Enlightened!

by Rounak Maiti

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"Enlightened!" is a love song, but also a coming-of-age song. It captures my restlessness to "become something" or achieve some kind of greater, higher purpose - if there even is one - while at the same time acknowledging that this pursuit can often distract you from focusing on the ones you love and the ones you truly care about. I think ultimately I try to make peace with the fact that there isn't some greater meaning to uncover, but just love that persists in the end. I tackle my relationship with memory as well, which is a fraught and fragmented thing, and is highly influenced by the historical artifacts of my life I keep close to me - photographs, videos, letters and old text messages.

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I wanna be enlightened baby
I wanna be like you
I wanna be so smart I'll see right through you

Paint me a pretty picture
One with the dotted lines
Bring me an empty canvas so i can recreate the space between your eyes

And it's only reflections
Ghosts of your former self
They always throw me off
Another reason to
hit the killswitch again

I’ve Been a little conscious lately
Of all the hollow signs
I pull back the veil on my subliminal words
The preachers in denial

I saw it in the movies
It came alive on the TV screen
The memory of my former self is a pixelated dream

And it's only reflections
Ghosts of your formant shell
They always throw me off
Another reason to
hit the killswitch again

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released January 10, 2023
"Enlightened!" Written, Recorded Produced by Rounak Maiti
Mixed By Sanjay Das
Mastered by Matt Jeffries

Released by Pagal Haina

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Rounak Maiti Mumbai, India

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rounak Maiti has self-produced SoundCloud demos, sound art and full-length albums since 2012, contemplating issues of identity, family and selfhood in the age of technology. Underscored by his deeply personal lyricism and omnivorous genre palette, Rounak creates timeless sounds and music. ... more

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