Text message from my friend A:

“May mga kanta ako para sa inyo… “Light On” tsaka “Come Back to Me” ni David Cook. Am listening to it. Naisip kita. Ipaubaya mo na sa ‘kin ‘yung “I’m Yours”. Lol!”

She was referring to my cellphone’s ringback tone, a sign of my fascination with Jason Mraz.

I’ve always made it a point to check a song’s lyrics before actually listening to them.

So off I went to Google David Cook’s songs.

And A was right.

(“She said / He said?”)

These two songs did hit home.

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“Light On”

Never really said too much
Afraid it wouldn’t be enough
Just try to keep my spirits up
When there’s no point in grieving
Doesn’t matter anyway
Words could never make me stay
Words will never take my place
When you know I’m leaving

Try to leave a light on when I’m gone
Something I rely on to get home
One I can feel at night
A naked light, a fire to keep me warm
Try to leave a light on when I’m gone
Even in the daylight, shine on
And when it’s late at night you can look inside
You won’t feel so alone

You know we’ve been down that road
What seems a thousand times before
My back to a closing door and my eyes to the seasons
That roll out underneath my heels
And you don’t know how bad it feels
To leave the only one that I have ever believed in

Sometimes it feels like we’ve run out of luck
When the signal keeps on breaking up
When the wires cross in my brain
You’ll start my heart again
When I come along

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“Come Back to Me”

You say you gotta go and find yourself
You say that you’re becoming someone else
Don’t recognize the face in the mirror looking back at you

You say you’re leaving as you look away
I know there’s really nothing left to say
Just know I’m here whenever you need me I’ll wait for you

So I’ll let you go, I’ll set you free
And when you’ve seen what you need to see
When you find you, come back to me

Take your time, I won’t go anywhere
Picture you with the wind in your hair
I’ll keep your things right where you left them
I’ll be here for you

Oh and I’ll let you go, I’ll set your free
And when you’ve seen what you need to see
When you find you, come back to me

And I hope you find everything that you need
I’ll be right here waiting to see
You find you, come back to me

I can’t get close if you’re not there
I can’t get inside if there’s no soul there
I can’t face you, I can’t save you
It’s something you’ll have to do

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The thing about life, you can’t just hit “Pause,” “Fast – forward” or “Rewind”.

You can either press “STOP” and let the song of your life come to an end or…

just let it “PLAY” and hope that this time, the lyrics will be sung just right.