Same songs new meanings

After having more karaoke sessions, I'm brought back in time and begin to reminisce the days when songs were just music. I guess I was too young or naive then to realize what the lyrics mean or what emotions were being conveyed. It's only now that I'm having this deeper connection to these songs. Quite a few of them, I actually don't recall the title or who the singer/band was. Luckily, in this day and age, a quick Google search can solve that. There's even an app for recognizing songs for you.

So now I've spent a day downloading all these songs from my past, reading the lyrics over and over again. The most recent in the list is Eraserheads's Ang Huling El Bimbo (The Last El Bimbo in english). I don't think translating the lyrics in english will have the same effect as hearing it in tagalog. But the story of the song is basically a guy who's reminiscing about his school days during which he learned how to dance El Bimbo from a very beautiful girl. He describes how his love for her developed but not once was he able to tell her. However time has now past and the last he has heard of her, all these sad things happened including her death.

My favorite lines are:

Magkahawak ang ating kamay at walang kamalay-malay
(We're holding hands and not realizing)
Na tinuruan mo ang puso ko na umibig ng tunay
(That you've taught my heart to truly love)