Auf Wiedersehen

I bid thee farewell

The horrid fate you reveal

On every breath

And on every soul

The same ordeal

Reflections that fade away

On every heart

And on every mind

Frantic thoughts that sway

On the shores of solitude

Where agonizing spirits dwell

I bid thee farewell

And offer myself in turpitude

Farewell,

Today we end this strife

For it's a place

Where all hopes die

And immortal spirits cry

Wiedersehen, Dear Life!

Time

I was reading a play, "Time's Visitors" by F. Sladin Smith, time had this to say...

Someone who is nearly always grumbled at and cursed-and that is so foolish. Slowly, relentlessly, things come to pass: and as relentlessly they alter. The greatest of all illusions is permanence. There can be no permanence; birth and death, order and chaos jostle each other incessantly. And for the things which happen to them, and above all, for the foolish things they do and the calamities they bring upon themselves, men blame me, forgetting that without my greatest attribute, they could not live. For I am the great healer: I am the eternal physician. Quietly unobtrusively, moment by moment, I heal. Without my persistent comfort there could be no living; without me men would indeed go mad. Every minute which slips noiselessly by has its restorative power. I give calmness after perplexity, hope after despair, peace after strife; I soften all bitterness, I heal. If I take away. I give again; if I slay, I bring to life; above all, I give wisdom and courage. On my calm face you will see neither turmoil or fear. You feel now that nothing can ever be the same, but I will teach you slowly and with infinite patience that the sharpest sorrow can melt into the gentlest memory! Even as you sit here the quiet work has begun, but it will be many months before you will feel its influence. Sleep now, and I will slowly renew courage in your heart. Sleep now, and I will turn your sorrow to peace, your weakness to strength. On time's unfathomable sea you sail, and the waters of healing are all around you. Sleep!

The Beginning of the End!

Welcome the beginning of the End!

Breath, Bound to be life's slave

Today, I bury the heart that bleeds

This Journey ends....

ends from the Cradle to the Grave

Every grief to balance a joy

Nothin can fill the void

Wish I never laughed (never lauged),

For it's now hard.. (hard to cry).

Life, something I always believed

In a moment of stillness, deceived

In the Heavens shall I mend

For this is only the beginning of the end!

Today, will the empty nothingness end

Today, will life pretend?

Today, will the heart mend?

Today, God, will it be..

The Beginning of the end?

Cries on the Wind

Twenty years and one,

Iz'rael rip apart the body and soul

This burning flame, growing cold

Never was this mind so bold

I see far.. far beyond the horizon

Not a single breath I could call my own

You'll know me.. feel me.., when I'm gone

Hear my cries.. my cries on the wind

I pray to thy Unquestionable Presence,

Call me home, rest this black soul

When everything dies, and left is, only Your Essence

Let them hear my cries.. My cries on the wind!

Twenty years and one,

Iz'rael rip apart the body and soul

This burning flame, growing cold

Never was this mind so bold

Victim of this mental deception

I'm losing the War..Another day, another loss

Blue eyes turned black, A mere perception?

I've lost.. the war!

I won't shed a tear, but you'll feel me
I won't scream, but you'll hear me
This dark soul would soon fly away
And you'll hear me.. hear my cries on the Wind!!

Life Begins..

Life, years of desperation
Passed away in lamentation

Showed the garden of love to make life blosom
Wishing to forget - alone.. Alone I burn

My thoughts, My ideas... Rotten
Childish huh?

Sigh, and sigh I again on my fate
Containing only suffering and pain!

I still live on my love's stake
In the darkness of night I want to tear down my shirt!

Why? I question myself, Why a thought so desperate? 'cuz I'm HURT!
No I dont want to answer you! you? or me? Im confused

I wish I was never born.. and here Im living,
Burning in the flames of agony..

To fade away forever....
..As a tale long forgotten!!

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

Album: Ride the Lightning

Artist: Metallica

Released: July 30, 1984

Armageddon, the first song of this Thrash Metal classic - "Fight Fire With Fire", deals with the topic of the end of the world because of a nuclear war. "Blow the universe into nothingness Nuclear warfare shall lay us to rest". The songs intro is played on a 12-string acoustic, which soon takes off into the fast thrash sound of what early Metallica was all about. One of the finest most melodic guitar solo is played by lead guitarist, Kirk Hammett on the song. Powerful riffs, and the first of the Lars Ulrich's double bass can also be heard on this track. Next comes the title track, the first of the two songs on the album which credits Dave Mustaine (ex-Metallica / Megadeth) on the lead. "Ride the Lightning" has powerful vocals along with lyrics that deal with the misery and corruption of the law, the song has one of the finest bass work, done by the, late-great bassist, Cliff Burton.

Talking about Cliff Burton, the third song, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" which has now become a fan-favorite starts off with a "bass-lead" which was written by Burton before joining Metallica. For Whom the Bell Tolls features heavy drumming and bass work along with a guitar-work which is often over-shadowed by the bass. And then comes one of the most famous Metallica songs, "Fade to Black", the first power-ballad by Metallica. With the use of acoustic guitars in the song, Metallica was labelled as "sell-outs" by some of their fans, who later on realized and now, the track is a fan-favorite. It deals with the topic of suicide and depression. And was written when all of the band's equipement was stolen before a gig, in Boston. Fade to Black features a lengthy solo which has been rated 24 in the "100 best solos ever Reader's Choice". The solo and the drumming in the end is usually improvised in live versions, which makes it nothing but better.

Keeping with Fade to Black's depression, "Trapped Under Ice" deals with the death of a person due to drowning under ice. This song has one of the finest and powerful riffs along with vocals that defined the genre, we know as, Thrash Metal. From the relatively slow vocals in Fade to Black, to fast screams, James Hetfield proves to be a versatile vocalist. And yet again, for those who question Kirk Hammett's ability, Trapped Under Ice features a small, but amazing guitar-solo.

Next comes, "Escape", which is nonetheless a great song, but falls pale when taken in view with all the other great songs on the album, such as the fan-favorite, "Creeping Death". Creeping Death features thunderous drumming, and lyrics inspired by the movie, "The Ten Commandments". The song has an amazing guitar solo, along with a nice bass line. It's a fixture in Metallica's live shows and the chorus of "Die by my hand" is usually sung by the crowd which gives the song a majestic feeling. [Monsters of Rock, Russia, anyone?] Melody, which has been a part of almost every song, is seen in the ending of Creeping Death. The track ends with a mesmerizing lead.

Finally, the album ends with a almost 9-minute long 'instrumental'. "The Call of Ktulu". The song is credited to Dave Mustaine along with other members of the band, and is one of the best of the four instrumentals done by Metallica. Ktulu (Cthulu) is a beast whose name brings death to mortals. And the Instrumental gives this evil feel to it right from the start. Ktulu has been taken from H.P Lovecraft's book, which was introduced to the band by their bassist, Cliff Burton. The song's demo version was named, "When Hell Freezes Over" and probably features more work of Dave Mustaine.

Responsible for defining the sound of "Thrash Metal", Ride the Lightning is a landmark, and one of the finest albums to be produced by Metallica. The album laid the foundations for the masterpiece which was to come next, "Master of Puppets" and shows the influence of Cliff Burton on every other song. The melody along with the fast thrashy riffs are combined in a way, which couldn't have been done any better. For any thrash metal fan, Ride the Lightning is a 'must' hear.

Rating - 4.5/5

Tracklisting -

1. "Fight Fire with Fire" (Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) - 4:44

2. "Ride the Lightning" (Mustaine, Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) - 6:36

3. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) - 5:09

4. "Fade to Black" (Hammett, Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) - 6:57

5. "Trapped Under Ice" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 4:03

6. "Escape" (Hammett, Hetfield, Ulrich) - 4:23

7. "Creeping Death" (Hammett, Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) - 6:35

8. "The Call of Ktulu" [Instrumental] (Mustaine, Hetfield, Burton, Ulrich) - 8:53

Hyphen between Matter & Soul; Life

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave. ~Quentin Crisp

And that is.., what we call, Life.

Facebook

Uh, this good for nothing site started quite some months back and gained popularity at a very rapid pace. A large number of people from orkut moved to facebook, and it prolly is right now second only to orkut. I too, joined it in its formative days. But soon I realized how lame, how disorganized and how boring the site actually is. I still have a profile there, but that profile serves only to annoy me. When you login you see around 19356 notifications, which includes 2556 new applications that you wish to add or not. It actually has an option to see what your friends scrap (post in the wall) of each other. Talk about lameness, just talk about it. Why would I want to know what a guy is posting in another guys scrapbook? WHY?

Not only that, facebook gives you a mighty lame profile page. Totally disorganized, half of the things here, half there. Takes you 11 minutes to realize where is the button you were looking for. Recently there was a news to put a ban on facebook, I say it's justified. Do it, close the goddamned site. All it serves is to make people waste 342 minutes on something which should take them at max 1 minute and 23 seconds to do. And you see every poser coming and asking you, 'dude you at facebook?' I mean, wtf? Someone explain to me what in oblivion is so good about that site? Wait, no need. End of the day, Facebook is lame, more lame than Manowar, okay maybe not that much. But it is, and if you think otherwise, I have news for you. Yes, KMAYLB!

p.s, orkut > facebook (fact)

Hole in the Sky!!

Today morning was probably one of the finest in a long time.
I met a guy by the name of promit, or simply "mit" as he liked to be called.
Everything he said was gold! Uh, priceless even! For example the following quotes;

• hair metal? wht hair metal? wht does metal hav to do with hair? arent megadeth and iron maiden hair metal bands too then??
• lars ulrich plays faster and heavier than joey jordison, mike portnoy and scott travis

The gentleman is not yet aware of hair-metal, and thinks Lars can actually play faster and heavier than Portnoy!? Whatever that means. Not to mention he apparently has more Metallica than any of us can have in this lifetime. A whooping 700 mb!! Umm, yeah, thats mb, not gb.

• ya duds think watever u like.....more METALLICA sngs than me......well not in this life.........and ma quotes r great dude....thanks again loser.............

Where did I meet this character? On orkut obviously, thats my place to roam around. I have been recently told that Megadeth covered Battery, and that all of us (me and a couple of other people trying to convinve him that 'deth never did such a cover) are assholes, and that we don't know shit about Metallica or music for that matter. The reason all this was, because he got it from.. Limewire. The self-proclaimed "Ultimate downloader" has a young sister! Err, no, nothing like that.. she is just 10, and she too was laughing on.. 'us' for having no knowledge about Metallica. Mit apparently is listening to Metallica for 5 years now. And has around slightly over 5 albums. Ah yes, you might be wanting to read another of those priceless quotes by now!

• hav lots of fade to black live......i dnt go 4 music vdos....ur gettin me na an..........i dnt kip music vdos......so idnt kno if it xists or not.....not ma fav... song 2ooo.....

That happened, when I was inquiring from him that if Metallica ever made a music video for Fade to Black. I just wanted to save these hilarious quotes, hence the post. Finally I'll leave with a bunch of more 'priceless quotes'.

• motley crue is a good band? oh ya? tell me how many copies they hav sold!!
• the crowd goes wild in metallica concerts, dosnt happen with other bands
• ma 10 yr old sis is laughin at u guys.....she knos more METALLICA than u2....ok...........asta la vista......vai nd sid............

Selling copies makes a band good, Linkin Park certainly deserves a mention here. Better than 'deth? Someone shoot him! Crowd goes wild in Metallica concerts? Certainly. Doesn't happen with other bands? I'll leave for anyone and everyone to decide who has seen or know of any concert of.., say, Lamb of God, Megadeth or any major band for that matter.

Broken - Sonata Arctica

Okay, I have fallen in love with this song. So I thought I'd share the lyrics.
The song actually reached third spot in my all time favorite songs. Behind Fade to Black & Led Zeppelin's masterpiece, Stairway to Heaven.

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I was raised from a broken seed

I grew up to be an unwanted weed

Ever faster the time exceeds me

Little harder again to remember you

---

Held a torch for you, when lightning stroke me

Once again, hope I died for the last time

Only one I have a thing greater than you

Little light on the sky every night.

---

Morning dew on the field, where I met you

I was frozen a year, couldn't get through

Got a sign, not a scar, on my shoulder

I am not quite the man you take me for

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Fell in love with the weakness within me

Tried to force me the Ring and own me

Guess you found what you'd think would oblige me

Little version of me to consume you

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I'd give my everything to you

Follow you through the garden of oblivion

If only I could tell you everything

The little things you'll never dare to ask me

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Do you really know me?

Show me that you care and have a cry

How do you see me?... As the one?

Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding

How can you love this exile?

And how could I desire you?

When my pain is my pain and yours is too

---

On this dark winter's night

Darkness becomes this child

Bless this night with a tear

For I have none, I fear

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Seven lives of a man passed before me

Seven graves, one for every love I've had

Only once I have broken my so-called heart

Only one made me see why they cry

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Will I learn how to be one of you someday?

Will I still feel the eyes that behold me?

Will I hear what you think when you see me?

Will it tear me apart if you feel for me?

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I'd give my everything to you

Follow you through the garden of oblivion

If only I could tell you everything

The little things you'll never dare to ask me

---

Do you really know me?

Show me that you care and have a cry

How do you see me?... As the one?

Can you see my blood when I'm bleeding?

How can you love this exile?

And how could I desire you?

When my pain is my pain and yours is too

---

On this dark winter's night

Darkness becomes this child

Bless this night with a tear

For I have none I fear

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Little broken, always been

A part of you belongs to me

You were never mine to love

But this all has made it easy for me

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Burning feathers, not an angel

Heaven's closed, Hell's sold out

So I walk on earth, behind the curtains

Hidden from everyone

Until I find a new life to ruin again

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On this dead winter's night

Darkness becomes this child

Bless this night with a tear

For I have none I fear

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On this dead winter's night

Darkness becomes this child

Bless this night with a tear

For I have none I fear

War – For Peace.., From the Victim's Eyes.

Not knowing of what the future holds, a young lad walks the streets, jokes and talks with his friends, who make the little world around him. Fed with the belief since his birth to be the master of his self, to be able to control his surroundings, this young boy looks for nothing more than a peaceful life, a nice house, love and a cup of coffee by the fire, just before the final chapter of his life unfolds before his eyes. This young kid is no one else, but me. And this is my life, my world and my fate.

Such are the little worlds spread in every house, across every nation, everywhere on the planet. When I put the morning paper on the table and I see the after-math of the war of my age, I wonder, wonder about the lives of kids and families who are not different than me, nor different than anyone who resides on our planet. An attack on the WTC’s triggered a war, which according to the president of our current super-power was, War… for peace. I am unable to comprehend such statements; they make no sense to me. A nation which is unable to figure out a hi-jacked plane en-route to a major city puts a whole list of prime suspects out in less time than imaginable. Not only that, the nation goes to attack another country, a country which probably is not able to design a ball-bearing, let alone trigger such terrorist-acts.

Osama Bin Laden, a name that brings fear to a lot of the people in the world, why does it not bring out feelings of hate and fear in my mind? Probably because man is taught to hate, not by nature, not by instinct, but his own kind. The list of the prime-suspects had Osama’s name on top; I was not surprised when the US went on to attack Afghanistan, a whole nation of innocent people, which after years of war, was finally on the verge of industrial take-off. I’m still unable to understand the reasons behind the war, which is the war of our age, hundreds of thousands of people perished, for one prime-suspect. Why? I have no answer. But this did not affect much of my life, nor did it make any difference for the world I was a part of, except that it saddened me deeply. But I still joked with my friends; I still had dreams that needed fulfillment.

The war for peace had taken a new turn, and it was now looking straight in the eyes of the nation I called mine. Iraq! Like a hungry beast, that longs to feast on his prey, America was planting excuses to invade my nation. And alas, we heard it one day. Ah yes, you guessed it right, Weapons of Mass Destruction. My country, ruled by a dictator, who tortured those who were guilty, hanged those who murdered, maybe hanged a few innocent people, was now accused of making WMD’s. After all the explanations, the urge and hunger of oil got the better of US and the fateful month of March, 2003, US invaded. Again, hundreds of thousands of people were killed, the whole infrastructure destroyed, obviously, there were not WMD’s, so the accusation cleverly removed from the gullible mind of the rest of the world, who like the once me, maybe were saddened, but forgot the original reason of the invasion pretty easily. I not only lost my family, I lost my nation, my heritage, my world. Now I live as a refugee with all the hopes which are now faded memories, and a deep grief of my perished family.

To all those who talk on the evening family gathering, I still want to say only one thing, it was not WMD’s, it was not the dictatorship, it was and still is, a war.., for peace. Peace for certain sick individuals that control the lives of millions and use them for their inhumane acts. Saddam did wrong, the country was standing, and US brought peace, I, who was a proud citizen now live as a refugee. The country has crumbled and fallen to its knees. If that’s the definition of good and bad, then I beg to differ, and I must say; I have nothing to do with this world, anymore.

Ancient Egypt and The Pyramids at Giza

I wrote this some years back, I thought I'd share my love for the pyramids.

Two Great Forces - The Nile River and the Surrounding Desert shaped one of the world's most enduring civilizations. Each year the river over-flowed its banks and deposited a fresh layer of rich earth across its flood-plain, inspiring Egyptians to call this region, Kemit - The Black Land. This predictable cycle of renewal nourished farmer's fields, filled the royal granaries and supported the theocracy headed by a divinely connected King, or Pharaoh. Whose basic concepts held steady for more than three millennia. Khufu, who built the great pyramid was the son of the First King of the Old Kingdom, in 4th Dynasty (2950 - 2575bc) named, Snefru.

As kings strengthened their control and organized the administration of their territory which stretched south to Nubia. The increasingly channeled the country's resources into the preparation of their tombs. Early architects worked in mud-bricks but in the 3rd Dynasty they began to engineer ever-larger pyramids, in stone. Only royals were buried in these tombs inside pyramids. But wealthy noblemen constructed their own elaborate tombs. They inscribed the walls with hieroglyphics that depicted the bounty they hoped the afterlife would hold. Grave goods included papyrus writing material and items made from gold and lapis-lazuli.

Much of the building took place during the month when the Nile flooded the cultivated fields and the King could put the idled farmers to work on construction crews. For King Khufu's great Pyramid at Giza plateau workers prepared and set in place some 2.3 million stone blocks weighing 2 and a half tons each. Khufu's authority was absolute, but by the 6th Dynasty regional administrators had begun to usurp royal authority. Eventually sever kings competed for control and Egypt endured a time of internal conflict, poverty and famine; the first intermediate period.

The Great Pyramid of Khufu was 481 feet high and was the tallest monument in the world until the 19th Century. There are three pyramids in line, facing West, the left most is of Menkaure (grand-son of the grand-son of Khufu), the middle pyramid is of, Khafre (grand-son of Khufu) and the right most is the Great Pyramid, built by, Khufu.

Giza is the name of the plateau where the great pyramid is situated, it was made some 4,500 years from now. There are two main chambers in the Pyramid of Khufu. Namely, the King's Chamber and the Queen's Chamber. Some 25,000 workers worked for years to make the 481 feet high monument. Some of the mysteries about the great pyramid is, that how did they managed to take those 2.5 ton heavy stone blocks up at the height of 481 feet? Or how did they squared the circle (golden ratio, math). Well maybe that’s why they called him, The Pharaoh.

One

Today, I will talk about another masterpiece, One by Metallica. The song’s lyrics deal with an individual’s thoughts who is left on others to rely. This song has one of the best music videos by any artist. The video has scenes from the movie, “Johnny Got His Gun” in which a soldier loses his arms, legs, speech, sight and the ability to hear anything. Hence, leaving him completely immobile.

Lets analyze the lyrics;

I Can't Remember Anything
Can't Tell If this Is True or Dream
Deep down Inside I Feel to Scream
this Terrible Silence Stops Me
This stanza sums it all up, someone who has lost everything, even his memory. He cannot differentiate between his life and a nightmare. He wants to scream and to let go himself of that pain, but the silence stops him.
Now That the War Is Through with Me
I'm Waking up I Can Not See
That There Is Not Much Left of Me
Nothing Is Real but Pain Now
Finally the hardships of life are over, He wakes up but can’t really make anything of what has happened, everything feels like an illusion, only thing that he can understand is pain, unbearable pain.
Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death
Oh Please God, wake Me
The individual realizes that he is completely immobile and he wishes for his death.
Back in the Womb its Much Too Real
in Pumps Life That I must Feel
but Can't Look Forward to Reveal
Look to the Time When I'll Live
Life in the womb is more real then what is left of him now, he was able to feel as life was being pumped into him when he was an unborn child, and he looked forward to the time when he would live!
Fed Through the Tube That Sticks in Me
Just like a Wartime Novelty
Tied to Machines That Make Me Be
Cut this Life off from Me
The thoughts of his formation comes to his mind, when he was attached to his mother, that feeling makes him suffer even more & the individual wishes to cut the very life off from him.
Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death
Oh Please God, Wake me
Now the World Is Gone I'm Just One
Oh God, Help Me, Hold My Breath as I Wish for Death
Oh Please God Help Me
The feeling of helplessness and the fear of noone understanding him makes him beg to God to take his miserable life or to wake him up. The whole world for him is lost, all he feels is just himself. And he pleads for mercy, for death.
Darkness Imprisoning Me
All That I See
Absolute Horror
I Cannot Live
I Cannot Die
Trapped in Myself
Body My Holding Cell
And he lives, he feels an eternal darkness surrounding him, the only thing visible to him is horror. He cannot live nor die, he feels his own body as a trap which is not letting go his soul.
Landmine Has Taken My Sight
Taken My Speech
Taken My Hearing
Taken My Arms
Taken My Legs
Taken My Soul
Left Me with Life in Hell

Finally he talks to himself and lives the very moment of eternal darkness once again. How he stepped foot on a landmine and as a result lost his sight, speech, hearing ability, both arms and legs. And more importantly his soul. His life, a living hell.

Why am I attached to this song? I’m not sure. But these lyrics tell a lot about war. This is one such individuals thoughts, there are hundreds and thousands of victims who suffer the same fate, or probably even worse every day. For the world today is advanced but in darkness. We hear every day on the news, “War for Peace”
The phrase does not make any sense to me. The lust for power has driven man into such a state of mind that he feels nothing but his own hunger. And for that, he bothers not about anything or anyone.
May the world be a better place, not for me but for you, for us and more importantly for the whole of mankind.

Fade to Black

Fade to Black is a song by the American Thrash Metal band Metallica. The original reason behind the lyrical masterpiece is not more then stolen equipment. But how I interpret it, is a little different.

Life it seems, will fade away

This thing we call life is passing by every moment,

Drifting further every day

With every passing day, life drifts away from me,and I seem to have no control on it..

Getting lost within myself

I try to understand what it is, and I feel lost..

Nothing matters no one else

It's about no one else but me & my life..

I have lost the will to live

I have lost the last hope I ever had of living,

Simply nothing more to give

This world and this life demands what I can not give,

There is nothing more for me

In this world of give n take, now there is nothing much left for me..

Need the end to set me free

I want to see my last day, and free my soul..

Things are not what they used to be

Missing one inside of me

Nothing seems to be in place, I feel I've lost something, which I held close to my heart..

Deathly loss, this can't be real

Cannot stand this hell I feel

This feeling of loss is unbearable, is it real? It can't be!

Emptiness is filling me

To the point of agony

My lonliness and solitude is making me suffer

Growing darkness taking dawn

I was me, but now He's gone

The sun of life is setting, its getting dark..I lived my life for myself, and now i'm gone..

No one but me can save myself, but its too late

Now I can't think, think why I should even try

If I tried, I might have been able to save myself of this eternal misery,But now I'm too late.. and it's useless to even try

Yesterday seems as though it never existed

Death Greets me warm, now I will just say good-bye

My past life flashes back before my eyes, and it seems to have no value..Death stands next to me, all I can say is.. good-bye!

Death is Certain.., Life is Not!

It's been quite a long time that I came across a song which said, "Death is Certain.., Life is Not" and It took me quite sometime to understand really what it means. After a year and a half of battle with diseases, yesterday my beloved uncle passed away. I never saw life or death for that matter, so closely. Just a couple of days back he was talking to us and now lies six feet under. May God bless him and his family. Rest In Peace my dear uncle, for we will always miss you.

Today I wondered in solitude, I wondered and realized how little we actually are when it comes to Life's final test, i.e., death. All of the life's struggle, all the emotions, every worldly relation & all thoughts end here. It's in my view, a transition to another world. For death is that eternal truth on which every sane human believes. And believe why not? For death is certain. One day or another we all have to embrace the same fate, the light of life fades and we are no more.

Something; Metallica

Almost 26 years have passed since Metallica was born.
My inspiration & a part of my life.
Considering the fact that for over 8 years my life has been surrounded by the music of Metallica, Lets talk about 'em!
If you are a die-hard fan, you might not wanna read this; because most probably you know it already.. anyway; lets see now..
Did you know, Metallica was formed on, October 15th 1981?
Lloyd Grant overdubbed the guitar solo for the first ever demo of, Hit the Lights.
March 14, 1982; almost a little over 25years from today, Metallica performed their first ever gig, at Radiocity, Anaheim, CA.
Anyway, enough of the history lesson for today. Hmm, and It happens that the song is, For Whom the Bell Tolls, SNM Version which is being played here right now.. btw, It was an 80 piece Orchestra which played with Metallica for this concert.

Uh, I have seriously hurt my wrist today, I'll talk about some of my favorite songs in the coming post(s) - namely, Fade to Black & One.
Till then, Farewell.

The Crypt

I stand in shallow water;

In the night with trees suroundin' the crypt

As the wind moves through the trees

Death whispered a lullaby
Eyes; thousands watch over with silence

A silence - deafening silence

And I move deep into the water and overcome my fear

The thoughts in my mind, still unclear
From behind a voice calling,

My son; overhere!
My surroundings so familiar,

Now I remember, Once I was here, Deep inside my heart I now know

This is the land of the Unforgiven

The tormented Heaven!
I fall on my knees - as the water subdues

I welcome my fate with a silent smile

Memories flashback as I enter my last hour

Suddenly light falls from the life's tower
And as I kiss my life goodbye - I realize,

I fought hard, but betrayal!

And now that I ascend to the Heaven,

I question myself - am I forgiven?

Ah yes, that was something I wrote quite a while back. Thought I'd put it up here.

...And It Begins

11 in the night, I create this blog.
Considering the fact that I'm nocturnal, I'm beginning my day, or night for that matter. It starts of with a song by the name of; Fade to Black. Yes, music is a major part of my life and will be a major part of this blog.

9 years ago, when I was still a kid.. not even a teenager, I got hold of this disc it was black in color with a snake on it.. and on one corner I could read the word, "Metallica" Out of curiosity I listened to it. Not knowing that this band will change my life. Of Wolf and Man, yes.. the first song I ever listened to by Metallica.. It was Of Wolf and Man.. and the journey began.

Years have gone by now, and my love for music still grows..