I was channel surfing this weekend when a video caught my attention and despite my no/minimal music stance, i really liked the video for the sheer simplicity of the concept. i just caught the last few lines and today i searched for the lyrics. i found many links, two of which caught my attention. i am pasting lyrics from both. the first one is the song i was looking for, which i liked and the second one is the song i stumbled upon that rings true...very very true. i think my posting these lyrics shows a dissonance in two of my personailty traits, one that compels me to dream and the other that is painfully realistic. Here they are:

NINE MILLION BICYCLES

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die.

We are twelve billion light years from the edge,
That's a guess,
No-one can ever say it's true
But I know that I will always be with you.

I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday
So don't call me a liar,
Just believe everything that I say

There are six BILLION people in the world
More or less
and it makes me feel quite small
But you're the one I love the most of all

We're high on the wire
With the world in our sight
And I'll never tire,
Of the love that you give me every night

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing
That's a Fact,
it's a thing we can't deny
Like the fact that I will love you till I die

And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing
And you know that I will love you till I die!

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If you fear transition to your other life
Don't need money to be there
Leave behind your money just to prove your worth
Won't be here so i don't care
If you strap your conscience to your vision thing
Won't be here so i don't care
Prove your worth to people that you called your friends
Won't be here so i don't care

I wouldn't care if i was washed up tomorrow you see
Reading novels is banned by the marquis de sade
All relationships are emptying and temporary

Life is wearing me thin
I feel so drained, my legacy
A sea of faces just like me and
Life is wearing me thin
I feel so drained, my legacy
A sea of faces just like me

I've been drained, emotion is a bitter fate
Won't be here so i don't care
I concede relationships have left me weak
Won't be here so i don't care
Look for something worthy to replace my guilt
Won't be here so i don't care
Prove my worth to people who i called my friends
Won't be here so i don't care

I wouldn't care if i was washed up tomorrow you see
Reading novels is banned by the marquis de sade
All relationships are emptying and temporary

Nobody cares when you're gone