Time to lead.

With guns they speak,
Salvation they seek,

In the death of fellow man.

Holy war, they say,

Throwing bombs they may,

Relish the fear in our eyes.

The time has come,

Stand against some,

Rise up for what we need.

We rise as one,

Before we're undone,

Enough of being led,

Its time to lead.

From green grass and streams,

From the land of our dreams,

Look where we have come.

In the face terror and death,

Screaming and out of breath,

Can you see what we have become.

The time has come,

Stand against some,

Rise up for what we need.

We rise as one,

Before we're undone,

Enough of being led,

Its time to lead.

Patience we're slowly losing,

The wrong people we're choosing,

To take this country home.

Yet, the ones we choose,

They're worse than fools,

And yet they rule the world.

The time has come,

Stand against some,

Rise up for what we need.

We rise as one,

As we outrun,

Enough of being led,

Its time to lead.

P.S.> In light of current events, my band mates and I decided to create a song reflecting the situation. Although the final song will include a lot less of the prose written here, I think this one has come out well enough. The actual version was written more like a poem, without the chorus lines. But we will probably edit it into a repititive chorus for better crowd response, lets see what happens.

Borders of the Mind.

This little poem is my entry for The Open Space – Harper Collins Poetry Contest 2008. The theme is borders, and it suddenly struck me to write more about the psychological borders and limits we set ourselves, than the physical borders that we all know about anyway.

Its based losely on the idea of the previous song, but it contains several other parts which I had inserted in the original draft but could not fit to the tune that we set for the song. 

The poem is a bit different, not something that people generally open up to, very easily. The thought is a bit dark so I have no idea how its going to be received. Its the idea of going insane and reaching out beyond the borders of sane minds and crossing that border to free thought. I hope its worth a shot for submitting.

Once upon a time,

I had left my mind,

I crossed the line,

And the border of sanity.

I began to see,

Beauty of such degree,

Across this borderline.

All we have to do,

Is to cross that line,

The one that holds us in,

Inside a sane mind.

That is how I know,

The joy to be alone,

Yet never to be by myself.

We somehow only see,

What we choose to see,

We're trapped by sanity,

And its cruel confines.

You can be my friend,

Until the borders end,

Or until we get lost, together.

Deep inside my mind,

I can see the borderline,

The only fear that I hold,

Is of losing myself.

Buts once I understand,

The truth, it makes me pause,

As I realize that I never was.

Its not self destruction,

Its more about frustration,

At the limits of the world,

And the saner brains.

And now I can have fun,

Knowing I can outrun,

My own mortal oblivion.

Now you know,

Why people go insane,

You should know,

It helps to deal with pain.

I should know,

Cause, I have done the same.

Crossed the border,

Changed my name.

Insanity.

Once upon a time,
When I had lost my mind,
I could only think of you.

I could think I could,
Reach up to the sky,
I believed that I could fly.

You could never meet,
The people that I greet,
In my crowded head.

We could never see,
The things we wish to see,
We're trapped by sanity.

I can tell you why,
People go insane,
I can tell you how,
It feels to lose your brain.
I can tell you now,
That it helps to drown the pain,
I can show you how,
You can do the same.

And this is how I know,
So many a place to go,
Deep inside my mind.

And I can carry on,
In the shadow of a song,
As the light can move along.

Will you be my friend,
Until the bitter end,
Or will I lose you too.

No one will have known,
The joy to be alone,
And slowly lose your self

I can tell you why,
People go insane,
I can tell you how,
It feels to lose your brain.
I can tell you now,
That it helps to drown the pain,
I can show you how,
You can do the same.



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Now playing: Audioslave - I Am The Highway
via FoxyTunes

Our Legacy.

In a world of war and crime,
All our innocence gets left behind,

There people and places,
And all of their lies.

Time and the chaos kept aside,
We are running out of time.

Think of what we're leaving,
Is it worth leaving behind.

Its to sad to stay alive.

When its gone,
Lost in this time,
The peace and all that divine,
We're drowning,
Lost in this divide,
This legacy, it is not mine.
I won't be alive.

There's peace and there's rest,
The sorrow in bloodline,

Everything fades at the end of time,
And we wonder who is mine.

Let the children look to our time,
Let them learn from this line,

I only hope they're alive,
Even if they aren't mine.

As long as they're alive.

When its gone,
Lost in this time,
The peace and all that's divine,
We're drowning,
Lost in this divide.
This legacy, it is not mine.
I won't be alive.




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Now playing: THE DOORS - The End
via FoxyTunes

Alakaday.

This is the band's first original. Did I mention I have a band now? Its basically four friends of mine who got together and while sitting and rummaging through my lyrics we ended up creating this band around 2 months ago. Its called 1-800 by the way.

This song is our first original, the others are edited versions of my songs Epiphany, Chaos and Second Thoughts(Never). This one's written by Sreekar, our drummer and Puneet, our vocalist, long before I joined the group of merry men. The song goes something like this.



Alakaday:

As I walk away,
I look over my shoulder,
To see what was wrong where,
Decided by insane days.
The contemplation,
My suffocation,
Can someone shed some light?

Let this pain wash away my tears,
And all my fears.
Its just the way that life works,
And so does destiny.

The one's I called friends,
Turned out to be my worst foes.
My self destruction,
Creeping frustration,
Its all because of you.

Let this pain wash away my tears,
And all my fears.
Its just the way that life works,
And so does destiny.

Let this pain wash away my tears,
And all my fears.
Its just the way that life works,
And so does destiny.

I deserved more than I could get,
But something told me I'm special.
Thought otherwise but it ain't easy,
May be I could do better.

Let this pain wash away my tears,
And all my fears.
Its just the way that life works,
And so does destiny.



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Now playing: Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
via FoxyTunes

Long line of stars.

There's a long line of stars,
Right outside your door.

There's all these people,
Looking up to your floor.

The long line of stars,
Stretches out over the bend.

All down the streets of town,
I can't even see the end.

This long line of stars,
Is trying to get through,
This long line of stars,
Its all because of you.

Slowly they move on,
You seem lost forever.

Now you they're all gone,
Just as they came together.

This long line of stars,
They will never understand.

They will never know you,
As long as I stand.

This long line of stars,
Which is trying to get through,
This long line of stars,
All looking out for you.

Its time to move,
Time to leave now,
Lets go to the moon,
We can reach, somehow.

Escape, this long line of stars,
Which is trying to get through,
This long line of stars,
Its all because of you.




P.S.> I seem to have re-found my songwriting streak after a series of worldly wise write-ups. I guess having a muse plays a large part in what songs you can write, since this original song was Long Line of Men, and was directed to a certain smart female I have recently come to know (yes you Ms. Kolkata).

I just hope I can get the whiny songs out of my system so that I can move on to the other lyrics my band so desperately wants.

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Now playing: Linkin Park - Dont Stay
via FoxyTunes

Find a love.

How, can you not see,
All it is, all you mean to me,

The patience since you've gone,
The silence all on my own.

Don't you see me here,
Or do you see and don't care,

Its you that I hold so dear,
But its not you standing there.

You won't ever find,
Another love like me,
And if you would be so kind,
To just try and love me.

There are days when I sit alone,
Try to see through this haze.

Counting the moments you were gone,
As the moments slowly turn to days.

You reject all my desperate pleas,
You turn down my advances.

But I wont let you go with ease,
I'll try and take my chances.

You won't ever find,
Another love like me,
And if you would be so kind,
To just try and love me.



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Now playing: CAKE - Long Line Of Cars
via FoxyTunes