When my friend and I were watching Lani Misalucha's performance for the Ayala 25th anniversary at the Stock Exchange, she mentioned that her boss's theme song for his wife is the song currently playing then. I nodded and realized after a few seconds that the song was "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin". So I asked, "Really? Why?". She shook her head and smiled, "I didn't ask 'cause he might give me another dose of love advice." Hahaha. But what a strange choice for a theme song between a couple, right?
I'm impressed with songs which have really simple and straightforward lyrics. Case in point: "Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin". The song is essentially made up of only seven lines. And that's it. The message is clear and concise; it has knife-like precision, too.
Kay hirap palang umibig sa di tamang panahon
Kung bakit ngayon ko lang natagpuan ang isang katulad mo
Sana noon pa kita nakilala
Sana noon pa lang na ang puso ay malaya pang magmahal
Bukas na lang kita mamahalin
Sabay sa paglaya ng ating mga puso
Bukas na lang kita mamahalin
Lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com
When I listen close, I picture the end of a conversation between two people struggling out of a trap. Of a love that just can't be. "This feels right. But is not right. My heart breaks but I have to say goodbye."
The lines also seem like they were lifted straight out of an old-school love letter, signed anonymously, and left on the desk. "Dear. We found each other in the wrong season. I wish we'd met some years ago when I didn't have her and you didn't have him. I guess it's not meant to be. But I'll keep on loving you. Till me meet again in a more perfect time. Maybe tomorrow."
In this lovelorn case, "tomorrow" may mean different things to different people. It may mean any one or both of the parties being freed up from a marriage (like an annulment or divorce). It may mean going against the norm and laws, and creating their own "freedom" in their own time. Whichever way it goes, who are we to judge these conflicted emotions and the decisions they made?
We have to watch our words, 'cause we'll never know how naughty and playful Life can be. You could be faced with your own dilemma of loving him or her "tomorrow", someday. Then, how would that be for you?
For me and for now, "tomorrow" is the next life. If there is a next life. If it's not meant to be now, then I feel like I have no business pushing it any further. I mentally hang a picture of him with his "perfect" family in my head to remind me that this season is not mine. If we were meant to be together in the end and if permitted by the Great Divine, Destiny will find a way to bring us back together in the perfect time and season.
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