Lyrics - Living on a Thin Line (Song by The Kinks)

 

All the stories have been told

Of kings and days of old

But there's no England now (there's no England now)

All the wars that were won and lost

Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore

All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told)

All the lies of the people running round

Their castles have burned

I see change

But inside we're the same

As we ever were

Living on a thin line, ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line)

Living this way, each day is a dream

What am I, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Now another century nearly gone (no, no)

What are we gonna leave for the young?

What we couldn't do, what we wouldn't do

It's a crime, but does it matter?

Does it matter much? does it matter much to you?

Does it ever really matter? yes, it really, really matters

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Then another leader says

"Break their hearts and break some heads"

Is there nothing we can say or do?

Blame the future on the past

Always lost in bloody guts

And when they're gone, it's me and you

Living on a thin line, ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line (living on a thin line), ooh

Tell me now, what are we supposed to do?

Living on a thin line, ooh

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Songwriters: Dave Davies

Song: Think for a Minute by The Housemartins

Found this beautiful song for the first time: 

Think for a Minute

The Housemartins

Something's going on, a change is taking place

Children smiling in the street have gone without a trace

This street used to be full, it used to make me smile

And now it seems that everyone is walking single file

 

And many bow their heads in shame

That used to hold them high

And those that used to say hello

Simply pass you by

 

Think for a minute, stop for a minute

Think for a minute, stop for a minute

 

I always said it could, they never though it would

The people look so pitiful, I'm thinking that it should

And now it's almost here, now it's on it's way

I can't help saying told you so and have a nice final day

 

And nothing I could say

Could ever make them see the light

Now apathy is happy that

It won without a fight

 

Think for a minute, stop for a minute

Think for a minute, stop for a minute

 

And many hang their heads in shame that used to hold them high

And those that used to say hello simply pass you by

 

Think for a minute, stop for a minute

Think for a minute, stop for a minute

 

Songwriters: Heaton Paul David, Cullimore Stan Ian Peter

Songs: Hamen Jab Se Mohabbat Ho Gai Hai

Nice song. I wonder why they don’t make such songs any more: 

Temple in Haidar's Bismil Song

You must have seen ruins of this ancient temple in Haidar's Bismil song and did you wonder? This is Martand Sun Temple of Anantnag. It is one of the only two Sun Temples in India, the other being in Konark, Odisha. The temple was built by King Lalitaditya Muktapida around 725-756 AD. The temple was completely destroyed by Sikandar Butshikan in early 15th century. It took one year for Sikander Butshikan to fully damage and destroy it.

You can search google on this topic; Historians account: During his rule Hindus were forcibly converted to Islam and were massacred in case they refused to be converted. And Sikandarpora (a city laid out by Sultan Sikandar) was laid out on the debris of the destroyed temples of the Hindus. In the neighbourhood of the royal palaces in Sikandarpora, the Sultan destroyed the temples of Maha-Shri built by Praversena and another by Tarapida. The material from these was used for constructing a 'Jami' mosque in the middle of the city. Towards the fag end of his life, he (Sultan Sikandar) was infused with a zeal for demolishing idol-houses, destroying the temples and idols of the infidels. He destroyed the massive temple at Beejbehara. He had designs to destroy all the temples and put an end to the entire community of infidels.

In his second Rajtarangini, the historian Jonraj has recorded, "There was no city, no town, no village, no wood, where the temples of the gods were unbroken. When Sureshavari, varaha and others were broken, the world trembled, but not so the mind of the wicked king. He forgot his kingly duties and took delight day and night in breaking images."