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Random Shoddy Covers

Another one of my favourite songs from The National!

I couldn't find quiet
I went out in the rain
I was just soakin' my head to unrattle my brain
Somebody said you disappeared in a crowd
I didn't understand then
I don't understand now

Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?
Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?

And everybody was gone
You were standin' in the street 'cause you were tryin' not to crack up
It wasn't like a rain it was more like a sea
I didn't ask for this pain it just came over me
I love a storm, but I don't love lightning
All the waters coming up so fast, that's frightening

Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?
Am I the one you think about when you're sitting in your faintin' chair drinking pink rabbits?

And everybody was gone
I was standing in the street 'cause I was trying not to crack

I was solid gold
I was in the fight
I was coming back from what seemed like a ruin
I couldn't see you coming so far
I just turn around and there you are

I'm so surprised you want to dance with me now
I was just getting used to living life without you around
I'm so surprised you want to dance with me now
You always said I held you way too high off the ground

You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in a park
You didn't see me I was falling apart
I was a television version of a person with a broken heart

And everybody was gone
You were standin' in the street 'cause you were trying not to crack up
And bona drag was still on
Now I only think about Los Angeles when the sun kicks out
Now I only think about Los Angeles when the sun kicks out

You said it would be painless
The needle in the doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all
You said it would be painless
The needle in the doll
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all (when the sun kicks out)

You said it would be painless
The needle in the doll (when the sun kicks out)
You said it would be painless
It wasn't that at all

The National - Pink Rabbits [Cover]

Recently discovered this song, and I couldn't get it out of my head thanks to how poignant it was. So, as usual, recorded it at the spur of the moment.
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This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on

Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last

So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last

This Year's Love - David Gray [Rough Cover]

Got reminded of the Aashiqui 2 songs, and had to wake up and sing it to get it out of my head, haha. Slightly slow and abridged.
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Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya na

Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya na

Itna bata doon tujhko
Chahat pe apni mujhko
Yun to nahi ikhtiyaar
Phir bhi yeh socha dil ne
Ab jo laga hoon milne
Poochhoon tujhe ik baar.. o..

Tu hi yeh mujhko bata de
Chahoon main ya na
Hmm.. Apne tu dil ka pata de
Chahoon main ya.. na..

Aisi.. kabhi pehle
Hui na thi khwaahishein
O.. Kisi se bhi milne ki
Na ki thi koshishein..
Uljhan meri suljha de
Chahoon main ya na
Aankhon aankhon mein jataa de
Chahoon main ya na

Chahun Main Ya Naa - Arjit Singh [Rough Cover]

Raqs-e-Bismil (Dance of the Wounded) 
Singer : Abida Parveen 
Composer : Muzzafar Ali 
  
Songs :
1       Ishq Mein Tere
2       Jalwa Ba Qadra
3       Ji Chahe
4       Mujhe Bekhudi
5       Roshan Jamaal - E - Yaar
6       Yaar Ko Hamne Ja Baja Dekha
7       Zahid Ne

▶Yaar Ko Hamne Ja Baja Dekha

A cover of the song by Three Doors Down. Sorry for the botchy strumming - I haven't played since a year, and them fingers hurt.

Here without you [Crude Cover]

Sorry for botching up the lyrics in between. I'm still fixing up my playing issues.

O Sanam Crude Cover

Yet another shoddy cover! Now in a third language!

Dragostea Din Tei

Sometimes I get obsessed with a song, and then I end up waking up and haphazardly covering it...

[Rough Covers] are songs recorded at the spur of the moment (and don't often sound nice), [Covers] generally have a couple of practice runs done for them.

Chahun Main Ya Naa - Arjit Singh [Rough Cover]

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