How do I keep my mud on my feet
It’s wearing me down, can’t stay
I’m praying too deep
It’s hurting my sleep
I can’t let you go away
Too late, you tried
Too late, you died

I don’t understand
There’s blood on my hands
I can’t have you as my own
Your heartbeat has ceased
I’ll leave you in peace
But haunt me inside my dreams
Too late, you tried
Too late, you died

This song is entitled Mikaela.

It is one of those short and sweet yet undeniably unforgettable tracks off Oracle, the 1995 debut album of the Filipino band Sugar Hiccup.

Mikaela contains arguably the best combined use of Melody del Mundo’s ethereal soprano voice and the darkly passionate guitar riffs of Czandro Pollack.

I have been playing this song repeatedly since the previous weekend, along with Moden De and Little D, both also from Oracle.

If you still have not heard anything by Sugar Hiccup, go hunt for a song of theirs – something from Oracle is best.

Tracks off Womb, the second album, are not bad, but the sound no longer has the uniquely dreamy, almost otherworldly, touch so palpable in the first album.

I was searching for a 1998 MTV techno-music compilation earlier this evening when I stumbled across my tape of Solid HarmoniE, the group’s self-titled album. It was released circa 1997, with the fairly successful carrier single entitled I’ll Be There For You.

Solid HarmoniE is, rather not arguably, a more sporty rip-off of the Spice Girls, like some other girl groups in the late 1990s when the cutesy Fab Five was in its heyday. What attracted me to the former’s brand of music was the blending of their voices. I do not know, but I really like it when four different tonal levels mix in one disco beat. It is not all shrieking, rapping and ranting.

They really are good singers, these four girls: Mariama, Melissa, Beki, and Elisa. Mariama quit the group in 1999 and joined The Honeyz, a group with a more R-and-B feel. Melissa opted for a solo career. The remaining two persevered on and even found a new third member, but until now I still have not heard about them coming up with anything. Perhaps they are stranded in no-album (or no-career) limbo.

My favorite Solid HarmoniE song is Walk Away, a sweet ballad. The lyrics follow. Try to find an audio file of it if you can. It is one of those highly underappreciated good love songs.

For more information on the group, check out this site.

Walk Away
by Solid HarmoniE

Walk away
Don’t turn around ’cause you may see me cry

I’ve never known a feeling so sure
You came my way and opened the door
I think of us and the love that we had
With half a chance I’d bring it all back
But I know
I know things always change
So I guess I gotta let you go

Walk away
Don’t turn around ’cause you may see me cry
Walk away
Don’t turn around, don’t even say goodbye
Don’t turn around until you reach the other side

Looking back, I have no regret
I tell my friends that you were the best
And as I stand just watching the rain
I pray that you were here once again
But I know
I know things always change
So I guess I gotta let you go

I know it’s gonna be hard this way
‘Cause I’ll be missing you everyday
Now I know you’re leaving
And it’s such a lonely feeling
That I know I’ve gotta let you go
I’ve gotta let you go

Walk away
Don’t turn around ’cause you may see me cry
Walk away
Don’t turn around, don’t even say goodbye
Don’t turn around until you reach the other side

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone.

I was randomly surfing for nice mp3 downloads today, perhaps overcompensating for leisure time or what-have-you before class starts again tomorrow, and I happened to come across Irresistible by Jessica Simpson. Teenyboppers attack! *cackles*

I remember trying to download the song many months or so ago after hearing it first over the radio. The mp3′s server was having PMS that time and it kept kicking me and crashing my browser.

I kinda liked the song’s rhythm and it was danceable, something to perk you up in the morning and rouse you from boredom or some such. Also makes one type faster in finishing reports so as to spend more time doing “cooler” online stuff.

Anywho, I managed to download all of the song this time and it currently is on heavy play on my WinAmp (with Dark Mousy as the skin – only appropriate).

Excerpt from IRRESISTIBLE
by Jessica Simpson

He’s irresistible
Up close and personal
Now inescapable
I can hardly breathe

More than just physical
Deeper than spiritual
His ways are powerful
Irresistible to me

One word: WOW.

Who is this guy?

I am such a dorky ditz.