My lyrical Revolution

 During those glorious days that were full of enthusiasm, anger, hope and optimism I witnessed miracles. But not miracles from a god but miracles achieved by the endeavors of a population. Yes I am talking about the Egyptian population that went out to the streets on the 25^th of January to get rid of the regime and its dictator Mubarak.

While I was with the people in the streets suffering the pain of this terrible tear gas and running randomly from a place to another trying to avoid it while looking out for the people who were with me, a lot of songs kept playing in my head filling me with such a feeling that I just can’t describe. Songs that I have been listening to for a hell of a long time considering them just songs or how true they are on a minor or a personal level.

While I was on the bridge beside this huge mosque I guess its name was ElFat-h on the 28^th of January after the prayer I remembered the song wish you were here by Pink Floyd and specially the line “Did you exchange, a walk on part in the war.. For a lead role in a cage?” and I kept thinking with all the writing, tweeting and all the encouraging I have been doing to change my beloved country, I was just nothing but taking a lead role in a cage. But, after going out with all this shouting and cheering I realized what a war for freedom might look like.

This day was full of blood, violence and scenes that I never imagined I would see in my whole life but by the end of the day when I saw the tanks chasing all the CSF trucks away from downtown and the people are chanting “The population and the army are one hand” I couldn’t believe my eyes – although by that time I was partially blinded – at night I couldn’t sleep at all and the ColdPlay song Fix you keeps playing again and again in my head, the lyrics that say:

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

I felt as if this song is totally about my country as I did my best and I didn’t know if with the curfew we can still be in the streets, I didn’t know if we will succeed or not, I was so tiered and couldn’t sleep, simply there was nothing worse!!

Simply those were just two songs out of tens that now have a totally different meaning for me when I listen to them. It’s not just about a new perspective for songs of course… The revolution gave me a whole new perspective for everything in my life.