As we laid our eyes upon one another,
As you breathed slowly on ly cold and shivering skin,
As you embraced me with your firm hug, I am reminded why
You are tha manager of my love.

Chrous:
You are the manager of my love
You know it as well as I do
When we are at the hilltops
Looking at the sea, I am reminded why
You are the manger of my love

Our body slided past, our warmth joined together
As we placed our flesh, positioned for love, like always
As I gave a scream of satisfaction, I remember why
You are the manager of my love

Chrous

Bridge:
As I laid on your chest
As you whisper my name
Your hands on my excited waist
(The arrows still in my heart)

You are the manager of my love
You know it as well as I do
As we are skatting on the ice
looking at the rest, I am reminded why
You are the manager of my love

Chrous

By Alex Lim Lin RuiFeng

Without darkness, there is no light
Without light, there is no darkness
Swirling like a greyish spiral
Forming day and night, good and evil

Many things lie still in the greyish chaos
Judge not what your eyes percieve
Your heart is a better gauge, ha!
Your brain is what you must use

Tell me grandfather, tell me the story
Of how darkness and light did their daily spin
How darkness tried to best by deceit
How light will surely win

The darkened mass, like no other, has started to twist and turn
And up above it saw a light that blisters his skin
"What manner of evil is this? To hurt my sensitive skin?"

Up above, the azure sky boasts of a light
Then it became many rays, than a form
"What manner of evil is that? To violate Gaea's skin?"

So, as you see, darkness and light, are just nothing but the same
Nothing is right, nothing is wrong, nothing is what you think
The current flows from the skies to the antiheavens
But does it mean its true?
Could the basis of right and wrong
Be titled like a saucer?

Retrace your steps, rethink them
The world is what you see, the Earth is what you think
The favour is what you taste, the sound is what you hear
The smell is what you smell

All cannot escape the human factor
Placed so dearly up the board
If we are not just at all
Can we ever see the plot?

By Alex Lim Lin Ruifeng

Nothing hurts more than when your inner most feelings betray you. When the words you want to say so much comes out when it should not. Or when you do something wrong guided by your emotions. The worse pain does not come from the ones you hurt but from yourself. When you think you have lost all self control over your actions, as if controlled by a unstoppable force. That is a very terrifying thought, being controlled by an unknown being, not knowing what you are going to be or when are you going to be there.

Emotions. Are they necessary for survival? Or are they nothing but tools by a higher being whose only entertainment is to see us suffer, the best by our very own selves? Emotions triggered by juvenile hormones waiting to erupted into your very system, forcing you, compelling you to do idiotic things, things a rational person will never do. A person who tries to is reined by the hormones is a fool. A person who resists them is a greater fool. Understanding, yes. Understanding is the best way. To understand is to except, and make intelligent choices.

There are people who say that it our emotions that make us humans. Going through trials and tribulations make us humans. Ancient religions seemed to imply that humans are meant to suffer the moment you were born. These are people making wild choices, destroying themselves in the never ending cycle of life, never understanding the true meaning of it.

We were born not to suffer, but to enjoy the shoals of happiness that lies in the sea of unfamiliar terrain. This will sustain us through the long and winding journey we called life. A rock to us is useless, but to cavemen at is a tool. Nothing is what it seems. You have no control of whom you may meet, but you have control over how you react to them.

Consider the Kinetic Particle Theory. When two particles collide, they repel one another and go different directions. They do not stay at the same place, continuing colliding. We as humans must learn from the basic unit of matter. Stay away from things that are moving in the opposite direction. Who knows? You might just react with a compatible.

Grab the reins.



By Lin RuiFeng
4/5
15th of August 2004

By Counting Crows
In the Shriek 2 Soundtrack

So she said what's the problem baby
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love

Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Cause everybody's after love

So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring that's coming all this love
Melting under blue skies
Belting out sunlight
Shimmering love

Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love

These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no

Come on, Come on
Move a little closer
Come on, Come onI
want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
Settle down inside my love

Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
Upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love (x7)

Accidentally

I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally (X 2)

Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her

Love ...I'm in love

Its been four years. Okay, it was less than that.
You have gone through crushes, but none as big as this.
What are you going to do?

Are you going to sit there and do nothing about it?
Or are you going to act?
Is the person worth your effort?

I don't know.
But that doesn't mean that I don't care.
I care. But is for the best that we don't recognise our likes.

So many factors. So little choices.
I am broken.
Help me.

By Alex Lim Lin RuiFeng

There was once a boy, if not there was a child
He bought a little plastic rose that cost him his week
The blood was for a little girl
He liked in his school

The Girl was named Linda, the boy's name was Palisade
And they are in the same class, but they are not in the same place
She was all around: everyone likes her
But noone except Palisade loves her

Palisade was afraid, a fence was made
He dare not give his blood to Linda
Even though already extracted, he gived a sigh
She will never accept my rose

Linda in her heart, liked noone but the boy
He is bespectacled, but she likes the heart
What use is looks when both are old and weary?
A heart of gold survives everything

As a girl she dare no speak
For by history the lady never initiates: The males do
Unfortunately this carried on for fifteen years
Not a word of secret affections was heard

Palisade was a scholar
But his heart aged no more than a toddler
The rose still wants an owner
He picked himself up to find she was away
Nothing can describe his pain
His Girl was not his anymore
Not his now, not his ever
Another guy was with her

Thanks cousin for your gift!
A hug was exchanged for the present
Linda's birthday was fun
But her heart still remains empty
The person she wished never came
For the last fifteen years

She will never like a guy like me?
Why will she?
He is everything I wished to be?
Surely he is of more worth than me?
And there he looked upon the moon
Smirking again, like you did
Is it because of the rose or beacause of other things?
Do you hate me so much?
Do you not wish for me to be paired, you selfish Moon,
Pairing so many ahead of me, why make me empty
and lonely
and sad
and....

And there he jumped to the bottom of the sea
With him was the rose
Unlike his owner it never drowned
One day it would find the One it was meant for
At least it tried

Linda was devastated
Palisade has died
The worst was yet to come

A rose was delivered to her
With it penned a letter
In it was a paper, the words neat and tidy
as though rewritten hundred times to perfection
And there wrote:

For You, Linda.

And She Cried.

By Alex Lim Lin RuiFeng

Love Song of Night and Day by Jenny Scott
He (Night) / She (Day)

Wrap yourself in your best bright clothes, your red and purple scarves of silk.
Run with me to the festival, where we will dance until sunrise.
The dwarves will beat their funny drums of zebra skins and hollowed trees,
while stiltwalkers perform, and the musician blows his bamboo flute.

And late in the night, the poets and storytellers entertain,
delight us with their dancing words, as we listen, clapping by the fire.
Enchant me with your tale-telling. Tell about Tree, Grass, River, and Wind.
Tell why Truth must fight with Falsehood, and why Truth will always win.

I will tell my father's stories: how the giant mantis fooled Death
by holding still as a felled tree; how the elephants trampled
the leopard cub, and its father, though he knew, killed nine goats instead;
how pirates gambled with a djinn and lost the thing more dear than gold.

Tonight we'll eat a farewell feast. Cold corn porridge is not enough.
Let's peel papayas, pineapples, and mangoes, drink coconut milk,
and bake bananas. We'll dine on crocodiles, wild birds, and turtles,
perhaps a hippopotamus--if only you can catch it first.

I'll build a palace made of stone. Two hippo-headed guards will serve,
and tigers carry in your meals. I'll capture flying zebras
for your steeds, and fill the stable with every kind of unicorn.
Butterflies and salamanders will decorate your garden.

I'll strand long strings of beads for you, blue, the color only kings may wear.
I'll carve a soapstone lioness, a wooden box to lock it in,
girded with sapphire amulets, ostrich feathers, ivory.
These things will protect you while I'm gone, remind you of my love for you.

Your voice resounds like a songbird's, every word is a sweet, soft song.
When you run you're graceful and swift, sleek as a powerful panther.
Mysterious chameleon, you're a thousand women at once,
sharp and strong as a lioness, yet gentle as a striped gazelle.

On this our last day together, let us walk across the grasslands.
Hold my hand and let's walk slowly, seeing everything as children.
Let's walk on the Daraja Plains, where leopards hang from trees, dosing,
tasseled tails swaying in the shade, near villages of tree-dwelling elves.

Glorious, to walk again across the savannah with my beloved.
A lion walks commandingly, a general among his troops,
camped the night before a battle. A snake, colorful and coiled, loops
around his bough, mischievous, hanging over the village path.

We'll find termites in their nests, hard tall towers above the plains,
and point-eared cats, taking their turns, guarding their many entrances.
We'll find the basket-nests of birds hanging from the acacia tree.
Rhinoceroses and dragons for once will let us walk in peace.

When lightning tears the sky's dark cloak and heaven's bird beats the water
on the muddy plains with its big wings, termites and frogs escape their homes
toward the lamps in the nearest village. Spiders dry themselves indoors,
the spotted lizards that never fall from ceilings suddenly appear.

In the forest, fires light the sky as the black clouds unfold their weight.
The black-and-white sacred monkey holds her children to her, and waits.
Love, like lightning hits suddenly. It sparks the heart with blows of light,
its fire extending, bends, expands, beats and breaks your hiding places.

* * *
Remember when we were children, herding the sheep together,
leading them over the grassy hills with long sticks. Your silly songs
made me laugh, and in the evening, you'd enchant me with your stories,
lying on your back beside me. Even then my heart was yours.

I remember your sacred rites. You were so funny, so grown up,
so stiff and serious, all arms and elbows. You went in a girl,
but you returned a warrior. You marched back with the others--
your hair was cut, your eye tattooed with the red triangle of war.

Tomorrow I must go, my love. I will tattoo my head with braids.
My shield will bear a shining sun so you will always be with me.
Inlaid with gold, it will shine like glowing embers. I will return
with lizard skins for your sandals. Paint your eyes black and wait for me.

I am the sun, you are the moon. Wherever you lead I will go,
following across the wide sky, as long as I live and you love.
Sun follows Moon until she tires, then carries her until she's strong
and runs ahead of him again. I'll carry you, too, my beloved.

My love, we are not Sun and Moon. Instead we are like day and night.
The old ones say Day is a woman, who works only while it is light.
She herds her goats and catches fish, fills her fields with golden corn,
shows her children what is just and protects them from the cobra.

Day loves Night, who works in darkness, walking through heaven's milky sky
collecting stars with his quick arms, piling them into a basket
like a child collecting lizards and piling them into her pot
until the pot overflows with lizards, 'til the basket overflows with light.

Night wears a black cloak lined with fire, studded inside with gleaming stars.
At dawn and dusk he spies his love. Across the rolling hills of sky,
they glimpse each other--so briefly. They throw each other kisses, cry.
Their tears spill over Jamuraa. Mixed with blood, they wash everything red.

But once, with a magician's help, Time was stopped and Day stood still.
Night spread over Jamuraa, wrapped Day in his dark cloak and held her.
In their miraculous embrace, the two became as One. Until
pulled from Day's arms, Night sank, commanded by the western horizon that always beckons him to come.

I won't give up hope, my love.

Our love is like the river in the summer season of long rains:
For a little while it spilled its banks, flooding the crops in the fields.
But soon it will evaporate with the dry heat. Like Day from Night,
I'll live my life apart from you, just glimpsing you across the sky,
because you cannot change, my dear, and nor can I.

Home
Whenever I am feeling low
I look around me and I know
There's a place that will stay within me
Wherever I may choose to go

I will always recall the city
Know every street and shore
Sail down the river which brings us life
Winding through my Singapore

Chorus:
This is home truly, where I know I must be
Where my dreams wait for me, where that river always flows
This is home surely, as my senses tell me
This is where I won't be alone, for this is where I know it's home


When there are troubles to go through
We'll find a way to start anew
There is comfort in the knowledge
That home's about its people too

So we'll build our dreams together
Just like we've done before
Just like the river which brings us life
There'll always be Singapore

(Chorus X 2)
For this is where I know it's home
For this is where I know I'm home

Together
Let us be together aspire to achieve
No matter what, no matter when, working hand in hand
Let us go the distance, reach for goals that shine
Creating our future, with everyone in mind

Chorus:
Together we make a difference, one voice, one destiny
We remain undivided, our hearts in harmony
Together we make a difference, our friends, our families
We will share a special dream, together we feel the Singapore heartbeat

Let us find in our strides, new strength to go on by
Nothing is ever easy, we have to hold on and strive
Let us never be afraid, if we have to change our ways
Through the years, we'll always stay, one in every way

(Chorus X 2)
We will share a special dream
Together we feel the Singapore heartbeat
Singapore heartbeat

Shine On Me
The moment when I was born
Into this world, into my home
I recall when I was young
Stars and Crescent shine on me

In my heart lies my homeland
I share this joy with my families and friends
Let our strength build on and on
Reaching out to the world

Chorus:
Stars and crescent shine on me
Make us more than what we can be
All our dreams come true
As we all grow stronger

Stars and Crescent shine on me
Turning our hopes, into reality
For we will always be
Shining as one

Let our hopes lead us afar
Into the world, to be the best
There’s so much to reach out for
Stars and Crescent shining on

In my heart lies my homeland
I share this joy with my families and friends
Stepping out into a New World
As we make our choices

Where I Belong
Morning comes around and ICan't wait to see my sunny islandIn its glorious greenery, whether rain or shine, it's still beautifulBright lights shine on the streets at nightGuiding me closer to homeTo a place where I'll be safe and warm, where I belong
Friends and families by my sideSeeing me through as I grow and learnEveryday's experience, bitter sweet or sourThey're still wonderfulAs they become precious memoriesThey'll be kept close to my heartAnd no matter where I am I will always know, where I belong
Chorus:Where I belong, where I keep my heart and soulWhere dreams come true for usWhere we walk together hand in hand towards a future so brightWhere I belong, where I keep my heart and soulWhere we're one big familyI want the whole world to know, I want to shout it out loudThat this is where I know I belong

We Will Get There
Remember the days, we set out together with faith?
Remember the times, so fine, when we thought that
Nothing could stand in our way?

Then things weren't the same, the life that we knew had to change
We've struggled through, the darkest storms
We thought we couldn't tame

Together we've tried, as we stood side by side
I knew we'd build a new world
A world of hope for ever after.

Chorus:
Deep in my heart I just know,
Right from the start, we will grow
Look where we are, we've come so far
And there's still a long, long way to go.

With all of my heart, I will care
I'll play my part, I will share
With family and friends, together we'll stand
And in the end, hand in hand
We will get there

So now we begin, working together to win
Believing in trust, it must
Be possible to overcome anything.

There's so much to do, there's so much we can contribute
By sharing just a little love
We will start again anew

So why don't we try?
If we stand side by side
I know we'll build a new world
A world of hope for ever after.
(Repeat Chorus)

A Place in My Heart
Verse 1:
It doesn't matter where I come from
It doesn't matter what I do
It doesn't matter what I believe in
It doesn't matter how tough it may be

Bridge:
It only matters we've come through together
Closer with every page we turn
It only matters we could make it better
Reaching out to the sky

Chorus:
You will always have A Place in My Heart
You will always be the Spark
Every smile we share every tear we've shed
There's nothing we can't overcome

You will always have A Place in My Heart
You will always be the Spark
If I'm lost and weary I'm not worried
I know You will always be there with open arms

Verse 2:
I'll always treasure those happy moments
I can remember all the songs
It doesn't matter I'm ordinary
It doesn't matter how different we are
Repeat Bridge & Chorus