Selfies can speak through the camera

Selfies, for some, is just an attention-seeking-waste-of-time activity. Sure, we abuse it, and people get irritated, especially men. But it’s only half of the story; some of us do it because it’s a personal art that we get to live by.

As much as it is hard to understand, there’s just this strange connection with the camera. Maybe it’s the way a light dances on your skin and hair. And the way it overshadows your unseen emotions. Or maybe it’s how a person’s body playfully struts with the seamless angles. And all of this is a part of giving pieces of yourself, and that makes a still moment — your own personal moment — picture perfect.

Sometimes, all we need is an outlet and we find them through the camera. It’s an expression of how we want others to see our deepest senses, or the beauty of portraying the closest thing we have to ourselves.

Indeed, having gazillion of likes and compliments is just part of the equation; there’s another side that screams for self-expression. And it’s what keeps us coming back for more.

Carry me through (Song # 2)

Unread text messages

That’s where our story started

Strange that you and I,

Were in accidental black and white

Facing a crowd of hundreds

It’s easier to be a prop,

When all I’m asking for

Is some honest back up

Chorus:

I am always left hanging in the air

Got no one to help me down the stairs

I never met someone who

Can carry me all the way through,

Verse 2:

4 hours of standing in,

Vans and High heels

Turned to pop quizzes,

And traded notes that feels

In half naked smiles,

Covering our innocent eyes

In quotes of Swiss German,

Said “You look beautiful tonight”

Chorus:

Feeling like hanging in the air

Thinking how you helped me down the stairs

Wishing you’re that someone who,

Can carry me all the way through

Bridge:

I took your gold-plated pen

Spelled out thank you on this bare skin

But there are lines she’s already drawn

Lines I can’t cross neither wait on

But thanks anyways, ‘cos

Chorus:

You didn’t leave me hanging in the air

You carefully helped me down the stairs

You will always be the knight who

Carried me all the way through,

End Verse:

Finally read the message,

At 9 PM thinking of a reply

But between your familiar eyes

and her guarded lines

It’s best to say

Goodbye.

First song I’ve ever written

This song goes to my childhood sweetheart.

“We were timeless here”

Verse 1:

I walked out from the doctor’s door
Eyes trying to adjust on the cold floor
I stole a quick glance of what’s ahead,
All was a blur but familiar face instead

Refrain:
The gap of our years that I’ve been waiting to clear
The distance to you is a flashback on see through

Chorus:
Going to school on a fine weather
A mothers’ tale of picturing us together
The innocent passing of our youth
Was once captured on a timeless truth

Verse 2:
Is it because I got my eyes fixed?
Or was it the years that we missed?
Because you looked subtly different
In your polo shirt that says ENGLAND

But I needed to go, and you flashed that stable smile
Said, “Stay, let’s take a picture for a while”

Refrain:
The gap of our years that’s now starting to clear
The distance to you, is another flashback I’m put through

Chorus:
Going to school on a rainy weather
Our endless protests about picturing us together
The innocent fights of our youth
Is healed by the timeless truth

Bridge:

I bid your cheek a sweet goodbye
And slowed my pace
Remembering two kids smiling in black and white
As we made comments about my weight and height

Refrain:
The gap of our years is now crystal clear
The distance to you, is a flashback I’m running through

Chorus:
A walk to school on any weather
Falling on the story of picturing us together
The innocent sparks of our youth
Will keep burning the timeless truth

End:
I pulled out the picture on my pocket
As I put on my new eye-glasses
Now everything is clear,
We were timeless here.