2010

What I'll remember about 2010. (Well at least the good stuff!)

The Music.

The People.

The Smiling and the Breaking Down.

My Brother Aditya's Awesomeness.

The Music I Made with Namit.

Times spent with Tulika Gupta.

Annoying Aanchul Lalla. :)

Making new friends like Aditi Shenvi and Laura Aksika and getting in touch with old ones like Pranav Dixit.

The Darkness and The Light and this City in between, showing us the best of both worlds.

You know what? Fuck it. 2010, I have no complaints. You were everything I could've wanted and more. Thank You.

New Song Lyrics.

Here's the Song:

http://soundcloud.com/aakashmehta/newsongdemo

Here are the lyrics!

A Music making entity that lived inside a cave,

Discovered accidentally that he was very brave,

He walked up to the army man and asked him for his gun,

The rest is all but history for what is done is done.

He then looked to humanity but found it very strange,

He looked at all his idols, one by they had to change.

So Music Making Entity went out to look for you,

Went walking incidentally to Mrs. Marry Stew,

she took him by the collar then and almost made him cry,

But Music Making Entity was not that kind of guy,

He told her he had work to do and he could not be late,

and Mrs. Stew's shananagance was slow at any rate.

So Music Making Entity set out to look again,

He looked across the valley and inside the tiger's den.

But every clue he found was round and did not point to you,

And Dear Mr. Entity had started feeling blue...

So Music Making entity sat down and wrote a song,

Left him feeling good again and left him feeling strong,

He got back up to look for you just as he does today,

Sitting every now and then to write a song or pray,

And children love to come to see and smile even wave,

at the Music Making Entity that lived inside a cave.

A herculean task

T'was a moment of raw inspiration and appreciation of the Divine that produced what I wrote below...

Tis truly a herculean task,

To try and put into words certain thoughts...

What sounds profound initially is soon realised to be sub-standard. And is thrown away without a second thought...

Such is writing a song for me.

For when I am connected to thee, I can conquer even the greatest trials set before me. But when our bond is broken, I can but barely even speak a rhyme or sing a tune without the feeling of great purposeless emptiness... I struggle to find the light once again but realise soon that it is not my place to decide when we meet deep inside one another. It is thy will that I shall obey. Thy direction that I shall follow. For thou art my Sheppard. And thou shall lead me to the light oh lord. Thou shall lead me to the light.

PS: Special Thanks to Akshata Kahnolkar for being there at the right point of time to catch the words as they came spilling out! :)