My own Reign....

Let me live
my own life
my own way....

No more lies
no more love
no remorse

All my faith
I have lost
Lost in space

There's no sense
there's no thought
I don't care

I'm on the verge of being dead..
My blood is white and faded..
The dirty names in my head..
are gonna get me beheaded

There's..
just one thing
I've gotta say
As my prayer...

Oh Satan...

Get me blood
some more blood..
of all these men...

Chop them up
Saw them down
Split their veins

Oh yeah...
Its only me
The evil me
Who should reign...


Hell yeah...

Was on the verge of being dead
My blood's always white and faded..
The dirty names in my head..
I make a wish and get them killed...

Illusions.

Is this a dream
'cause its too good to be true
the things I see around me
never seems to be crude

there ain't a poor
there ain't a greed
there ain't a hunger
there ain't caste or creed.

soon it struck to me
life does exist outside the wall
where there exist people
needy,greedy, cunning n cruel.

needy cos of poverty
poverty 'cause of greed
deaths 'cause of hunger
fights for cast or creed

should I blame myself
or the cruel world
Or people responsible
for this miserable state of life.

its about time we stand
stand tall to make an impact
its about time we stand
stand tall to plan and act.

My Promise...

There were days when I cried
when I knew nothing was alright
confidence without which I tried
to know the peoples' insight.

I raise my head n see
of the sights that would never be
being hurt, I still walk along
to be the person who i am

I lay upon the ground
feels like totally being floored
left all alone, no one around
life seems to have totally gone

I raise my head n see
of the sights that would never be
being hurt, I still walk along
to be the person who I am

Too many things ahead
to reach the promise I made
I would do whatever it takes
just to live up to my word

-Karthik Rao

Special...

I was walking on that road that day
where I gotta see the smile arcade
which set my mind on joy parade
it sets my mind..oh yeah...

There was one big house not to forget
with people standing at the gate
waving hands when they see me
they were special...oh yeah !!

I could see the life in their eyes
they wouldn't forget my time with them
where we danced and sang all the day
making their day special...oh yeah !!

They give their best in what they do
inspite being special or challenged
it sure inspires me all the time
makes my life special..oh yeah !!


- Karthik Rao

LOST and FOUND...

Away..... in a sleeping cloud
I'm going down, I'm screaming all aloud
I know, Some thing's going wrong

The day I left that door
Looking for something more
Stepped in the wrong running shoes
Is this the wrong path I was to choose

Again........ in this busy world
Where my words just go unheard
I prefer to speak to myself .......... now

The day I left that door
Looking for something more
Stepped in the wrong running shoes
Is this the wrong path I was to choose

I've struggled to make these efforts
And finally I found these comforts
Its true , u know, I came back home

The day I left this door
Looking for something more
Damn!!!! [pause] I have realized
Its the wrong path I was made to choose

-*- Karthik Rao & Shankar Shastry

Never give up..

Hey child, I wish failure for you,
as I believe in the power of failure
that also makes u realize
failure is not the end of the world

hey hey..failure is how we learn
with success,fame is what we earn
I know failure leads to success
I just say never give up..just never give up !

Don't you know success is great ? ,
but it is just a thing to prove you can do
something you already know you can do
so come on child..think what to do.

hey hey..failure is how we learn
with success,fame is what we earn
I know failure leads to success
I just say never give up..just never give up !

Now kid..if you know how it feels to fail,
to get a tear on your eyes that prevail
You will know its a long way you should sail
To be the man the people "hail" !

hey hey..failure is how we learn
with success,fame is what we earn
I know failure leads to success
I just say never give up..just never give up !

- Karthik Rao

The one..

I was thinking to myself
as to who could be the right one
who would never discriminate
from one human to another

Does anybody know him
Has anybody met him
All I can just say is
If you ever get to know him sometime,
Help me meet him during my lifetime.

I thought it could be a fellow-human
anybody, be it a Jewish or Roman,
He is the one who created Racism !
I realized I was totally wrong.

Does anybody know him
Has anybody met him
All I can just say is
If you ever get to know him sometime,
Help me meet him during my lifetime.

I thought it could be God
for he is the sole creator of all,
he is the one who created the haves and have-nots
be it health or may be wealth

Does anybody know him
Has anybody met him
All I can just say is
If you ever get to know him sometime,
Help me meet him during my lifetime.

I was thinking,is there a result to this game
who treats all the lives, in this world, the same
I soon realized and figured the right one
One who never discriminates is DEATH.

Does anybody know him
Has anybody met him
All I can just say is
I better start worshiping him sometime,
realized that i can never meet him during my lifetime.

- Karthik rao

Blinded..

My eyes, I don't know why its mocking me..
may be I am just getting deceived by unreal things
what I see ..what I hear is too hard to believe
if I ever did..it would never be me...

All is said and all is done
little silence in me is what lingers
for which my voice is betrayed
as to this earth, I've come undone


Here I lay with the thoughts in mind
always making me to turn behind
as I turn I see the light
light as bright as the new-moon sight

The way I dress or the way I look
does it really matter to you..
All that you should really think
is whether I give a damn about you


Thoughts of you persisting in my mind
keeps me busy to get a new find
not to be stuck on the unknown zeal
just wanna get-off the black-out feel


Here I lay with the thoughts in mind
always making me to turn behind
as I turn I see the light
light as bright as the new-moon sight


Here I lay with the thoughts in mind
always making me to turn behind
as I turn I see the light
light as bright, I could loose my sight.



-Karthik Rao

Realms Of Life....

My life's with many frustrations,
with all the quenchless temptations
should I blame it on my desires ?
or for expecting what i ain't worth for!

It still doesn't seem to me
if I am doing the right thing
or thinking the right way,
or did I always intend its my-way ?

I don't know whats worth craving for
I just cant think on this anymore
I don't know when I'l realize
my needs, my wants..I just cant analyze

I am no-one to tell you or advice
Not even expect you to be my-type
for its my stupidity to think this way
for these years I've been with you
for which I still wouldn't have realized !
else, I would just be paralyzed !


I don't know whats worth craving for
I just cant think on this anymore
I don't know when I'l realize
my needs, my wants..I just cant analyze

So long for now as the years pass by,
I've been living numb under the black-sky
for the pains I've just swallowed down
promise u that I will never frown
all it takes me to still be joyous
is just the matter of hope.

I don't know whats worth craving for
I just cant think on this anymore
I don't know when I'l realize
my needs, my wants..I just cant analyze


Hoping that the morrow will just get better
where I can stretch my arms wide open
to accept the realms of life
and move ahead when the doors are open.


-Karthik Rao