Paradise (Book One)

Run

Remember make believe in you
All the things I said I'd do
I wouldn't hurt you, like the world did me
Keep you safe, I'd keep you sweet
Everything that I went through,
I'm grateful you won't have to do
I know that you will have to fall
I can't hide you from it all

[Chorus]
But take the best of what I've got
And you know no matter what
Before you walk away, you know you can
Run, run, run,
Back to my arms, back to my arms
Run, run, run, back to my arms and they will hold you down
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh [x4]

See, here's the bloody, bloody truth
You will hurt and you will lose
I've got scars you won't believe
Wear them proudly on my sleeve
I hope you'll have the sense to know
That sadness comes and sadness goes
Love so hard and play life loud
It's the only thing to give a damn about

[Chorus]
But take the best of what I've got
And you know no matter what
Before you walk away, you know you can
Run, run, run,
Back to my arms, back to my arms
Run, run, run,
Back to my arms and they will hold you down

All this time I swear I'll never waste it
All your smiles I'm always gonna save them
Put it in the back of my mind
Whenever I'm away from you [x2]

Run, run, run
Back to your arms, back to your arms
Run, run, run
Back your arms and they will hold you
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Back to my arms, back to my arms

All this time I swear I'll never waste it
All your smiles I'm always gonna save them
Put it in the back of my mind
Back to my arms, and they will hold you down
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh [x2]
They will hold you down
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh [x2]

 

 
"I can't believe this! I can't believe I'm embracing you now. I thought you're dead. Daddy said you're dead! Pero nandito ka, Mommy!" patuloy ang pag-iyak niya habang yakap-yakap ang ina.

"Believe it, hija. Buhay ako, andito ako, kayakap kita. And I won't leave you ever again," umiiyak din si Divine.

Bumitaw si Asher sa pagkakayakap, at tinitigan niya ang ginang na kaharap niya. She touched her eyes, her nose, her lips, her cheeks, her whole face.

Ang ganda-ganda ng mommy niya! Maputi, mala-porselana ang kutis, eleganteng-elegante ang hitsura. Para itong manyika sa paningin niya.

Umiiyak na tumatawa siya habang haplos haplos niya ang mukha nito.

Her mother is alive!

All this time, her mother is somewhere around the world. Hindi niya alam, wala siyang alam. Ang sabi nang daddy niya, patay na ito, yet he did not tell her kahit kailan kung saan ito nakalibing. In fact, she was forbidden to know kung saan ito nakalibing.