akhabaaro mein dikhate hain
roj subah ghar se ye nikalte hai
insaano mein har dil mein
jalte jalte jalte raawan
jalte jalte jalte raawan
har taraf ugti deewaarein kya karein
pairo ke niche dabte aasmaano mein
dekhte dekhte kho gaye sapne

saanson ki kachchi dori se
banti hai simaaye
aankhon ke behte paani pe
bikati hai aashaayein
gehre gehre is shehar ke maayino ke bhanvar
gehre gehre is shehar ke maayino ke bhanvar
dekhte dekhte kho gaye sapne

akhabaaro mein dikhate hain
roj subah ghar se ye nikalte hai
insaano mein har dil mein
jalte jalte jalte raawan
jalte jalte jalte raawan
har taraf ugti deewaarein kya karein
pairo ke niche dabte aasmaano mein
dekhte dekhte kho gaye sapne
akhabaaron mein

They surface in newsprint,
Each dawn, they spill from homes.
Within each heart of man,
They burn, and flow, and roam.
They burn, and flow, and roam.
What can they do, these walls that rise?
In skies crushed beneath their feet,
They watch, and dreams are lost to eyes.

From the fragile thread of breath,
Boundaries are spun.
Upon the tears that flow from eyes,
Hopes are sold, undone.
Deep, deep, the city's whirlpool of meaning,
Deep, deep, the city's whirlpool of meaning,
They watch, and dreams are lost to eyes.

They surface in newsprint,
Each dawn, they spill from homes.
Within each heart of man,
They burn, and flow, and roam.
They burn, and flow, and roam.
What can they do, these walls that rise?
In skies crushed beneath their feet,
They watch, and dreams are lost to eyes.
In newsprint.