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What a Life

by Aakash Mehta

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1.
Boy 6 years old in the seat Next to mom and dad He watches that man up on stage Play his ukulele Colors adorn the sinking sun And light is left asunder As it passes through to falling rain And waves across the thunder He's 26 holds her tight They let go and fall in love Skin to skin Time is still He now believes in God above Takes us all but some must go Without the chance to digest Who they were and what they had A fate absorbed by great un- Rest A bed of white A child lies With his eyes looks to him Asks if magic exists With a smile he replies Yes, it does Always has In the rain and in the sun In the melodies I hum In the embrace of the one
2.
Over to You 02:52
She had a kit kat rattle-a-tat vision In the kitchen And she dropped the casserole She had a flip flop aimed at my head Kissed me instead I guess we all lose control Over to you You know you're always right Over to you And I don't wanna fight no more With you Ooh-hoo Doing a rope walk Through a moment of shock and derision In this prison That you built inside your brain Baby you got caught spinning out of control Your hands felt so cold Kissing a boy who's far too vain Over to you You know you're always right Over to you And I don't wanna fight no more With you Ooh-hoo Over to you You know you're always right Over to you I don't wanna fight no more With you Ooh-hoo
3.
Love of You 03:06
You know my life is just a tangled mess Of things I'm trying to suppress The worst that you can do is make it better And though I seem to be compassionate I'm quite the d*** and I regret the things That I have said to the people I love And friends, even family, and passersby And other drivers driving on the street I believe I have finally found the part In every heart that’s free of jealousy and greed Now I wander through this pageantry Of my everyday hypocrisy That wraps around me like my favorite sweater And though I beat myself too much sometimes About my jokes about my rhymes It's only to bring joy to the people I love And friends, even family, and passersby And other drivers driving on the street I believe I have finally found the part In every heart that’s free of jealousy and greed And oh, we'll find it inside you too Oh my voice can’t keep up with my love of you Love of you
4.
Yellow Dress 02:25
Promises of happiness Delivered by a yellow dress Floating through my head I always thought that you'd be fed Up with me and down would come A sweeping sense that cumbersome Acts that I commit Are pointless and that I should sit Down again, oh, as I go I'm taking far too long you know To fly to a better place I think I should fill up this space With thoughts of you yes only you Your eyes and smile and your perfume Your touch is so profound Like bolts of light that hit the ground I think I know what's wrong with me I try to touch what I can't see Sawing through the day I wonder What it was that put me under Spells that chill me to the bone A king until I'm overthrown Would you be my queen? Keep me from in between our Our loving Our, our, our loving Our loving Our, our, our loving
5.
What a Life 07:49
What a life You must have lived That you would want To run away When every day Is as dull as a sermon Bet you won't mind A voice in your head And it'll speak Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love What a life You must have seen To think it obscene To shed but a tear Enlightenment It comes and goes And nobody knows That you've seen it all You have seen Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love In everything Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love Love, love, love What a life You must have lived That you would want To run away What a life You must have seen To think it obscene To shed but a tear What a life this could have been If you had chosen to stay (Nobody knows) What a life you could have lived (You've seen it all) If you didn't fall for fear What a life You must have lived (It comes and goes) That you would want To run away What a life You must have seen To think it obscene (It's in your head) To shed but a tear What a life this could have been If you had chosen to stay (Nobody knows) What a life you could have lived If you didn't fall for fear (You've seen it all)
6.
Sister superior You’ve been gone for a while I've been trying real hard to smile I've been walking round Sister I've been feeling real low Don't know what I know But here I go And I hope That you're happy Yeah, I hope That heaven's got good tunes If I could Write a better story Oh, I would Sister superior I've been missing you so much That' I’ve been feeling out of touch With the date and time Try to forget you But you’ve been holding on to my thoughts Yes, sister, I can't get you out of my mind And I hope That you're happy Yeah, I hope Heaven's got good tunes If I could Write a better story Oh, I would And I hope That you're happy Yeah, I hope Heaven's got good tunes If I could Write a better story Yeah, I would Yeah, I would
7.
Hey there Bobby Hair Everyone everywhere's Waiting for you to share Your damn talent (ed) Little Doodle Bug Too petrified to hug A fat man so full of love For you my lady Ra-ra rockstar Ra-ra rockstar chilling at a beer bar Drive you home in my car I won't be drinking High on your chill appeal Wonder if you're even real Hope that maybe I can steal A moment of your time Goes by And every day I'm counting down to when You'll fly Over my beach house in your private Jetting across the world Not an ordinary girl Damn it what rhymes with girl Squirl squirl Fuck It Time Goes by Everyday I'm counting down to when You'll fly Over my beach house in your private Jet Set Go and get 'em
8.
Somewhere along the way I lost it And I've been chasing cars ever since Wouldn't really know what to do If one would stop Please, don't stop Lemme keep on barking I just wanna write a song with strings Mmhmm Don't really care if no one sings it Mmhmm Don’t really care if no one ever hears this song As long as I get to sing it Somewhere along the way I floated Past the trees and the moon and the sun And the pointlessness of it all Sunk right in Let's begin From the start I just wanna write a song with strings Mmhmm Don't really care if no one sings it Mmhmm Don’t really care if no one ever hears this song As long as I get to sing it And if you don’t mind I'm gonna build a home inside my heart Mmhmm And I'd love for you to come and rip right through it ‘Cause if you ever find yourself just circling round I'll still be sitting here singing

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In many ways, What a Life is a culmination of love, labour, and laughs - put together by Aakash alongside some of his trusty friends, who locked themselves up with him for the duration of the recording.

This is more than an album in other ways though. It’s a testimony to stories that get lost in the babble of modernity. It’s an homage to feelings we barely get to tap into because more often than not, life comes in the way. In so many ways though, it just is - in this time and space - for all of us to chime in. So as you tune in and take the music in, find someone to share it with and give in to the journey it takes you on.

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released January 31, 2022

Written and Performed by Aakash Mehta
All Songs Produced and Arranged by Shashwat Bulusu

Guitars - Uday Bhardwaj
Drums - Jyotirmay Menon
Bass on Sister Superior- Shrujal Patel
Trumpet on Over to You - Rohit Gupta
Additional Vocals on Ishita's song - Nirva Jadhav

Mixed By Krishna Rao (LotusTree Studios)
Mastered by Donal Wheelan (Mastering World)

Artwork by Madhurjya Dey

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Aakash Mehta Mumbai, India

Aakash Mehta is a modern-day renaissance artist because of the many hats he’s donned, from being a stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, producer and running a company by himself by the age of 25. This enterprising young mind, however, is also a gentle one that loves writing and recording songs. ... more

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