A mixtape for the downtrodden soul

Pooja Ramakrishnan
lightness
Published in
2 min readDec 31, 2019

A collection of song lyrics from different moments of 2019

To those who can hear me, I say, do not despair

The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed

The bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die

And the power they took from the people will return to the people

And so long as men die, liberty will never perish

Iron Sky by Paulo Nutini

Love is like a sin, my love

For the one that feels it the most

Look at her with a smile like a flame

She will love you like a fly will never love you again

Paradise Circus by Massive Attack

The carnage of the cardinals they haunt me

The buzzing of the hummingbirds ignite me

The ravens got a carnival that’s keeping

me wide awake like there’s nothing at say

‘Cause I was born as perfect as the

skies are, head latched open to the skylark

But now my brain’s a prision for the fligth, oh get out of my head

Get out of my head

Get out of my head

All of these birds, all of these birds in my head

Swarming around, pecking to keep me up and I can’t come down

All of these words building a house in my head

Tearing it down, the wreckage is keeping me up and I can’t come down

Birds by Kat Cunning

In the morning in the winter shade

On the first of March, on the holiday

I thought I saw you breathing

All the glory that the Lord has made

And the complications when I see His face

In the morning in the window

All the glory when He took our place

But He took my shoulders and He shook my face

And He takes and He takes and He takes

Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens

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