Inside a cosmic motion picture frame
I constantly break just to reshape
like a thought going through a blank page
like wearing a name without a face
like in the emptiness pulsating space
never the less trapped inside an invisible cage
Inside a cosmic motion picture frame
the morning sunlight falls on your face
reflections bouncing off the mirror
shadows hanging lightly over your head
nevertheless trapped inside an invisible cage


Cosmic motion picture frame ( Ratika's vacation with The Koi )

Mixed by Sunil Loitongbam.
recorded in Imphal and Delhi

Eche (For Sharmila) - Imphal Talkies feat. Rahul Ram

Recorded in Summit Attempt's den one fine morning in Bombay in Dec 2013. Thanks to Summit Attempt and Chandrima for the Pasta and aweome lunch.
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Akhu - Guitar, Vocals
Summit Attempt - drum loops, Bass, Guitars
The song was orginally written in 2008 just after the formation of Imphal Talkies. Another version of the song will be out in the upcoming album.
-----Lyrics-------
Acitvists went to Geneva
Came back with sweet saliva
Some called themselves rock stars
They just sang of Zapatista

Rich men's wives inside the temple
And She is crying with bangles
Professor teaching Derrida
Young men wearing Che Guevara

What is India doing to Sharmila
They raped and killed Manorama
No one remembers Chittaranjan
Everyone saw it wide open

The fools they shut down the schools
Children they use like tools
Me too, a son of that land
and let me tell you your institution is a lie


There you cry for your Naga brothers
There you pray for your Kuki brothers
There you stand for your Meitei Brothers
what a waste! what a waste!

And the home is burning...
And the home is burning...
And the home is burning...
And the home is burning...
And the home is burning...
And the home is burning...


When The Home Is Burning - Imphal Talkies feat. Summit Attempt

Can you see the dying star, far from your chair?
Can you see the crimson streams that run through my soil?
I wonder how far east you’ve looked.
Can you be the man you’ve killed?
See the world through his eyes.
Can you feel the bereft heart?
As the mother waits for her child,
To come back home.
You know he ain’t.
Lord give me a wing, I wanna see the world.
See what it’s like to be free.
Look as I fly away up high.
Your MIG’s can’t reach for me so high.
I’ll keep on flying, I’ll keep on flying.
I am a free man.
I see how pure the streams of my hills are.
I see how green the paddies in my fields are.
No, i’m not dying, No, i’m not dying,
I’m free man.
In the shade of your might, I was once told,
The rainbow we are but in the search for my colour, it was nowhere to be found.
I wonder how have you got me bleached?
I used to dream and I’d think of bliss.
I was a child but the fawn was skinned.
Look as I fly away up high.
Your MIG’s can’t reach for me so high.
I’ll keep on flying, I’ll keep on flying.
I am a free man.
I see how pure the streams of my hills are.
I see how green the paddies in my fields are.
No, I’m not dying, No, I’m not dying.
I’m free man.
Malem gi leikol kayada chaktarurabasu, 
Nama na hikna tengthaba kanana tadrabasu, 
Lairabi nama do nama nate di yaroido.
Malem leimana lumbara,palem emana marummi
Korou nongmaton na wangbara,panthou epana mawanggi.
Mei esing nungsit leipak atiya na saba athoubi emagi macha ni eikhoidi
I see how pure the streams of my hills are; now I’m a free man.
I see how green the paddies in my fields are; now I’m a free man.
No i’m not dying, I’ll keep on flying.
I’m a free man.
Ha, koubru ching dagi hourakpa. 
loktak emana konbiba.
Athouba singi eekheng tana leihao semba lamdam ni.
Ema lairabise nangisu namane.


3. Fly: Athoubi Emagi Macha

When The Home Is Burning

India I See Blood In Your Hands

I Wanna Go To Moscow

In Telemotion

sounds from deep within a dream
breaks the spell and wakes you up in a different scene
you try to get an eyeful of what you see
like a fragile flashing headlight and a rabbit caught in
some moments in motion, new dimensions in commotion
floating down a river of infinite equation
singing "wuu uu uuu wuuu uuu wuuu"
you remember a smile, remember the face
raindrops down those window pane
remember a flashback of a scene
running on a tv screen
some moments in motion, new dimensions in commotion
floating down a river of infinite equation
singing "wuu uu uuu wuuu uuu wuuu"
stay here for a while, remember the place
rainbows melting in the interspace
remember the flashback of a scene
running on a t.v screen
some moments in motion, new dimensions in commotion
floating down a river of infinite equation
singing "wuu uu uuu wuuu uuu wuuu"



In Telemotion

In the covert light,
meyer lemon flowers
cut through the noon.
Might bear someday the light
of the sweetest rind,
leaving trails in the room.
of profound aromas
from the farthest flung stars,
leaves you with wings to the
finest white horse..
as fragments of your giant self
with hooves of time
watch the season swell.
In the covert light,
meyer lemon flowers
cut through the noon.
Suckles on amalgam
of the purest dirt and moist
what do you bleed??
acidulous saps on magnetic voyages??
life ravages, keeps turning on the page
As fragments of your giant self with hooves of time
watch the season swell


the Lemon Tree

This is one of the songs written by Vabe for the Band's debut album "Life is Beautiful"! The song is about the Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike since November 2000, demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA.

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