New Here

This is a love song. Sing it your way.

Something feels so very wrong
Looks like your things are all gone
Trailing behind you
They'll be sticking around you
I should do something with all this space
Maybe I'll move into a smaller place

This new world feels so strange
It seems familiar
But it's not quite the same
I feel so new here
It's not like I never lived here
Come back! Let's never be alone
Come back! Let's just go home

Who needs a rocket ship
To leave gravities ol' grip
I knew I was leaving this world behind
That moment I touched your fingertips
Shouldn't have let go
I gotta get back on track
I'm not sure where I drift
My shore won't pull back

This new world feels so strange
It seems familiar
But it's not quite the same
I feel so new here
It's not like I never lived here
Come back! Let's never be alone
Come back! Let's just go home

Funeral for a Friend

A cool crisp morning
Is a good beginning
To a brand new life
You've been flailing
All ghoulish night long
Against the soundless
Sateen casket sides

The funeral procession
Plunged you unheeding
Into the ravenous dark
Of soil sodden night
It shuffles away with
Your cut of daylight

Your friends live on
Clutching a dim grief
Dwindling under the sun
Returning to the relief
Of routine.

Dil-e-Mann Musafir Mann

Mere dil, mere musafir
Hua phir se hukm sadr
Ke watan-badar hon hum tum
Dein gali gali sadaaein
Karein rukh nagar nagar ka
Ke suraag koi paayein
Kisi yaare naamabar ka
Har ek ajnabee se poochein
Jo pata hai apne ghar ka
Sar-e-koo-e-naashnaayan
Hamein din se raat karna
Kabhi is se baat karna
Kabhi us se baat karna
Tumhe kya kahoon ke kya hai
Shab-e-gam buri bala hai
Hamein yeh bhi tha ganeemat
Jo koi shumaar hota
Hamein kya bura tha marna
Agar ek baar hota!

-Faiz Ahmed Faiz


Cover

My heart, my wandering heart
It has been decreed once again
That you and I leave our land
Crying out from lane to lane
Seeking town after town
For some kind of sign
From a friendly messenger
Asking every stranger
The way to our own home
Heading into unfamiliar avenues
We turn day into night
Now speaking with him
Now talking to her
How can I explain what it is
The eve of sorrow is a wicked curse
I could have accepted it
Had it brought me some notice
Dying wouldn't be so bad
If it were only once!