Delhi Morning was written on the train back from Mumbai. Rao recorded the announcement in Hindi and English and built the melody around its rhythm.
Song story
Delhi Morning
Asha Rao · Monsoon Radio · 2025 · 4:07
Closing the suite.
At a glance
- Release date
- February 14, 2025
- Album
- Monsoon Radio
- Label
- Cassette Garden
- Genre
- Ambient, Film Music
- Language
- English, Hindi
- Duration
- 4:07
- Artist
- Asha Rao
The story
About this song
Interpretation
What the song is about
On belonging to two places at once.
Close listen
Craft and analysis
Closes with the harmonium drone fading over twenty seconds.
Licensed lyrics
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Delhi morning, train window
The announcement in two languages
I understood both and neither
Written on the train from Mumbai
[Chorus]
On belonging to two places at once
Hindi and English in my ear
The harmonium drone fades over twenty seconds
And the morning is clear
[Verse 2]
Rao recorded the announcement
Built the melody around its rhythm
Two languages on the train window
And I understood both with wisdom
[Chorus]
On belonging to two places at once
Hindi and English in my ear
The harmonium drone fades over twenty seconds
And the morning is clear
[Bridge]
I understood both and neither
Delhi morning on the glass
Two places at the same time
And the train will surely pass
[Chorus]
On belonging to two places at once
Hindi and English in my ear
The harmonium drone fades over twenty seconds
And the morning is clear
[Outro]
Delhi morning
Train window
Credits
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- Label
- Cassette Garden
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