Snübear EP illustration set
I really hate to perpetuate this Filipino stereotype, but yes, I play in a band. I’m a drummer for a band called Snübear and in 2015, we launched a 5-track EP. I created illustrations for the EP’s cover as well as the individual tracks.
Tracks
You Heard Me Sing
I read it in a book,
That’s all it ever took
To know your colors
Don’t match my eyes
I saw it in a dream
That’s all we are it seems
–existing in my deep sleep
A dream cut off, you heard me sing
I closed the door I hope the lights are not dim
I heard someone say:
“Though the world’s
Been acting strange,
Maybe, you won’t forget me.”
A dream cut off, you heard me sing
I closed the door I hope the lights are not dim
No heavy heart, just a broken string,
We’ll put an end to it so we can begin
A dream cut off, you heard me sing
I closed the door I hope the lights are not dim
No heavy heart, just a broken string,
We’ll put an end to it so we can begin
We can begin
Crazy Maddy
Crazy Maddy thought
She could outrun a firetruck
Crazy maddy thought
She was a god
Now she knows what
We humans are made of
Now she knows
We’re only meat and bones
Higher and higher
Oh you head for the top
Sooner or later
You’ll be mingling with the stars
I know, I know
You could run out of luck
But don’t you worry at all
Crazy Maddy thought
She could erase it all
If she ran towards the place
You would return to
Crazy Maddy thought
She’d get there on time
The fool of a girl
Wouldn’t change her mind
Higher and higher
Oh you head for the top
Sooner or later
You’ll be mingling with the stars
I know, I know
You could run out of luck
But don’t you worry at all
Higher
Sooner or later
I know, I know
But don’t you worry at all
Out Comes the Darkness
Out comes the darkness
Fighting out the sun
Hacking it to pieces
Making way for little
Specks of light to come
Discreet are my footsteps
As you soundly sleep the night through
My soul comes alive
When I steal another perfect
Glimpse of you
(The soul comes alive)
I’ll follow you from here to yonder
(Am I out of line?)
From the clouds to your bed
Look out your window
You won’t find me there
I’m always behind you
Beside you, with you everywhere
Discreet are my footsteps
As you soundly sleep the night through
My soul comes alive
When I steal another perfect
Glimpse of you
(The soul comes alive)
I’ll follow you from here to yonder
(Am I out of line?)
From the clouds to your bed
Turn around, and I’ll be gone
Turn around, and I’ll be gone
Dream of me walking you home
Dream of me singing this song
Waves
Hurry, she’s coming for us
Run uphill, don’t look back
Feel her wrath
She thrives in our ignorance
She grows in our fear
Her ghostly waves are crushing the city
Leading us to open sea
Where do we go?
Why are we hiding from
Something we don’t even know?
How will this end?
Will we survive or drown instead?
Let’s go the other way
We’ll carry ourselves away from this mess
Away from harm
A thousand eyes are watching
She follows us all
She hides in our screams
Our panicked footsteps
Will leave us bleeding
Where do we go?
Why are we hiding from
Something we don’t even know?
How will this end?
Will we survive or drown instead?
Where do we go?
Why are we hiding from
Something we don’t even know?
How will this end?
Will we survive or drown instead
—in the sea of the dead?
Sierra Madre
The sky’s coming down for us to drown in
Old souls roaming, searching the night
Sweeping off the dust deep within our eyes
They heard it before
I told them not to listen
I told them to stare at the stars as they glisten
All their hearts were calm
(Our hearts were calm)
All their hearts were calm
(Our hearts were calm)
The dawn is running from us
The sunlight is in our grasp
(They found it, they found it!)
It won’t be too long
We’ll all go home
(They’ll all go home)
All go home
(They’ll all go home)
The void’s closing in
We’ll embrace the darkness
Old souls are searching
But nothing is lost
Distant voices will reach us at last
The dawn is running from us
The sunlight is in our grasp
(They found it, they found it!)
It won’t be too long
We’ll all go home
(They’ll all go home)
All go home
(They’ll all go home)
We’ll all go home
(They’ll all go home)
Snübear - “Anecdotes”
Members:
Bobby Olvido
Aian Tiangco
Jud Sala
Miguel Saballa
Jeremie Lim
Isser Libres
Dan Soco