Say

Take all of your wasted honor
Every little past frustration
Take all of your so-called problems,
Better put ‘em in quotations

Say what you need to say

Walking like a one man army
Fighting with the shadows in your head
Living out the same old moment
Knowing you’d be better off instead,
If you only could . . .

Say what you need to say

Have no fear for giving in
Have no fear for giving over
You’d better know that in the end
Its better to say too much
Then never say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking
And your faith is broken
Even as the eyes are closing
Do it with a heart wide open

Say what you need to say

Salah satu dari deretan karya John Mayer yang meaningful…..

Pain is Part of Learning

Waktu kita masih kecil, Ibu kita tidak lelah-lelahnya melatih kita untuk berjalan. Padahal kita jatuh berkali-kali, tetapi Ibu tidak menyerah, terus mendorong kita untuk terus mencoba. Ayo Nak, ayo Nak…Padahal Ibu kita bukannya tidak iba, tapi beliau tahu, jika tidak begitu maka kita tak akan bisa berdiri sendiri, berjalan sendiri.

Ah, apalah arti sakit dan derita jika bukan untuk belajar? Belajar untuk semakin mengenali diri kita sendiri….

Kurasa tak salah kalau kukutip lirik lagunya Lifehouse, Undone

I can see it your eyes you’re hurting
But pain is part of learning who you are
All these truths can sometimes be deceiving
When your whole world comes crashing to the ground

Tell me everything you need now anything at all
And I will be the one who’s waiting anytime you fall

Yeah, When you come undone
When you come undone

You know I can’t be like everybody
Cause I can’t tell you what you want to hear
I don’t know if I can make it better
All I know is I will be around

Tell me everything you need now anything at all
And I will be the one who’s waiting anytime you fall

Yeah, When you come undone
When you come undone

When all your plans are made out lying on the floor
And all your dreams are turning into nothing more
When all your hope has left you know you’re not alone
Just hold on
Hold on

Tell me everything you need now anything at all
And I will be the one who’s waiting anytime you fall

Yeah, When you come undone
When you come undone

(Teringat kepada keponakanku Ayesha, yang makin lancar berbicara seiring dengan kelincahannya berjalan)

3×5

For all my friends, anywhere you are…..

I’m writing you to
catch you up on places I’ve been
You held this letter
probably got excited, but there’s nothing else inside it
didn’t have a camera by my side this time
hopping I would see the world with both my eyes
maybe I will tell you all about it when I’m
in the mood to lose my way with words
Today skies are painted colors of a cowboy’s cliche’
And strange how clouds that look like mountains in the sky
are next to mountains anyway
Didn’t have a camera by my side this time
Hoping I would see the world with both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I’m
in the mood to lose my way
but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life

You’ll be with me next time I go outside

just no more 3×5’s

Guess you had to be there
Guess you had to be with me

Today I finally overcame
tryin’ to fit the world inside a picture frame
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I’m in the mood to
lose my way but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
You’ll be with me next time I go outside
no more 3×5’s
just no more 3×5’s

–Hehe..lagi nostalgila John Mayer sih…–