The traditional song “Garaw-garaw” of the people of Bolinao is a song of love by a man who seem to think that the woman of his affection considered the love that they enjoyed in the past was just a game. The man continues to say that even though the woman would forget the happiness brought by their love in the past, he will remain loyal, and, if forgetting their love causes her joy, the man would let her that way. 

The song has a 3/4 time signature and is moderately slow. It starts with minor chords and a melody that sounds sorrowful, very apt for the wordings of the that expresses regret of a love considered a plaything. Then, the chords shift to major at it accompany the accepting seemingly fatalistic message of the lyrics; typical of a lover who accepts his fate despite the object of his love being happy in the arms of another.