Hey Bhagwan was the song that really launched us as a serious band in India. The song is the opening song on our debut album and also the song we open most of our live sets with. It is just so easy to groove to and has such fantastic dynamics that it instantly hooks everyone in the audience and gets them in the mood for the rest of our show.
Raghu himself wrote the lyrics for this song and claims that between this song and ‘Mysore Se Aayi’, he exhausted all of his Hindi vocabulary
but nevertheless, the simple catchy lines in this song make it memorable and something that is easy to sing along to. The song itself is a prayer to the good Lord above to give each of us a second chance. As humans, we tend to make mistakes and its never too late to one day wake up, want to leave your past behind and start over!
We shot our debut video for ‘Hey Bhagwan’ and that was shot by Shiraz Bhattacharya and produced by Babblefish Productions which received good airplay on MTV and Channel V here in India and introduced the country to a brand of music that most of India hadn’t heard before!
हे भगवान् मुझको तू ज़िन्दगी दुबारा दे
रात के अँधेरे में मुझे जो उजाला दे
जब थक जाऊं तो अपनी गोद का सहारा दे
हे भगवान् मुझको तू ज़िन्दगी दुबारा दे
आज भी तू देखता होगा कही दूर सातवा आसमान
कैसे खोया जा रहा है अपने आप में इंसान
हे भगवान् मुझको तू ज़िन्दगी दुबारा दे
यह दिल को संभालूं कैसे तन्हाई में डूबी रात है
अकेले हो तो क्या हुआ रे उसका जो सहारा है
Dear Lord, let me lead this life once more
Through this dark night, shine some light
And when I am tired, let me rest in your lap
Dear Lord, let me lead this life once more
Even today, you must watch from afar
How us humans are so self involved
Dear Lord, let me lead this life once more
How do I handle this heart of mine, my nights are drowning in lonliness
But I am not afraid to be alone, since I have His support!
Dear Lord, let me lead this life once more
Hey bhagwan mujhko tu zindagi dobara de
Raat ke andhere me mujhe jo ujala de
Jab thak jaun to apni godh ka sahara de
Hey bhagwan mujhko tu zindagi dobara de
Aaj bhi tu dekhta hoga kahin door sa tu aasmaan
Kaisa khoya ja raha hai apne aap me insaan
Hey bhagwan mujhko tu zindagi dobara de
Ye dil ko sambhalun kaise tanhai me doobi raat hai
Akele ho to kya hua re, uska jo sahara hai!
Hey bhagwan mujhko tu zindagi dobara de