“Our Pride, Our Family”

I wish that I could fly away

From your soaring expectations

I play your game but you don’t even really show me love

So do you even care about anything I do?

Or will I always be compared to?

I hope you see that your pride ruins me

Before I say I’m gone

 

Hindi ko alam ang buhay na walang pamilya

di ko maintindihan

Kung ba’t wala kang malasakit

Gusto ko lang ng kalayaan

Kailangan ko nang magpaalam

Mahal ko ang aking pamilya

Pero kailangan ko silang iwanan

 

[My family loves me, though I couldn’t see, why I

Needed a new change, but I had to try, because

You’re only young once (YOYO), the world doesn’t stop

I wanted me.. so that’s who I became

I hope my brother will understand

I’m still the same person deep down

No going back, but I’ve still got, my family]

 

Hindi ko alam ang buhay na walang pamilya

di ko maintindihan

Kung ba’t wala kang malasakit

Gusto ko lang ng kalayaan

Kailangan ko nang magpaalam

Mahal ko ang aking pamilya

Pero kailangan ko silang iwanan

 

So you see, these two families

They struggled with defining

What’s good, what’s bad, what’s real, what’s not

And what’s a family

But it is essential that one thing remains

And that one thing is.. pag-ibig

It’s love, not pride

That forms a family

 

I know now for life, that I’ll always have my family

I understand that some will always find a way to disagree..

I wanted freedom, now I have it

But I know I had to say goodbye

… I’ll always love my family

Still, I had to leave my old life.. behind

© 2012 Maxinne Vergara