Shanti Revisited

by Malay & Ricky Kundu

Streaming Music Links

Shanti Revisited is available to play on SoundCloud

Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music, etc. coming soon!

About the Song

The original "Shanti" song was written in 2001 by Malay Kundu shortly after the events of 9/11. Now, 20 years later, his 18-year-old son Ricky joins him to revisit and recount how he felt that fateful day.

In the days following September 11th, 2001, Malay was reflecting on the loss of the sense of peace that had enveloped him and indeed everyone in the nation. Having just celebrated his first wedding anniversary only a few months earlier, he found myself dreading even the thought of the loss of a spouse or loved one that so many others had suffered. He could only imagine how the survivors of such a tremendous loss would have felt.

"Shanti" is the ancient Sanskrit word for peace. "Shanti Om" is an age-old mantra praying for peace throughout the universe. The three Shanti's call for peace from the unseen forces of nature, peace from the actions of others around us, and last but not least peace from within ourselves.

Lyrics

(“Shanti” is the Sanskrit word for “Peace”; "Shanti Om" means “Peace for the Universe”)

Father, oh Father, please tell me how it goes

Before the world was masked,

Before the forests burned,

Tell me of that day that she left us

Many years ago....

Shanti, oh Shanti, oh Shanti where’d you go?

Stole away this morning, so quiet I didn't know

Small consolation, that kiss before you'd go

Shanti Shanti Shanti Om

Shanti Om, Peace and Hope

Shanti, Shanti please come home

Shanti, oh Shanti, oh Shanti where'd you go?

Can't believe this afternoon, how bad this day would go

Need you here right next to me, my hand for you to hold

Shanti Shanti Shanti Om

Shanti Om, Peace and Hope

Shanti, Shanti please come home

Smoke fills the skies

As tears fill my eyes

Cruel coin that Fate has tossed

Life was a dream

With you next to me

Now I'm awake and lost

Shanti Om, Peace and Hope

Shanti, Shanti please come home

Shanti, oh Shanti, oh Shanti where'd you go?

I pray to God this evening in daylight you will show

No matter what will happen, my love for you still grows

Shanti Om, Peace and Hope

Shanti, Shanti please come home

No matter what will happen, our love for you still grows

Shanti Shanti Shanti Om