As promised, here is “Anak”, by Freddie Aguilar. Give it a listen, please.
Wow. Here is one song I never expected to see on Tumblr…
I’m about to overshare in quite a big way, so brace yourself or whatever. This song makes me ugly cry every time I hear it and that can be a good, cleansing thing sometimes, but right now I’m not even going to go there because it will not be cleansing, just sad.
My dad ran away from my mum and I when I was 6 years old and when I was 8, my mother remarried. My dad was living on the other side of Australia and he got the idea in his head that he should “give me away” to my new stepfather, because he couldn’t be there for me. Turns out it was a pretty bad move, because the stepfather turned out to be a paedophile and a narcissist. It was a pretty miserable time all ‘round and my dad didn’t contact me for that two year period…not even a Christmas or birthday card. But before he ceased contact he sent me this record and dedicated this song to me. I still have the record and I’m starting to cry now even writing this, just hearing the song in my head. So, yeah. I’m not going to play it. My dad is dead now. He killed himself. I miss him.
Not sure why I felt the need to tell that little story, but there it is. Thanks for posting, Aaron. x
**UPDATE** - I just realised this must be the Filipino version. I’ll have to post the English version now so you can understand. Be right back with that…
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