A tribute to all those songs for their shaping of impressionable minds at school; for their kicks in the butts when you are feeling down & out, for creating something abstractly unique with an electric guitar & oh-yes...for the "back-in-heaven" awesome feelin once in a while!!
Haunting song from a brilliant movie!! By the Boss!! 'Nuf said!!
I was bruised and battered and I couldn't tell! What I felt, I was unrecognizable to myself! I saw my reflection in a window I didn't know! My own face, Oh brother are you gonna leave me, Wastin´away, On the streets of Philadelphia! [
I walked the avenue till my legs felt like stone,
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone, At night I could hear the blood in my veins, Black and whispering as the rain, On the streets of Philadelphia!
Ain't no angel gonna greet me Its just you and I my friend, My clothes don't fit me no more, I walked a thousand miles, Just to slip the skin!
The night has fallen, I'm lying awake, I can feel myself fading away, So receive me brother with your faithless kiss, Or will we leave each other alone like this , On the streets of Philadelphia!
Don't ask me why! Playing again & again in my mind like a record, this song. Maybe I am hurting too!
I'm not a perfect person. there are 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, its something I must live with everyday, 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'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 didnt know, A reason for all that i do, and the reason is you!!
Semi Charmed Life!! Light infectious song I remember from an earlier time. I had forgotten all about this song till a friend typed out these words on a chat. Intriguing enough for me to want to post this!! I have posted the video as well as one with just the lyrics!!
There's such a nice touching story about this one. C Rajagopalachari (or 'Rajaji' as he was popularly known), the first & last Governor-General of India wrote this lyric supposedly inspired by an incident in the famous Tirupati temple. A 'social outcast' (sic) was not allowed entry into the shrine of the temple. Gopal Gandi, Rajaji's grandson believes that Rajaji compares the outcast's inability to have a glimpse of his favorite God to his own inability to have a glimpse of the invisible Creator!!
Gopal Gandhi's translation of Kurai Onrum Illai from the article "Rajaji's unknown collaborator" which appeared in The Hindu dated December 22, 2002.[1]
No regrets have I My lord, None. Lord of the Written Word, My light, my sight, My very eyes No regrets, None. Though you stand Where I behold you not My light, my very eyes, Protector of all earthlings I know you sustain me Lord of the Venkata Hill so pure You meet my hunger, my thirst My hope, my prayer You keep me from harm, Lord of the Sparkling Gems, I need naught else Father of the Seven Hills, Naught else.
You stand — do you not? — Veiled by a screen Only the learned can part For they are the learned Which I am not But no, no regrets have I. Crowning this hill You stand as rock Giver of Boons Immutable God Father to these hills No regrets have I Govinda !
In this benighted Age of ours Lord — The worst of all the Four — You have entered The sanctum A shaft of granite Where though I see you not No regrets have I. Boulder of strength With the Ocean, Heaving on your breast, Of the purest compassion — My Mother, My very own, who grants Anything I ask of her Can I possibly have regrets? The two of you, I know, Stand there for me Eternally No regrets have I my Govinda None, none whatsoever Govinda! Govinda! Govinda! Govinda!