∞ TOTW # 18 | Creating Hope Through Action ∞ - Page 2

Wonderful theme, wonderful songs ❤️

Thanks for tagging me Mads

This is not really a song, but an interview.

Since this thread is also aiming to raise awareness, I thought it would be a good idea to share this 😀 An amazing TOTW btw

Mahira Khan talks about her mental health issues and how depression can talk to you from 1:11:48.

Hope this helps anyone suffering to get a perspective and take steps better their lives ❤️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhipcjhgR_U

It's a challenge to find songs for this theme, and I think it's best not to look for songs from suicidal situations in movies or TV shows, since they tend to trivialize self-harm by making it always about unrequited romantic love.

Let's cheer up with Rāga Haṃsadhvani!

Song: Hośī Kāya Nirāśa

Singer: Asha Bhosle

Movie: Santha Vāhate Kṛṣṇāmāī (1967)

Actors: Kamini Kadam, Arun Sarnaik

Lyricist: Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar

Music: Datta Davjekar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Hb-eDdzcU

Lyrics

होशी काय निराश, असा तू होशी काय निराश?

पायतळाशी अचला धरणी, अचल शिरी आकाश

Hośī kāya nirāśa, asā tū hośī kāya nirāśa?

Pāya-taḷāśī acalā dharaṇī, acala śirī ākāśa

Do you become hopeless, like this, do you become hopeless?

Immovable earth at your feet, immovable sky overhead

मार्ग नियोजित, हेतू निर्मळ

आडवील तुज किती वावटळ

धूलिकणांतून आरपार बघ येतो सूर्यप्रकाश

Mārga niyojita, hetū nirmaḷa

Āḍavīla tuza kitī vāvaṭaḷa

Dhūli-kaṇāṃtūna ārapāra bagha yeto sūrya-prakāśa

The route is planned; motives are pure

How long will a tornado block you?

Through dust-particles, look, sunlight penetrates

कृतनिश्चय तू पुरुष साहसी

अनुगामिनी मी तुझी प्रेयसी

मी न पाहिला कल्पनेतही माझा नाथ हताश

Kṛta-niścaya tū puruṣa sāhasī

Anugāminī mī tujhī preyasī

Mī na pāhilā kalpanetahī māzhā nātha hat'āśa

You're a determined, daring man

I'm your beloved, following you

Even in my imagination, I didn't see my leader despairing

उचल पुन्हा घे निशाण हाती

मीही येते तुझ्या संगती

तुझ्या हृदयी मी भरून राहिले, व्यथेस ना अवकाश

Uçala punhā ghe niśāṇa hātī

Mīhī yete tujhyā saṃgatī

Tujhyā hṛdayī mī bharūna rāhile, vyathesa nā avakāśa

Lift up again, take the banner in hand

I too come to accompany you

In your heart, I pervade and remain; worry finds no space

Movie: Ankush (1986)

Song: itni shakti hume dena data

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Stcctl8mFvA&si=29pJdTdPAawLrx2x

Free by Florence+The Machine

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ui8kUKuLBaU&si=So80GF3YbH_uSvRA

Sometimes I wonder if I should be medicated

If I would feel better just slightly sedated

A feeling comes so fast and I cannot control it

I'm on fire, but I'm trying not to show it

As it picks me up, puts me down

It picks me up, puts me down

Picks me up, puts me down

A hundred times a day

It picks me up, puts me down

It chews me up, spits me out

Picks me up, puts me down

I'm always running from something

I push it back, but it keeps on coming

And being clever never got me very far

Because it's all in my head

And "You're too sensitive", they said

I said, "Okay, but let's discuss this at the hospital"

As it picks me up, puts me down

It picks me up, puts me down

Picks me up, puts me down

A hundred times a day

It picks me up, puts me down

It chews me up, spits me out

Picks me up, puts me down

But I hear the music

I feel the beat

And for a moment

When I'm dancing, I am free

I hear the music

I feel the beat (ahh)

And for a moment

When I'm dancing, I am free, I am free

Ooh, ooh

Is this how it is?

Is this how it's always been?

To exist in the face of suffering and death

And somehow still keep singing

Oh like Christ up on a cross

Who died for us? Who died for what?

Oh, don't you wanna call it off?

But there's nothing else that I know how to do

But to open up my arms and give it all to you

'Cause I hear the music, I feel the beat

And for a moment, when I'm dancing

I am free, I am free

I am free, I am free

Head above water by Avril Lavigne

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EKF6ghfcQic&si=zx_RfKUUrUAy9KUm

I gotta keep the calm before the storm

I don't want less, I don't want more

Must bar the windows and the doors

To keep me safe, to keep me warm

Yeah, my life is what I'm fighting for

Can't part the sea, can't reach the shore

And my voice becomes the driving force

I won't let this pull me overboard

God, keep my head above water

Don't let me drown, it gets harder

I'll meet you there at the altar

As I fall down to my knees

Don't let me drown, drown, drown

Don't let me, don't let me, don't let me drown

So pull me up from down below

'Cause I'm underneath the undertow

Come dry me off and hold me close

I need you now, I need you most

God, keep my head above water

Don't let me drown, it gets harder

I'll meet you there at the altar

As I fall down to my knees

Don't let me drown, drown, drown

Don't let me, don't let me, don't let me drown

Don't let me drown, drown, drown

Don't let me, don't let me, don't let me drown (Keep my head above water, above water)

And I can't see in the stormy weather

I can't seem to keep it all together

And I, I can't swim the ocean like this forever

And I can't breathe

God, keep my head above water

I lose my breath at the bottom

Come rescue me, I'll be waiting

I'm too young to fall asleep

God, keep my head above water

Don't let me drown, it gets harder

I'll meet you there at the altar

As I fall down to my knees

Don't let me drown (Don't let me, don't let me drown)

Don't let me drown (Don't let me, don't let me drown)

Don't let me drown (Don't let me, don't let me drown)

And keep my head above water, above water

Boulevard of broken dreams by Green Day

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Soa3gO7tL-c&si=YPfjrsCASEsn4LYm

Film --Sambandh

Singer -Mukesh

Music-- OP Nayyar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXHC0nVgTSE

I am not a big fan of Helen and her dances. But, I always prefer to respect other's likes.

But, somehow, since childhood, I like this song.

Movie :Gumnaam (1965)

Winner of Filmfare Award: Best Supporting Actor - Mehmood,

Best Supporting Actress - Helen

Music Director: Shankar Jaikishan,

Director: Raja Nawathe

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfFqiCL0VA0

I got the apt song in mind the moment I saw this theme. Wonderful initiative love!

https://youtu.be/nqnkBdExjws?si=uXtkda-7Q8pdPLSN

Leave a light on - Tom Walker

The second someone mentioned you were all alone

I could feel the trouble coursing through your veins

Now I know, it's got a hold

Just a phone call left unanswered had me sparking up

These cigarettes won't stop me wondering where you are

Don't let go, keep a hold

If you look into the distance, there's a house upon the hill

Guiding like a lighthouse

It's a place where you'll be safe to feel our grace

'Cause we've all made mistakes

If you've lost your way

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

Tell me what's been happening, what's been on your mind

Lately, you've been searching for a darker place to hide

That's alright

But if you carry on abusing, you'll be robbed from us

I refuse to lose another friend to drugs

Just come home, don't let go

If you look into the distance, there's a house upon the hill

Guiding like a lighthouse

It's a place where you'll be safe to feel our grace

'Cause we've all made mistakes

If you've lost your way

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

If you look into the distance, there's a house upon the hill

Guiding like a lighthouse

It's a place where you'll be safe to feel our grace

And if you've lost your way

If you've lost your way

I will leave the light on

And I know you're down and out now, but I need you to be brave

Hiding from the truth ain't gonna make this all okay

I see your pain

If you don't feel our grace and you've lost your way

Well, I will leave the light on

I will leave the light on

'Cause I will leave the light on