It’s been quite some time since I last shared a cover song here on Hive. I’ve always had a soft spot for this song ever since I first heard it on TV — it takes me back to those simple, peaceful days that I really miss. Hope you guys enjoy my cover! :)

Also, you may hear some noises at the background...that was my cousin. Really can't get any quiet time here at home. LOL.

Hi! How's everyone doing? I went away for quite a while here. Mainly because of personal stuff going on in my life. But I also think my creative juices aren't flowing as they used to. I'll be slowly coming back here and post some stuff every now and then. I think I'll be posting more on song covers. Haha.

Well, anyway. Here's me on a cozy afternoon doing some karaoke stuff with my cat. I apologize for some out-of-tune parts. I barely just woke up. HAHA

(Also, I videotaped him instead cause my face wasn't camera ready. Haha.)

I sang Fortnight by Taylor Swift & Post Malone here. Enjoy watching my cat sleep (?) HAHA.

MY FIRST EVER JAPANESE SONG COVER!!!!!!!

If you're an anime fan, you have probably heard the anime "Chrono Crusade." Dude, for me, that was the OG anime for me! The storyline, the OST's, not to mention, the hot shirtless guys. 😭

But what captivated me most is this specific song. From what I've remembered, the anime got only one season. And throughout the season, this song is always its ending OST.

AND DAMN BOIIII. THE FEELS OF THE SONG, THE ANIMATED VIDEO MADE FOR IT, THE INSTRUMENTALS, FUCKKKKK. 😭

So I recommend you guys to DILIGENTLY listen with all your heart the flow of the song, and the instruments playing it. It really has that sad, hopeful, tragic romance kind of feels.

Here is the lyrics in its Japanese and English translations:

Original / Romaji Lyrics
daisuki to omou kara ne kizutsu ittari tomadottari
tsumetai hoho wo yose atte kokoro ga umareta
itsumo ima sugu ni aitai

mukuchi ni naruhodo suki yo yasashi sa doushitara mieru no
dakishimete motto tsuyoku atataka na mune wo shinjiru yo
sayonara solitia ashita he

chiisana watashi dakara zenbu demo tarinai yone
nanni mo kakusanai de anata ni agetai
mada shiroi yoake wo miokutte

konnani daiji na hito ni doushite meguri aetano to
itai hodo tsunagu yubi de sabishi sa kienu yume wo miru no
sayonara solitia

mou hitori jyanai kara ashita mezameru no anata to

daisuki na hito dakara ne sobani iru mamotteru
anata he tsunagaru daichi ni umerete yokatta

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English Translation
It's because I love you so much that I hurt you, that I'm so confused
Coming close to your cold cheek, my soul was born
I always want to see you right away

I love you so much I can't speak, so how will you see my kindness?
Hold me tighter, I believe in your warm heart
Farewell, solitaire, to tomorrow

Because I'm so small, I give everything, but it's not enough
This hand, which can't hide anything at all, I want to give to you
We still have to see off the white dawn

Why was I able to run across someone this important?
Holding on to these fingers that they almost hurt, I see the dream that had disappeared into sadness
Farewell, solitaire

Because I'm no longer alone, tomorrow awakens, and I'm with you

Because I have someone whom I love so much, I'm here by your side, protecting you
I'm so glad that I was born on this earth that connects me to you

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The translation or meaning of the songs depends on how you understand the lyrics, or how you like/want to interpret it.

Also! A little disclaimer.

If any Japanese person or Japanese speaking pro is listening to this, please, bear with me if I have pronounced some words wrongly! I'm up for a little coaching session with ya'll! 😭 (Oh, and I also only sang and recorded this on ONE take)

So hope you all like my cover! Sayonara! ~~~

Freedom, Peace, Love, Unity

That is what this song signifies to me. I tried to pick one theme for this song. But the more I kept reading and singing the lyrics, the more it felt that one theme wasn't enough to embody what this song symbolizes to me.


Independence Day was the day we all attained our freedom from the hands of our captors. After a sea of bloodshed by our heroes,
We all gained freedom.
We all learned unity.
We all achieved peace.
And we all strengthened our love.


Rivermaya is one of the gems and legends of the OPM industry. They have made hundreds of songs that touched the Filipino's hearts, and retained their passion in their minds. I chose this specific song because it symbolizes many important things to me.


As you can see, I filmed this video in a dark room, covering half of my face. I like to symbolize it as someone who does not see, who is not seen, but is only being heard and listened to. Whatever words come out of her mouth, they magnify what is in her heart and not what she looks like. She is singing her soul out to the one she loves. May it be a friend, a family, or a partner. I wanted to highlight the song, my feelings, not physical self.

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F R E E D O M

Remember how we laughed until we cried
At the most stupid things like
We were so high
But love was all that we were on, we belong
And though the world would never understand
This unlikely union and why it still stands
Someday, we will be set free
Pray and believe

Freedom to me can be seen here, wherein the two souls are having fun and is living life in their own way. Even if the world despises who they are, what they are, and what they do, they do not lose hope and just continue to live life the way it is supposed to be lived. They held onto the hope that one day they would reach the ultimate freedom—life after death.

Even if we have freedom in this world today, we are still held in chains by so many factors. We can only achieve ultimate freedom when we are not bound by any chains or by any dominions or principalities in this world. We can now say, heaven is a place we call home.

P E A C E

When the light disappears
And when this world's insincere
You'll be safe here
When nobody hears you scream
I'll scream with you
You'll be safe here

Soul B is devastated and wrecked inside and out. So Soul A offered themselves some kind of peace for Soul B. Validation of feelings, and a place where you can scream, shout, and weep is all Soul A wanted to do for Soul B. Why? Because of love. Love in all senses

There have been countless times where our lives have had their lights disappear all of a sudden, and it's so dark that we have nowhere to go. No one to hold on to. If we have that specific soul in our minds where they offer such peace, such safety, such home, take it.

L O V E

In my arms through the long cold night
Sleep tight, you'll be safe here
When no one understands
I'll believe, you'll be safe
You'll be safe, you'll be safe here, ooh ooh
Put your heart in my hands
You'll be safe here

Love is very vague. Not one word could ever describe it. In this verse, I have seen the calmest, purest form of love. No sexual intimacy is seen, but you can feel the connection between the two. Soul A offered not a house, but a home to Soul B, where they could safely lay their heads and sleep soundly at night. Soul A committed themselves into taking care of Soul B by asking them to put their hearts in their hands. That's the most vulnerable thing a human being could ever do - leaving their whole being to someone they knew.

U N I T Y

Two roads intertwine
And if the universe conspired
To meld our lives, to make us, fuel and fire
Then know wherever you will be
So too, shall I'll be

Both of them conspired unity here. Both were lost but found themselves, and thanked the heavens that their fates were intertwined. Cause if it didn't happened, both of them would've never found themselves, and could've never know "love" itself.

We all have that person/thing/animal for whom we are all thankful. They never left us. And if they did, they'd done their very best to not leave us alone in this lonely world. Where we go, they go. Until eternity, we'll always be together.

May we all listen to this wonderfully concocted song. I know you all got different thoughts about it and have different perspectives than I do, but that's the beauty of art. The beauty of music itself.

OPM brings the Filipino people together. We sing together in one accord and raise our flags the gratitude to our forefathers whom have sacrificed themselves for this country.
If it weren't for them, we wouldn't have OPM.
If we wouldn't have OPM, we wouldn't have Rivernmaya.
If we wouldn't have Rivermaya, I would've never come across this song which saved me from most of my depression.
And if that hadn't saved me, you wouldn't be able to read this, and I would've never existed.
This post, this contest, this community, would've never existed.

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_{Hi! Thanks for reading my blogpost! This is my entry to Hive Ph contest entitled: Hive PH Contest: We Want To Hear Your Songs About Independence. Hope you all enjoyed my cover! And my post! LOL.}

_{Backtrack credits: KaraoKeys PH}

WELP.

The lip-syncing went bad, and the video editing sucks so... ya'll just have to appreciate the audio instead. hahahaha If I went out of tune, then boo-hoo b*tch.

It has been a while since I fully covered one of Lana del Rey's song. I have been very busy lately with my new job so, this cover should compensate for my absence here in Hive! fuck. Love you guys. Have a nice day!

Lyrics:

Summertime, and the livin's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C
Me, me and Louie, we gonna run to the party
And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder
Me and my girl, we got this relationship
I love her so bad, but she treats me like shit
On lockdown, like a penitentiary
She spreads her lovin' all over
And when she gets home, there's none left for me
Summertime, and the livin's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C
Me, me and Louie, we gonna run to the party
And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder
(Harder, yeah, harder, yeah)
Oh, take this veil from off my eyes
My burning sun will, some day, rise
So, what am I gonna be doin' for a while?
Said, I'm gonna play with myself
Show them, now, we've come off the shelf
Summertime, and the livin's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C
Me, me and Louie, we gonna run to the party
And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder
(Harder, yeah, harder, yeah)
Evil, I've come to tell you that she's evil, most definitely
Evil, ornery, scandalous and evil, most definitely
The tension, it's getting hotter
I'd like to hold her head underwater
(Summertime)
(Ah, ah, ah)
Summertime, and the livin's easy
Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG
All the people in the dance will agree
That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C
Me, me and Louie, we gonna run to the party
And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder

_{Credits to Roman Varypaev, for his awesome backtrack of Lana Del Rey - Doin' Time (Instrumental with Backing Vocals)}

"Laughter is THE BEST medicine."

Yeah yeah we all heard that, so what?

SO WHAT ???

Dude, when you laugh, every positive fiber in your being just shoots up to the sky! You feel like your in cloud nine or something and you even wished you don't want to go back to your miserable sad life (LOL) and just enjoy that moment.

I super love to laugh.

I am quite the joker myself. Well... on the cornier side though. But people still laugh at my corny ass jokes! HAHA. What makes laughing so special to me is that, it pushes stress and negativity away from my mind.

Even if it's just for a while...

Knowing that I'm such a depressed and anxious beech, laughter pretty much saves me from strangling myself. HAHA. (sorry).

AND HELL YEAH IT IS THE BEST MEDICINE! And it's damn free too!

There are a lot of things that makes me laugh. Oftentimes, I laugh hard on memes I see on my Facebook feed. I even save ones that gave me a heart attack because of how funny it is! I swear, my gallery comprises like 90% of saved memes from different social media platforms. HAHA the other 10 are my cat. HAHA

But the best one is...

Having a hearty laugh with your friends and loved ones!
Well for me, just friends. HAHA (complicated life at home shit)

So what is this "hearty laugh" and how different it is from a normal laugh?

Well, if I were to explain it, a hearty laugh for me is one that I get so hard breathing and am in the verge of hyperventilation. You feel like your brain and eyes are about to pop off and your voice box is about to shit itself out. And your guts about to fall off the damn floor too.

All of this, as we all know, is excessive laughing.

BUT THAT'S THE POINT!

That's the awesomeness of a hearty laugh!
A laugh you just can't stop yourself from laughing.
A laugh that hurts your body so much that you don't even give a shit if it hurts anymore.
And a laugh that makes you want to preserve that moment and that specific timeframe in your memory --- forever.

And this video represents all that.

I usually get hearty laughs from spending time with my friends most of the time. Yeah memes do make me laugh but I'd rather pick the kind of laugh, the hearty one, over every meme any day and get to burst everything out with my friends.

Laughing has its own scientific and medical explanation why it's better to laugh and all. (But I won't tell you guys all of that cause it'd be too much of a hassle. Look it up yourselves. LOL)


So in this video, my best friend (the girl with the white shirt), was taking a picture of herself on a hanging bridge. (Mind you, if you do get to fall from it, ya dead as fck.) We were surrounded by hills and forests that having fun there should also mean you gotta be careful as well.

So moving forward, me, the blue shirt with the DM's on, went to her side. She panicked so much when I tried to put my foot slowly on the bridge.

Why?

1. The bridge was small and it felt unsafe since
2. the bridge was made of old wood which we think that it has been weakened or something already.
3. and lastly, we both could fall and die. HAHA
   
   

But because I want to have some fun and tease her so much, I stayed. HAHAHA So she shouted and I shouted.
She laughed and I laughed.
Our friends also laughed from my stupid idea.
And yeah, we had a great time.
"I" had a great time. HAHAHA
A great time teasing my best friend. HAHAHAHAHA 🤣


So yeah, that's pretty much it.

Laughing is good. I highly recommend every single one of you to do it.
Life's just TOO short to pour all our energy on frowning.
Yeah we need to cry and we can't contain the anger, pain and sadness but sometimes, laughing is not a bad thing to do or even feel either!
It even gives you a sense of hope, comfort, a bit of love, a good encouragement, a spark of strength, a ton of joy and a whole lot more positive stuff you can think of.

So don't be afraid to laugh.
If life breaks you down, laugh it out!
Live life like you're supposed to live it out:

HAPPY :)

It has been a while since I've posted a video much less a cover, here at my https://3speak.tv/user/anarkia account. I have made this cover a little while ago this afternoon.
I just woke up from my night shift training at my new job and since I saw my dad's guitar lying aroung on our living room, I decided to play with it and make some covers or something.
Currently, I am hooked up with Taylor Swift's old songs. And through my musicianyyy skills, I mashed up three of her famous songs which I absolutely adore: "That's The Way I Loved You", "White Horse", "Back To December".
At first, I only wanted to cover "Back to December" but decided that that would be boring and just chose to mash the three songs instead. It's mostly choruses and one bridge.


Disclaimer: This cover of mine is VERY raw. No edits or whatsoever. Just a one take impromptu cover. Even my strumming is very bad. LOL.
Also a disclaimer, I am not a guitarist, I mainly play the keyboard, so please bear with my ugly ass strumming. HAHA


Hope you all enjoy though. If you have any suggestions for me to cover or just even listen to, please drop that song down in the comments. Thank you!