I See the Light

Performed by Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi
Composed by Alan Menken with lyrics by Glenn Slater


All those days, watching from the windows
All those years, outside looking in
All that time, never even knowing
Just how blind I'd been


Now I'm here blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here, suddenly I see
Standing here, it's oh so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be


And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything looks different, now that I see you


All those days, chasing down a daydream
All those years, living in a blur
All that time, never truly seeing
Things the way they were


Now she's here, shining in the starlight
Now she's here, suddenly I know
If she's here, it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go


And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything is different, now that I see you
Now that I see you


...


Wow. Alan Menken seems to have composed a lot of my favorite songs to sing while nobody is listening.

Maher Zain - The Chosen One

The Chosen One

by Maher Zain (Awakening Records)

In a time of darkness and greed
It is your light that we need
You came to teach us how to live
Muhammad yaa Rasoolallah

You were so caring and kind
Your soul was full of light
You are the best of mankind
Muhammad khairu khalqillah

Sallu 'alaa Rasoolillah
Habeeb el Mustaafa
Peace be upon the Messenger
The Chosen One

From luxury you turned away
And all night you would pray
Truthful in every word you say
Muhammad yaa Rasoolallah

Your face was brighter than the sun
Your beauty equalled by none
You are Allah's Chosen One
Muhammad khairu khalqillah

Sallu 'alaa Rasoolillah

Habeeb el Mustaafa

Peace be upon the Messenger

The Chosen One

I'll try to follow your way

And do my best to live my life

As you taught me

I pray to be close to you

On that day and see you smile

When you see me

Sallu 'alaa Rasoolillah

Habeeb el Mustaafa

Peace be upon the Messenger

The Chosen One

Sallu 'alaa Rasoolillah

Habeeb el Mustaafa

Peace be upon the Messenger

The Chosen One

Sallu 'alaa Rasoolillah

Peace be upon

The Chosen One

...

This is one of my favorite songs from Maher Zain's album Thank You Allah, produced by Awakening Records.

He's coming to Malaysia inshaAllah for Save the Soul Showcase on October 14 and 15. Too bad the tickets have been fully booked. I know he has a large following of fans in Malaysia and a city council auditorium is just not large enough to house his fans. I hope the next time Maher Zain tours Malaysia, we would have a stadium as a venue instead. I am sure that even then, the seats will be full.

Image from Maher Zain's Facebook page

p/s: I wonder if I can get a press pass for this event...

Now and Forever

by Richard Marx

Whenever I'm weary from the battles that rage in my head
You make sense of madness when my sanity hangs by a thread
I lose my way but still you seem to understand
Now and forever I will be your man.

Sometimes I just hold you
Too caught up in me to see
I'm holding a fortune that heaven has given to me
I'll try to show you each and every way I can
Now and forever I will be your man

Now I can rest my worries and always be sure
That I won't be alone anymore
If I'd only known you were there all the time
All this time

Until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand
Now and forever I will be your man
Now and forever I will be your man

...

To the only person to whom I have sung this song before, I dedicate this song for you.

.:: Happy 15 months, dear! ::.

She

by Charles Aznavour

She may be the face I can't forget
A trace of pleasure or regret
May be my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that summer sings
May be the chill that autumn brings
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day

She may be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell
She may be the mirror of my dream
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell

She would always seem so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She may be the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows in the past
That I'll remember till the day I die

She may be the reason I survive
The why and wherefor I'm alive
The one I'll care for through the rough in many years
Me, I'll take her laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I've got to be
The meaning of my life is she

...