Plot
In a formal hearing before the village Panchayat, Ramchander accuses his first wife, Sanja, of being unfaithful by living with a male named Bhavar, and asks that he be compensated Rs.30,000/- or 30 Acres from Bhavar's land failing which Sanja's face should be blackened, her hair cut and be paraded naked before the entire village. The Panchayat decides in favor of Ramchander and gives Sanja 3 months to come up with the amount or face the humiliating punishment. Things are not exactly in Sanja's favor, as she was born out of wedlock from a lose-charactered woman, Bhijabai, and is barren - which resulted in Ramchander's second marriage through which he sired a son. Bhavar refuses to give up his land, but assists Sanja in raising some money by getting her to dance and sing. Just before the end of the stipulated deadline, Bhavar informs her that the money is stolen. The Panchayat gathers the next day, is informed that she is unable to compensate her husband, and has no choice but to adhere to the Panchayat's aforementioned decision.
Ambalika (Hindi: अम्बालिका) was the daughter of Kashya, the King of Kashi, and queen of Vichitravirya, King of Hastinapura. Along with her sisters Amba and Ambika, she was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara, the latter having challenged and defeated the assembled royalty. He presented them to Satyavati for marriage to Vichitravirya. After Vichitravirya's death, his mother Satyavati sent for her first born, Rishi Veda Vyasa. She asked him to father children on the widowed queens of Vichitravirya according to the prevalent custom of Niyoga. Veda Vyasa had come from years of intense meditation and as a result, he looked tremendously unkempt. When he approached Ambalika, she turned pale in fear. Her son Pandu, the result of the niyoga, was born with a pale appearance. After the death of Pandu, Ambalika accompanied her mother-in-law Satyavati and sister Amba to the forest and spent the rest of her days in spiritual retreat.
This adrenaline rush is keeping me high
Keep it coming around
It keeps the days alive and makes the hours fly
Keep it coming around
And when the hold-ups
Start holding you down
Keep your eyes to ground
And when the hold-ups
Start holding us down
Just keep your eyes to ground
For I cannot disgrace myself
When the motion fails for the very fist time
Don't give the game away
When it raises its head and it threatens to stay
Don't give the game away
And If my time is tabled and my clock is on time
I can keep it alive
And if my day is set and I haven't stopped yet
I can carry on fine
For I will have redeemed myself
Setup the day
Give it away
And everything I've been thinking of
With no time to think
There's no time to sink
I'm looking out for an ambush
From beginning to end
Potential to bend
There can be no interruptions
Setup the day
Give it away
And stop this motion from slowing
This adrenaline rush is keeping me high
Keep it coming around
It keeps the days alive and makes the hours fly
Keep it coming around
And If my time is tabled and my clock is on time
I can keep it alive
And if my day is set and I haven't stopped yet
I can carry on fine
For I will have redeemed myself
Setup the day
Give it away
And everything I've been thinking of
With no time to think
There's no time to sink
I'm looking out for an ambush
From beginning to end
Potential to bend
There can be no interruptions
Setup the day
Give it away
And stop this motion from slowing
Setup the day
Give it away
And everything I've been thinking of
With no time to think
There's no time to sink
I'm looking out for an ambush
From beginning to end
Potential to bend
There can be no interruptions
Setup the day
Give it away
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
There is fortune in my name
Currency in letters
If this life is just a game
I'll try to play it better
We all started just the same
The hopeful and the hopeless
On the streets we made our name
Our confidence, our harness
I know the marks
They don't show
On the outside
But each of us
Carries a tale
And one of these days
We won't talk anymore
Silence begins
When we fail
And I
Think I, might break
(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
Now we separate again
But who to lay the blame on
These years of laying claim
To values I could count on
I know the marks
They don't show
On the outside
But each of us
Carries a tale
One of these days
We won't talk anymore
Silence begins
When we fail, And I
Think I, might break
(Ah) And I
(Ah) Think I, might break
(Ah) And I
This is no accident
This is no lucky encounter
She's been standing
In this spot for hours
Trying to think
Of something good to say
She thinks
She might be wrong
Could you just tell her
The way to go?
If you happen
To be going there, too
Could she maybe
Get a ride with you?
So soon, she never thought
That she could find another
When in reality
You really should take cover
Here comes the heartbreak
Here comes the end of days
She, she hopes
That you can lose
Your faith together
She needs some company
When losing it forever
Here comes the hollow
Here comes
The life she knows
She needs new scenery
She needs
A brighter reflection
Just a new excuse
To stay indoors
With a little time
To settle scores
And for the first few months
You think
You've never been happier
How could anything
As this could change?
How could
Anything be rearranged?
So soon, she never thought
That she could find another
When in reality
You really should take cover
Here comes the heartbreak
Here comes the end of days
She, she hopes
That you can lose
Your faith together
She needs some company
When on losing it forever
Here comes the hollow
Here comes
The life she knows
The life she knows
She needs some company
When losing it
When losing it
Give her some company
When losing it
When losing it
Oh, oh, oh, oh
She needs to lose
Your faith together
She needs to lose
Your faith together
She needs some help
We live for the greater
We live for the good
At least
That's what I thought
She understood
So why
Then the phone call
The torrent of words
That dismissed
The past decades
And deemed them absurd?
And what did you think about
Think about with her?
And what did you talk about
Talk about with her?
There's nothing
That I wouldn't do
To remedy
This thing for you
If silence means
That much to you
Then I promise
To keep silent, too
Bear in mind
One final thing
The solitude
That it will bring
If silence
Outlives everything
The residue
Will never thin
Deny me the first time
Deny me then twice
But not once again
If you value this life
The oldest is broken
The youngest clings on
But the middle tries hard
To still belong
And what did you think about
Think about with her?
And what did you talk about
Talk about with her?
There's nothing
That I wouldn't do
To remedy
This thing for you
If silence means
That much to you
Then I promise
To keep silent, too
Bear in mind
One final thing
The solitude
That it will bring
If silence
Outlives everything
The residue
Will never thin
Buried alive
And with nobody watching
Severed all ties
With the mother of lies
No circle of friends
No scattering ashes
Just hang up the line
And pray you'll be fine
And what did you think about
Think about with her?
And what did you talk about
Talk about with her?
There's nothing
That I wouldn't do
To remedy
This thing for you
If silence means
That much to you
Then I promise
To keep silent, too
Bear in mind
One final thing
The solitude
That it will bring
If silence
Outlives everything
The residue
Dancing in the deep
Her body
Strengthens in a way
We don't see
In you and me
These limbs
They can take you higher
They can take you higher
Tailored by the moons
She mates so well
Perfected
By the symmetry
Her body tells
Just you wait and see
These limbs
They can take you higher
They can take you higher
Sitting by the bed
I can see
Through her skin
She can hardly
Breathe a word
Her body is so thin
But I can still see
These limbs
They can break
Like branches
They can break
Hold up your glasses
Shout for the masses
Here we go
And so begins the show
And not for the first time
We step on the fault line
And just like that
We watch the fireworks start
Oh, sleep, if you can
You said it was alright
You said it was just
Another night
But your eyes
Betray the fight
And as for this new land
Well, it's not what you
Had planned, right?
Of love
For this life
Is stale as tough
Oh, sleep, if you can
Tell me
That it isn't true
The things you say
He did to you
For my rage flies
And a man dies
So this is what
I'd like to do
But I don't think
That you want me to
'Cause people are listening
And watching and pointing
They're looking for windows
And dreaming on porches
So don't say a word
If you want to be here
In the morning
In the morning
So it all ends here
Almost a way
Out the door
And I'm suddenly
Fixed to the floor
Oh, sleep
Oh, look at the view
Look at the people running, They've so much to do
Better than you
Better than take what's coming, Nothing's ever new
And everything that looks so good from here
Living out a dream I've had for a year
Living out a dream I've had
Oh, the avenue
They're taking the trees down, And they're asking me and you
What can we do?
We can stand in a circle, Paying tribute with paper and glue
And everything that looks so good from here
Living out a dream I've had for a year
Living out a dream I've had
I was sure I'd move to heaven, But the feeling didn't last
We've never been forgiven, For the things done in the past
I often stand and stare at you, Protected by the glass
But I have nothing more to say to you, So please don't ever ask
Oh, hidden from view
The place that we keep from, How I miss those elegant lines
And the sun on the blinds
They beckon me down here, From what I know now are sunnier climbs
And everything that looks so good from here
Living out a dream I've had for a year
Living out a dream I've had
I was sure I'd move to heaven, But the feeling didn't last
We've never been forgiven, For the things done in the past
I often stand and stare at you, Protected by the glass
But I have nothing more to say to you, So please don't ever ask
I never knew that I had been here before
They're running through houses, And breaking down doors
No matter where you go, They'll follow you, follow you, follow you
I was sure I'd move to heaven, But the feeling didn't last
We've never been forgiven, For the things done in the past
I often stand and stare at you, Protected by the glass
Given the light
Give it some truth
Given the maybe
Give it some proof
This body is cleaner
I'm one to behold
My truth was uncovered
Untainted and told
I loathed the people
I considered old
Oh, the optimist
Teach me to follow
Teach me to lead
Teach me to stand up
And how to succeed
As long as I'm upright
I'll try to prolong
The notion
That future events
Must go on
No matter the turn out
Is right or is wrong
They trusted you
And all the things
You often made
Them do, and now
Everyone smilin'
Telling me
I've got
To trust you to
Do no wrong
'Cause if you do
You just won't live
As long, and now
Everyone's cryin'
Someone's telling them
To just stop trying
Given some truth
Call it a lie
Given some action
Ask yourself why
This body is slow
And it's seen
It's best days
My truth is uncovered
My negative ways
I'm one of the people
I struggle to praise
Oh, the pessimist
Teach me to follow
But never to lead
Teach me to stay down
And never succeed
When everyone's watching
It's hard to admit
The movement of shadows
That lead me to quit
I grapple with time
But I can't make it fit
They trusted you
With all the things
You often made them do
And now
Everyone smillin'
Telling me
I've got to trust you to
Do no wrong
'Cause if you do
You just won't live
As long, and now
Everyone's smilin'
Someone's telling them
I drive through streets
I could walk for weeks
Full of life
Or full of loneliness
Whose eyes
Will I watch from today?
The day I signed
My horror signed
My glass
Was overflowing
Celebrate
This rope's
Getting tighter
And someone
Is pulling me
Back to the start
I need something
That I know now, oh
Just too far away
From home now, oh
Just a sight or sound
To trust now
Keep it simple
Keep me static
Just enough
To lose the panic
Let me see
The light again
I have to know
Where it goes
Needing
From the inside out
This gut rot
I could do without
So sinister
A pastime
I have to know
I have to go
So cut the cord
Throw overboard
This history
That claims of me
My present
And my future
Both clear to see
Both bound to be
A replica
This life so far
I think it's time
I raised the bar
But this rope's
Getting tighter
And someone
Is pulling me
Back to the start, oh
I need something
That I know now, oh
Just too far away
From home now, oh
Just a sight or sound
To trust now, oh
Keep it simple
Keep me static
Just enough
To lose the panic
Let me see
The light again
I have to know
I have to go
Needing
From the inside out
This gut rot
I could do without
So sinister
A pastime
I have to know
Such an ugly girl
Took another girl home
Let her feast
On a friendship
That she'd never known
She makes up
These games to play
But I'm not laughing
Along today
Someone hatchets
My life away
No matter how
Hard that I try, try
You're always
Telling me "bye, bye"
And then I'm asking you
But "why, why?"
When you're running off again
Without a moment to explain
You couldn't stand the fact
You couldn't pull us apart
Chasing home from you
Running us down in the dark
She uses affairs to say
"There's just one way
And it's my way"
"If you don't fit
Then you'll might as well"
No matter how
Hard that I try, try
You're always
Telling me "bye, bye"
And then I'm asking you
But "why, why?"
When you're running off again
Without a moment to explain
You'll come
Around again, I know it
'Cause when you think
You've almost, blown it
And I'll continue to
Ignore it
When you're running off again
Without a moment to explain
How preoccupied
You always seem to be
Looking at strangers
And suddenly we're three
I'm moving over now
I think
You've had enough of me
You'll come around again
I know it
'Cause when you think
You've almost, blown it
And I'll continue to
Ignore it
When you're running off again
Without a moment to explain
You'll come around again
You'll come around
You'll come around again
You'll come around
You'll come around again
You'll come around, oh
You'll come around again
You'll come around
You'll come around again
You'll come around
You'll come around again
This house does
Not feel like a home
Is it occupied?
This life
Is not one that I own
Do I dramatise?
These days I think
I'll stay at home
By the fireside
Just leave the outdoors
To get on
While I theorise
There is nothing here
To celebrate
I should be kickin' out
My heels parade, ah
If it fits
Then I'll wear it
If you can hear me
I'll declare it
Share it
I've called
Your name out
Sunny and blue
I've picture sitting
Just me and you
No one else is
Ever around
This is the acid test
That i've found
At least three times
In a single week
I am run aground
There is no warning
I can seek
I am always found
There is no rhyme
Or reason to this
A fault appears
With the gaping hollow
Under my feet
I disappear
There is nothing here
To stop me
I just fall until
It's got me, ah
If it fits
Then I'll wear it
If you can hear me
I'll declare it
Share it
I've called
Your name out
Sunny and blue
I picture sitting
Just me and you
No one else is
Ever around
This is the acid test
That i've found
I think I need
To shake up
Wake up fast
Forgive a little low
I won't let it last
With every little day
That passes
Something is fixin'
If something is broken
This conversation
Is no longer talkin'
I've called
Your name out
Sunny and blue
I picture sitting
Just me and you
No one else is
Ever around
This is the acid test