On August 8, 52-year-old Dr. Eulogio Losorata Jr, a medical frontliner who worked double shifts at the Our Lady of Rosary Hospital and Manabat General Hospital in Pampanga province in the Philippines, passed away.
His younger brother Yugel Losorata, bassist and songwriter of the band The PubForties, wrote a song titled “Last Time I Saw You” months before the CoViD-19 pandemic broke out in the country. The song, performed with Yugel and TessDrive.com editor-in-chief Aries B. Espinosa providing the vocals, dealt with grieving over the loss of a loved one. The haunting melody is now the soundtrack of a tribute video to the life of a passionate doctor who was an inspiration to his siblings, friends, and colleagues.
The video also shows the eulogy written by Yugel at his brother’s wake.
Last Time I Saw You
Words and melody
by Yugel Losorata
The last time I saw you
You were in tip-top shape
The laughter in your voice
Was full of life
The last time I saw you
We talked about your dreams, too
We’d find them realized
Coz love can do
You promised me the heavens
Over wine and verse of truth
Spiritually awakened
brought our bag of memories
to tell us how our youth
Had shown the way to where we are
We miss those sweet times
Though we didn’t say goodbye
I know that you won’t do
You’d rather say ‘see you later’
For there is more to take in
Yet we’re goin’ on
Have so much to look back into
The night through
The last time I saw you
You thanked the way we do
It’s been so long and still we never lose
That touch of madness
That beautified our sadness
And when we’re all alone
We penned our songs
You promised me the heavens
Over wine and verse of truth
Spiritually awakened
brought our bag of memories
to tell us how our youth
Had shown the way to where we are
We miss those sweet times
Though we didn’t say goodbye
I know that you won’t do
You’d rather say ‘see you later’
For there is more to take in
Yet we’re goin’ on
Have so much to look back into
The night through
The last time I saw you
You were in tip-top shape
The laughter in your voice
Was full of life
The last time I saw you
Last time I saw you
The last time I saw you