Anak, Patawad

[Verse 1]
Tahimik ang bahay pag-uwi ko
Tulog ka na naman, hindi tayo nag-abot
Baon ko ang pagod at kaba
Habang bills at pangarap ang kaharap ko gabi-gabi

Minsan naririnig kitang tumatawag
Pero isip ko’y pagod nang lumaban
Nandiyan ako pero aminado
May mga panahong malayo ako

[Pre-Chorus]
I was trying to hold us together
Trying hard not to fall apart
Every burden on my shoulders
Still could not pull me from your heart

And though I smiled beside you
There were wars inside my mind
I was fighting for our future
One silent night at a time

[Chorus]
Anak, patawad kung minsan wala ako
Kahit katabi mo, malayo ang isip ko
I was fighting battles you could not see
Trying to become the one you needed me to be

Hindi dahil kulang ang pagmamahal
Napagod lang ang puso kong lumaban
But every sacrifice, every tear I hide
Was another way of saying
“I’d give my life”

[Verse 2]
Sa bagong bansang ‘di pamilyar
Tinago ko ang takot para ‘di ka mangamba
Habang lumalaban para sa atin
May parte ng puso kong unti-unting napagod din

Pero bawat baon mo sa eskwela
Bawat yakap bago ako umalis
Lahat ng iyon ang nagpapaalala
Kung bakit ako hindi sumuko

[Pre-Chorus]
I carried dreams across the ocean
With trembling hands and tired eyes
Praying God would give tomorrow
To the family in my life

Every overtime and heartbreak
Every lonely sacrifice
Was a seed I prayed would someday
Bloom before your eyes

[Chorus]
Anak, patawad kung minsan wala ako
Kahit katabi mo, malayo ang isip ko
I was fighting battles you could not see
Trying to become the one you needed me to be

Hindi dahil kulang ang pagmamahal
Napagod lang ang puso kong lumaban
But every sacrifice, every tear I hide
Was another way of saying
“I’d give my life”

[Bridge]
Ngayon ako naman ang lumalaban
At doon ko naintindihan
Kung bakit mo kinaya ang sakit
Nang hindi nagsasalita

Now I see the weight you carried
The fear behind your tired eyes
You were breaking just to give me
A better chance at life

And if heaven ever asks me
Who taught me how to stand
I will say it was the person
Who kept giving what she had

[Final Chorus]
Anak, patawad sa mga gabing nawala ako
Sa mga sandaling pagod ang puso ko
But through every storm and every fight
You were always the reason why

Hindi nasayang ang lahat ng hirap
Hindi nawalan ng saysay ang sugat
Because your love became the light
That carried me through every night

[Outro]
Kung minsan tahimik lang ang bayani
Hindi napapansin ang sariling sakit
Pero bawat laban na tinahak ko
Ikaw ang dahilan

Anak… patawad
At salamat
Sa pag-intindi sa akin