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The song Bezaar Nahi navigates a mind that is in the process of uprooting all the dogma it has been conditioned to believe in over the years, and is on the search for a new kind of 'truth' to replace it.
Bezaar Nahi speaks of the noisy mental gymnastics that play out before submitting oneself to the state of not knowing. There is so much energy that goes into the conclusion ʻI donʼt knowʼ, and so little of it is captured in that phrase.
The allusion to khud se guftagu in the chorus embodies a yearning for clarity of thought and feeling, and simultaneously celebrates every obscure tangent of the mind.
lyrics
Mein khud se guftagu mein mubtala rahi
Haan teray falsafon mein mei rawan hoi
Kaghaz ke pej pe zaban safa hoi
Kawwa urra aur soch urni si laggi
Raising my hand par baari aaye hi na aaye na
Chuppi talab mujhe kyun ainaa dikhai na?
Mein halka halka boj lafzon se utaaroon gi
Gilla hai jiss se usse dhoond kar nikaloon gi
Guftagu hai
Khud se guftagu hai
Muk-muka toh kaafi overdue hai
Halak mein phans gayi jo baatein soh sochi thi
Unhi se jur gayi bahaanon ki jo khoj thi
Kya naya gul khilla hai up in my amygdala?
Hypothala(musst) sa sarphira sa koi sillsila
Gulabi gosht kare josh se shikwa gilla
Hosh ki koshish ko zindagi hi keh diya
Chrous:
Koi aasara toh do
Kuch shak huwe toh kuch bolo
Saare pit gaye kamzor
Kabhi meray liye bhi kuch bolo
Taqdir ki lakeer phans gayi hai loop mei.
Kal aaye ga phir azaab kis anokhe roop mei?
andheeri dhoop mei
VIP sulook mei
kitne jhoot hain
sirat-ul-mustaqeem ke route mei
Khudi se guftagu mein jo sawaal uthaa
Khudi buland kare jisse qaraar tha
Usse himmat milli ya kho gaya hai woh?
Naram kursi pe bethe so gaya hai woh?
Lafzon ke baadalon ko yoon nachor do
Khamoshi geet hai usse tu chor do
Phir chup mei naachein ge, na chupp ke nachen ge
Raqs-e-umeed mein hum such mein nachen ge
Kyun iss sayaray pe hum bekaraar hain
Maqsad binna chale toh hum faraar hain
Tayaar bhi hain par darre darre say hum
Begangi jahan hai hum sarkaar hain
Chrous:
Koi aasara toh do
Kuch shak huwe toh kuch bolo
Saare pit gaye kamzor
Kabhi meray liye bhi kuch bolo
Khud se baate karte huwe x 4
credits
released October 10, 2021
Produced by Nadir Shahzad
Written by Honeyjamn and Nadir Shahzad
Mastered by Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey
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