Raghav Meattle - City Life | Official Music Video

City Life tries to depict life in Bombay - the hustle, bustle, grime and dust of the day, in contrast to the calm and emptiness of night. In its own way, the film is a tribute to Bombay, which thousands flock to everyday, like a moth to a bulb, unable to move itself away. The film was processed and developed at Andec Filmtechnik, Berlin.

Video Credits:
Directed and Edited by Rajdip Ray
Cinematography by Abhimanyu Sengupta
Big thank you to Krish Makhija, Bibartan Ghosh, Sudipa Ray, Kshitij Verma, Sounak Roy
Cast: Nishant Nagar, Kirti Virmani, Aman Shreshta, Prerana Das, Naina Meattle, Andrea Pinto

Audio Credits:
Drums: Karun Kannampilly
Bass: Nishant Nagar
Electric Guitar: Jason Dsouza
Music Producer, Recording & Mix Engineer: Zain Calcuttawala
Mastering Engineer: Keshav Dhar
Assistant Recording Engineers: Samarth C, Nikhil Salve
Recording Studio: Studio Island City, Mumbai
Album Art: Ayushi Rastogi
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar & Lyrics: Raghav Meattle

Big thank you to Jason DSouza for letting me track guitars and vocals at his home studio!

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Lyrics:
I claim to be this person, not selfish not greedy
Well that’s not me, it’s hard to be
I’d hate to be mistaken for someone not needy,
Well that’s just me, it’s hard to see
I close my eyes in dust bowls called city life
I wonder why we live here and why we haven’t left
I close my eyes in narrow lanes and pig sty
I wonder why I can’t see the sky and all the stars

While we all chase the love
We all chase the cars
We all chase the good life
With broken hearts

I can sing to the clouds, sing to the rain
It won’t mean a thing in these packed trains
I close my eyes to begging kids and their cries
I wonder why I can’t see the stone that I’ve become
I close my eyes to honey bees and butterflies
I wonder why they fell trees and how they aim to breathe

While we all chase the love
We all chase the cars
We all chase the good life
With broken hearts

I claim to be this person, not selfish not greedy
Well that’s not me, it’s hard to be

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[harshisingh]

So for the first time I went on a long drive with my family and my parents can't understand english much but still when I played this song in the car my dad went like..from where did you found this song...I can't understand but it sounds nostalgic and then I started explaining this song to my dad and since then he started listening to you too...he always try to sing this as it is and he google the lyrics first for knowing the meaning of this song...and those moments are the happiest for me..
Thanks raghav for these heavenly songs..♡

[anuvjain]

Love this man! Brings back so many Mumbai memories. Beautiful song! :D

[RaghavMeattle]

Didn't think something like this would ever happen when I wrote the song. In many ways, this lockdown has made us stop and think about things that matter, which is so hard to do usually! Hope you can relate to it in such troubled times. stay safe x

[kanishksinghthakur]

lyrics
I claim to be this person,
Not selfish not greedy well that's not me,
it's hard to be I'd hate to be mistaken for someone not Needy, well that's just me, it's hard to see

I close my eyes in dust bowls called city life
I wonder why we live here and why we haven't left
I close my eyes in narrow lanes and pigsty I

I claim to be this person,

Wonder why I can't see the sky and all the stars

While we all chase the love
We all chase the cars
We all chase the good life with broken Hearts
I can sing to the clouds, sing to the rain
It won't mean a thing in these packed trains

I close my eyes to begging kids and their cries
I Wonder why I can't see the stone that I've become
I close my eyes to honey bees and butterflies
I Wonder why they fell trees and how they aim to breathe
While we all chase the love We all chase the cars
We all chase the good life with broken hearts
I can sing to the clouds, sing to the rain
It won't mean a thing in these packed trains
I claim to be this person, Not selfish not greedy well that's not me, it's hard to be.

[sakshiiyaadav]

Can we all just take a moment and thank this person for creating this soothing piece of bitter realisations? 💞

[exosbutterfly]

We all chase the love
We all chase cars
We all chase the good life
With broken hearts
Best lyrics...best vocals
Best song !!!

[trishabhugra]

We all chase the car, We all chase a good life, With broken heart😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[anvi]

AAAA okay raghav, this is gonna be long.
Firstly, Thankyou for such a beautiful song. This is a blessing to the ears. secondly, thankyou spotify recommendations. This song and 'she can' randomly got played on a busy day months back. I loved them so saved them in 'liked songs playlist'. I hardly open that playlist and for months this was sitting in there. two days back, I literally ran out of songs to play, having multiple playlists and following multiple artists, I got so bored of every song from my playlist and ended up checking around the 'liked song' playlist. Heard it, loved it. stalked you, stalked your discography. your discography is playing on loop since last 2 days in my house. Haven't heard to any other song except yours. Lots and lots of love ❤

[srishtigoyal]

I am so selfish that I don’t wanna share this song and keep it as my little secret😉

[Fireblade-fzgk]

Saw the ads on instagram, I'm glad that i took the time to search it up.We all chase the good song..

[afrozbagh.]

The song is beautiful and the video is brilliant! Did you shoot on an old film camera?

[krabha]

Songs like these remind me to take a break once in a while.

[Swasohri]

My favorite song..reminds me of my twin brother who i havent seen in 15 yrs ❤ sweetest reminder of songs he wld listen and humm to

[shambhavisingh]

No better companion than a song like this when we all are having tough times. Thank you Raghav!

[swapnali]

This song makes me feel something I can't explain its like nostalgia. I could relate to this song. Now I am a big fan of you ❤

[himanshupawar]

A part of me wants him to remain underrated. But there's part too that want to see him grow..

[blackmagic]

Raghav bhai, tension nahi lene ka. Apun dekh dekh ke 1 million views tak kar dega !

[snehaghosh]

Sometimes we all need some different words, some different feelings! This is the exact song for that kind of differentness.. just in love with the lone "while we all chase the love... we all chase the good life with broken heart." Another one is "I wonder why I can not see the stone I have become".... this type of song can melt the stone we carry that is why we can't see the stone, the toughness, but can feel ourselves, our deep emotions! You are great Raghav! Voice and lyrics 💙🍁

[dan]

I've been listening to the song for about two years, and I really went through a hard stage of depression and had a single suicide attempt, after a long time a few months ago I heard it for the first time again, and today when I find the video for the first time I see the face of someone who in a few words helped me fight for myself. thank u buddy <3

[inidaonedance]

This song is innately all of us.. I think the lockdown's making us all think this way and I hope we learn and change! Thank u for the song.. it'll be a helpful reminder to soften our hearts ❤️❤️