“…I want you to know I can’t sleep anymore
By the nights
By the nights
Day after day I want you to say
That you’re mine
You are mine…”
I’ve been listening to the band “Pain of Salvation” for a day and I love it already. Interestingly, I had heard it before and did not enjoy it back then. There is a right time for the every kind of music. And even then, the best of it takes time to sink in. So how did I start listening to it again?
My iTunes was on its usual shuffle routine when it hit this amazing, beautiful song called “Second Love”. And I was ported back to my hostel room and the IIT campus. My dear neighbor, Karkare, would play this song all day long. I’d guess he played this for 3 semesters. He played this so many times that when I hear it now, I can almost slip backwards in time and relive all the amazing times spent in college. So here is the song:
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YouTube DirektPain of Salvation - Second Love
I had heard it before. But back then, it was just an ordinary song. And as wise men have often recapitulated:
“You don’t realize the importance of some things until you let them go”
We certainly did not back then. But to think of those times now surely brings a smile on my face. All the masti, tp discussions, endless debates and lukkha. All the music, songwriting, jams, shouting, outings, games and everything else. All the time in the world to live a lazy life and do whatever we wanted.
Things are different now. And as I write this, a clock ticks by loudly, consistently reminding me to sleep before it is too late to wake up for office tomorrow. But one last loop through my playlist would harm no one, right?
And hence, the ticking of the clock fades into the melody of the following words…
“…Time after time
I am wasting my time
Living in a past where I was strong
But now I am gone
I leave no shadow when I’m alone
I’ll stay forever in my dreams where you are nearWant you to know I can’t sleep anymore
By the nights
By the nights…”
But life must go on.
keep writing !!!!!
Thanks shreya
and yet when the days ahead pass rushing by
with unfamiliar fortunes in their throng
i stay still in my dreams, so quiet,
to live in the times when i was strong..
Really good song. Perhaps it resonates most the first time we kill some old dreams en route to greatness. Wonderful to see you haven’t ceased blogging since MLey
You got it right
There is a reason I like your blog. I can scarce understand your thoughts, even when put to clear words, least when they attempt to convey a subtly indirect meaning. Its immensely humbling, and fascinating at the same time. This particular post reminds me of something I myself once wrote, when I discovered an old song accidentally, via which I lived some fond old times. Thinking is not my forte, pleasant appreciation definitely is. Who better than you to concur!?
Like this song very much!
Many times..song is just not a song..its a part of you. Sometimes, It tells your story…sometimes….it tells your past..sometimes present and sometimes…our unknown future…
The song becomes special..when we connect with it. ..when we feel it from inside !