Journal of the Rebellious Sweetheart
Journal of the Rebellious Sweetheart is is a mix of emotions, a jumble of stories, there is no fixed theme, and you will hear it in the diverse genres of songs in the album, which the band calls “ROJAK BERBEZA”
Because this is a journal by a rebellious sweetheart, she changes like the weather. She can be lighthearted and lovely one day, and angry and riled up the next. She is opinionated and she cares about the little things, the big things, even the things she doesn’t really know about. The one thing that ties the album together, is that everyone of them revolves around love, and hope. The Rebellious Sweetheart lives each experience with heart, and faith that there will be a rainbow after every storm.
BANGUN (BAND VERSION)
The Yellow star and moon
What do they really mean
It’s the eyes of all its children
The place where we belong
the land that we call home
The sound of all our voices
That makes the harmony
It needs all our colors
To paint this tapestry
Waking up as a Malaysian
Kau dan aku 你和我 you and I
Waking up as a Malaysian
Let’s talk about the harmony in diversity
Waking up as a Malaysian
What does one heart one nation mean
Time to wake up my Malaysians
Bangun Wahai Malaysia!
It’s not about how high you stand above the rest
It is about the ones who fight standing on the ground for all his fellow man.
If we’d stop pointing fingers for a moment, then maybe we’d be free to join our hands
Stand strong as one and make a difference
You gotta know
That it takes all our voices
To make a harmony
It needs all our colors
To make this masterpiece
Waking up as a Malaysian
Kau dan aku நீம் நாம்,you and I
Waking up as a Malaysian
Let’s talk about the harmony in diversity
Waking up as a Malaysian
What does one heart one nation mean
Time to wake up my Malaysians
Bangun Wahai Malaysia
Negaraku , Tanah tumpahnya darahku
waking up as a Malaysian
kau dan aku ,你和我, நீம் நாம்
Waking up as a Malaysian
Bangunlah kamu semua dari tidur eh
Waking up as a Malaysian
Time to wake up
Time to wake up
Bangun Wahai Malaysia! (Malaysia!)
Bangun wahai Malaysia! (Malaysia!)
Bangun Wahai Malaysia
BLACK
God is watching us, you know
Pair up your meat with some wine and some bread ,
You’re pure on holy ground you know.
Pre :
So you cry from your eyes
Justifying your lies
With the gold in your pocket for goodness sake
So you crawl in the dust
Blind your eyes if you must
They’ll be open when you finally wake
Chorus:
Wait a minute
Oh there’s black in your eyes
Wait a minute
Oh there’s black in your eyes.
Climb down the steps to the depths of your glory
The crowd is cheering oh you know
The people they smile they will bow oh so sweetly,
But when they see the smoke they’ll know
Pre:
So you say your goodbyes
To the ones with a price
They come begging cause you are the only choice
There are halos for sale
On the self righteous shelf
To deceive all the lambs without fail
Cho:
Bridge:
Oh Lord, blind leading the blind
Pre :
So you think you are safe
You think you can escape
Cause you’ve kneeled and you know words from books you hold
I think we’ll only learn
When it comes to our turn
For the list we have made we might burn.
Cho:
HILANG
Rumahku di atas awan
Jiran ngan mentari
Dalam sesaat
Ku berapung ke syurga
Diundang bidadari
CHORUS
Hilang hilang
Hilang aku dalam bisikanmu
Hilang Hilang
Hilang tapi aku jelas arah
Inilah nyata
Petaku kamu
Tamanku subur
Setiap langkahmu tumbuhnya sekuntum mawar
Jantungku debar
Setiap kali tertangkap
Pandangan matamu
CHORUS
INTERLUDE
Percayakah kau aku hilang tanpamu
Percayalah kaulah arah yang dituju
Percayakah kau aku hilang tanpamu
Percayalah kau dengan kamu aku takkan ragu
BRIDGE
Bintang petunjuk
Jelmaanmu
Jiwa tertusuk
Leh cahayamu
Indahnya kamu
CHORUS
Hilang hilang
Hilang aku dalam bisikanmu
Hilang Hilang
Hilang tapi aku jelas arah
Inilah nyata
Petaku kamu
LOST AND FOUND
Feel you kiss me deeper
The soul that heals is tender
Defining scars will make it stronger
Could we dance together
To songs that last forever
It tells the tale of graceful survival
Rough seas that did not sink us all
CHORUS
The place we hurt each other
Is where we’ll build each other
I see the Veils are lifted
Leave our Hearts uncovered
Minds were lost
Where love was found
We lost and found
We lost and found
We lost and found you again
Feel my heart beat faster
But my breath gets Easier
The tears that dried will soon be forgotten
When your eyes smile right down to mine
CHORUS
The place we hurt each other
Is where we’ll build each other
I see the Veils are lifted
Leave our Hearts uncovered
Minds were lost
Where love was found
We lost and found
We lost and found
We lost and found you again
BRIDGE
Can I hold you closer
Feel you kiss me deeper
CHORUS
RANTAU
Hatiku dah tergoda
Terpisah dari yang biasa
Tanganku bahasaku
Oi, cepat bangun sayangku
Matamu pintu masuk syurga
Tanah luas rumput keemasan
Simpan aku di dakapan mu
CHORUS
Oh biarkan aku
hinggap di pohon layu
Akarnya kan bertumbuh
Di sayapku
Apa bah kau bikin disana
Kotak terang mencengkam mata
Duduk denganku di tepi angkasa
Ditilamkan bulan purnama
CHORUS
Oh biarkan aku
Menggadaikan hartaku
Tuk lakarkan dunia
Di kakiku
BRIDGE
Rantau rantauX3, oh rantau!! x2
CHORUS
Oh biarkan aku
Menggadaikan hartaku
Tuk Lakarkan dunia
Di kakiku
Oh biarkan aku
Dengan lidah beratku
jantungku bicaraku
Oh biarkan aku
Menggadaikan hartaku
Tuk Lakarkan dunia
Oh biarkan aku
hinggap di pohon layu
Akarnya kan bertumbuh
Di sayapku
SAY
Say it isn’t so
She told you she’d love you forever
Had intentions on another
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Just as soon as the ring was on her finger
She ditched you at the altar
CHORUS
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong
Currency of love can’t beat
Currency of greed
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong
They’re not here to get you on your feet
You know they be hanging around for what they need
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t
Say it isn’t
Say it isn’t
So o o x2
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
They told the young man he was dying
Needs to pay to buy their poison
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
The young man he knew how they we lying
So, they paid the mob to kill him.
CHORUS
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong
Currency of love can’t beat
Currency of greed
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong
They’re not here to get you on your feet
You know they’re just hanging around for what they need
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t
Say it isn’t
Say it isn’t
So o o X3
Say it isn’t!
Say it isn’t!
Say it isn’t!
CHORUS
Tell me if it’s right
You tell me if it’s wrong
Currency of love can’t beat
Your currency of greed
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong
They’re not here to get you on your feet
You know they’re just hanging around for what they need
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong(Tell me tell me,If it’s right or if it’s wrong)
Currency of love can’t beat(Where is the truth oh brother)
Currency of greed(Where is the love oh sister)
Tell me if it’s right tell me if it’s wrong(Tella tella tella tellaTella tella tella tellaTella tella tella tella
TELL ME!)
They’re not here to get you on your feet
You know they be hanging around for what they need(You know! You Know!)
Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t
Don’t be blinded by what you see
You can feel it in your gut
The fire burning
From the injustice
The lies
The propaganda
The segregation
Exploitation of the people
Of our minds
Of our soul
It’s time to wake up
And stand together
Break the shackles
Say it isn’t so
SPRING
In the place the sun was beaming
Gone is the white
So the sky has spoken,
Telling me the spell is broken
Time to take flight
CHORUS
Oh he called
Awake, awake
Break the earth
And show me colors that survived the cold
Show me to the fire
That has shifted to the heavens
Oh how divine
Here we end the silence
Break the ice and breathe the air
Love starts to shine
Oh he called
Awake, awake
Break the earth
And show me colors that survived the cold
BRIDGE
Poem by William Blake
“In futurity
I prophetic see
That the earth from sleep
Grave the sentence deep
Shall arise, and seek
For her Maker meek;
And the desert wild
Become a garden mild.”
CHORUS
Oh he called
Awake, awake
Break the earth
And show me colors that survived the cold
SUPREME
From the one who pulls away
Make way for the rightful king
He’ll come running to you
Kneel by your throne
Then build his own
CHORUS
Don’t forget who is queen
Don’t forget who’s supreme
Don’t forget who is queen
Don’t forget who’s supreme
It is I!
Release you hold
From the pauper who just plays
He was never meant to stay
You will open that door
Behold there’s your kingdom
From which you will rise
Which you will rise
CHORUS
Don’t forget who is queen
Don’t forget who’s supreme
Don’t forget who is queen
Don’t forget who’s supreme
It is I
BRIDGE
You know I got no time to waste (no time)
Tears to spend, room to give(no tears, no room, to give)
Lest I’m your only one(Lest I’m your only one)
You best prepare yourself
For my sweet coronation(for my, for my)
If you want my company, my company, my company yes
(GUITAR SOLO)
Oh don’t you forget that I rule
don’t you forget that I rule, don’t you forget that I
CHORUS
Don’t forget who is queen
Don’t forget who’s supreme
Don’t forget who is queen
Don’t forget who’s supreme
All the women of the world all my sisters
Let’s take our crowns and wave em up high
It’s time we remind ourselves
Who’s the goddess who’s more than worthy
Repeat after me and sing it
It is I
It is I
Don’t you forget that I’m the one
who run this mother to the ground
For I am Queen
I am Supreme
Yes I am
Love’s royalty
Your Highness please!
It is
Take a bow
It is I
Guitar : Han Yun
Keyboard : Rashman
Bass : H’ng Lih
Drums : Adriel Wong
Lost and Found
Keyboard : Wei Li Cheah
Bass: Icco Elnoel
Guitar : Han Yun
Drums :Silvanus John
Recorded at Soundfuse Studios
Bangun ft. Virtual Community Orchestra
Mix :
Hairul Hasnan
Madiwangsa Music
Album Mix and Master :
Rafiq Zahri
Sounduse Studio
Album Recorded in:
Studio 21:05
Album partially sponsored by :
Cultural Economy Development Agency(Cendana)
This Album is a journal, of the tears, joy, fire, blood, lessons that rushes through the core of my being, forming the person that I am , the person that I am to be. I am thankful for every good and bad experiences, the ups and downs, the light and darkness that transformed into musical words.
I am thankful for the people who has been there to push me through the whole journey of bringing this music to life. To my band members, who took the time to work out something with me for hours, days and months in the creation of this album . To my husband David, who believed more in my music than I did, and my artistic mentor.
To my mom who has always been my greatest cheerleader and supporter. To every single person who has taken the time to shape me, mentally and musically, there are so many of you that has in one way or another, embedded a piece of your wisdom into my being.
I am grateful, for any one of you, who will take the time to listen to the musings of this rebellious sweetheart. If my music manages to touch or inspire any one who listens, even in the smallest way, it is more than I can ask for. May your life experiences , be not an excuse to hide, but a reason to bloom.