Adil Najam
In times of pain – and these are times of pain – we sometimes need music to soothe our hurt. Sometimes we need to raise our voice to join others who are also crying out in pain.
We do so, not because it will ease their pain, but merely because it might – just might – ease our own pain.
Dear Readers,
While All Things Pakistan has remained alive and online, it has been dormant since June 11, 2011 - when, on the blog's 5th anniversary, we decided that it was time to move on. We have been heartened by your messages and the fact that a steady traffic has continued to enjoy the archived content on ATP. While the blog itself will remain dormant, we are now beginning to add occasional (but infrequent) new material by the original authors of the blog, mostly to archive what they may now publish elsewhere. We will also be updating older posts to make sure that new readers who stumble onto this site still find it useful.
We hope you will continue to find ATP a useful venue to reflect upon and express your Pakistaniat. - Editors
@Greg, here you go
Not who we are
What has been spread in our name is nothing but a lie
Others have marked our forehead with death just to vilify
The name by which you know us is not who we are
And what you perceive us to be is not who we are
That’s not who we are
That’s not who we are
That’s not who we are, not who we are
That’s not who we are, not who we are
As darkness approached
we desperately sought our way
Scared, we torched our home
just to keep the night away
But what’s in the air around us is not going to fly
What’s been spread in our name is nothing but a lie
That’s not who we are
That’s not who we are, not who we are
The name by which you know us is not who we are
And what you perceive us to be is not who we are
That’s not who we are
That’s not who we are, not who we are
Somewhere along the way we lost what unites us
We’re a little scared, ’cause some of us feed what bites us
Granted, your pain is as vast as the sea
Our wounds are even deeper, the pain greater, has to be
That’s not who we are
That’s not who we are
That’s not who we are, not who we are
That’s not who we are, not who we are
Perhaps it is time to look at
Moving song expressing what most of Pakistanis actually think and feel! Appropriate time to put it up.
Are you on the FACEBOOK?
Please join PAKISTANIS AGAINST TERRORISM (PAT) a group recently formed in Islamabad because enough is enough!
Raise your voice against terrorism!
Good song and I’m impressed by the number of petition signatures. Over 62 million people have signed so far.