FOR MANNY

Thank you for the gift. I'll always take care of our 'baby'. Thank you for the memories. You'll always be in my heart for as long as I live.......you'll be safe here....

NORMAN G. WILWAYCO
AWARDS

Mondomanila
Third Place, Screenplay, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2003

Kung Paano Ko Inayos Ang Buhok Ko Matapos Ang Mahaba-haba Ring Paglalakbay
Grand Prize, Novel, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2002

Institusyon Ng Makata
Second Place, Short Story, Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, 2000

Best Of Philippine Literature, UP Creative Writing Center, 2001

Kahon
First Place, Short Story, Amado V. Hernandez National Literary Awards, 1999


Best Of Philippine Literature, UP Creative Writing Center, 2000

Writing Fellow for Fiction, 34th UP National Writer's Workshop, 1999

You'll Be Safe Here

Nobody knows
Just why we're here
Could it be fate
Or random circumstance
At the right place
At the right time
Two roads intertwine

And if the universe conspired
To meld our lives
To make us
Fuel and fire
Then know
Where ever you will be
So too shall i be

Chorus:

Close your eyes
Dry your tears
'coz when nothing seems clear
You'll be safe here

From the sheer weight
Of your doubts and fears
Weary heart
You'll be safe here

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

Chorus:

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

Save your eyes
From your tears
When everything's unclear
You'll be safe here

From the sheer weight
Of your doubts and fears
Wounded heart

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

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
Put your heart in my hands
You'll be safe here

Words & Music : Rico Blanco / Rivermaya