Just look around

Till this day we've held each other
In the comfort of a fear;
All the voices in the distance
Tearing apart your love from mine;
When those voices call to you
And if you feel like running away...
(runnin' away, runnin' away, runnin' away...)

Just look around, and may be then,
And baby then you'll find me there
Just look around, and may be then,
And baby then I will be there
Come around, sing along
And baby then you'll find me near

There are questions in my eyes
Staring deep into your soul;
There are tear drops in my eyes
That will wash away the fears;
And some answers that I have
Are for the questions you don't know;
(you don't know...)

So look around, and may be then,
And baby then you'll find me there
Just look around, and may be then,
And baby then I will be there
Turn around, close your eyes
Think of me and I'll be there
(I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there...)

-abhi

PS: another song with the tune in head first, followed by words!

You've Written This?!

It's around 11pm. We've gathered in the auditorium upstairs for practice of a song to be played in the variety show of our college a couple of days later. We're waiting for someone and in the meanwhile our guitarist and his friend come excitedly towards us saying they've composed a new song! We all listen to it, and without a doubt I know I've heard this tune before, yet it's very refreshing! The lyrics they had composed were amazing and went with the flow of the music very well.

It's around 8am next day. The tune from last night has been stuck in my head like crazy. I've forgotten the lyrics but need something to keep humming. Before I realise it I've already made up a verse in my mind! Now totally gripped by this, I think of few other lines to express something meaningful and compose it in a manner that it would flow with the music.

It's around 9am. I tell mom I've written a few lines to add to my friend's song in the same tune. She listens, then smiles midway, then says approvingly, "You've written this?! nice!"

Samne tum baithi ho lekin

Baaten kuch hoti nahi...

Palkon mein tum rehti ho lekin

Yaaden kuch jaati nahin...

Teri khatir paaya hai sabkuch

Teri khatir khoya...

Dil deewana hasta hai lekin

Ha kabhi hai roya...

Humsafar tum kehti ho lekin

Humkadam rehti nahi...

Humnasheen tum kehti ho lekin

Humnawa bhi toh nahin...

-abhi

Hopefully my friends and I will sit down someday and weave all these lines (and some more by then) together into a song and record it for fun!!