Winter and Stars

Behold the rain of stars – The awakening of darkened skies
 Falling from the dark – The symphony of dying lights
 Behold the rain of stars – The blazing fire came pouring down
 Falling from the dark – And life and death became unbound
 Rise you sons of winter and stars, Rise!
  Fly with us through the darkness
Rise you sons of winter and stars, Rise!
  And we shall embrace the stars
 And we shall open the doors of time
I have awakened the darkness
 Taste the fear! Taste the pain!
 I am the one who seeks vengeance
 Into the darkness we fly
 Into the shadows they hide
 Into the darkness we fly
 They will never survive, they’ll die
 Oh they will die!
 I sacrifice everything, just for one moment
 I throw away everything just for that one thing that matters to me the most
 I’m flying through the darkness
 The fire casts a shadow on me
 I tear a part of my heart for creation of dimensions
 And we fly beyond the restless shadows
 We fly beyond the stars
 We fly beyond the birth of the worlds
 So old I’ve become – Thousand years staring into emptiness
 But now I realize – That it was just an illusion
 All this time I thought it was you that would save the sun
 Oh rain comes and washes the hate away
 Now I am at the crossroads with questions
 Somewhere, someday I will find what I am here for
 Who am I
I’m wondering now where will you take me
 From the horizon the light comes alive
 Into the mountains high we set our way
 Will we find our way in this long winter night
 I see the land of fading sun and rising mountains
 And I finally feel that I’ve found my home
 But oh, how it feels so cold when my dreams wither in fragments of time
 Revealing that this land will die
 Before the winds so cold
 The world was shattered in the fragments of time
 Before the autumn rains
 The coldness will again awake
 Falling snow, so soft and cold
 Dying moon cast down so weak
 Frozen lake, the dancing spirits
 Calling me to join in the cosmic dream
 The silence is tempting me now...
We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
 We’ve come from a far beyond time
 Forever the fire burns in our hearts
 Our world shall never die
 In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
 As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
 We wander in the stars until we’re gone
 Our fate is sealed by eternal sun
 Until we fade away – Fate will find it’s way
 Until we drift into the dark
 It’s not too late to find a way – Fate will find it’s way
 And fly in cold embrace of stars
 Mysteries of time
 Unfolding in cosmic dreams
 Leaving life and death meaningless
 Before the revelation of infinity
 Embrace the stars!
 The energy flows in me like a river of stars
 I’m surrounded by the circle of fire, but eternal ice has frozen my heart
 I’m lost in the pathways of time
 But now the time has come for us!
 We are the Sons of Winter and Stars

Music- The Soul of Life

Songs shape your lives. They have shaped my life since the past five to six years. Rhythm Metal, Heavy Metal, Rock, basically all forms of metal, Classical, Opera, Symphonies, Epics and Poems. You name it. I've heard it all. And loved them all.
Be it Mötorhead or Iron Maiden, Ramones or Green Day, Linkin Park or , Slipknot or Queen, Opeth or DT, Kula Shaker or Reverrse Polarity, Eagles or Neil Diamond, Metallica or Megadeth, Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin. My life is full of music. Our lives are full of music. Full of the strums of the guitar, screams of the Electric and the "drnts" of the Bass. The beats of the drums and the plunks of the Piano, the shouts of singers and the raps of bozos, their narratives and their songs.
We may love one band or the other, one song or the other, the older albums or the newer ones, one genre over the other but it means a different thing to the various individual.
The melodies of these beats and notes and the occasional cacophonies of the thrash metal pieces will always be with us...
Reverberating in in our ears without a single betrayal of Profanity till the very end of the ends .......... In the End.
Music has A Place For my Head, in all our heads...it will never be Forgotten. Music, now i speak directly to you - "Hallowed Be Thy Name." Revelations that music gives us will one day take us to The Final Frontier maybe even just before 2 Minutes to Midnight, without a single Fear Of the Dark. Music will tell us when All Hope Is Gone, and Wherein Lies Continue...
If we may be Soldiers, Music will be in our ears when we Scream Aim Fire, when with a Hand Of Blood we pull out the backstabbing knives in our backs. Even if there is an event of Reverrse Polarity on the earth, Music will still be with us even as we just Ramble On
When thinking about The Catalyst in the chemistry practicals or think about the light of A Thousand Suns in theoretical Astrophysics, Music will always be with us.
When we sing the glory of Manchester United, Music is with us.
We may be Dead By Sunrise, but we will still Crawl Back In towards the Fire thinking about Horseshoes and Hand-grenades with 21 Guns facing us on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams doing the Dance Of Death counting the Number Of The Beast with the Flash of The Blade Where Eagles Dare, whether we would be Living after Midnight or just need 5 Minutes Alone, music is always there.
Even when we search for the Stairway to Heaven or find ourselves on the Highway to Hell, whether we are Paranoid or go Space Truckin', music always finds us.
Despite being a Man on The Edge, I, Out Of The Silent Planet will recognize the values of A Matter Of Life And Death and will strive to be Brighter Than a Thousand Suns.
When Hearts Burst Into Fire, we won't have 21st Century Breakdowns in case of thinking if East Jesus Nowhere is a truth.
Music will be there even if we have a Wavin' Flag right in front of our eyes, and we think about stalwarts and remember that a great man sung "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" and a golden voice made us remember our martyrs with "O Mere Watan Ke Logon..."..............

Train Trips and Joblessness

Trains have been an integral part of my life ever since i was a lad of 5. With us being in Shillong and relatives being in AP, and flying not being an option, all vacations included a nice long trip down the coast. Ever since then, it has been more of a regular feature, but when you are a regular train tripper, you can easily categorize people into certain groups, something I've been ydoing a lot recently.
First of all you have the mid 20s working guy who always travels alone and predominantly occupies the upper berth. His only function during the whole journey is to show the tc the ticket, other than that he'll be busy with his phone/laptop all the time. Like, he comes, he sits for a while and then he goes to the top and you never see him again until his destination comes.
Then you have your business uncles. These are the guys who are middle aged, round bellied and absolute non givers of fucks about other people's comfort. You can identify them from their t shirt and 3/4th combo, an iPhone and a deep voice. And god help you if they find a peer group because they just won't fucking stop preaching about the most generic stuff ever. And if you have the misfortune of being caught in the triad, you'll have to listen to their sagely advices and their life stories which is probably bullshit.
Then you have the old couple who are divided into two sub groups: one will be the sweetest people on earth and the others would be pompous pricks.
The sweet ones will be very friendly, offer you food, will play the games you play and be all jolly
The pricks will give you nightmares. Shut off the light they say. Don't make too much noise they say. Disapproving stares. Snide comments about how the generation is degrading and basically make a lot of fuss about themselves than they are worth.
You have your proper businessman, who looks and sounds every bit of the smart son of a bitch he is and time spent with them is actually worth something, unlike the uncles.. They give you tips for almost everything without sounding too grownupish and let you play with their phones and gadgets without being too fussy  😛
Then you have women who are traveling alone, they are primarily middle age, married and usually keep to themselves, but with kids around they too are divided into sub groups: ones who will play with them and generally lighten up the atmosphere and the others who simply don't give a shit and go about doing their business..
Occasionally you'll have a young, mid 20s chick travelling alone, but sadly she'll be way to busy kinda like the mid 20s guy, mostly with phone so the chance of you getting lucky are non existent..
Then you have families and couples.
Couples would be the newlyweds or a couple with/travelling without kids. The newlyweds don't usually pay much attention to what's happening around so they don't feature much during the journey but when they do interact it is another great experience, learning their story and what follows.
Coming to families, which, though possibly the most diverse group among all, could be sorted out pretty easily. The criteria i choose is kids. Kids are the stars of the show of your journey, but stars can be like Shahrukh or like Tushar Kapoor. First type of them are hilarious, crazy and full of mischief but usually don't cause unnecessary ruckus, the others, well can rape your happiness. They are ANNOYING. They'll keep screaming, fighting, throwing stuff around, and being a nuisance to everyone around, but we forgive them because in the end they're just kids.
 Then you have the brats who are so pompous and who think trains are beneath them who you just want to punch in the fucking face. They will keep complaining about everything, being used to getting their way, and will whine and whine and whine till your head explodes. They are the ones who generally are the most annoying gatecrashers to what was promising to be a great party.
And lastly you have people like me, for whom every journey is a new experience and feels like the first one, who is still fascinated by every single aspect of it, from the pathetic toilets to the hot girl you saw at the station, who enjoy the journey for what it's worth and who fall into almost every single of the abovementioned categories, and who are jobless enough to make these observations.
I'd still look forward to a train trip even today even if would end up breaking my leg in the unreserved compartment because in the end, it'll make an awesome story, one that'll stay with me for life 😁

Headache

My skull is strangling my mind again,
 the pressure aches and groans.
 Whoever thought that
 these petty little thoughts
 could be physically painful?
 I hold in my thoughts
 because you have problems too,
 and I don't want to
 make this all about me, you know?
 I see you, your worried smile,
 and I tell you "hey, it'll be fine."
 Of course it will,
 you can handle it, you're a tough
 person.
 But I can't help, I can't do anything for you,
 you're like a fish, drowning in vinegar behind
 a wall of glass.
 What then? What do I do when you're
 safe again, in a bowl of unfiltered water?
 So many times, you said the same
 to me.
 "Hey, it'll be fine." and you patted
 me on the head, and I put aside everything,
Just to make my face appear more bright.
Your family cares about you, I look up to you, these thoughts hurt.
 But how I can express it, when anything I do to show it,
only reveals the uselessness of ever asking me in the first place?
 Not like this, not where your heart and future is on the line.
 And I have to watch, passively,
 as you swim through hostile waters.

My Sister :*

Anusha, What Can I Say,
You Are The Best Sister
I Could've Ever Asked For
We Went Through A Lot When We Were Younger,
But You Helped Me Through It!
You Made Me Stronger.
I Am Thankful For That Every Day
So Thank-you For Always Being There For Me.
So On This Special Day 
I Wanted To Tell You How Much I Love You,
I Really Do!!!
I Know I Don't Say It Often But It's True.
I Love You!
 I Know We Fight a lot
But We Are siblings after all.
(We Always Forgive Each Other)!
It's Not The Fact That We Are "Blood"
But The Love I Have For You Tells Me That We Will Be FRIENDS Forever!
Happy Rakhshabandhan