B i o g r a p h y (by Mario Mesquita Borges)
One of the most talented and recognized producers and songwriters within the British electronic and fusion music scene, Nitin Sawhney is also a respected actor, writer, and scriptwriter. Conceiving daring theme combinations of electronica-style beats with gleaming pieces of Asian inspirations driven within the trip-hop and jazzy styles, Sawhney delivers exclusive and overwhelming sound pieces, enlightened by his indubitable creative insight. Following an education in the U.K. Kent region, obscured by the militant presence of racist organizations, Sawhney finally turned himself to music, therefore aiming to overcome the ruling and disquieting racial boundaries. During the subsequent years, he went on studying law at Liverpool University before moving to London. It was there that alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar he created the Secret Asians, a radio show that eventually evolved into an award-winning TV series. Although he dedicated most of his time to the TV business, Sawhney never neglected his musical dream. He first joined James Taylor, with whom he played a series of dates across the U.K. alongside Taylor's quartet. Following the experiment, Sawhney decided on forming his own band, the Jazztones, by that time playing on concerts headlined by DJs like Gilles Peterson. After yet another collaboration, by then with Talvin Singh with whom he assembled the Tihai Trio, the British creator decided to make it on his own, releasing his debut album, Spirit Dance, on his own label in 1993. A few months after, he signed a contract with Outcaste Records for which he released one of his most acclaimed recordings, Migration, in 1995. Following a year of incessant work, the album Displacing the Priest arrived record stores, again subliming his exceptional creative skills. During this period, Nitin Sawhney also continued to dedicate part of his time writing soundtracks for acclaimed TV series and theater plays, or accomplishing remixing works for artists like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. At the same time, during the following months, Sawhney recorded his long-awaited fourth album, Beyond Skin, offered in late 1999. Coming after an extensive touring season across the U.K. and Europe alongside artists like Sting, Sawhney recorded what turned out to be his fifth studio record; Prophesy arrived in 2001, again achieving exalted reviews from the media.
Displacing the priest - 1996-10-07 - Oceans and Rain In the Mind Herecica Latino Saudades Displacing the Priest Bengali Song Streets Voices Pieces of Ten Vidya
Broken skin Letting go Homelands The pilgrim Tides Nadia Immigrant Serpents (Instrumental) Anthem without nation Nostalgia The conference (Instrumental) Beyond skin
Sunset Nothing Acquired Dreams Nothing More Moonrise Street Guru (Part One) Preacher Breathing Light Developed Footsteps Walk Away Cold & Intimate Street Guru (Part Two) Ripping Out Tears Prophesy (Instrumental)
The River Eastern Eyes Say Hello Falling Angels Falling Heer Fragile Wind Promise Chetan Jeevan (Conscious Life) Rainfall Waiting (O Mistress Mine) Raag (Instrumental) The Boatman
Everything Spark Dead Man Rag Doll Mausam Journey Void Koyal Noches En Vela (Part 1) Noches En Vela (Part 2) Mirage (Instrumental) Throw Flipside Brainwaves (Instrumental) Footprints The Search Sanctuary (Instrumental)
Displacing the priest
Saudades
Saudades do Rio de Janeiro (I miss Rio de Janeiro) Saudades do meu pai (I miss my father) Saudades do calor humano (I miss the human warmth) Saudades... ah Saudades is to miss you Saudades is a yearning Saudades is when my heart aches so Saudades… oh This emptiness, this hollow feeling I'm feeling the loss of you Oh, my amazing city How I miss you Saudades do Rio de Janeiro Saudades do meu pai Saudades do calor humano Saudades... ah To miss you Yearning When my heart aches so Oh…
Bengali Song
Beyond skin
Broken skin
Today at 15.45 hours India conducted 3 underground nuclear tests In the In the Pokhran Range. Hope falls softly from your hand Dreams burn deep beneath the land Time casts shadows overall Sweating fever, rain or river Rushing winds beneath your call Broken skin, distant fears Shattered worlds of endless tears Hidden fires, distant lies Burried hopes beneath the cries Broken skin, distant fears Silent lips, so far, so near Silence, tears every hope apart Two flames burn deep beneath one heart Teardrops flow faster with the tide Raging over calmer waters As the timeless land divides Broken skin, distant fears Shattered worlds of endless tears Hidden fires, distant lies Burried hopes beneath the cries Broken skin, distant fears Silent lips, so far, so near Broken, distant, shattered Hidden, distant, burried Broken, distant, silent Cold gain repeats on eastern shores Strong winds blow over colder wars Proud lips stays silent in the rain There are half a million voices in the song without a name Broken, distant, shattered Hidden, distant, burried Broken, distant, silent Shattered Hidden, distant, burried Broken, distant, silent (So far so near) Shattered (There are half a million voices) Distant Shattered Distant Shattered (There are half a million voices) Just five miles from India’s nuclear test site Children play in the shade of the village water tank Here in the Rajahstan desert people say they’re proud their country shown its nuclear capability
*** Thanx a lot to JackieCane & Jonas & Issam or this one ***
Letting Go
Now I often talk of my heart How can I turn to the dark And the swaying silence I see, is nothing I can hold on to You can’t breathe if I hold you tight You can not breathe if I hold you tight Don’t be afraid of letting go Don’t be afraid of letting go Not of anything out of anyone All alone here with my demons Am I ready to move on? To a person or place A long away from here And I miss you And I lose you And I find you I choose to follow my heart Don’t be afraid of letting go Don’t be afraid of letting go Not of anything out of anyone Out of anything out of anyone Don’t be afraid of letting go X6
*** Thanx a lot to JackieCane & Frank & Jonas for this one ***
Homelands Indians Part : Vocal percussion
Calo language (gipsies language) Part : Ya no me admiten a mí (they don't admit me)
Second Indian part : Sa da pa ma pa da Ga ma pa ma pa da Ga pa ma sa ni ni ( indian musical notes ) Portuguese Part : Tudo o que quiser (Everything you want) Tem que entender (You got to understand) Nas palmas da mão (In the palms of the hand) Se tiver porquê (If there is a reason) Frágil nessa terra (Fragile in this land) Fácil derrubou (Easy it fell) Quando jogou fora (When you through it away) Tudo acabou (Everything ended) *** Thanx a lot to Faller & Roberto & Nit for this one ***
The Pilgrim
Woke up in the morning in a temple Kinda lucky on my feet for it was central So I walk across the village Saw a group of kids pillage And I thought to myself I might be ment to You see Pilgrims in the town All seem to hold a frown Say all they wanna be is diggy down You know Speck thought he'd ask But figured it's just a mask Tthis guy's on something else that's profound I'm not the stool or the fool or the leader here to rule Not the lover or the fighter who came here to duel But I thought I looked into, but I walked into So I can understand all the rules, cool? Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Who's ever watched the world that's my motto Don't ever wanna play the head honcho dig but huh If you try to push I won't beat around the bush Straight up you're getting dissed on the pronto. Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that If I could, I'd solve the problems of the world that exist If I could always chill, I would without resist If you weren't so litteral, brother you might get it Pack my bags, tambourines, and jeans so don't sweat it Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet. As the journey continues I gain current instincts I feel I know what they must be thinking, for instance When they speak in riddles I'm left with the question But won't stop arguments to kill attention They all got a sixth sense to be one another So pilgrims seek refuge undercover Where it's fly like birds to live a lot is absurd Try telling that to this kid named Unver Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that I met him on tour a week on for twenty four He was born in the village, but left in ninety four Now he's still got probs he doesn't know how to solve I said, "Unver, I've been there before" In the light of understanding I forgot it Sometimes the boat shakes when you rock it I told him we are like family, a part of humanity Don't overdo, and don't toss it. Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that He dug and moved on with his life 'Cause he digs it gets real dark at night Don't want a collar that's blue or a reflection of you Just wants us to get his plight Myself I'd like the years just to take me away It might leave a part of this world in dismay But the village calls the pilgriming negroes After all I'm just one needle in the hay Now what I'm speaking in is symbolics But you can call it what you want to call it See all that I do is throw words, and I hope that you caught it Only got one arrow but I aim for two targets Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that Life is like a puzzle not pieced yet Might take a village ever long to see that Don't break your ties meet my pal compromise And the kid you wanna be you can be that You can be that, you can be that
*** Thanx a lot to JackieCane & Cynthia & Jonas for this one ***
Tides
France has carried out the first of a planned series of underground nuclear tests At Modoroah Atoll in the South Pacific The French defence ministry said the magnitude of the explosion Was aproximately the same as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
*** Thanx a lot to JackieCane & Jonas for this one ***
Nadia
Nadiya bair bhai (Even the Rivers have turned hostile) Mora saiyyan bulave (My lover beckons me) Sune nahi (But you wouldn't listen)
*** Thanx a lot to Rohit for this one ***
Immigrant
Also heavily advertised in the local newspapers in Delhi That they are encouraging for people to come down here and work. And then we went to the embassy and they showed us Kew Garden pictures and pictures of the various parts of England, That it is all that beautiful and everything is just right And that’s what we just applied for the voucher. You burn my flame within your hands You know when my destiny falls This time has insecurity I feel, makes me restless inside Will you take me there To a distant place I’ve never been before I could leave this world I could follow you like oceans to the shore You could take me there Make the rivers of my mind flow to my dreams You hold your secrets from my eyes You see where the furthest rain falls The day breaks over in the streams You know where my rivers will flow Will you take me there To a distant place I’ve never been before I could leave this world I could follow you like oceans to the shore You could take me there Make the rivers of my mind flow to my dreams And I dream of places far from here And I call your name into the wind And I wish the night would take me to another world Where no one knows a face or asks your name Will you take me there To a distant place I’ve never been before I could leave this world I could follow you like oceans to the shore You could take me there Make the rivers of my mind flow to my dreams Make the rivers flow Will Will you take Oh yeah Will you take me there? Will you take me there? Oh Yeah Take me there Take me there Take me there, yeah Take me there, yeah yeah Oh, Take me there Will you take? Will you take? Me there Take me there Take me there Take me there, yeah Take me there, yeah yeah Take me there Take me there Take me there, yeah Take me there, yeah yeah Make the rivers flow X7
*** Thanx a lot to JackieCane & Mark & Jonas for this one ***
Anthem Without A Nation
.... Villages say they’re already suffering side effects Government scientists say there was no radiation leak.
Nostalgia
.... One day perhaps we will come back to this country and bring our children, to show them you know And what we had to sacrifice to be in that country you know. But I think in the initial state that we had a lot of struggle. But with god’s grace and his kindness we are okay now and our children are okay as well I think… Dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams I can’t feel your dreams I can’t see you I can’t touch your memories But I can hear you I can’t feel your dreams, dreams I can’t see you I can’t touch your memories But I can hear you Words that fall like distant rain Words that echo with your eyes I can’t taste I can’t feel I can’t reach across a thousand years I can almost touch the soil beneath your whisper I can almost feel the hopes you left behind I can almost touch the soil beneath your whisper I can almost feel the hopes you left behind Words that fall like distant rain Words that echo with your eyes I can’t taste I can’t feel Thousand years I can’t hear you I can’t see you I can’t touch you I can’t reach you I can’t hear you I can’t see you Thousand years I can’t taste I can’t feel Thousand years I can’t taste I can’t feel I can’t reach across a thousand years I can’t taste I can’t feel I can’t reach across a thousand years I can’t taste I can’t feel Thousand years
Beyond Skin
On July 29th at 5:29 am, The gadget turned the pre-dawn sky as bright as the sun, as the first atomic mushroom cloud rose above the horizon. We knew the world would not be the same... A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita… Vishnu is trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty. And to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." *** Thanx a lot to JackieCane & Cynthia & Jonas for this one ***
Note from Cynthia : The quote in Beyond Skin is J. Robert Oppenheimer describing his and his team's reaction to the Trinity Experiments (the first explosion of an atomic bomb) Oppenheimer was the man in charge of the Manhattan Project (the building of the atomic bomb during WWII). He later came to oppose the development of the hydrogen bomb, and perhaps his part in the Manhattan Project.
Prophesy
Sunset
If I were never to leave you If I were always alone If I were never to see you If I could set the sun If I could set the sun Keep movin' Keep changin' Keep flowin' with the sun Rivers rise Oceans rise People rise with the sun If I were never to leave you If I were always alone If I would never to see you If I could set the sun If I could set the sun Tears fallin' Rain fallin' Leaves are falling with the sun Lives drifting Seeds drifting Worlds drifting with the sun If I were never to leave you If I were always alone If I were never to see you If I could set with the sunset, say it ... If I Never to leave here If I Always alone If I Oceans rise Rivers rise People rise With the sun Oceans rise Rivers rise People rise With the sun
*** Thanx a lot to Jackie & Jonas & Jem who corrected some mistakes ***
Nothing Nothing new left to say Can be heard Nothing helps me find my way Empty words No more will I question why What we feel Nothing left to make me try Nothing's real Fear no one No more fear Nothing hides in me If my nothing here resides Inside me I have nothing left to hide Could be free No more clinging to this world Nothing here Insecurity unfolds no more fear Fear no one No more fear Nothing No more fear No one No more fear Nothing hides in me Feeling cuts me like a knife And who's to say If we've everything in life Find our way In this nothing I have found Nothing more But in the space inside my mind I open doors Doors No one Open doors Nothing Open doors No one Open doors Nothing hides Nothing More Feeling cuts me like a knife And who's to say If we've everything in life Find our way In this nothing I have found Nothing more But in the space inside my mind I open doors Doors No one Open doors Nothing Open doors No one Open doors Nothing hides
*** Thanx a lot to Jonas who corrected some mistakes ***
Nothing More Feeling cuts me like a knife and who's to say If we've everything in life we find our way And there's nothing I have found nothing more But in the space inside my mind I open doors Just no one Open doors nothing Open doors no one Open doors nothing hides
Moonrise
Não fique triste Quando eu me apagar Vais partir da vida escura Veja a lua Veja a lua subindo Tomando o seu lugar Ondas de tristeza Para apre Para apreciar E assim um dia, Uma novela de paz Uma tempestade que trata as dores Não despede um futuro Que ainda pode ser Os olhos no escuro Ainda podem Ainda podem ver
*** Thanx a lot to Guido for this one ***
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this translation ***
Street Guru (Part 1) They've incorporated their culture and their values into the city and they've enriched the city both like, from uh, you know work ethic and you know the restaurants and the music and it's really a diverse city. I mean you walk through the Vany Avenue, you know you go through Korean neighborhoods, Old Jewish neighborhoods, Arabic neighborhoods, uh, Pakistani-Indian neighborhoods. It's incredible. The intensity... I think yeah, development has pushed us away from other people. You know a lot of times people are rude because they want like immediate access or immediate information. You know some things in life can't be immediate, sometimes you gotta wait and let things happen... People are like, are increasingly rude. Like I'll say somebody will get in a cab, we'll say "I'll get em there in 5 minutes." And they'll say, "Well, It should only take 3." Now who gives a shit if it takes 5 minutes or 3 minutes, who cares? At the end of your life nobody's gonna put at your tomb stone "shit I got in a cab in five, in seven minutes instead of three". You know, It doesn't matter, and technology has made us slaves to time. Naw, a lot of people that are really have technical jobs, they're slaves to time. And time is the essence of life it seems like. And they're basically like losing it They're losing the essence of their life because, you know, their life is like just going away and, They're not enjoying it because their so engrossed in efficiency and productivity and shit like that. That it's almost sad. They all come here from somewhere else like seeking their fame and fortune or, The top jobs and they're and career-you know, in their, in their industries. They get very engrossed, and they into these you know these cell phones and computers and... I think the real important things in life are you know, people and your family. I think you don't realize that, a lot of people don't realize that until they're older. I think there's going to be a backlash against technology.
The Preacher The Seal of Prophesy Between the darkness and the light Everyone must choose Universal blues Wisdom is the key To the heart of the Prophesy Seal of Prophesy Messengers have come and gone The struggle still goes on Synagogue temple mosque and church Each and every place we search The seal of Prophesy Old ones will see visions Young ones will dream dreams Time will change conditions Til nothings as it seems The Seal of Prophesy The Seal of Prophesy Everyone must choose Universal blues Universal blues Universal blues
Breathing Light The fighting was the heaviest yet seen in Sarajevo. At the police station man by officers loyal to the Muslim government president Izedbegovic Men tried to find what cover they could as bullets literally kicked around them. We are free to be free. (Quote: Nelson Mandela)
Developed Every Australian should be able to, uh, Keep their culture together by using, exercising all these elements of today's reality. And that reality is development. And that, that development um, I would think is the way it should be right. Not something that is put upon us, or forced down our throats. You and I know that music is universal language. And it doesn't have any prejudice. It has one of thinking. Without prejudice, without prejudice, without prejudice...
Walk Away Walked away... Heavier than footsteps drawn across the glade I flew all night, couldn't get in Rained all night, all soaked to the skin Walked away... Heavier than footsteps drawn across the glade Watch my breath turn into steam So has eyes grown dim Walked away... Heavier than footsteps drawn across the glade Let her in... Let her, it was warm inside... Walked away... Heavier than footsteps drawn across the glade... More ways than one More ways than one More ways than one More ways than one More ways than one More ways than one More ways than one More ways than one ("I have a dream" Dr. Martin Luther King) More ways than one ("We're going to have a racial explosion", Malcolm X) More ways than one More ways than one
Cold & Intimate You see me walk You see me fall You touch the tears upon my face I taste your words I smell you fear I feel your bitter sweet embrace Nothing mentioned, nothing gained You're here and then your gone Your complications keep me sane We're cold and intimate I watch the news I hear your words I smell the lies beneath your smile You hesitate, you deviate From pictures filled with silence Nothing mentioned, nothing gained We're here and then we're gone A simple world appears insane But we're cold and intimate We search within We search without We touch the corners of our minds We play our lives Deceive our friends We taste the fruit of our own lies Pointless ventures Endless games We were never here at all Nothing in this world could change Are we cold and intimate
Street Guru (Part 2) You see me walk You see me fall I think there's gonna be a backlash against technology. You know, and I don't know what's gonna cause it. I hope it won't be any environmental disaster shit, you know, for sure for my kids that wanna live a better life. That's so much materialic but I want a peaceful life. You know sometimes it's good just to go in the woods and just go hikin', and get back in touch with yourself and nature. You know, then you come back here and you realize that this is like man, Ludacris all this emphasis on technology... Fifty different internet devices and shit, internet devices you can put in your pocket. Sometimes I feel threatened by it but you know, that's the future and I am a man of the past, You know, I'm a, I'm a low-tech man in a high-tech world. I mean, it's a fact man. I'm a low-tech man in a high-tech world there ain't shit I can do about it because, You know, the world's changing and I'm not and you know, maybe I don't wanna change. Maybe the people I associate with are like me. You know... What's going on, we can't use our brains? It's just being a person, You know, it's being a fucking person man...
Ripping Out Tears Breeding stool pigeons, I can't take it Breeding stool pigeons, I can't take it I saw two gunmen. I saw them who had weapons, black masks, black trenchcoats. I was very frightened. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Breaker breaker 1 9 in a world full of crime They got a nine to my spine no time to recline Sit wine relax and unwind Time is running out I'm trying to keep hope alive President full of jive My 9 to 5 is the hustle to strive Born to die and survive at the same time I gotta analyze what lies beneath genocide What happen to the freedom rob? Increase the murder rate or suicide Ey yo goverment plus Sometimes I think we were born to rot, on the block So many got shot over rocks While the neighborhood watch the cops and shout Hope somebody listening ??? But never mentioning On the occassion that's he's slipping in Man this world is tripping in Make me wanna say it again Yo, money sex and religion They got us all standing like stool pigeons I can't take it Man I'm fully clothed and I feel naked Walking through these streets of death Yo man gotta watch the left though Man it's real sick I don't know it's like some devilish shit It's like who making all these plots? Who wanna see us all rot? I don't know but this shit is sick It's like disease trick please I can't take it man... I can't take it damn... I can't take it man... I can't take it... Damn... Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Yo what a lady gotta do? Gotta come through shake that ass to get that revenue? Man my mother never knew never had a clue What this ill game will do I'm trapped in this rap life living it Man, everyday I'm giving it Love the God because he made this I don't know trying to be famous Man just shooting up You wonder the Jews stay looting up booting up For the front line Man gotta speak from the mind Man griddling Got the kids minds griddling Man this shit is just simple and I can't understand all these demons man Man griddling Got the kids minds griddling Man this shit is just simple and I can't understand all these demons man Cold killing blood stakes spilling These streets is revealing Yo we at the last days Man and I'm trapped in this worldly maze Looking like man X was just a phase Now I'm back to my weed smoking days Don't let it fuck with your brain Ease through the pain and maintain A lot of drug abuse A lot of prostitutes A lot of people dying for the loot A lot of people barely got a roof A lot of people barely know the truth I'm like this Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny Ain't no stoppin' me the Prophesy I came to fulfill my destiny
Human
The river
What do we do in these crazy times? Inside, outside, I can feel it in my mind In the ocean and the river I can feel it in the tide And all day, all night, in the rithim of the city From the dusk to the dawn I can feel it flowing in me Down by the river Life flowing deeper Tide growing stronger No, you can't hold and hold the river Inside my head I can hear it talking to me Like the river to the ocean I can feel it growing in me And all day, all night, in the rithim of the city From the dusk to the dawn I can feel it flowing through me Down by the river Life flowing deeper Tide growing stronger No, you can't hold and hold the river Inside, outside, I can feel it in my mind In the ocean and the river I can feel it in the tide And all day, all night in the rithim of the city From the dusk to the dawn I can feel it growing in me Down by the river Life flowing deeper Tide growing stronger No, you can't hold and hold the river River, river flowing with the tide River, river flowing with the tide River, river flowing with the tide...
*** Thanx a lot to Isabel for this one ***
Eastern eyes
(feat. Natacha Atlas)
For the eastern eyes of a life reborn When the western skies of a broken dawn In the first embrace of a haunted smile With the hopeful eyes of an alien child I was taken by the hand from the ocean to the sand From the half-light to the day I have come to find my way I have come to find my way In the burning sheets of a neighbour's pain With the sweat of a night and the summer rain In the cry of birth and the death of fear For the hope of a light and the joy of tears I was taken by the hand from the ocean to the sand From the half-light to the day I have come to find my way I have come to find my way From the tainted screen of a surgeon mind From the tear-stained face of a haunted kind From the shade of death and the flame of life From the ??est blade of a surgeon's knife I was taken by the hand from the ocean to the sand From the half-light to the day I have come to find my way I have come to find my way Eastern, eastern eyes... your eyes For these eastern, eastern, eastern, eastern eyes For these eastern, eastern eyes For these eastern eyes Eastern eyes (3x) Eastern, eastern, eastern eyes (2x) Eastern, eastern eyes
Say Hello I knew you needed a friend I knew you needed some blue skies You need some laughter again 'Til magic returns to your blue eyes You're lost in the circle of pain Where's it all going Each day is the same Where are you going Say hello Say hello You're never alone Something inside of yourself When darkness approaches, your silence Freedom's forgotten her name Nothing makes sense you don't complain Everything started to fall Where's it all going Can't make any sense of it all Where am I going Say hello Say hello You're never alone
*** Thanx a lot to Rychas for this one ***
Falling Angels There's a time for grown up boys To make a mess of pretty things To lose yourself and find A peace in your goodbye I lost my faith in you To distant dreams of truth Nothing here redeems me No angels to release me I dream of falling angels I dream of falling angels Touching me... The shadows bury me In rusty memories Hopes fall inside My angels cold goodbyes You lost that photo-album smile To memory's faded, faded, faded, faded child I dream of falling angels I dream of falling angels Touching me... *** Thanx a lot to Rychas & Johannes for this one ***
Falling
(feat. Aqualung) Some day the wind will change and you will see me clearly One day these dreams of mine will bring me to my time Some day i will become what i am meant to be coming to One day but that's a million some days from today Lately the sunshine makes a different shape around Lately my music has a different sound to show me Lately i ask questions of the world but no one is listening Tell me when i go to sleep what will the morning bring me? Falling, falling, falling, or am i flying? Flying, flying, flying, or am i falling?
*** Thanx a lot to Saskia for this one ***
Fragile Wind
Haath pakad kar chalte rahe, saath samundar chod gaye, andhiyaari se roshni tak, aa hi gaye hum aa hi gaye (hindi) inside the dark, deepest part of my mind. Through sunshine and rain, idle dreams keep my sane. we're only feathers in the wind falling from the sky without wings and though the world may fall I know, I see sunlight through the rain over me. beyond the dark lie the hopes and the fears. Innocent eyes watching as worlds collide we're only feathers in the wind falling from the sky without wings and though the world may fall I know, I see sunlight through the rain over me Haath pakad kar chalte rahe, saath samundar chod gaye, andhiyaari se roshni tak, Aa hi gaye hum aa hi gaye inside my head i can be anything (x 5 and fade)
*** Thanx a lot to Merve for this one *** Promise
Lately, lately I've seen you in your dream Lost in a clouded mind Held down by all the things that seem so real The world you can't leave behind You've made all of the money you could spens You're begging for something more Behind the prison tou call your home my friends The light in the endless dark Lately, you've followed your fears under the bed And fell for a hundred years Into the arms of a wounded melody The promise that love's still here You held a cynical world like God's bruised fruit Chopped from a sacred tree It's us, the enemy we fought all these years The stories of you and me So we hurry, go faster and faster to find that we've ran our whole life Forgoing the sweetest view There's a buzz like a lightbulb up to our ears Promise that love's still here Retrace the steps in the snow to find your friend 'Cause the child had melt so fast Big dreams, the future you taste on summer's time Having it just won't last Right here, we've all got the answer in our heart If we could just let that go Lifetimes of beautiful sunday church bell girls The junkies upon the floor So we hurry, go faster and faster to find that we've ran our whole life Forgoing the sweetest view We could argue forever and ever, be clear Promise that love's still here If forever and ever and ever we find that we've ran our whole life Forgoing the sacred view There's a buzz like a lightbuld up to our ears Promise that love's still here The promise that love's still here The promise that love's still here The promise that love's still here
*** Thanx a lot to Alan & Isabel for this one ***
Chetan Jeevan (Conscious Life)
I have lived life until now to the height of enjoyment My physical body accompanied by a conscious mind Endless desires swirl outside of me HE is also taking me along his cosmic path giving me experience of seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and feeling I feel content while sleeping, crying, laughing, eating and drinking Day and night I think that there must be some purpose to this life I have come to understand joy and sorrow due to lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego I have started to think about what is the characteristic wont of life and about what is the uncharacteristic wont of life, about what is benevolent use of mind and words and what is harmful use of mind and words and about what is sin and what is virtue Thus no more desire or expectation for past, present or future remains with me My mind has gone beyond past, present and future and beyond the rational intellect of imagination I see that I am beyond birth and death and am enjoying mind in a state of samadhi
PS : I found this translation on a forum. Here is what the guy said : An Indian friend of mine recently translated Chetan Jeevan (Conscious Life) for me and I thought I would share this in case other people are interested. My friend doesn't speak very good English so I've had to piece this together quite a bit. I'm sure it's more eloquent in its' original form and if anyone can help with a truer translation then please feel free! I use the definitions given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti-ji for Dharma and Satya but realise that Hindu and Buddhist definitions are various and differ. With respect, Shriila' X
Rainfall I'd like to know what's going on In this world we're living on So much poverty All around me This insanity That surrounds me It is the world, seems so far away People's lives, changing everyday Oh no... I can hear the rainfall I'd like to know when you and I Will stop walking and passing by So much ignorance That my eyes see My experience Cannot blind me It is the world, seems so far from here Seasons change, and the rain is near Oh no... I can hear the rainfall Oooh... Yehh.... I'd like to find a new reality Something more than this fantasy No more false dreams No more mind games I can't even see Through this dark rain It is the world, seems so far away People lives, changing everyday Ey Oh... I can hear the rainfall
*** Thanx a lot to Merve for this one *** Waiting (O Mistress Mine) O mistress mine Where are you roaming? O stay and hear Your true loves coming That can sing both high and low Trip no further pretty sweeting Journeys end in lovers meeting Every wise mans son doth know What comes now has gone tomorrow Present smiles are full of sorrow But I see you in my mind From the shadows of my memory I can feel you walking near me And I�m waiting for the rain to fall Dust from your eyes Angels are falling From distant fears Your cold hearts beating I can see you in the dark Or the flicker of a daydream From the edge of silent tears I remember and I smile What is love? Tis not hereafter Present mirth Hath present laughter What's to come is still unsure In delay there lies no plenty Then come kiss me sweet and twenty Youths a stuff twill not endure
*** Thanx a lot to Merve for this one ***
The Boatman
Baroshekar aador meke Bheshe elam sagor theke Baleer toteh notun disha Adar theke alor mesha Batash bhara bhalo basha Ke kandare baicho toree aral theke
Philtre
Everything She whispers all her secrets Untie probs in her dreams The people walk in rhythm To hear the traffic sings She In this love She Off this love We For this love Is everything from you to me Last night he tasted blood With stars around his head The people walk in rhythm They paint the traffic red She In this love She For this love We Off this love Is everything from you to me The truth is glassy eye �N still shakes above the hair Always shaking shaking There there there there She Off this love She For this love We In this love Is everything from you to me Exit to the stage Exact (it takes??) every word Exact every word Exact every girl We stumble the lie �N you stumble the lie We stumble the lie He search for a long time He search for a long time He�s looking for an answer Looking for an answer ??? for love instead ??? for love instead Longing to the heal Longing to the heal Wish I can wish I can get in Wish I can wish I can get in I�m a little baby I�m a little baby I�m a little baby She Off this love She For this love We In this love Is everything from you to me She Off this love She For this love We In this love Is everything from you to me Stumble the lie She whispers all her secrets Look for a long time Untie probs in her dreams Look for a long time The people walk in rhythm Looking for an answer To hear the traffic sings Looking for an answer Last night he tasted blood ??? for love instead With stars around his head ??? for love instead And in a flash he saw her The answer came in red
*** Thanx a lot to The_Better_End for this one ***
Spark
All the colours are crackling, the leaves are alive With a note from your heart I keep written inside Frozen air surrounds your eyes As you speak fountains collide With a mouth full of stars I trip over my feet You've blown me away, I can hardly speak Stolen my silence, scattered my peace I'm lost in the dark, mislaid my spark Memories of you fading into the past To keep you inside freeze your kiss so it lasts In the shadow of your light I live my days like they were nights With a mouth full of stars I trip over my feet You've blown me away, I can hardly speak Stolen my silence, scattered my peace I'm lost in the dark, mislaid my spark All the space that you need and the silence you plead I've thrown them away cause your signs I can't read Forgotten thrills in the sudden chills Frozen air surrounds your eyes With a mouth full of stars I trip over my feet You've blown me away, I can hardly speak Stolen my silence, scattered my peace I'm lost in the dark, mislaid my spark
*** Thanx a lot to Gabrielle for this one ***
Dead Man
Cruel boy playing Fat man running Old fool walking Dead man coughing...
Mausam
*** Thanx a lot to Sami for this one ***
Journey Every now and then I fall into deep thought and self-examination Figuring out If I really belong in this world Who am I What was I born to live Will I succeed Or will I fall short Of my dreams I know I've got to find a way to move on Yeah, to a place where I can be stronger On a journey Deeper inside On a journey Deeper inside my mind I know I've got to find a way to move on Got to move on To a place where I can be stronger Stronger Stornger Stronger Stronger I'm on a journey Deep inside my mind To see if I can find The answers to all the questions I've been asking myself For a long time A long time A long time For a long time I'm on a journey Deep inside my mind To see if I can find The answers to all the questions I've been asking myself For a long time A long time A long time For a long time
Why is the cuckoo humming in the autumn defoliation And the clouds of rain is moving in the sky In the time of meeting with the lover Why is the season changing untimely Why on the brim of these dark nights Sprinkling the colour so lavishly Yes, by having you, my sweetheart Why is each of my minute particle swinging in ecstasy Listen up dear, why is this mind so intoxicated My every bit of the body and mind is dancing Listen up dear, why is this mind so intoxicated Your association is musical Why is the season changing untimely Why is the season changing untimely Why is the season changing untimely
Noches En Vela (Part 1) ( featuring Ojos De Brujo )
Crece canela entre tus acai y los mios Metales nobles que se funden con ritmo y sabor Hay rumbita buena, pa' todas las horas del día Noches en vela, hoguera, serená y amor sin condición Trayendo flores voy, buscando amores En este mundo a veces oscuro, inexplicable Ay, trayendo flores frescas más, a veces negras Como en la cuna de los que compran miseria Labra camino, semilla que encuentres siembra Recoge frutos que no mucho alimentan Hay tempestades que recogerán tormentas Tú sigue, sigue camino, ay semilla que encuentres siembra Crece canela entre tus sacas y los mios Metales nobles que se funden con ritmo y sabor
*** Thanx a lot to Aaron & Corqsan for this one ***
Noches en vela (Part 2)
( featuring Ojos De Brujo )
Crece canela entre tus acai* y los míos Metales nobles que se funden con ritmo y sabor Hay rumbita buena, pa' todas las horas del día Noches en vela, hoguera, serená y amor sin condición Trayendo flores voy, buscando amores En este mundo a veces oscuro, inexplicable Ay, trayendo flores frescas más, a veces negras Como la cuna de los que compran miserias Labra camino, Ay semilla que encuentres siembra Recoge frutos que no mucho alimentan Hay tempestades negras que recogerán tormentas Tú sigue, labra camino, ay semilla que encuentres siembra Crece canela entre tus acai y los míos Metales nobles que se funden con ritmo y sabor Hay rumbita buena, pa' todas las horas del día Noches en vela, hoguera, serená y amor sin condición Trayendo flores voy, buscando amores En este mundo a veces oscuro, inexplicable Ay, trayendo flores frescas más, a veces negras Como la cuna de los que compran miserias Labra camino, Ay semilla que encuentres siembra Recoge frutos que no mucho alimentan Hay tempestades negras que recogerán tormentas Tú sigue, labra camino y semilla que encuentres siembra Crece canela entre tus acai y los míos Metales nobles que se funden con ritmo y sabor Hay rumbita buena, pa' todas las horas del día Noches en vela, hoguera, serená y amor sin condición Trayendo flores voy, buscando amores En este mundo a veces oscuro, inexplicable Ay, trayendo flores frescas más, a veces negras Como la cuna de los que compran miserias Labra camino, Ay semilla que encuentres siembra Recoge frutos que no mucho alimentan Hay tempestades negras que recogerán tormentas Tú sigue, labra camino, y semilla que encuentres siembra
* "Acai" is a Caló (the language of the Spanish gypsies) word that means "eyes".
Cinnamon grows between your eyes and mine Noble metals that melt with rhythm and taste There's some nice rhumba for every hour in the day Sleepless nights, bonfire, serenade, love with no condition Carrying flowers i'm going, looking for romance In this world sometimes dark, inexplicable Carrying fresh flowers, sometimes black Just like the cradle of those who buy miseries Till your way, and every seed you find, sow it Collect the fruits that feeds no much There's black tempests that will collect storms Keep going, till your way, and every seed you find sow it Cinnamon grows between your eyes and mine Noble metals that melt with rhythm and taste There's some nice rhumba for every hour in the day Sleepless nights, bonfire, serenade, love with no condition Carrying flowers i'm going, looking for romance In this world sometimes dark, inexplicable Carrying fresh flowers, sometimes black Just like the cradle of those who buy miseries Till your way, and every seed you find, sow it Collect the fruits that feeds no much There's black tempests that will collect storms Keep going, till your way, and every seed you find sow it Cinnamon grows between your eyes and mine Noble metals that melt with rhythm and taste There's some nice rhumba for every hour in the day Sleepless nights, bonfire, serenade, love with no condition Carrying flowers i'm going, looking for romance In this world sometimes dark, inexplicable Carrying fresh flowers, sometimes black Just like the cradle of those who buy miseries Till your way, and every seed you find, sow it Collect the fruits that feeds no much There's black tempests that will collect storms Keep going, till your way, and every seed you find sow it
*** Thanx a lot to Aaron & Corqsan & Edu for this one ***
Throw What we have What we give What we take Who we are What we have What we give What we take What we have What we give What we take Who we are What we have What we give all away Always What we do if we throw it all away All away Always What we do If we throw it all away One man gambles in a London house casino A glass of whiskey and a BLT He spins the wheel of fortune Blows his night in just one roll Stumbles out into the street
So he staggers out into the night & takes the night bus to his home A hotel room, an empty chair He hears a voice but no one's there A gun and Bible by the phone
A drunken fool with broken memories Says his prayers & takes a drink The morning brings a brand new season One more chance, and one more reason Tomorrow's just a dream away
What we have What we give What we take Who we are What we have Is what we give What we take Who we are
*** Thanx a lot to Johannes for this one ***
Flipside I could be in more than one place Everyday I could wear a new face If Nixon never lied And Martin Luther never died On the flipside On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world The hands of time are changing My world is rearranging So many pasts to futures That my history's never seen Out comes change But I don't know Still everywhere the sunlight glows For every one tomorrow brings another day On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world On the flipside A to B Should've been more like a Y to Z Every time I open my eyes I still see On the flipside My soul is a shadow of pain No thrills of bills to bury shame Oh I love to be alive on the flip-slick-side On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world Encrypted recipes to reconfigure easily The mess we made on world Side B Encrypted recipes to reconfigure easily The mess we made on world Side B The truth could set us free And no more blame for you and me On the flipside The truth could set us free And no more blame for you and me On the flipside On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world On the flipside you can do anything On the flipside winter autumn spring Let the flipside bring a second wind to change your world Reality Is on the flipside Happiness is On the flipside No more pain On the flipside The truth speaks On the flipside
*** Thanx a lot to The_Better_End & Johannes for this one ***
London Undersound
Days Of Fire ( Featuring Natty ) There's no more trains going that way There's no more trains coming this way You better make your way home, son There's something going down in London Well that ain't gonna stop me So I step out the station and what do I see Traffic for days Let me walk a bit and I'll see where it get me Then it all went slow motion, everything slow motion First came the flash of lights then the sound of explosion And we're still in slow motion, we're still in slow motion On these streets where I played And these trains that I take, I saw fire But now I've seen the city change in Oh so many ways, since the days of fire Since the days of fire Now I'm on the train going that way There were too many people coming this way Delayed trains, delayed trains Didn't plan for death on the subway So I step out the station, Brazilian name all over TV Realization, I was on the next train, could've been me Then it all went slow motion, everything slow motion First the flash of light then the rise of emotion And I'm still in slow motion, I'm still in slow motion On these streets where I played And these trains that I take, I saw fire But now I've seen the city change in Oh so many ways, since the days of fire Since the days of fire One day going that way, one day going this way Those summer days, that crazy phase Like a jack-knifed car on the highway Just two mad situations, fire on the news, fire on TV A bus, a train station, the crossfire sights of destiny Now it's all gone slow motion, everything slow motion The lights gone out - I feel no more emotion I'm all out of emotion, I'm out of emotion On these streets where I played And these trains that I take, I saw fire But now I've seen the city change in Oh so many ways, since the days of fire Since the days of fire October Daze ( Featuring Tina Grace ) I'm lingering, I'm lost I'm floating nowhere like A wasp in October Summer's over and done These empty dreams of mine Are out of place and out of time Is just a grain of sand for me Seasons change Memories fade Daydreams fall like golden leaves Another day I'm watching dreams just slip away The summer moon Gives way to autumn's dusky bloom Seeds I've sown Are almost spent, I'm here alone Wandering I roam Beneath the half light of forgotten sunsets Searching for my home Inside this lonely place I'm chasing shadows like a wasp in October Fading in the wind Seasons change Memories fade Daydreams fall like golden leaves Um dia de mas Meu sonho desapareceu Lua no céu Rio da noite, coração Sozinha aqui Você não lembra mais de mim Another day I'm watching dreams just slip away The summer moon Gives way to autumn's dusky bloom Seeds I've sown Are almost spent, I'm here alone Bring it home ( Featuring Imogen Heap ) Oh anything's possible Oh anything's possible In motion the seeds of each moment (Oh anything's possible) Travel collide and react In motion the seeds of each moment Travel collide and react In motion the seeds of each moment Travel collide and react We're in this together We're in this together We're in this together We're in this together... Thick and thin Bonded Atomic Like it or not We're the same stuff Equal and opposite Equal and opposite Equal and opposite Equal and opposite... Oh anything's possible... We're in this together Equal and opposite Bring it home Anything's possible Equal and opposite Bring it home
My soul ( Featuring Paul McCartney )
I long to know all your secrets I want to walk through your fire Light up my eyes with your smile I was awakened by magic I was alone in this world Take me away from here Life�s being run at a blistering pace I�ve been shot from a gun To your final embrace My soul, your heart, two worlds apart This life is all we have How could this steal all these feelings How could they lie to this world A picture away from your smile Life�s being run at a blistering pace I�ve been shot from a gun To your final embrace My soul, your heart, two worlds apart This life is all we have One soul displaced One heart replaced Feelings defaced Invade our space No one left to give us back our time Climb every mountain Swim through every sea When all the world is asleep We could set ourselves free My soul, your heart, two worlds apart This life is all we have Hmm yeah We could climb every mountain Swim through every sea When all the world is asleep Yeah we could set ourselves free We could climb every mountain Swim through every sea When all the world is asleep Yeah we could set ourselves free My soul, your heart, two worlds apart This life
Distant Dreams ( Featuring Roxanne Tataei ) This city Everywhere I go I see faces I know All in their different zones As we’re flying Through this world underground And my eyes are wide shut I’m not hearing a sound Time standing still Surrounded by sad hearts unfulfilled Empty places for the disenchanted Pass and fade away Distant dreams Where I go Distant dreams When I’m low As they echo in my head Distant dreams How they flow Distant dreams Moving slow As I’m falling out of time I still have distant dreams here in my mind Faces distorted by pressure Everyone forced together Spilling out through the doors No more spaces It’s a dog-eat-dog world And a mad free-for-all Maybe room for one more Time standing still Surrounded by sad hearts unfulfilled Empty places for the disenchanted Pass and fade away Distant dreams Where I go Distant dreams When I’m low As they echo in my head Distant dreams How they flow Distant dreams Moving slow As I’m falling out of time I still have distant dreams here in my mind Distant dreams Where I go Distant dreams When I’m low As they echo – echo - in my head Distant dreams How they flow Distant dreams Moving slow As heartbreak surrounds me And heartache has found me Distant dreams Where I go Distant dreams When I’m low As they echo in my head Distant dreams How they flow Distant dreams Moving slow As I’m falling out of time I still have distant dreams here in my mind
Chaaron dishaaon mein ye daastaan ho Ek dil, ek dang, ek jaan
Sarhad nah he koyi yahaan Khuli ye zameen he, khula aasmaan
( Featuring Reena Bhardwaj ) In every direction, let this be the philosophy One heart, one colour, one soul
In every direction, let this be the philosophy One heart, one colour, one soul There are no boundaries here The earth is open, open is the sky
Transmission ( Featuring Tina Grace ) Feel the sunshine from the radio Feel the sunshine from the radio Disconnect my mind from traffic Beaming through the London static Shelter from the rain Feel the sunshine from the radio Feel the sunshine from the radio Sycophantic, laughing, manic Same old, same old, same old's all I hear Hear the punch line on the radio Hear the punch line on the radio Voices weaving Smokescreen dreaming Cold, deceiving Cloud my hearing Shelter from the rain Shelter from the rain Sell the same line through the radio Sell the same line through the radio Through the airwaves Dayligh breaking Empty promise, living, faking Is this all there is... Radio...
Last Train To Midnight ( Featuring Aruba Red ) Journey no friend of mine Journey no friend of mine Not this space Not this time Journey no friend of mine No moonlit safety Haste speed me
Last Days Of Meaning
The Devil and Midnight Deep beneath the devil and midnight hours you threw away Painting years of rain clouds waiting for a day Nothing comes from killing time As you crawl inside your mind Close your eyes and blame the world Oh if you could the change the world From within the lines of your precious is done Arm's length's a perfect prison right inside your home It's an easy life for the angry kind for a heart that's growing cold Just close your eyes and blame the world Just close your eyes and blame the world Close your eyes, and blame the world And words will never reveal sincere emotion when the soul chooses to hide Nothing colder than dead compassion hiding behind the eyes If you keep the venom behind your lips a kiss could make you cry And ashamed you lied and blamed the world Blaming the world, inside your mind The answers whistling on down the line Blaming the world, inside your mind The answers whistling on down the line It's a sin you deny the gift that's given a circle of a lie Revealing every emotion if only in good time The wind will blow wind truer than any fear residing in your mind Just close your eyes and blame the world Blaming the world, inside your mind The answers whistling on down the line Blaming the world, inside your mind The answers whistling on down the line Blaming the world, inside your mind The answers whistling on down the line