Joshua Radin - No Envy, No Fear

some are reaching few are there
wandering from a heros chair
some are scared to fly so high
well this is how we have to try

have no envy and no fear
have no envy
no fear

brother brother we all see
your hiding out so painfully
see yourself come out to play
a lovers rain will wash away

your envy and your fear
so have no envy
no fear

when your sister turns to leave
only when shes most in need
take away the cause of pain
by showing her were all the same.

have no envy
no fear
have no envy
and no fear

every day we try to find
we search our hearts and our minds
the place we used to call our home
cant be found when were alone

so have no envy
no fear
have no envy
no fear

Silk Route - Sapnay

One of my most frustrating ventures online has been attempting to download songs from Silk Route's album "Pehchaan", including this one. I've been at it for several months and I haven't managed to find a single website that permits a free download of the MP3s/ MP4s from this album (I prefer my music in a format I can carry on the Zune). So obviously I go looking for the MP3s/ MP4s offline and, blow me, but even regular audio CDs aren't to be found of this album... so ze frustration begins to now slither into the real world. 

P.S. - At present, the message most likely to be on my tombstone is "Pehchaan hain?" (Koi bhi format chalega, bhai)

[Update on July-2-2010 :: Just laid hands on the album online. Tracks aren't crystal clear, but all hale and hearty otherwise.]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge

Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, the city of angels
Lonely as I am, together we cry

I drive on her streets 'cause she's my companion
I walk through her hills cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds and she kisses me windy
I never worried, now that is a lie

I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

It's hard to believe that there's nobody out there
It's hard to believe that I'm all alone
At least I have her love, the city she loves me
Lonely as I am, together we cry

I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way
I don't ever wanna feel like I did that day
Take me to the place I love, take me all the way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

 

Strike Three!!!.... Batter Out!

One of the NGOs I began working with last year in the under-privileged education space. Appalled to find what I did - no meaning, no structure, ineffective. Simply put - grossly irresponsible to the kids whom we were looking to work with, followed by the other stakeholders. Tried reaching out to the founders a few times, but got no response. Finally, a meeting last Sunday (albeit for altogether different reasons), which was handled very badly. Feedback provided was met with excuses, following which I found myself tearing into the manner in which things were being run (or not). 

I see some progress on the documents sent out yesterday (i.e. application of mind and effort), but I still believe that things could be significantly improved in re the manner of working. I want this to work for the sake of 'our' kids.

When you truly believe in something, you not just walk it and talk it, you breathe it, eat it and carry it about every single day until it becomes an integral, non-alienable part of your being/ existence. Upon achieving such a mindset, you look upon obstacles/ failures that you encounter merely as opportunities to learn (as opposed to pushing the readings on your self-confidence meter lower or letting your ego into the act). And you push on regardless, because you believe - in that something, which you regard as a greater cause for your existence than the mere need to stay alive and have a decent/ good Life. This to me is part of 'taking ownership', which I do in re matters that interest me or which I care about. Of course, working as part of a team also means letting go at the appropriate time(s).


Vishu Mubarak, incidentally.

The Beatles - Nowhere Man

He's a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command

He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?

Nowhere Man, don't worry
Take your time, don't hurry
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand

Doesn't have a point of view
Knows not where he's going to
Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere Man, please listen
You don't know what you're missing
Nowhere Man, the world is at your command

He's a real Nowhere Man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody

William Ernest Henley - Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

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The poem made famous by Nelson 'Madiba' Mandela.

Katie Melua - If You Were a Sailboat

If you were a cowboy, I would trail you
If you were a piece of wood, I’d nail you to the floor 

If you were a sailboat, I would sail you to the shore
If you were a river, I would swim you
If you were a house, I would live in you all my days
If you were a preacher, I’d begin to change my ways

Sometimes I believe in fate
but the chances we create
always seem to ring more true
you took a chance on loving me

I took a chance on loving you

If I was in jail I know you’d spring me
If I were a telephone you’d ring me all day long
If I was in pain I know you’d sing me soothing songs

Sometimes I believe in fate
but the chances we create
always seem to ring more true
you took a chance on loving me
I took a chance on loving you

If I was hungry you would feed me
if I was in darkness you would lead me to the light
If I was a book I know you’d read me every night

If you were a cowboy I would trail you
If you were a piece of wood I’d nail you to the floor
If you were a sailboat I would sail you to the shore
If you were a sailboat I would sail you to the shore

Nick Drake - Place To Be

When I was young, younger than before
I never saw the truth hanging from the door
And now I’m older see it face to face
And now I’m older gotta get up, clean the place

And I was green, greener than the hill
Where flowers grew and sun shone still
Now I’m darker than the deepest sea
Just hand me down, give me a place to be

And I was strong, strong in the sun
I thought I’d see when day was done
Now I’m weaker than the palest blue
Oh, so weak in this need for you

Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment

Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

Forgetting all I'm lacking
Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation
You take all of me now...

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you

There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else

Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Chasing after you....

I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into
Just hanging by a moment here with you

Just hanging by a moment (here with you)
Hanging by a moment (here with you)
Hanging by a moment here with you

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The song making the rounds within my head en ce moment... alongside "Everything".

Mukesh - Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shaayar Hoon (Kabhie Kabhie)

main pal do pal ka shaayar huun	I'm a poet only for a second or two;
pal do pal merii kahaanii hai	my story will be over in a few seconds.
pal do pal merii hanstii hai	My laughter is only for a moment or two;
pal do pal merii jawaanii hai	my youth will be over in a few moments.
main pal do pal ka shaayar huun	I'm a poet only for a second or two.
mujhse pahale kitne shaayar aaye aur aakar chale gaye	Many poets came before me, and after coming, departed;
kuchh aahen bharkar lauT gaye	some went filled with sighs,
kuchh nagme gaakar chale gaye	and some went singing songs.
voh bhii ek pal ka qissa tha	They were only the story of a moment in time;
main bhii ek pal ka qissa huun	I too am only the story of a moment.
kal tumse judaa ho jaa'uunga	Tomorrow I will be separated from you,
voh aaj tumhaara hissa huun	but for today, I'm a part of you.
main pal do pal ka shaayar huun	I'm a poet of a moment or two, no more.
kal aur aa'enge nagmon kii	Tomorrow new songs will arrive,
khiltii kaliyaan chunnevaale	freshly bloomed blossoms to be plucked.
mujhse behatar kahanevaale	There will be better storytellers than me,
tumse behatar sunnevaale	and better listeners than you.
kal koii mujhko yaad kare	Tomorrow, someone might remember me;
kyon koii mujhko yaad kare	but why should anyone remember me?
masaruuf zamaana mere li'e	For my sake, why should this busy world
kyon vaqt apna barbaad kare	waste its time?
main pal do pal ka shaayar huun	I'm a poet only for a moment or two.

Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) - Moonshadow

Yes, I'm being followed by a moon shadow
moon shadow-moon shadow
leaping and hopping on a moon shadow
moon shadow-moon shadow
and if I ever lose my hands
lose my plough, lose my land
oh, if I ever lose my hands
oh, well...
I won’t have to work no more
and if I ever lose my eyes
If my colours all run dry
yes, if I ever lose my eyes
oh well …
I won't have to cry no more.
yes, I'm being followed by a moon shadow
moon shadow - moon shadow
leaping and hopping on a moon shadow
moon shadow - moon shadow
and if I ever lose my legs
I won't moan and I won't beg
oh if I ever lose my legs
oh well...
I won't have to walk no more
And if I ever lose my mouth
all my teeth, north and south
yes, if I ever lose my mouth
oh well...
I won't have to talk...
Did it take long to find me
I ask the faithful light
Ooh did it take long to find me
And are you going to stay the night
I'm being followed by a moon shadow
moon shadow - moon shadow
leaping and hopping on a moon shadow
moon shadow - moon shadow
moon shadow - moon shadow
moon shadow - moon shadow