Meatloaf - Life is Lemon (And I Want My Money Back)

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I want my money back! I want my money back!

It's all or nothing, and nothing's all I ever get
Everytime I turn it on, I burn it up and burn it out

It's always something, there's always something going wrong
That's the only guarantee, that's what this is all about

It's a never ending attack, everything's a lie and that's a fact
Life is a lemon and I want my money back

And all the morons and all the stooges with their coins
They're the ones who make the rules,
It's not a game, it's just a rout

There's desperation, there's desperation in the air
It leaves a stain on all your clothes
And no detergent gets it out

And we're always slipping thru the cracks
Slippin'
Then the movie's over, fade to black
Life is a lemon and I want my money back

I want my money back, I want my money back

What about love?
It's defective - it's always breaking in half
What about sex?
It's defective - it's never built to really last
What about your family?
It's defective - all the batteries are shot
What about your friends?
They're defective - all the parts are out of stock
What about hope?
It's defective - it's corroded and decayed
What about faith?
It's defective - it's tattered and it's frayed
What about your Gods?
They're defective - They forgot the warranty
What about your town?
It's defective - it's a dead end street to me
What about your school?
It's defective - it's a pack of useless lies
What about your work?
It's defective - it's a crock and then you die
What about your childhood?
It's defective - it's dead and buried in the past
What about your future?
It's defective - and you can shove it up your ass!

I want my money back - life is a lemon
I want my money back - life is a lemon, life is a lemon

It's all or nothing, and nothing's all I ever get
Everytime I turn it on, I burn it up and burn it out

It's a never ending attack,
Everything's a lie and that's a fact
Life is a lemon and I want my money back

And we're always slipping thru the cracks
Slippin'
Then the movie's over, fade to black
Life is a lemon and I want my money back
Back, back, back, back!

I want my money back, I want my money back
Life is a lemon

Mary Elizabeth Frye - Do Not Stand At My Grave and Weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.

KIshore Kumar - Aa Chalke Tujhe

Aa chal ke tujhe, main le ke chaluun
ik aise gagan ke tale
jahan gam bhii na ho, aansoo bhi na ho
bas pyaar hii pyaar pale

Aa chal ke tujeh main le ke chaluun
ik aise gagan ke tale
jahan gam bhi na ho, aansoo bhi na ho
bas pyaar hi pyaar pale
ik aise gagan ke tale

Suraj ki pahali kiran se, aashaa kaa savera jaage (2)
chandaa kii kiraN se dhul kar, ghanaghor andhera bhaage (2) 
kabhi dhuup khile kabhi chhaav mile
lambii sii Dagar na khale
jahan gam bhi na ho, aansoo bhi na ho 
bas pyaar hi pyaar pale
ik aise gagan ke tale

Jahan door nazar daud aae, aazaad gagan laharaae laharaee (2)
jahan rang birange panchhi, aashaa kaa sandesaa laayen (2)
sapano me pali hansati ho kali
jahan shaam suhaani dhale
jahan gam bhi na ho, aansoo bhi na ho
bas pyaar hi pyaar pale
ik aise gagan ke tale

Sapano Ke aise jahan mein jahan pyaar hi pyaar khila ho 
hum jaa ke vahan kho jaaye shikuva na koyi ghila ho 
kahin bhair na ho koyi ghair na ho
sab milke chalte chale 
jahan gam bhi na ho aansoo bhi na ho
bas pyaar hi pyaar pale
ik aise gagan ke tale
aa chal ke tujeh mein leke chaluun 
ik aise gagan ke tale
jahan gam bhi na ho aansoo bhi na ho
bas pyaar hi pyaar pale
ik aise gagan ke tale

Shubha Mudgal - Mann Ke Manjeere

One of the really powerful music videos I've seen of Indian origin. Shubha Mudgal's pitch is a trip in itself.

P.S. - The translations are embedded within the video itself.

Epictetus - Enchiridion

"Of all existing things some are in our power, and others are not in our power. In our power are thought, impulse, will to get and will to avoid, and, in a word, everything which is our own doing. Things not in our power include the body, property, reputation, office, and, in a word, everything which is not our own doing. Things in our power are by nature free, unhindered, untrammeled; things not in our power are weak, servile, subject to hindrance, dependent on others. Remember then that if you imagine that what is naturally slavish is free, and what is naturally another’s is your own, you will be hampered, you will mourn, you will be put to confusion, you will blame gods and men; but if you think that only your own belongs to you, and that what is another’s is indeed another’s, no one will ever put compulsion or hindrance on you, you will blame none, you will accuse none, you will do nothing against your will, no one will harm you, you will have no enemy, for no harm can touch you."

"Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable or from neglecting what is within our power."

"We are disturbed not by events, but by the views which we take of them."

"All external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline."

"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. "

"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."

"First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak."

"If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked."

"It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows."

"No man is free who is not master of himself." 

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Came across Epictetus whilst surfing the Net today. The philosophical quotes attributed to him appear simple, yet profound - perfectly Stoic

--> - which is also in line with the basic philosophy of Vendatism, Jainism and Buddhism, i.e. suffering is not on account of living per se, but as a result of attachments (which attachments are choices each of us make and can control). Man has the choice of controlling his suffering by becoming self-aware (as opposed to merely following another’s word/ path), the highest level of which is referred to as “moksha”.

Elvis Presley - If I Can Dream

There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If I can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true
Oh why

There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong winds of promise that will blow away
All the doubt and fear
If I can dream of a warmer sun
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear

We're lost in a cloud
With too much rain
We're trapped in a world
That's troubled with pain
But as long as a man
Has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there's a tremblin' question
Still I am sure that the answer, answer's gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle, yeah
And while I can think, while I can walk
While I can stand, while I can talk
While I can dream, please let my dream
Come true......right now

In the Voice of Khalil Gibran

And what is it to work with love?

It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth.

It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.

It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit.

It is to charge all things you fashion with a breath of your own spirit,

And to know that all the blessed dead are standing about you and watching.

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Work is love made visible.

And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.

And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distills a poison in the wine.

And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.

Hahahahaha... :D

The Other Side

We can each choose to be blind,
We look around, yet do not see.

We can each choose to be deaf,
We listen, yet do not hear.

We can each choose to be mute,
We talk, yet do not speak out.

We can each choose to be unwise,
We seek information, yet do not disperse knowledge.

We can each choose to hate,
We are 'social' beings, yet do not love.

We can each choose to live our own Lives,
Or aspire toward the dreams of other men.

Now, would you choose to trust or distrust a fellow traveler?

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Addendum: "Its no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" - J. Krishnamurti

Mehfuz - Ha Raham

 

Allah…

aani jaani… hai kahaani…
(the stories of life will keep coming and going…)
bulbule si… zindgaani…
(and life is nothing but a bubble ready to burst…)
banti kabhi bigadti…
(…forming, and sometimes de-flating…)
tez hawa se ladti, bhidti…
(…fighting with and entangled in the strong winds…)

ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda…
(remember Him, and keep chanting his name…)

ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda…
mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda
(… and He’ll make sure each step you take is a safe one…)
mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda…

Allah…

saanson ki sooti… dor anoothi…
(this strange string of breaths, like cotton beads…)
jal jayegi… jal jayegi…
(will burn away one day, will burn away…)
band jo laaye the, haath ki muthhi…
(the closed fist with which one entered this world…)
khul jayegi… khul jayegi…
(will open up forever, will open up…)

armaan kare kayaa ye ujlee… mitti mein mil jayegi…
(the false flashes of one’s materialistic wishes will vanish into dust someday)
chaahe jitni shamaayein raushan kar le… dhoop to dhal jayegi, jayegi…
(no matter how many lamps you light, the light of life will die one day…)

ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda…
ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda…
mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda
mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda…

sone chamak mein, sikko khanak mein…
(in the shining pieces of gold, and in the clinkering of coins…)
milta nahi… milta nahi…
(one can’t find Him, can’t find Him…)
dhool ke zarron mein, dhoonde koi tu…
(but if one looks even in the dust particles…)
milta wahin… milta wahin…
(one will find Him there, will find Him…)

kya majaal teri marzee ke aage… bando ki chal jayegi…
(no one is powerful enough to act against Your will…)
thaame ungli jo tu kathputli bhi… chaal badal jayegi, jayegi..
(and if You catch hold of a puppet’s finger,
even it would change it’s way…)

ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda…
ha raham, ha raham, farma e-Khuda…
mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda
mehfuz har kadam karna e-Khuda, e-Khuda…