Siddiqui wrote this between two bus routes. The guitar is borrowed and has one string tuned down a whole step.
Song story
City Lines
Urdu verses about Karachi buses.
At a glance
- Release date
- April 19, 2024
- Album
- City Lines
- Label
- Route Nine
- Genre
- Indie Folk
- Language
- English, Urdu
- Duration
- 2:54
- Artist
- Omar Siddiqui
The story
About this song
Interpretation
What the song is about
On being stationary while the city keeps moving.
Close listen
Craft and analysis
The verse alternates between Urdu and English lines, sometimes mid-sentence.
Licensed lyrics
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
شہر کی لکیریں، بس کی سڑک
میں یہاں بیٹھا تھا، انتظار کرتے ہوئے
The city moved without me
While I sat still on Karachi streets
[Chorus]
Urdu verses, English lines
Borrowed guitar, one string down
The number twelve bus passes by
And I remain in this town
[Verse 2]
Journalist turned songwriter
Wrote this between two routes
The city lines run through my veins
And all the honest doubts
[Chorus]
Urdu verses, English lines
Borrowed guitar, one string down
The number twelve bus passes by
And I remain in this town
[Bridge]
میں یہاں بیٹھا تھا، انتظار کرتے ہوئے
The city never waits for me
شہر کی لکیریں، بس کی سڑک
I am where I was meant to be
[Chorus]
Urdu verses, English lines
Borrowed guitar, one string down
The number twelve bus passes by
And I remain in this town
[Outro]
شہر کی لکیریں
The city moved without me
Credits
Who made this record
- Label
- Route Nine
Licensing
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