For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you
– Don McLean, “Vincent”
I don’t believe in magic but I do believe in you
And when you say you believe in me
There’s so much magic I can do
– Don McLean, “Birthday Song”
I’m just a soul who’s intentions are good
Oh Lord please don’t let me be misunderstood
… as performed by Nina Simone
तेरी दुनिया में जीने से
तो बेहतर है के मर जाएँ
वही आँसू, वही आहें
वही ग़म है जिधर जाएँDeath is better than
living in this world of yours’
The same tears and sighs,
The same pain, everywhere I go.कोई तो ऐसा घर होता
जहाँ से प्यार मिल जाता
वही बेगाने चेहरे हैं
जहाँ पहुँचे, जिधर जाएँI wish there were a home
that had love to offer me
But its the same strange faces
no matter where I’ve reached.अरे ओ आसमां वाले
बता इस में बुरा क्या है
खुशी के चार झोंके गर
इधर से भी गुज़र जाएँPlease tell me, oh powerful one,
what is wrong with my desire?
I just want a few moments of happiness
before I depart from this world as well.
Very eloquently sung by Hemant Kumar the words written by Sahir Ludhianvi using music composed by S D Burman.
When you find me in the morning
Hanging on a warning
Oh… the joke is on you
You said you were pretending
Here’s to unhappy endings
Oh… the joke is on youTo make sure yesterday doesn’t repeat
I took a shortcut home, a left on the street
I know they won’t find me here
I found out how to make mama proud
Be real quiet don’t talk too loud
I try, try to disappearMy life is for the taking
Breakdown is awaking me
I’m ending all this painWhen you find me in the morning
Hanging on a warning, oh…
The joke is on you
By “The Lifehouse – The Joke”
Hanging on in quiet desperation
Is the English way,
The time has gone,
The song is over,
Thought I’d something more to say.
To the loneliest one…
There is in certain living souls
A quality of loneliness unspeakable
So great it must be shared
As company is shared by lesser beings
Such a loneliness is mine; so know by this
That in immensity
There is one lonelier than you.
— Theodore Sturgeon, “A Saucer of Loneliness”, 1953
So you find yourself at the subway
With your world in a bag by your side
And all at once it seemed like a good way
You realize it’s the end of the line
For what it’s worth
Here comes the train upon the track
And there goes the pain it cuts to black
Are you ready for the last act?
To take a step you can’t take back
Taken all the punches you could take
Took ’em all right on the chin
Now the camel’s back is breaking again, again
For what it’s worth
— Keira Knightley, “Begin Again”