Hanggang dito na lamang
Ang iyong mga luha
Tama na
Tahan na
Hihilumin
Ang iyong mga sugat
Pighati’y
Wakas na
Mga himig na inilaan sa’yo
Kunin at ibaon sa puso mo
Bagong araw ay paparating
Hintayin ang pagkakataon
Nandito lang ako
Umaakay sa’yo
Nandito lang ako
Naghihintay sa’yo
I’m not a stranger to breaking down in silent tears. The song “tahanan” conversed to me like a friend enveloping me in an embrace, crushing all that’s burdening my soul. For days, I played it on repeat after realizing this is the song I needed.
“Tahan na.”
In March 15, 2018, Munimuni, a local indie band, released a song entitled “Tahanan”. A wordplay of “Tahanan” meaning home in Tagalog and “tahan na” meaning to stop crying. It is an offering of the writer John Owen Castro for the empty and struggling in the month of Mental Health Awareness. Laying down a song that would tell someone the words he’d want to hear from somebody in time of darkness. “Tahanan” is not the concrete structure to sleep and bathe but someone to find solace after hours of distress. Someone who keeps you above the water and prevents you from drowning in sadness. Someone who puts you at ease amidst of the noise that steal the life out of your eyes. Lastly someone who will wipe your damped cheeks then tell you “I’m here, hold onto me”. A hug would erase all the pain and suffering, like a shield sparing you from words that cut. The tear in your eyes blinds you from the sunshine in front of you so dry your tears in the arms of someone you trust. In the presence of your home you will heal. Circumstances will get better maybe not now but soon.
“Hanggang dito na lamang, Ang iyong mga luha”
“Hanggang dito na lamang, Ang iyong mga luha” As these lines began, it conveyed the emotion of patting someone in their back, saying that it is okay to cry but there shouldn’t be no more tears to drop because every thing will slowly heal in time. It was as soon followed by the words, “Tama na, Tahan na” expressing that there would always be someone for you to walk with you in life and to wipe your tears and hurt. The slow melody matches the cold yet soothing voice of the lead singer of the band, Adj Jiao. The lyrics are made up of simple and poetic words yet delivered a deep meaning and feeling to it. Like, wanting to paint in colors that do not exist, love someone that do not exists, miss someone that do not exists.
“Nandito lang ako”
“Tahanan”, the song itself feels like home. The words were very simple and can easily perceived the intended meaning. It will surely put a deep mark in everyone’s heart specially for those who are lost and trying to seek for someone who will let them understand that there’s someone who will let you feel like home even though you cannot see yourself as one. It’s very encouraging and meaningful. A song that will comfort you and will bring you out from the world that is suffocating you. It is like watching yourself cry in front of the mirror with a blurred vision, filled with sadness, but you can also see someone wiping your tears for you to be able to see yourself again and will tell you the phrase “I am here”, three words but can mean a world for someone. It’s okay to cry, it’s okay to be sad, just remember that you are not alone in the mirror of your own. Someone or something will always help you to see yourself clear again.
HAPPY THINGS 