Fox Fur

*Listen to this on headphones.****

Chorus:

“Hayop hayop ka/sino nagturo sa’yo/na saktan siya ng ganito/madilim ang buhay mo

Hayop hayop ka/laruan mo siya hangang/ ‘yong kalaluwa maging/itim ang kulay”

you’re an animal…who taught you to hurt her like this? Your life is dark/

you’re an animal..you play her until the color of your soul becomes black

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I’m working on verse lyrics right now. Of course, this is taking much longer, since Tagalog is unfortunately not my learned language (though supposedly it was my first language, since I was born there, and spoke it a bit until I immigrated to the states). This is my first attempt at writing a song in Tagalog, with the help of Michael Violago. He’s there to translate my weird ideas and put it to usable Tagalog. You should see some of the verses I’ve sent him over gmail.

Music-wise, I chose the 3/4 time signature because a lot of traditional Filipino dances are in 3/4 (think Tinikling, Pandanggo sa Ilaw, etc..)

The melody is dark. I prefer it that way.

I’ll try to finish this song by next week.

- jf