Name: City Life
Duration: P00H02M40S
Description: City Life tries to depict life in Bombay - the hustle, bustle, grime and dust of the day, in contrast to the calm and emptiness of night. In its own way, the song is a tribute to Bombay, which thousands flock to everyday, like a moth to a bulb, unable to move itself away.

City Life

by Raghav Meattle

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City Life tries to depict life in Bombay - the hustle, bustle, grime and dust of the day, in contrast to the calm and emptiness of night. In its own way, the song is a tribute to Bombay, which thousands flock to everyday, like a moth to a bulb, unable to move itself away.

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I claim to be this person, not selfish not greedy
Well that’s not me, it’s hard to be
I’d hate to be mistaken for someone not needy,
Well that’s just me, it’s hard to see
I close my eyes in dust bowls called city life
I wonder why we live here and why we haven’t left
I close my eyes in narrow lanes and pig sty
I wonder why I can’t see the sky and all the stars

While we all chase the love
We all chase the cars
We all chase the good life
With broken hearts

I can sing to the clouds, sing to the rain
It won’t mean a thing in these packed trains
I close my eyes to begging kids and their cries
I wonder why I can’t see the stone that I’ve become
I close my eyes to honey bees and butterflies
I wonder why they fell trees and how they aim to breathe

While we all chase the love
We all chase the cars
We all chase the good life
With broken hearts

I claim to be this person, not selfish not greedy
Well that’s not me, it’s hard to be

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released April 7, 2020
Drums: Karun Kannampilly
Bass: Nishant Nagar
Electric Guitar: Jason Dsouza
Music Producer, Recording & Mix Engineer: Zain Calcuttawala
Mastering Engineer: Keshav Dhar
Assistant Recording Engineers: Samarth C, Nikhil Salve
Recording Studio: Studio Island City, Mumbai
Album Art: Ayushi Rastogi
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar & Lyrics: Raghav Meattle

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Raghav Meattle Mumbai, India

Raghav Meattle is a singer-songwriter, currently based out of Mumbai. He raised ₹460,000 through his crowdfunding campaign for his debut album, 'Songs From a Matchbox - slated to release in November '18.

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