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Title sa song is Spolarium
If you wanna know what this song actually means, I could share it with you.
Professors here in the University of the Philippines know about it and they share it in class whenever the song comes in discussions. It is actually the story of the rape victim Pepsi Paloma who was allegedly raped by Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon, and Richie D’ Horsie.
She was made to drink too much by the three (this is described in the first 3 stanzas of the song) and when she was unconscious, they raped her. Pepsi died when she was about to cry out for justice. There were rumors that Pepsi did not commit suicide but she was killed to stop her from testifying in court.
So after knowing that, the song is pretty much direct except for some parts like “itigil muna ang pag-ikot ng mundoâ€. We can interpret this part differently. It can mean that the victim wanted her oppressors to stop their manipulations or she was just too tired of everything that’s happening that she wanted the world to just stop.
Pepsi was not able to receive justice. Until now, there is no closure to her case. And whether Vic and Joey were guilty, no one can prove it.
I assume Ely Buendia, who wrote the song, learned about Pepsi’s misery when he was still in the university. Maybe for him, even if Pepsi was not able to testify, the song would speak out the truth.
More at:
http://dalubhasangpinoy.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/spolarium-by-the-eraserheads/Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=77872.0