Clara Benin - Parallel Universe (Official Music Video)

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can't imagine how much pain would it be growing old still loving that person that the universe didn't plan out for me

Actually i wrote a poem with the help of this song
"956TH"
(my unrequited love story)
"Parallel Universe" by Clara Benin. I got this song stuck in my head for quite sometime now. It's a bittersweet song; it's as if the universe conspired with the composer to make a song out of the longings of my heart. They say love has stages; puppy love, infatuation, crush, fallen, continuously falling. And I hate where I am right now. So buckle up, fasten your seatbelt, and let's get a trip down the memory lane
July 4,2016. Almost 3 years ago when I first met him. I chose to enroll at my current school right now. I only came here to study, to get burdened by lectures, assignments and numerous projects; not to get my heart messed up. He wasn't the "catchy type" back then; he's short, messy hair, looks like a kid even for his age. I averted my gaze. Being a new comer that I was, I didn't have a lot of friends at first. I mustered up all the confidence that I have to make some and these efforts weren't put into waste because months later, I got a few one. Time didn't take its sweet pace and passed by without too much regard for us.
Grade 8. I almost blurted cuss words the moment I saw him. He improved. A lot. Sharper, got a little inch taller, cuter. Darn it. I reprimanded myself for noticing too much. It's like a "me vs. me" at that moment. Positive. I'm starting to like him and I'm not the only one. I got a friend who likes him too. Well who wouldn't he's nice, gentleman even, friendly. We used to talk a lot about him and this made me fall deeper. And I knew that time, there's no turning back.
🎶 "He was the brightest star.
In the night I couldn't ignore" 🎶
Ignore. I wish it was as simple as that. Swat off the feeling, turn your back as if nothing happened. But as the day passed by, I can see myself drawing near him, like a moth to a lamp, too dangerous but I love the warmth. I tried motivating him, like a friend to a friend, but God knows my heart is screaming something else.
Screaming but he couldn't hear it yet.
Screaming but he thinks it's just a joke.
Screaming..
🎶"He knows exactly where to go.
He takes the lead and I follow
Aimlessly I follow" 🎶
Grade 9. I love him, present tense. Following and continuously falling. But we're not on the same page. And I'm like a blind person following a never-ending path. A path which he never chose to take because he's taken somebody else's. But universe has its ways to comfort (or sabotage) you. A friend of mine invited him in our group and he gladly mingled. I was thrilled. I'm still a friend but at least I got something; a role to play, a link, a chance to know him better. Know him better but not well enough because I'm being careful, too careful for my own sake. Love is beautiful but is scary; a gamble of giving your all without the assurance of receiving any in return. I wanted something in return.
🎶" In a parallel universe
Everything in reverse
Maybe you could be mine" 🎶
My circle of friends was never perfect. Some left, others stayed. he left, I stayed. I stayed and you kept on loving somebody else. I can feel myself changing. Softer. Vulnerable. Fragile. I hate and I love it at the same time. God knows I hate ambivalence. They say you get used to the pain when you get to feel it always. You get desensitized. Or numbed. Question now is, when will I get used to it? To him talking or loving somebody else? To the idea that it will never be "us" but only "me?"
I confessed to him once. Teeth-gritting experience; time stopped for a moment. I said it. "I like you." He just stared at me, not believing any of it. I became a stranger to him after that day. They say our hearts beat on a maximum of 100 beats per minute but mine seemed to stop and died right at that moment. I distanced myself to him. I think this is why they call it a "heart break."
🎶 In a parallel universe
Where timing kind to us
Maybe we would be alright" 🎶
Was it because I am different? Or was it because I wasn't the one he's expecting? Unconventional? Gay? Was I too desperate? Should I just accept that this love story will start and end with friendship? Should I just wave a white flag and accept that I lose this battle even before I get to start fighting for it?
🎶"I put myself to blame
I let you get away
But I feel (equally bad)
I close my eyes, I flash back
And just like that, I relapsed."
Relapsed. Worsening. Sinking. A roller coaster ride which I didn't plan to ride along. This is what this whole thing made me feel. I was so high, so happy, swooning then I plummeted. And just when I finally decided to heal, that's when he decided to make a move which would shatter the wall I'm starting to build for myself.
A flower on a valentine's day. A plastic one but still a flower. A gesture which, if I'd be honest, really shaken my heart. I know it's not real. I know that my friends and my friend's sister taunted him so much about making friends with me again so he finally did it. But it brought the butterflies back again in my stomach, flapping their wings, warming my heart.
🎶"In a parallel universe
Maybe you'd be my first
I could be your only one
(Oh) this universe is a curse
Where's timing so cruel to us
I don't know how to be alright" 🎶
Then all of a sudden, my friend asked him questions.
"Is there any chance for you to like him?"
He shook his head
It felt like somebody punched me in the gut
"If he became a woman in the next life, would you be able to like him then?"
"I don't really know," he replied, smiled, then left.
Another punch but this time it felt like I've just been awaken from a deep slumber. A dream which only existed in my mind. I was surprisingly, relieved and I finally realized then that maybe my love wasn't enough to turn things upside down. But I was happy I got to feel it. And it was true but sadly, not reciprocated. But it's time to wake up now. I have to get up and move on.
July 4,2016- February 15, 2019. 956days. Beginning and end. It was a pleasure loving you. It didn't end as I expected but maybe someday, this love will be enough. I will be enough. It'll suffice to reconstruct the shattered pieces. Someday, this love will be alright.
🎶"In a parallel universe, maybe we would be alright."🎶
February 19, 2020 Still loving him
unrequitedly.

Now this is one of those OPM songs that we can show internationally and be like "yeah that song is made in the Philippines"

"Parallel Universe"
It doesn't seem to make sense
Everything was going well
Guess that was just the surface
Cause underneath I could tell
No, I couldn't. I couldn't tell
He was my brightest star
In the night I couldn't ignore
Cause when he plays his guitar
He knows exactly where to go
He takes the lead and I follow
Aimlessly I follow
In a parallel universe
Everything in reverse
Maybe you could be mine
In a parallel universe
Where timing is kind to us
Maybe we would be alright
I put myself to blame
I let you get away
But I feel (equally bad)
I close my eyes, I flashback
And just like that, I relapsed
Helplessly I relapsed
In a parallel universe
Everything in reverse
Maybe you could be mine
In a parallel universe
Where timing is kind to us
Maybe would be alright
In parallel universe
Maybe you'd be my first
I could be your only one
Oh this universe is a curse
Where's timing so cruel to us
I don't know how to be alright
Don't want to live in world where you are not mine

i feel so attacked wow tagoth putho nanaman ate Clara anthaket mathaket

I actually wrote a story last year, and until now, it is unfinished and has been sitting on my 'writing' app. It was about a girl who managed to travel to the parallel universe and met a guy... forgot the plot, but I already wrote some parts for the ending. At the end the girl met the guy in real life, but he did not knew her at all. Just sharing, 'cause this song matches with the story I wrote, and It's making my heart smile . thanks!
Edit: Hello po! I wrote this comment 2 years ago and I'm just very grateful sa mga support nyo po. Unfortunately, I'm unsure if I'll still go about it since its been years and foggy na talaga memory ko but, if you'd like to make a story based off from this then, please do! ✿
Ngayon ko lang din nalaman na nag-reply si Ate Clara :'> and I just want to say thank you so much for making music that makes everyone's hearts flutter. Your music means the world to us and I'd love to see you perform live after this whole pandemic thing. ♡

Legends say when you're early Clara will reply.

I am Indonesian and finally the wait is over. beautiful!

Bakit wala 'tong 1 million views?!?! You deserve more, ate Clara! :'((:

In a parallel universe, I hope I am someone else because maybe... Maybe you'll be mine and that we'll be together in another lifetime.

Trillion universes, parallel to ours. In one, we may be for each other. In another, we may be not. God the music video and all the glitches. Salamat Clara for the good music, always will be your fan❤️

I swear, this song suits the 'Ngayon Kaya' movie so well. The protagonists are also both musician and the guy in the movie is a guitarist too, like the line here "cause when he play his guitar, he knows exactly where to go." And the female protagonist also talks about the parallel universe from the beginning to the end of the movie. Ang sakit-sakit ng movie!!!

My encounter with this song. 2018. Lunch break ko. 2AM nang napakinggan ko ito. It broke my heart so much. Naiisip ko, hindi ko kaya mabuhay sa mundo na wala siya.. I video called him ng 2AM. Iyak ako ng iyak. Fast forward 2020. Kami pa din. Magkalayo nga lang dahil sa lockdown. I wanna see him so much. This song breaks heart in so many levels. I hope this pandemic will end soon..

So someone shared this song to me. I mean, yep there's something (char), or that's what it seemed to me? We share the same interests (he's so smart lol). I love our late night talks abt theories, parallel universe, science, and etc.
Idk what happened but now we're not doing fine and I miss him.
I just hope that somewhere in another universe, even tho there can't be an "us", I hope we're okay.

Who’s here because NASA detect evidence of Parallel Universe? ❤️

"In a parallel universe, maybe you'd be my first." ☹ Tagos. Why u making me feel this again Clara? Still, thanks for your music! Luv it always!

hindi ako nagkamali nung accidentally napindot ko sa youtube yung be my thrill na music video mo huhuhuhu
gahd, i wish all accidents are this beautiful 💜💛 it's been a year simula nung nakinig ako sa music mo 😊💜

Thank you Clara, this is sad and hauntingly beautiful at the same time.

Clara this reminds me of the movie Comet. I cried while watching this. Sometimes sadness is a masterpiece

Your voice and style are really distinct. You are the different taste of OPM, Clara. Thank you for this!!

"Maybe in another life, Sol"
"We'll have a happy ending".

imagine, you're singing this song for someone while strumming your guitar and that person is in the crowd looking at you then when you sing the chorus you both look in the eyes and teary-eyed.

Parallel Universe
It doesn't seem to make sense
Everything was going well
Guess that was just the surface
Cause underneath I could tell
No, I couldn't. I couldn't tell
He was my brightest star
In the night I couldn't ignore
Cause when he plays his guitar
He knows exactly where to go
He takes the lead and I follow
Aimlessly I follow
In a parallel universe
Everything in reverse
Maybe you could be mine
In a parallel universe
Where timing is kind to us
Maybe we would be alright
I put myself to blame
I let you get away
But I feel (equally bad)
I close my eyes, I flashback
And just like that, I relapsed
Helplessly I relapsed
In a parallel universe
Everything in reverse
Maybe you could be mine
In a parallel universe
Where timing is kind to us
Maybe would be alright
In parallel universe
Maybe you'd be my first
I could be your only one
Oh this universe is a curse
Where's timing so cruel to us
I don't know how to be alright
Don't want to live in world where you are not mine

The song, the mv, the song writer herself, is aesthetically awesome! Thank you, Clara ♥

why this song is so underrated:( the world must hear thissssss huhuhu love u always claraaaa💖💖

This made me feel things ^_^

Huhuhu ang ganda pa ng boses tapos yung lyrics damang-damaaaaa mo talagaaa

"Don't want to live in world where you are not mine" 💔😭

Ate Clara
Ang ganda nito 💚💛❤💙💜
Awwwww I love this song na

"In a parallel universe
Where timing is kind to us
Maybe we would be alright"
K~

All lines are tagos. This is too beautiful.

This is like another version of TOTGA, feel na feel ang shaket 🥺

I remember when I first heard this song. It was 2017, I remember it so well. Wala pa tong mv that time. Gosh napakaganda ng kanta na to. Thank you Clara. Best girl

tangina sarap umiyak

uggggghhhhhhh forever fave. walang makakatalo 😭❤️

Ang ganda Ate Clara ng MV! Da best ka talaga. More power to you and continue to inspire us gamit ang mga awit na ginagawa mo ❤️❤️

Clara benin is Legend..... wait for it..... dary! Self-Five. We love you Clara Benin!

first song from her that i listened to. i dont regret clicking it

I saw your wishclusive performance and now I'm inlove🥺

I never thought that the MV would be this sad but I want this kind of pain I felt when I watched it. This is so beautifully made. Clara, you are really an awesome singer-songwriter. I hope you could make more songs like this. ❤

Galing galing talaga iloveyouuu claraaaa

What if you could go back, to correct what's wrong?
What if you're already settled with your current life with someone and you suddenly got a chance to change things again from the past?
Would you sacrifice what you have, to go back?
What if, you have the power to do all that, but you'll never have your settled life again.
Would you go to that parallel universe?
My simple answer to these questions is no. Regret is what you'll only go through. It is better to regret something that happened rather than regret something that you destroyed in exchange for your own happiness.
Live to forget regrets and live to love what's currently happening. Follow the path and continue doing good.

I love this song 😭💕

This song is so underrated. I think it deserves more than a million views. Love you Claraaaaa. Be humble always

Love you Clara😍😍😍😍

Actually hinihintay ko tong kantang to sa Movie na "Ngayon Kaya" but suddenly wala, hoping someday magamit tong kantang to sa Movies 😊

Nung birthday ko pala to nirelease. Waahhhh parang birthday gift. 😍

I love that I came across in this song. This is so beautiful.

claraaaaaa

Someone shared this song in my news feed and I currently listening to this song.
It reminds me don sa crush ko though ang hirap umamin kasi it's either win or lose situation. sana all diba win-win situation. damn.
In the parallel universe
Everything in reverse
Maybe you could be mine
In a parallel universe
Where timing is kind to us
Maybe we would be alright

*April 1, 2021*
*Kwento ko lang kung paano ako napunta sa kanta na to.* Kagabi habang magulo ang mundo sakto biglang nag-Live sa Facebook si *geiko* saktong bigla akong pinagbigyan ni Bathala para sa dalawang oras na pahinga sa mundong puno ng kalituhan at walang kasiguraduhan.
Kalmado at tahimik akong nakikinig sa mala-anghel na boses na sumasalba sa akin sa mga panahon ng wala sa katinuan.
Dagsa ang tao at masayang komento sa Live ni *geiko* at sobrang dami ang bumabanggit sa kantang to. *(Parallel Universe daw. Request song ng madla)*
Wala akong idea kung anong kanta to. Kaya dali-dali kong hinanap.
Tulala, hindi ko maisip ang mga salita na pwedeng makapagsabi ng nararamdaman ko habang pinapakinggan at pinapanood ko ito.
*Maraming Salamat sayo Clara!*
Kayo ang sasalba sa buong 2021 ko!

What if? When you die, afterlife is you'll just watch infinite possibilities of your life in parallel universe? Just what if?

OMG I love it so much, I think I just cried. Please keep making awesome music, Clara. Love you 💕

Grabe ka Clara! Sobrang ganda. You never fail to exceed all our expectations. Keep growing. Thank you for your music, dearest Riverchild! 💖

You are so underrated baby why oh why😥

When I listened to it napaiyak ako tbh, kakaiba ka talaga Idol! Kasi when you experienced something similar to it, lalo mong mararamdaman mismo yung kanta(plus the video). Kasi I let someone get away, now this is my comfort song when I relapse. Hahaha! Best of luck to you Clara, keep up the good work! There are people(like me) whom your music touches their hearts. Keep on making the things that you want and god bless!

naiiyak talaga ko everytime na pinapakinggan ko ‘to, parang pinatatamaan ako nung lyrics shet !!

Humaba ng 4 mins. ang buhay ko ❤️

Iba talaga atake nitong kantang 'tooo 😭💖

I love you ate Clara!! Thank you for this ❤

Ang ganda.. Nakakakilabot..

When this vid was released kami pa nung gf ko eh😐 ngayon nag break na kami, na depress ako then nakamove on nako't lahat lahat under 50,000 parin yung views nitong song nato to. No bull shit this song is really one of the best opm song I've ever heard so bakittttt ang tumal ng views ng song na to?!?!?!

Loveeee youu Clara beninnnnn

if some ph (or international yiee ) film makers would somehow make a movie or series about parallel univ, let this be the official kanta huehue ganda bat ngayon ko lang to napakinggan huehuehuehue support OPM!!

hollyly shittt wat daaaa pluck ang ganda ng boses bat ngayon ko lang nakita toh!

Maybe in this universe ma-notice ako ni Clara Benin huhu.

Wow. Mapanakit ka na naman CB. Inaano ka ba namin. Labyu.

Ok this is scary
Right now 2020
There is this "discovery"
Of a parallel universe where everything is reversed
Up is down and left is right
And time is opposite

ang gandaa

My ex made me listen to this song. We have a healthy relationship, all is well, but broke up coz of miscommunication while I'm in a state that I'm depressed and cannot express how I'm feeling. Still I'm hoping that one day, not in the parallel universe, but in this world that we live in, we'll find our way back to each other. I will always love you, Mona. You're always free to comeback anytime. Mahal na mahal kita.

Ghad ❤. You are so good ate Clara so much feels 💕

I'd love to be yours but its just all in my head. Hoping that there's still a hope even if its clearly written in your feelings that there wouldn't be a chance.

MAAAAAYGHAAAAD I LOVEEE YOUUU CLARAAAA💖💖

The most awaited mv is here!! Thank you soooo much ate Clara! We love you and will always be here to support you ❤ ang ganda ganda ng mv I cried

This song talaga una kong narinig na song mo. Ever since I loved you and your songs na. Hopefully marinig and makita kita soonest!! Hoping for gigs sa QC area!!! Kudos to your awesomeness ate Clara!! ❤

Omg ! is that Mr.Nonoy Froilan and Mrs,Edna Vida ? correct me if I'm wrong ?!

Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful. I'm crying.

Yayyyy!!! ❤❤❤ #Clarafied

Siya talaga naaalala ko sa kantang 'to, tara iyak

shiet tangina bat ngayon baket aaaa tangina

Grabe ka Clara ang ganda ganda mo na, ganda pa ng boses! 💜

sino nandito dahil trending sa twitter ang parallel universe HHAHAHAHA

Maybe if we met at a different time, things would be different now.
Kung meron mang mundo sa kabila ng transition na to. Sana magkita tayo ulet. Baka saka sakaling sa mundong yon maging isang tunay na tayong magka-ibigan. 🥺
Mahal kong Mishael. ❤

A very special person shared this song to me. She was indeed my brightest star. We really loved each other.. I knew it was real... But timing wasn't on our side.. We both weren't ready. I didn't want to let go, I never did, but in the end... I knew we had to give it up... It hurts..
At first this was just a sad song.. but now every word, every melody, every beat...
My heart shouts it out..
Sana... sana.. sana...
what if? what if? what if?
Pwede paba pag pwede na?
I pray that maybe you could be mine... Please not only in a parallel universe, but in this one too... I just leave that up to Fate...

I've loved this song since 2017, but I never expected it would resonate with me so deeply today.

bakit ang rupok ko

BAT NGAYON KO LANG 'TO NAPANOOD?! HINDI AKO NA-ORIENT NA NAKAKAIYAK PALA YUNG MUSIC VID NG PARALLEL UNIVERSE, HUHU CLARA!! 🤧😭🥺

I love your music! awww huhuuu

tagal ko na 'tong narinig pero iba pa rin talaga yung feels

Bakit ngayon ko lang nahanap to?? Ang ganda pero ang sakit rin 😍😭

I've been listening to this song for 2 years. It still hurts 🙁

clara tagal ko nang pinapakinggan 'tong kanta mo na ‘to, pero hanggang ngayon, sa tuwing pinapakinggan ko ‘to ang dami pa ring pumapasok na tanong sa isipan ko pero walang sagot lahat. salamat sa napaka gandang kanta :) ikaw yung tipo na tao na ang sarap ipag damot sa iba pero at the same time ang sarap ipag yabang

basta Clara Benin, yun na yun ❤️

Ms. Clara Benin, you are a precious gem. Your songs give me eargasm. 💎🌻

Replay lng ng replay ng kantang to. Most beautiful voice I've ever heard. Tagos na tagos sa heart na nahurt hihihi

Every line is just too hard to swallow. Thank you for this masterpiece 😔

Ganda ish nakakafragile!!!

Sarap umiyak nang ganito ha huhuhu. I love you Clara Benin huhu

GANDAAAAAAAAA