Slow Heat

(Intro)

(Soft, ambient synth swells like a hazy morning, a slow and steady heartbeat bass kicks in)

(Haaaaa... ooh)

Verse 1

Dito lang sa loob ng kwarto

(Right here inside the room)

Puso’t isip, 'di mapakali, ang gulo

(Heart and mind, restless, such a mess)

The sun is rising but the shadows stay

Binibilang ang oras, passing the time away.

Parang baga na 'di namamatay

(Like an ember that won't die out)

Burning steady, burning slow, habang hinihintay.

Pre-Chorus

It’s a slow heat, rising from the floor

Isang apoy na hindi ko na kayang itago pa

(A fire that I can no longer hide)

Everything I touch feels like it’s about to break

How much of this pressure can one heart take?

Chorus

Slow heat, burning through the night

Nararamdaman sa bawat hibla ng aking buhay

(Feeling it in every fiber of my life)

Slow heat, can’t put out the light

Kahit pilitin kong limutin, ikaw ang tunay

(Even if I try to forget, you are the truth)

It’s not a wildfire, it’s a constant glow

Dahan-dahang kinakain ang lahat ng alam ko.

(Slowly eating away at everything I know.)

Verse 2

Binuksan ang bintana pero walang hangin

(Opened the window but there’s no breeze)

Suko na ako sa lahat ng aking dalangin

(I’ve given up on all my prayers)

You told me I was the one, then you walked away

Iniwan mo akong ganito, what am I supposed to say?

Ang init ng iyong alaala, parang lagnat sa balat

(The heat of your memory, like a fever on the skin)

Sa laro ng pag-ibig, bakit ako ang laging talat?

Bridge

(Music intensifies, the "heat" builds with distorted guitar layers)

Does he feel the fever? Does he feel the burn?

O ako lang ang naghihintay para sa aking turn?

Slow heat, turning into a flame

Isinisigaw ng aking dugo ang iyong pangalan!

(My blood is screaming your name!)

I can’t breathe, I’m melting down

In this slow heat, I’m starting to drown.

Guitar Solo / Instrumental Break

(A bluesy, overdriven guitar solo that starts slow and soulful, then builds into high-energy shredding to represent the peak of the heat)

Chorus

Slow heat, burning through the night

Nararamdaman sa bawat hibla ng aking buhay

Slow heat, can’t put out the light

Kahit pilitin kong limutin, ikaw ang tunay

It’s not a wildfire, it’s a constant glow

Dahan-dahang kinakain ang lahat ng alam ko.

Outro

Slow heat...

(Dahan-dahan...)

It never goes away.

(Hindi mawawala...)

Baga na 'di namamatay.

(Ember that won't die.)

Ganito pala 'pag umibig, ang sakit...

(So this is what it's like to love, it hurts...)

(Fades out with the sound of a crackling fire and a final synth chord)