Amazing

The moment I heard this song, I became a fan. So meaningful, reminds us of our journey in life. Aerosmith – hats off to ye.

I kept the right ones out
And let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins
There were times in my life
When I was goin' insane
Tryin' to walk through
The pain
When I lost my grip
And I hit the floor
Yeah, I thought I could leave but couldn't get out the door
I was so sick and tired
Of a livin' a lie
I was wishin' that I
Would die

It's Amazing
With the blink of an eye you finally see the light
It's Amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
It's Amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight

That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
Life's a journey not a destination
And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings

You have to learn to crawl
Before you learn to walk
But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk
I was out on the street,
Just a tryin' to survive

Enigma – The Return to Innocence (Lyrics)

More meaningful and practical when we look at it a second time.

That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence.
Love - devotion
Feeling - emotion

Love - devotion
Feeling - emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence

If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence

That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence

Don't care what people say
Follow just your own way
Follow just your own way
Don't give up, don't give up
To return, to return to innocence.
If you want then laugh
If you must then cry
Be yourself don't hide
Just believe in destiny.

Don't be fooled by me.

Don't be fooled by me.
Don't be fooled by the face I wear.
For I wear a thousand masks, masks that I am afraid to take off and none of them are me.
Pretending is an art that's second nature with me, but don't be fooled.
For God's sake don't be fooled.

I give the impression that I am secure, that all is sunny and unruffled with me, within as well as without, that confidence is my name and coolness my game; that the waters are calm and I am in command, and that I need no one.
But don't believe me, please.

My surface may seem smooth, but my surface is my mask, ever-varying and ever-concealing
'Neath this lies no complacence.
Beneath dwells the real me in confusion, in fear, and aloneness.
But I hide this. I don't want anybody to know.
I panic at the thought of my weakness and fear of being exposed.
That is why I frantically create a mask to hide behind;
a nonchalant, sophisticated facade,
to help me pretend, to shield me from the glance that knows.
But such a glance is precisely my salvation.
My only salvation. And I know it.
That is, if it is followed by acceptance, if it is followed by love.
It is the only thing that will assure me of what I can't assure myself,
that I am worth something.

But, I don't tell you this. I don't dare. I am afraid to.
I am afraid your glance will not be followed by acceptance and love.
I am afraid you will think less of me, that you will laugh at me,
and that you will see this and reject me.
So I play my game, my desperate game,
with a facade of assurance without, and a trembling child within.
And so begins the parade of masks, and my life becomes a front.

I idly chatter to you in the suave tones of surface talk.
I tell you everything that is really nothing,
and nothing of what is everything,
of what is crying within me;
So when I am going through my routine do not be fooled by what I am saying.
Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying.
What I would like to be able to say,
what for survival I need to say, but I can't say.

I dislike hiding, Honestly!
I dislike the superficial game I am playing, the phony game.
I would really like to be genuine and spontaneous, and me,
but you have got to help me. You have got to hold out your hand,
even when that is the last thing I seem to want.
Only you can wipe away from my eyes that blank stare of breathing death.
Only you can call me into aliveness.
Each time you try to understand and because you really care,
my heart begins to grow wings, very small wings, very feeble wings, but wings.
With your sensitivity and sympathy, and your power of understanding,
you can breathe life into me.
I want you to know that.
I want you to know how important you are to me,
how you can be the creator of the person that is me if you choose to.
Please choose to. You alone can break down the wall
behind which I tremble, you alone can remove my mask.
You alone can release me from my shadow world of panic and uncertainty;
From my lonely person.
Do not pass me by.
Please... do not pass me by.

It will not be easy for you;
a long conviction of worthlessness builds strong walls.
The nearer you approach me, the blinder I strike back.
I fight against the very thing I cry out for. But I am told that
love is stronger than walls, and in this lies my hope.
Please try to beat down those walls with firm hands,
but with gentle hands for a child is very sensitive.

Charles C. Finn
Don't be fooled by me.

Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon : A song of the patriotic fervour

Yesterday while writing the post on the Malayalam movie Kurukshetra, I have quoted a few lines from the famous song 'Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon'. After reviewing my post, I wanted to listen to this song once again and searched You Tube for it. I have listened to it many-a-times and had lost the count of how many times I listened to it since yesterday.

Since this song fills my mind now, I would like to share the lyrics and history of the song with you.

History

Aye Mere Watan Ke logo is an Indian patriotic song written by Kavi Pradeep and composed by C. Ramchandra. It was rendered by Lata Mangeshkar around the end of Sino-Indian War. It was famously performed live, by Lata Mangeshkar in the presence of Jawaharlal Nehru at the Ramlila grounds, in New Delhi on Republic Day, 26th January, 1963, and a copy of the soundtrack spool was also gifted to Nehru on the occasion.

None of the artists and technicians involved with the song, including singers, musicians, music director, lyricist, recording studio, sound recordist, charged for the song, and later lyricist, Kavi Pradeep, pledged the royalty of the song to the 'War Widows Fund'.

This song is a tribute to honour the sacrifices of the gallant Indian Jawans (infantrymen) who in the 1962 Sino-Indian War fought to the last man and the last round on the icy desolate peaks of the Himalayas with obsolete bolt-action Lee-Enfield rifles against the assault rifles, heavy machine guns, mortars and artillery of the People's Liberation Army of China.

During 1962 (Indo-China) war days, Kavi Pradeep heard about Param Vir Major Shaitan Singh Bhaati. He was so touched by his sacrifice and bravery that he penned down the lines `Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon` (translation: O people of my country). This song was originally supposed to be sung by Asha Bhosle, due to a misunderstanding between composer C. Ramchandra and Lata Mangeshkar. Kavi Pradeep though, was adamant about having Lata Mangeshkar sing the song, as he felt that hers was the only voice that could do justice to the number. C. Ramchandra was unsure whether Mangeshkar would agree to sing, so Kavi Pradeep began the task of convincing her to hear the song. On hearing the song she was moved so much that she instantly agreed to sing the song, on condition that Kavi Pradeep be present at the rehearsals.

Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo emerged as one of the greatest patriotic songs of India. It was while listening to Lata Mangeshkar’s rendition of ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo’ that the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was moved to tears. Reportedly later he confessed to the singer: "Beti tune mujhe rula diya" (my daughter, to-day you made my eyes moist.)

For writing the song, Pradeep was conferred the honour of "Rashtriya Kavi" (National Poet) by the Government Of India.

Listen to the Song

Lyrics of the Song

In Hindi

Translation in English

ए मेरे वतन के लोगों तुम ख़ूब लगा लो नारा ये शुभ दिन है सब का लहरा लो तिरंगा प्यारा पर मत भूलो सीमा पर वीरों ने है प्राण गंवाए कुछ याद उन्हें भी कर लो -2 जो लौट के घर न आए -2 ए मेरे वतन के लोगों ज़रा आँख में भर लो पानी जो शहीद हुए हैं उनकी ज़रा याद करो कुर्बानी तुम भूल न जाओ उनको इस लिए कही ये कहानी जो शहीद ... जब घायल हुआ हिमालय खतरे में पड़ी आज़ादी जब तक थी साँस लड़े वो फिर अपनी लाश बिछा दी संगीन पे धर कर माथा सो गए अमर बलिदानी जो शहीद ... जब देश में थी दिवाली वो खेल रहे थे होली जब हम बैठे थे घरों में वो झेल रहे थे गोली थे धन्य जवान वो आपने थी धन्य वो उनकी जवानी जो शहीद .. कोई सिख कोई जाट मराठा कोई गुरखा कोई मदरासी सरहद पे मरनेवाला हर वीर था भारतवासी जो खून गिरा पर्वत पर वो खून था हिन्दुस्तानी जो शहीद ... थी खून से लथपथ काया फिर भी बंदूक उठाके दस -दस को एक ने मारा फिर गिर गए होश गँवा के जब अंत -समय आया तो कह गए के अब मरते हैं खुश रहना देश के प्यारों अब हम तो सफर करते हैं क्या लोग थे वो दीवाने क्या लोग थे वो अभिमानी जो शहीद ... तुम भूल न जाओ उनको इस लिए कही ये कहानी जो शहीद ... जय हिंद जय हिंद की सेना - जय हिंद , जय हिंद , जय हिंद

O! the people of my motherland! Raise all the slogans you desire, This is a great day for us all, Hoist your beloved Tricolor, But don't forget on the border, The brave did lose their lives, And remember each great soldier, Who did not return home ever, O! the people of my motherland! Shed a few tears, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! Don't you ever forget their glory, So I narrate this noble story, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! When injured was the Himalayan might, Our freedom was in jeopardy, Till their last breath did they fight, And then laid their dead body, Resting their head on the soil, Sacrificed and slept immortal, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! When the country celebrated Diwali, They played with their blood the game of Holi, When we were sitting safe at our homes, They dealt with deadly bullets and bombs. Blessed they were those soldiers, Blessed were their youths, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! Some Sikh, some Jaat and Maratha, Some were Gurkha or Madrasi, But each soldier who died on the border, Was a brave Hindustani. The blood that stained the mountain, That blood was that of an Indian, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! With blood their body was drenched, Yet they lifted their rifle and aimed, One killed tens of the enemy, Then fell down unconsciously. When the final moment came on, They said they will die now, Be happy! O beloved of the nation, We embark on eternal journey now, How great were those patriots, How great was their pride, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! Don't you ever forget their glory, So I narrate this noble story, For those who martyred on ice, Remember their great sacrifice! Victory to India!, Victory to her army! Victory to India!Victory to India! Victory to India!

In tribute to those who lost lives protecting our great nation.

Vande Matharam. Jai Hind.

"Am I Dreaming......."

The verses of an English song from a Malayalam movie.

Movie Name: Manju Poloru Penkutti (2004)

Music Director: Alphonse

Lyrics: Kaithapram

Year: 2004

Producer: Dream Team Productions

Director: Kamal

Like the shadows fall on the night of shining stars

Why do the clouds whisper the words

I can never feel again

Am I dreaming am i seeking somethin I dont understand

And now here I wait for a brand new day

Why do rangers live in the heavens up above

Is there a silents of stoling are all the moments so lonely

I wait alone

Why do strangers walk in the guides of living hearts

Why do the smiles and words contain shadows of the deepest light

Am i dreaming am i seeking somethin i dont understand

And now here i wait for a brand new day

Wow why do rangers live in the heavens up above

Is there a silents of stoling are all the moments so lonely

I wait alone

And then the darkness is gone ,there'll be a day not far away

I will reach for the sky take on my way and fly away

Like the shadows fall on the night of shining stars

Why do the clouds whisper those words

I can never feel again

Am I dreaming am I seeking somethin I dont understandand

Now here I wait for a brand new day