This Beautiful Land

Innocence...

Innocence, innocence, innocence, heartbreaking innocence....

We remember our innocence,

It was nothing but senselessness,

We followed it across mute milestones,

Set in various time zones.

Innocence, innocence, innocence, heartbreaking innocence....

It’s crazy how those days passed us by,

Unknowingly, it was just like yesterday,

Oh! We were so trusting and insane,

We endured so much and gave back pain.

Innocence, innocence, innocence, heartbreaking innocence....

Are we here to lose our innocence?

To a corporate life and our own senescence?

One day, I promise, those days will come back,

And we will no longer be afraid of the dark.

Innocence, innocence, innocence, heartbreaking innocence....

Freedom

I know this world isn’t a friendly place any more

I know I am not here ‘cos I don’t belong anywhere

I know this ain’t my own complaint, no, it’s not true

I know you all feel the same; all are of my view.

I want my freedom, I want a free world

I want to be there for the entire human race

I want the sun and wind to touch my face

I want the wide world to be a better place.

I want my music, I don’t want this noise

And this cacophony isn’t one of my joys

This petty fake piracy offends my freedom

I want my software free from officialdom

(refrain)

I want these killings to stop in our country

I want the world to stop this banditry

I want the bloodshed to end in your land

I want you to be free, please understand.

(refrain)

Fires of the Faithless

Tonight the wild hordes burned the timber mills

Charred to earth the festering slums upon hills

Burnt books, flags and holy sacraments

Psalms, chronicles and holy testaments.

Burn, burn, raging fires of the faithless tonight,

Turn off the lights; burn this glittering city of lights.

We cowered weeping in our tin houses

Our brothers, sisters and our spouses

Before they raped, desecrated, and rent

Us in the consuming fire of their discontent.

Burn, burn, raging fires of the faithless tonight,

Turn off the lights; burn this glittering city of lights.

Hey, gun-bearing sword-bearing men of hatred

Are not your holy books anymore sacred?

Do you realize the fires you start

Will tear this country and its people apart?

Burn, burn, raging fires of the faithless tonight,

Turn off the lights; torch this glittering city of lights.

Nirbhaya

NIRBHAYA

On a wintry night in New Delhi

On a cold and empty street

You walk in silence in the darkness...

Nirbhaya... nirbhaya

Nirbhaya... nirbhaya

Nirbhaya... nirbhaya

Nirbhaya... nirbhaya

The city has gone to sleep already

The theatres they are closing for the night

The malls are dark and empty

Refrain ...

The bus stops and you get it

There are bestial men inside, you don’t know

They molest you and rape you.

Refrain...

They throw you on the cold street

There’s no one there to hear your cries

You die in a few days.

Refrain...

Stop This War

Stop this war, I want to go home
I have a mother, father, sister, and brother back home.
Why am I here seeing people killed, I don't know,
I am sick, tired, and hungry and want to be alone.

Stop this war, I want to go home,
I have a mother, father, sister, and brother back home...

I am a peace-keeper, but I haven't known any peace,
Out here its sound of guns, bombs, mines, of the beasts.
I remember my countryside, its rivers, and mountains,
It's a barren desert here, there's nothing but guns and ammunition.

Stop this war, I want to go home,
I have a mother, father, sister, and brother back home...

Everywhere I look, there's death, destruction and tears,
Our dreams have given way to nightmares and fears.
Leaders in tall towers, wearing suits, in air-conditioned cars,
Look at your brothers and father living behind bars.

Stop this war, I want to go home,
I have a mother, father, sister, and brother back home...