitates me
like rain from a thundercloud
quenching the cracked earth

quickly does the road
get stained by the rain that fell
fast from somewhere else

the wind is calling
there's nothing left for you here
what do I reply?

restless, these long nights
looking for you in the stars
found you, I found rest

inside the tunnel
the clown made you cry again
so I hold your hand

boy ran to the fields
his brother rose to meet him
finally, they're home

yeah, I'm twenty-eight
next year I'll be twenty-nine
nasa'n ka na ba?

the way your hair waves
seems like sakura petals
so hard to ignore

sakura fall five
centimeters per second
I'm falling faster

you're a sakura
and I'm a cobblestone path
waiting for autumn

I left home armored
and I will be home again
as a sakuraㅤ

waves rush towards her
sand slipping between her toes
I am letting go

let's not skip the part
where I confess and go straight
go straight to heartbreak

I step to my right
approaching girl hesitates
she steps to her left

the night, swift and loud
crying of the long day's sun
about the full moon

it started raining
so I put on my raincoat
and the sun came out

you make the sun rise
so I look across the sea
the sun sets on me

leaves fall like ashes
touching the ground like tancho
flowers spring from it

my head hurts so bad
tired of explaining myself
thought you'd understand

high noon, I waited
for you at the torii
night came, you did not

don't ask me to stop
when tears are all I can give
I go back to sleep

she can be water
gentle, or wine, spirited
then there's me, thirsty

searching for something
or someone, that's why I'm lost
haven't found you yet

tonight I'm awake
so I can spend tomorrow
feeling so sleepy