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Sekali Lagi

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It’s a four letter word
a place you go to heal your hurt
it’s an altar, it’s a shelter
one place you’re always welcome
a pink flamingo, double wide
one bedroom in a high rise
a mansion on a hill
where the memories always will
keep you company
whenever you’re alone
after all of my running
I’m finally coming…

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Home…
the world tried to break me
I found a road to take me… home
there ain’t nothing but a blue sky now
after all of my running
I’m finally coming… home

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Well they say it’s where the heart is
and I guess the hardest part is
when your heart is broken
and you’re lost out in the great wide open
looking for a map
finding your way back
to where you belong
oh well that’s where I belong

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Home…
the world tried to break me
I found a road to take me

Home…
there ain’t nothing but a blue sky now
after all of my running
I’m finally coming

Home…
Home….

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Home…
the world tried to break me
I found a road to take me… home
there ain’t nothing but a blue sky now
after all of my running
I’m finally coming
after all of my running
I’m finally coming…

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Home.

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Berpaling Dari Dikau

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Ku Relakan
Jay Jay

Jelas terpadam sudah
Nyala bara asmara
Hatimu membeku
Dingin sinar matamu

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Tak tergamak diriku
Membiar kau tersiksa
Dipenjara oleh cintaku
Yang tak lagi bermakna padamu

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Ku mengundur diri
Ku berpaling dari dikau
Yang segalanya buatku

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Kasih
Ku relakan perpisahan
Seandainya kau bahagia

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Kasih
Kurelakan penyiksaan kedukaan
Menimpaku hingga akhir masa

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Hanya ku pinta
Sesekali ku hadiri rindumu

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Berlinang airmata
Tika melepaskanmu
Izinku pergi membawa diri
Ke halaman gelap mentari

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Ku mengundur diri
Ku berpaling dari dikau
Yang segalanya buatku

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Kasih…

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For many months that have become years now, I have not been able to listen to, sing or even hum this song to its final stanza. But today I could not resist the fight. I have been misunderstood, I have been misread and I have been misheard. So I got up and sang this to myself. After three attempts and still with heaved heart, this is for those who have made my life worth sailing. And those who have made this song worth singing. To the last line…

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Sayang Disayang

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Angin menderu dahan jatuh
Menimpa batu kuburan

Murai terkejut berkicau-kicauan
Langit mendung diliputi awan
Alamat bumi disirami hujan
Sayang di sayang

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Hatiku rindu orang jauh
Tak lupa dari kenangan

Fikiran kusut merisau-risauan
Sakit untung ditinggalkan Abang
Ibarat kapal tidak berhaluan
Sayang di sayang

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Please click on the song title or my picture to be brought to my voice recording.

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Simfoni Hitam

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Malam sunyi ku impikanmu
Ku lukiskan kita bersama
Namun s’lalu aku bertanya
Adakah aku di mimpimu

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Di hatiku terukir namamu
Cinta rindu beradu satu
Namun s’lalu aku bertanya
Adakah aku di hatimu

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T’lah ku nyanyikan alunan-alunan senduku
T’lah ku bisikkan cerita-cerita gelapku
T’lah ku abaikan mimpi-mimpi dan ambisiku
Tapi mengapa ku takkan bisa sentuh hatimu

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Bila saja kau di sisiku
Kan ku beri kau segalanya
Namun tak henti aku bertanya
Adakah aku di rindumu

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T’lah ku nyanyikan alunan-alunan senduku
T’lah ku bisikkan cerita-cerita gelapku
T’lah ku abaikan mimpi-mimpi dan ambisiku
Tapi mengapa ku takkan bisa sentuh hatimu

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Tak bisakah kau
Sedikit saja dengar aku
Dengar simfoniku
Simfoni hanya untukmu

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T’lah ku nyanyikan alunan-alunan senduku
T’lah ku bisikkan cerita-cerita gelapku
T’lah ku abaikan mimpi-mimpi dan ambisiku
Tapi mengapa ku takkan bisa sentuh hatimu

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Just Like I Should

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Dalam Hati

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Di dalam hati ku menangis
Bila ku mengenang dirimu sayang
Kini jauh sudah harapan hati
Selama ini ku rindu
Ohhh

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Tiada belai kasih sayangmu
Tiada senyum yang manis lagi
Berat rasalah hatiku kini
Tanpa dirimu disisiku

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Kini ku mengenang dirimu
Aku gelisah selalu
Jangan kau lupakan diriku
Berita ku harap darimu

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Tiada belai kasih sayangmu
Tiada senyum yang manis lagi
Berat rasalah hatiku kini
Tanpa dirimu di sisiku
Ohhh

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Kini ku mengenang dirimu
Aku gelisah selalu
Jangan kau lupakan diriku
Berita ku harap darimu
Ohhh

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Apalah Erti

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Tanpa Belaimu

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Kau Tak Endah

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Bagaimana kan kumula dan apakah kata-kata
Yang indah untuk diabadikan
Tiap wajah berkisar tiap madah bererti
Manakah ilhamku?

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Cahaya di matamu senyum dibibirmu
Mengukir seribu tanda pertanyaan
Mungkinkah kau jua dalam kerinduan
Di saat begini aku merindukan

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Berpucuk-pucuk surat terbiar di depanku
Tak dapat kuutuskan
Kuramas semua dan kubuangkan jauh
Dari pandangan

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Lalu aku kesal ku kumpul semula
Tak dapat kunyatakan apa yang kurasa
Andai engkau tahu gelora hatiku
Mungkinkah kau sahut jeritan batinku?

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Dengarkanlah panggilanku
Dengarkanlah lagu untukmu
Angin lalu kau sampaikan
Rasa rindu yang membara kepadanya

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Warna-warna cintaku kian pudar bersama
Malam yang gelap gelita
Entahkan kau rasakan apa yang aku rasa
Atau kau tak endah?

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Tapi ku percaya semua telah tertulis
Dan niat suciku takkan disiakan
Dan di suatu masa di hari yang indah
Kuhulur tanganku lalu kau terima

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Eva Cassidy

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The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

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I was browsing for some paintings of angels one day in 2002 on a Calgarian cold snowy morning when I stumbled upon Eva Cassidy’s “Essence of Eva”. One painting led to another and then I got reading about the beautiful soul that she was. In no time I found myself in a record store buying every single CD that Eva Cassidy ever produced. But Autumn Leaves is my all-time top of the list favorite.

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Thank you Emila Yusof for keeping me in the loop!
I still listen to Marketa’s ‘If You Want Me, Satisfy Me’ with a vengeance! 🙂

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