एंड विन्सेंट वान गॉग व्हाई डू यू वीप

यह गीत मुझे इसके संगीत की वजह से बहुत ज़्यादा पसंद तो नहीं है लेकिन इसके बोल अच्छी भली कविता से बेहतर लगते हैं. बैंडिट्स ऑफ़ द अकूस्टिक रेव्ल्यूशन नामक बैंड के इस गीत का नाम है 'हेयर्स टू लाइफ़'.

इस गीत में अल्बैर कामू, जे.डी. सैलिन्गर और उनके बनाये अब क्लासिक बन चुके पात्र होल्डन कॉलफील्ड, अर्नेस्ट हेमिंग्वे इत्यादि उस्तादों को याद करने के साथ साथ विन्सेंट वान गॉग को भी याद करते हुए कला और जीवन और अनेक ज़रूरी मुद्दों पर बात करने की कोशिश की गयी है.

गाना चाहें तो एक मिनट में बंद कर दें या सुनें ही नहीं, लेकिन मेरा आग्रह है बोल ज़रूर पढ़ें एक बार. ख़ास तौर पर अगर आपको गलतफहमी है कि पाश्चात्य संगीत में केवल शोरशराबा होता है. पहले बोल फिर गीत -

How did Camus really die that night?

Were they right?

When he died was it really his time?

Or was it suicide?

And Holden Caulfield is a friend of mine

We go drinking from time to time

And I find

It gets harder every time

[Chorus:]

Three went down (But only two of them come up again)

The minimal is criminal but less is a sin

Though three went down (But only two of them come up again)

I'm not going to play if there ain't no way I'll win

Hemingway never seemed to mind

The banality of a normal life

And I find it gets harder every time

So he aimed the shotgun into the blue,

Placed his face in between the two

And sighed:

Here's to Life!

[Chorus]

Hey there Salinger, what did you do?

Just when the world was looking to you

To write anything that meant anything,

You told us you were through

And it's been years since you passed away,

But I see no plaque, and I see no grave

And I can't help believing that

You wanted it that way

And Vincent Van Gogh, why do you weep?

You were on your way to heaven

But the road was steep

And who was there to break your fall?

We're guilty, one and all

And I don't know much,

But I do know this:

With a golden heart comes a rebel fist

And every single soldier wasn't fired,

Some have quit

And it makes me sick when I think of it:

All my heroes could not live with this

And I hope you rest in peace

Because with us you never did.

And KDC you were much too young

And you changed my life

But I draw the line at suicide,

So here's to life!