Nitin Sawhney

Broken Skin

Nitin Sawhney


Today at 15.45 hours 
India conducted 3 underground nuclear tests 
In the In the Pokhran Range. 

Hope falls softly from your hand 
Dreams burn deep beneath the land 
Time casts shadows overall 
Sweating fever, rain or river 
Rushing winds beneath your call 

Broken skin, distant fears 
Shattered worlds of endless tears 
Hidden fires, distant lies 
Burried hopes beneath the cries 
Broken skin, distant fears 
Silent lips, so far, so near 

Silence, tears every hope apart 
Two flames burn deep beneath one heart 
Teardrops flow faster with the tide 
Raging over calmer waters 
As the timeless land divides 

Broken skin, distant fears 
Shattered worlds of endless tears 
Hidden fires, distant lies 
Burried hopes beneath the cries 
Broken skin, distant fears 
Silent lips, so far, so near 

Broken, distant, shattered 
Hidden, distant, burried 
Broken, distant, silent 

Cold gain repeats on eastern shores 
Strong winds blow over colder wars 
Proud lips stays silent in the rain 
There are half a million voices in the song without a name 

Broken, distant, shattered 
Hidden, distant, burried 
Broken, distant, silent 

Shattered 
Hidden, distant, burried 
Broken, distant, silent 

(So far so near) 
Shattered 
(There are half a million voices) 
Distant 
Shattered 
Distant 
Shattered 
(There are half a million voices) 

Just five miles from India's nuclear test site 
Children play in the shade of the village water tank 
Here in the Rajahstan desert people say they're proud their country shown its nuclear capability