Fortunately there are so many Vedantic Love songs (the likes of Mere Haath Mein from movie Fanaah, to title song Satyamev Jayate from Its namesake TV series, Abida Parveen’s Soz e Ishq, Shankar Ehsan Loys- O rangrez, Bono’s With or without you, Micheal learns to Rocks’ -Someday………
All these songs might as well be labeled Bhajans as they immerse one in the highest love/ Bhakti. The love for Him is best expressed in Silence, but if I had words ( and a tolerable voice), these songs would be it. Grateful to the songwriters and the unparalleled voice of vocalists, for bringing The Love alive.
I have a long list, yet today’s let’s go with one of my most favorite —Iris.
Sharing the lyrics. It’s a very very beautiful song. I end up listening to it almost daily as my kids love it too. I have taken liberty and bolded some of its text……
Iris by Bono ( U2) -
The star that gives us light
Has been gone a while
But it’s not an illusion
The ache in my heart
Is so much a part of who I am
Something in your eyes
Took a thousand years to get here
Something in your eyes
Took a thousand years, a thousand years
Hold me close
Hold me close and don’t let me go
Hold me close
Like I’m someone that you might know
Hold me close
The darkness just lets us see
Who we are
I’ve got your life inside of me
Iris, Iris
Once we are born
We begin to forget
The very reason we came
But you I’m sure I’ve met
Long before the night
The stars went out
We’re meeting up again
Hold me close
Hold me close and don’t let me go
Hold me close
Like I’m someone that you might know
Hold me close
The darkness just lets us see
Who we are
I’ve got your life inside of me
Iris, Iris
The stars are bright
But do they know
The universe is beautiful but cold
You took me by the hand
I thought that I was leading you
But it was you made me your man
Machine, I dream where you are
Iris standing in the hall
She tells me I can do it all
Iris wakes to my nightmare
Don’t fear the world
It isn’t there
Iris playing on the strand
She buries the boy beneath the sand
Iris says that I will be the death of her
It was not me
Iris, Iris
She said free yourself to be yourself
If only you could see yourself
Free yourself to be yourself
If only you could see
………………………..
The following line always gives me so much hope that liberation is possible as long as I allow myself to be held by Him……When maya ends, I will meet Him.( though He was always with me)
“But you I’m sure I’ve met
Long before the night
The stars went out
We’re meeting up again
Hold me close”
