Praise Song

PUSO KONG NABUKSAN

Sa pagtila ng ulan, lungkot ay nararamdaman

Oh kay bigat nitong damdamin,

Isip ay naglalakbay, ‘di malaman kung saan

Patutungo itong aking buhay

Ako’y nawalay kay tagal sa Iyo, Oh Maykapal

Puso ko’y buksan at Ikaw ay Manahan 

Kailan kaya masisilayan pagbuhos ng ulan?

Kailan makakamit pag-ibig Mong walang hanggan

Kaya’t ako’y nagsusumamo

Dinggin mo ang aking dasal

Dalangin na ang puso ko’y buksan

Kayrami ng kasalanan 

Kayrami kong pagkukulang 

Ilang ulkt ikaw  ay nasaktan 

Ngunit  laging nariyan Ka 

Habang mo ay pinadarama 

Kailan may di nilisan ang tulad kong dukha 

Nawalay man ng kay tagal sa Iyo oh Maykapal

Puso ko’y binuksan 

At ikaw ay nanahan 

Ngayon ay nasilayan ang pagbuhos ng ulan

Ngayon ay nakamit pagibig Mong walang hanggan

Kaya’t akoy nagsusumamo

Tanggapin ang aking alay

Pasasalamat ng puso kong nabuksan

A song which is composed by Mr. Domingo Rosco and interpreted by Ms. Catherine Loria is one of the finalist in the last A Song Of Praise (ASOP) music festival held at Smart Araneta Coliseum last September 24, 2012. The song also won as "song of the month" last May 2012. The song ranked as 2nd runner up in the said competition. This is just another heart-felt song that aims to glorify our God.

I. The persona is expressing how he feels. Maybe he is lost of his life and felt uncontrollable with the situation. He felt helpless and needs a shoulder to lean on. His direction is leading to nowhere perhaps because of his environment and he has been affected by the environment setting.

Refrain: he was living for a long time without communicating with God. Perchance he did not even pray and thanked Him. He was lost for a long time that is why he asks for God’s mercy and to be in his life again, he is asks God to open his heart into a hope of a new beginning.

Chorus: I think that the persona is referring to blessing when he mentioned the word “ulan”, he is wondering when he will see the blessing of the Lord or the hope He will bring. He is also asking when he will receive God’s eternal love. Then the last stanza says that he is begging for his prayers to be heard, and that the Lord will open his heart.

 II. The words were chosen carefully, though it did not discuss further and tell the whole scenario. He is saying that he had committed many mistakes; He had done a lot of transgressions. So it is clear that the persona is a sinner. He even admits that he hurt the Lord. We know that when we disobey the Lord’s commandments and His words we actually hurt Him. On the other hand he revealed that even if he is a man who had been reckless, he still felt God’s presence. Lord never and will never ignore the plea of His servants. The words show His loving-kindness that sometimes we fail to see. There are also people who forget that there is someone up there who always show His mercy and grace.

Refrain:  On the next refrain, the persona is now telling that God heard his prayers and his heart was open.

** He now received God’s loving-kindness, he now sees how blessings and hope was showered in his life and that the Lord poured mercy on him. That is why he is now begging, that the Lord accept him for he offers his sacrifice of thanksgiving to God. He was overwhelmed because it was a fulfillment for him that his heart was open for a new beginning that is a new life with the Lord. The last stanza on the song which the persona is repeating, is giving emphasis on how grateful he is, and thankful to Him. He appreciated God’s work on his life.