the first time i fall in love was long ago
i didn't know how to give my love at all.
the next time i settled for what felt so close
but without romance, you're never gonna fall
after everything i've learned,
now it's finally my turn
this is the last time i'll fall... in love.

the first time we walked under that starry sky
there was a moment when everything was clear
i didn't need to ask or even wonder why
because each question is answered when you're near
and i'm wise enough to know when a miracle unfolds
this is the last time i'll fall in love.

now don't hold back, just let me know
could i be moving much too fast or way too slow
cause all my life, i've waited for this day
to find that once in a lifetime
this is it, i'll never be the same
you'll never know what it's taken me to say these words,
and now that i've said them, they could never be enough
as far as i can see, there's only you and only me.

this is the last time i'll fall in love.
last time i'll fall in love.
the last time i'll fall... in love.

The Last Time
-Eric Benet

I was talking to bes on the phone
when he played Eric Benet's The Last Time on the background.
I imagined myself having "my one" say those words to me.
I would have cried right then and there, if it was not bes that i was speaking to..
"ganda bes no.." he said.
"yes.." was my reply..
"do you still believe in that bes?.. loving someone and knowing she will be your last," I asked him.
he said yes.
I do too.

I was already on the verge of giving up on love.
somehow forever just seemed so distant, that it doesn't stand a chance to the world.
and then, this song revived me.
amazing how a simple composition can bring one back to life.

I have this knack for cheesiness.
a desire to be baduy.
If marrying means spending the rest of my life with "my one"
then give me kabuduyan, and i'll embrace it with open arms.

I searched for the lyrics of the song first thing in the morning,
and lo and behold, there it is.
the words of my beloved.
(whoever he is)

:-)