Nothing Compares 2 U... And It's Annoying!

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This song has been playing in my head for over a week know. It is annoying me, making me restless. I used to love the song, now I am not sure if I just hate the fact that it is in my head or the song itself.

I should listen to more crap like 'Pinky hain paise waalon ki' or 'Pyar hain hookah bar'. WTF!!

"Nothing Compares 2 U"

- Sinead O'Connor

It's been seven hours and fifteen days

Since u took your love away

I go out every night and sleep all day

Since u took your love away

Since u been gone I can do whatever I want

I can see whomever I choose

I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant

But nothing

I said nothing can take away these blues

`Cause nothing compares

Nothing compares 2 u

It's been so lonely without u here

Like a bird without a song

Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling

Tell me baby where did I go wrong

I could put my arms around every boy I see

But they'd only remind me of you

I went to the doctor and guess what he told me

Guess what he told me

He said, "Girl, you better try to have fun no matter what you do."

But he's a fool

`Cause nothing compares

Nothing compares 2 u

All the flowers that u planted, mama

In the back yard

All died when u went away

I know that living with u baby was sometimes hard

But I'm willing to give it another try

Nothing compares

Nothing compares 2 u

Nothing compares

Nothing compares 2 u

Nothing compares

Nothing compares 2 u

Gloomy Sunday (on a Tuesday)

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Ah well... I did listen to the song on Sunday and meant to post it earlier... but just got caught up in some stuff.




Gloomy Sunday is a beautiful song... the lyrics are supposedly depressive. Depends on how one looks at it. But, this song has a past... a disturbing past. 
Originally, it was composed by Hungarian composer Rezső Seress. Lyrics were written by László Jávor, and in his version the song was retitled "Szomorú vasárnap" 
The song was first recorded in Hungarian by Pál Kalmár in 1935.

The translation of the original lyrics courtesy Wikipedia are...

"Szomorú Vasárnap száz fehér virággal,
Vártalak kedvesem templomi imával,
Álmokat kergető Vasárnap délelőtt,
Bánatom hintaja nélküled visszajött,
Azóta szomorú mindig a
Vasárnap Könny csak az italom kenyerem a bánat...
Szomorú Vasárnap.
Utolsó vasárnap kedvesem gyere el Pap is lesz,
koporsó, ravatal, gyászlepel Akkor is virág vár,
virág és - koporsó Virágos fák alatt utam az utolsó
Nyitva lesz szemem hogy még egyszer lássalak
Ne félj a szememtől holtan is áldalak..."

"On a sad Sunday with a hundred white flowers,
I awaited for you my dear with a church prayer,
That dream chasing Sunday morning,
The chariot of my sadness returned without you,
Ever since then, Sundays are always sad,
tears are my drink, bread is my sorrow... Sad Sunday.
It's the last Sunday dear, please come along,
There will even be priest, coffin, catafalque, hearse-cloth.
Even then flowers will be awaiting you,
Flowers and coffin under blossoming (flowering in Hungarian) trees my journey shall be the last,
My eyes will be open, so that I can see you one more time,
Don't be frightened from my eyes as I'm blessing you even in my death... Last Sunday."

The original translation though melancholic, is also a little weird. 
The disturbing part about the song is that it has become something of an urban legend... and is said to have driven many a listener to suicide. 
In my opinion, the veracity of these claims are arguable... even if the song could be connected to a few suicides it may not be proved it was directly responsible to instigate a person to commit the act... the fact may be that the person already in a suicidal mood would listen to songs that complement the mood and this might just as easily be one of the songs they listened to... just as easily as it could have been 'Don't Worry, Be happy'.

I listened to the English version of the song by Billie Holiday... the video which I have put up above... and the lyrics here...

Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of
Sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought
Of ever returning you
Would they be angry
If I thought of joining you?

Gloomy Sunday

Gloomy is Sunday,
With shadows I spend it all
My heart and I
Have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles
And prayers that are said I know
Let them not weep
Let them know that I'm glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death I'm caressin' you
With the last breath of my soul
I'll be blessin' you

Gloomy Sunday

Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart, dear
Darling I hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is tellin' you
How much I wanted you
Gloomy Sunday

Love You Too Much To Be Your Friend

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I stopped sending flowers to your apartment

You said you aren't home much anymore

I stopped dropping by without an appointment

Cause I'd hear laughter coming through your door.

Sometimes late at night you'll still call me

Just before you close your eyes to sleep

You make me vow to try and stop by sometime

Baby that's a promise I can't keep.

I love you too much to ever start liking you

So lets just let the story kinda end

I love you too much to ever start liking you

So don't expect me to be your friend.

I don't walk down through the village or other places

That we used to go to all the time

I'm trying to erase you from my memory

Cause thinking of you jumbles up my mind.

You always act so happy when I see you

You smile that way you take my hand and then

Introduce me to your latest lover

That's when I feel the walls start crashing in.

(Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend - Lobo)

Sulking On A Saturday

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There are these days when you wake up with a song playing in your head… And today is Saturday… I should have been expecting a peppy party number. But, I am in Kuwait… and if you don’t work for one of those oil companies or the ministry, chances are you’d be waking up all groggy eyed and getting ready for work.

The thought of working on a day the rest of the world is enjoying sleeping in late, is a huge mood dampener. Now, combine that with waking up with a beautiful yet melancholic song in your head. Worse, it fits your situation to the T.

Haah! There’s your bummer!

Haunting as the song is, the voice of Kishore Kumar adds that emotional weight to the rendition. I can’t really remember the movie and the situation within it for the song. But, here is a situation… hmmm… no situation… I promised someone I would not let myself go. (By the way, jaan… get well soon!)

 
 

Mera jeevan kora kaagaz kora hi rah gaya…

Mera jeevan kora kaagaz kora hi rah gaya…

Jo likha tha aansuon ke sangh beh gaya…

Mera jeevan

Mera jeevan kora kaagaz kora hi rah gaya…

Ek hawa ka jhoka aaya,

Ek hawa ka jhoka aaya, toota dali se phool,

Toota dali se phool…

Na pavan ki na chaman ki.. kiski hain yeh bhool…

kiski hai yeh bhool…

Kho gayi… kho gayi khusbhoo hawa mein, kuch na reh gaya… 

Mera jeevan…

Mera jeevan kora kaagaz kora hi rah gaya…

Udte panchi ka tikhana,

Udte panchi ka tikhana… Mera na koi jahaan…

Mera na koi jahaan…

Na dagar hain, na khabar hain… jaana hain mujhko kahaan…

Jaana hain mujhko kahaan.

Bann ke sapna… bann ke sapna, humsafar ka saath reh gaya…  

Mera jeevan…

Mera jeevan kora kaagaz kora hi rah gaya…

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Sometimes songs and poetry have already been there where you are right now...

Samajh mein na aayaa, ke har ek khushi se,
yeh dil aaj bezaar kyun ho gayaa hain

Tere gham mein behte hue aansoon se,
na jaane humein pyaar kyun ho gayaa hain

Ke bhoole se bhi ab kabhi muskuraana
na dil chaahta hai, na hum chaahte hain

Tere pyar ko iss tarah se bhulaana
na dil chaahta hai, na hum chaahte hain

Jo such tha usse ek fasaana banaana
na dil chaahta hai, na hum chaahte hain



Aur Ho (My current 'lost in' track)

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With the combination of the lyrics and the music (a haunting tune) - though it does not sound very different from A. R. Rahman’s other tunes –it is quite a lovely song.

Loved Mohit Chauhan’s voice… His voice grows on you.

I haven’t seen the video… I imagine it would be sort of a background song in the movie…

But, I have my own song visualization in my head.

A desolate, cracked salt pan… craggy trees if any… fires of hell… black flowing shadows circling, creeping… disturbed flock of ravens… a disembodied voice singing…

Ok… I agree… I have a creepy imagination! :D

Aur Ho

(Rockstar)

Meri bebasi ka bayaan hai

bas chal raha na iss ghadi

Meri bebasi ka bayaan hai

bas chal raha na iss ghadi

Ras hasrat ka nichod doon

Kas baahon mein aa tod doon

Chaahoon kya jaanu naa

Chheen loon chhod doon

Iss lamhe kya kar jaaun

Iss lamhe kya kar jaaun..

Iss lamhe ko kar doon

jo mujhe chain mile aaraam mile

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Saans ka shor ho aanch bhi aur badhe

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Saans ka shor ho taap bhi aur chadhe

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Aur mile hum.. aur bhi jal jaaye

Tujhe pehli baar main milta hoon har dafaa

Meri bebasi ka bayaan hai

Tujhe chheen loon ya chhod doon

Maang loon yaa mod doon

Iss lamhe kya kar jaaun

Iss lamhe kya kar doon

Jo mujhe chain mile aaram mile

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Saans ka shor ho aanch bhi aur badhe

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Saans ka shor ho taap bhi aur chadhe

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Aur mile hum.. aur bhi jal jaaye

[chorus / alaap] 

Main hasrat mein ek uljhi dor hua

Suljha de...ho ho...

Main dastak hoon

Tu bandh kiwaado sa

Khul ja re... ho ho...

O bebasi mann mein basi

Jeete jeete jee le sapna

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Saans ka shor ho aanch bhi aur badhe

Aur ho.. Aur ho

Aur mile hum.. aur bhi jal jaaye

Ruke se naa ruke

Ye naa thake

Aandhi si jo chale inn saanso ki

Pata bhi naa chale kahaan pe kya jale

Hai darr se tann-mann ki siharan se

Hasrat ki sulgan se

Bhadke aur shola shola

Jale bujhe dhuaan dhuaan

O dhuaan dhuaan

Lage mujhe dhuaan dhuaan o

Meri bebasi ka bayaan hai

Meri bebasi ka bayaan hai

Meri bebasi ka bayaan hai

Where The Wild Roses Grow

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Where The Wild Roses Grow
Written by: Nick Cave
Sung by: Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue

They call me The Wild Rose

But my name is Elisa Day

Why they call me it I do not know

For my name is Elisa Day

From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one

As she stared in my eyes and smiled

For her lips were the colour of the roses

That grew down the river, all bloody and wild

When he knocked on my door and entered the room

My trembling subsided in his sure embrace

He would be my first man, and with a careful hand

He wiped at the tears that ran down my face

On the second day I brought her a flower

She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen

I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow

So sweet and scarlet and free?"

On the second day he came with a single red rose

He Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"

I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed

He said, "if I show you the roses will you follow?"

On the third day he took me to the river

He showed me the roses and we kissed

And the last thing I heard was a muttered word

As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow

And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief

As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"

And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

The Reason

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At times, we feel that our world has come to a standstill. There doesn’t seem to be a need to go on and life is a drag. We try to find a reason to blame our depression on… sometimes it is the place we are at, or the job we have, or it could even be the relationship we share with someone.

Mostly, it takes a long time to move on from that point… and at least one of the reasons we blame have to be addressed for us to gain some semblance of sanity.

But, in some rare cases, there comes in to our life a REASON to live… to start life afresh… to smile again, all depression forgotten.

This is for the reason of my joy!  :)

The Reason

-- Hoobastank

I'm not a perfect person

There're many things I wish I didn't do...

But I continue learning...

I never meant to do those things to you,

And so I have to say before I go

That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me

To change who I used to be

A reason to start over new

And the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you

It's something I must live with every day

And all the pain I put you through

I wish that I could take it all away

And be the one who catches all your tears

That's why I need you to hear

I've found a reason for me

To change who I used to be

A reason to start over new

And the reason is you...

I'm not a perfect person

I never meant to do those things to you

And so I have to say before I go

That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me

To change who I used to be

A reason to start over new

And the reason is you

I've found a reason to show

A side of me you didn't know

A reason for all that I do

And the reason is YOU.

A Scoundrel Heart!

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Love the song...
And the lyrics... bas, humaari dil ki baat (words from my heart)!

 Kya kare zindagi isko hum jo mile,
 Iski jaan kha gaye, raat din ke gile
 Raat din gile…

 Meri aarzoo... kamini,
 Mere khwab bhi kaminey,
 Ek dil se dosti thi, yeh huzoor bhi kaminey,
 Kya kare zindagi isko hum jo mile,
 Iski jaan kha gaye, raat din ke gile…

 Kabhi zindagi se maanga, pinjre mein chaand la do,
 Kabhi laalten deke, kaha aasmaa pe taango

 Jeene ke sab kareene the hamesha se kaminey,
 Kaminey kaminey kaminey kaminey,
 Meri daastaan kamini, mere raasten kaminey,
 Ek dil se dosti thi, yeh huzoor bhi kaminey…
 

 Jiska bhi chehra cheela, andar se aur nikla,
 Masoom sa kabootar naacha to mor nikla,
 Kabhi hum kaminey nikle, kabhi doosre kaminey,
 Kaminey kaminey kaminey kaminey,
 Meri dosti kamini, mere yaar bhi kaminey,
 Ek dil se dosti thi, yeh huzoor bhi kaminey…

Immortal!

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Some words strike the right chords... some twist and turn in you...
Some feelings are like amputated limps... you don't have them... yet there is a ghostly pain.

Awesome video too ;)

My Immortal - Evanescence

I'm so tired of being here, suppressed by all my childish fears

And if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave

Your presence still lingers here and it won't leave me alone

 These wounds won't seem to heal; this pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

 When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me

 You used to captivate me by your resonating light

Now, I'm bound by the life you left behind

Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams

Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

 These wounds won't seem to heal; this pain is just too real

There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone

But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears

When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears

And I held your hand through all of these years

But you still have all of me, me, me