this is one of my favorite songs on the Bituing Walang Ningning soundtrack.
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Felt So Right - Sarah Geronimo

I love you
I don’t know what else to say
Cuz I long for you more each day
I need you
I want to feel your embrace
And have a chance to touch your face

I was lost and alone
But you showed me the way
Now I call you my own
Things will never be the same

How could I’ve known
You would hold me close so tenderly
Even though I’m alone
I can feel your arms enfolding me
And that love, became mine in just one night
When you held me tight
Oooh.. it felt so right

I feel you
You’re always here in my heart
Its where I've kept you since we're far apart
I was lost and alone
But you showed me the way
Can’t go on, on my own
Wishin’ that you would stay

How could I’ve known
You would hold me close so tenderly
Even though I’m alone
I can feel your arms enfolding me
And that love, became mine in just one night
When you held me tight
Oooh.. it felt so right

I was lost and alone
But you showed me the way
Can’t go on, on my own
Wishin’ that you would stay
Tell me that you would stay… ey

How could I’ve know (how could I’ve known… ohh)(Ooh)
You would hold me close so tenderly (oohh)(Ooh)
Even though I’m alone
I can feel your arms enfolding me (your arms enfold me)
And that love, became mine in just one night
When you held me tight
Oooh.. it felt so right

Felt so right…Hmmm…
Felt so right.

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this is one of those songs that i love but hate simply because i love the song and how it sounds, but i hate that i don't have that in real life! hahaha seriouisly... it's a very pretty song. usually Sarah is a power balladress, always showcasing her upper register hitting whitney, mariah, regine-like notes. she has good reason too, since she's been showing off her skill to hit celine dion notes since she was 13 during that "star for a night" show 3 years ago. i admire her grounded personality as well as her humility, which i think makes her a more admirable singer. she doesn't have that diva attitude which reflects in her music.

especailly in this song. this song is so gentle and loving -- not over the top. i think she captures the feeling perfectly since she doesn't even go as strongly in the "money notes" where people are boarderline screaming! she gives power in a firm yet gentle way, during that climax of the song. wow. that's control. lol it might actually sound efortless, or maybe even laziness?

oh man! but what really gets me is her opening 3 notes - those 3 words: "i love you". not because she's saying it to me (cuz well, yeah. i don't have my arms enfolding her haha) but mostly because it freezeframes the tenderness of the sentiment in the song. the whole first 2 lines: "i love you, i don't know what else to say". That's so human... you don't always know what to say, and sometimes those 3 words are all you can fish for to express at least a portion of the sentiment overflowing in you. it shows the softness of the emotion, and i think her entrance to this song is perfect. soft, firm, but not too strong.

especially if you watch bituing walang ningning and you see the episode where she sings this to oman... she personalizes the character's longing and synchronizes it with her voice as well as her demeanor... even if it is just her looking at oman kinda jealous and sad. wow. she's getting better as an actress too. lots of potential in both fields, and i think that she can only get better.

and songs like this, although not exactly material to become a radio single (even in the philippines), are hits. it's one of those behind-the-scenes songs that end up being the best in the album although every other song has its spotlight. i'm pretty much fixated on this song. lol it's like i can't go a day without listening to it at least once. love it.

til next time. happy listening!