My husband left me for a younger woman that looked just like me. His third affair became his second marriage. He took her to all the places we've been to and took pictures with her where I had my pictures taken. My whole 9 year history with this man erased by selfish lustful desires. I didn't exist anymore. He replaced me, our memories, with a counterfeit. And he called her the same things he had once ascribed to me. The "queen of his castle" his soulmate, his angel, the love of his life. His principessa. These were all my names. And now they are hers. I only think of him when I hear music like this. It brings everything back. But it all belongs in the past. Everything is the past. If anyone is "shiny and new", it is you, Anoushka. You had to wash the dirt off and evolve out of your pain into a new woman. I am now a new woman. Everything that was broken has mended but doesn't move and bend the same way. I move and bend in a different way. Like water. Water always makes a new path when the old path is sealed. The goal is to flow from one place and be in another place. Never be stuck in a place you don't belong. Belong where you deserve to be.

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.” ― Victor Hugo Im sad that I find happiness in the melancholy of your music but thank you nonetheless.

So sad. Yes, he probably does call her bright eyes too... Betrayal. I’m sorry, but I know Anoushka has deep primal strength. Thanks for the great music. Masterful weeping music.

Anoushka's facial expressions say it all....

You are a goddess. That little director does not deserve one tear from you. You are free... pure silence.

I was afraid to look at her pain filled eyes at the start of the video... It's so raw.. Kudos to Anoushka for being so brutally honest about it.

Anoushka actually has bright eyes. First thing that catches your attention when you look at her.

Congratulations, the album is nominated for grammy

I'm in love with the sitar... Absolutely magnificent! Love from Turkey! I came here to find a little peace in these hard and mourning times as 2 7.7 magnitude earthquakes hit my country within 9 hours and wiped out 10 cities. Pray for us, brothers and sisters!

On repeat mode since yesterday. It's crazy how Anoushka can make you feel her pain and unearth some of yours too.

I love when she sings: Do you call her bright eyes too, and then just starts to sound that beautiful melody. 💔

Congrats! It's nominated in the GRAMMYS for best global album.

What a truly beautiful song!

When I clicked this, I didn't expect to have my heart broken.... What a powerful song :(Thank you Anoushka Shankar, Alev Lenz and others. That was beautiful.

So proud to see you at 2021 Grammy nominations ❤❤ All the very best 😘😘

When the soul bleeds and the heart cries that's when this music is born. You don't listen to this master piece, you feel it.

I'm just obsessed with the sound of Sitar. It always soothes my brain somehow.

The Sitar is a singer. I love this honesty throughout the voice of the co-singer because for me the Sitar says more than the singer and the way Anoushka plays the Sitar is killing. Usually in this kind of subject (betrayal or cheating in couples) there's a lot of screaming and big/heavy instruments sometimes you have a simple piano-voice but not often. I like the way she expresses the feelings . Pain can be expressed through a pure silence and pure feelings.

Anyone else listening to this on repeat?

You can almost feel her pain expressed through the chords on the sitar. I only discovered this by accident, never really listened to Indian classical music before but I am captivated

I have no idea how I’ve found this track but can’t stop listening! Gorgeous!

So peaceful yet so destructive at the same time .

MY GOD, HOW BEAUTIFULLY DONE IN SUCH A POIGNANT WAY!

Hypnotized 💎💎💎💎 it's like listening to a kaleidoscope

Dear God. This is amazing. So raw and captivating. This is truly one of the best original works that I have heard in such a long time. Thank you all for baring yourselves, so that I can bear myself too! (Not a typo)🙏

Dear KZfaq, I'm soundly mad at u for not recommending this sooner.

This woman have most beautiful eyes in the world! Fill them with joy, Anoushka !

Just to the people who are new to Indian classical, it's not complete classical it's a fusion of Indian classical + western. I am so glad due to these powerful lyrics and Sitar playing by Anoushka people from all over the world getting to know about Indian culture. There are loads of instruments, music and ragas in Indian classical, they are all great and will take you to different world at the same time. 🙂

The lyrics are so personal yet something a lot of people can relate to. Anoushka Shankar yet again champions this concept of writing music which is painfully personal yet every listener can identify themselves in it. The composition immerses the listener in her despair and agony. My heart bleeds Can't wait for the entire EP to come out

"But repetition lies ahead for you" Anoushka wrote that out of complete anger towards Joe Wright. His wedding with Rosamud Pike was called off. Joe cheated on Anoushka, then had girlfriends, left them then got married an actress. This song is extremely personal to Anoushka Shankar and she beautifully expressed her sadness through this song

Oh god ♥️🔥 Anoushka shankar she’s so talented 😭♥️🔥 Her expressions are deeper than the song

I have not been moved my music such as this, in a very very long time! I got goosebumps when the Indian percussion came on. This is how music should be! Bravo Anoushka!

Never thought it would be so gripping. This should get popular.

2:20 when the beat comes in....... HELP ME! I want to jump into the screen and wrap my arms around Anoushka.

I feel overcome by melancholy. Involuntarily tears welling up and then I allow myself to succumb to this profound sadness and pain. I've been gripped by this emotion for the past 2 days since I've discovered this song. The pain is so tangible. I feel haunted by the tunes and melody of the sitar.

Her father Ravi as well as Anoushka are amazing musicians.

This is heartbreaking, but heartbreakingly beautiful. Painful to hear, but beautiful to listen to. The beauty and spirituality you bring to the world is endless, Anoushka. Your pain is unbearable to hear. But thank you for your music ❤️☯️🙏❤️☯️🙏

😥 i cried after listening this, Don't know why... God bless you and your dad too, I've also cried listening him last time he was in Bangladesh at classical fest, my life time experience. Wish you would come to Bangladesh soon. 💙💙 ✌

She just expressed her pain. It reached the hearts behind screen! This is a very deep rendition. More power to you Anoushka

This song made me cry, I could feel her pain

The sitar is such a mystical instrument moving me every time I listen ❤ beautiful .... This is the song of my day !!!

This is such a beautiful song, I don't know how many times I've listened to it in the last 24 hrs, can't keep the melody out of my head. I have to say "Serpent in my bed" is my absolute! favorite line, but I also really love the "I know she’s younger than me - less pain to carry" part and "now are you haunted by me" is so harrowing in a good way, with "but repetition lies ahead for you" being one of the most powerful scary fortunes I've ever heard.

I love this blending of Indian / ballad type music. It’s hypnotic!

All the previous comments have said it all, I will just add that you brought tears in my eyes after a long long time

Love from Bangladesh 💚💚💚 I'm a big fan ❤️

That hauntingly beautiful voice of Alev Lenz :3 That's what gave that feeling of complete despair to the final scene of Hated In The Nation, I guess it's the most intense scene I've seen in any TV series

Stunning. Absolutely beautiful.

Saw her live last week. Apart from her fantastic music, she is the most beautiful and gorgeous woman I have seen in my life.

I swear you looked like your father with all this new hair and stuff! The music is just woahhhhh!!

This is the music i have never heard before but always wanted to . I found my peace in it .

She is making Whole universe cry...Goddess who was married to a shallow human. Beautiful Music.

This feels ageless, I can't decide if it sounds modern or classical and I love that about it

KZfaq just recommended me this, and Im in love with this lady playing the sitar, her lirycs, the voice and that soft percusion (which I dont know the name) This is music. Greetings from Guatemala.

No flamboyant graphics, rich destinations or million dollar video. Just soul-soothing instruments, piercing lyrics and sheer talent! ♥️

This is was a great, random recommendation.

Ohh..Anoushka and her sitar are so beautiful even being in pain..and i deeply feel all the emotions that she express through this music..

This is one of the most heartbreaking songs I've ever heard...💔

Got this recommended today,.. Oh shitt I just liked it and saved it as the music was gradually building and I heard the words "Does she feel younger than me?'' It instantly made me feel for someone I've always been in love with ,who inturn was in a long relationship with someone else and that Someone betrayed her many times and left her heartbroken after 9 yrs.. ,..so Today I feel for her again.

THIS IS SO PURE AND SOULFUL I'M NOT GETTING OVER IT.

So glad to see the percussionist playing hid Udu drum properly. I love putting a mic right up to the sound hole and getting all the bass!

Composer are tooooooooooo intelligent,, I can't control my pulse rythem,, I want more like this,,, I'm falllllll

Just can’t stop listening this extraordinary composition

This song gives me chills. Hauntingly beautiful.

This is incredible, the perfect blend between western theory and tonality that i've grown up with and gotten used to and the microtonal eastern ragas and expressions i've only recently fallen in love played at once. Incredible.

Mamma Mia ! First of all so glad to see you play again for us. And the way you always play your heart out so blissfully on your most beautiful sounding Sitar EVER is out of this world. Then you manage to collaborate with so many special artists too. What else ? Ha ha , keep on shining for us dear Anoushka. Chapeau, once again.

Finest composition I have heard for a long time sad in a healing way tears of happiness and sadnesss are running The harmony between angel - voice and crying sitar is unique

Anoushka ! now I understand why your serene and wistful smile bring tears in my eyes

whenever i hear the sound of Sitar, my mind get in peace.

I saw you play with Ravi at salisbury cathedral about 15 yrs ago or so...never forgot it. was by far the most upliftng ,spiritual music experience of my life. the glow and aura from you all was intoxicating and so inspiring. you managed to give us all a glimpse of heaven that evening.

Music comes from broken heart. And here is it with all grace and sadness.. Crushing my soul.

Как же нежно, любя дотрагивается она до струн ! В следующей жизни этот инструмент будет прекрасным человеком ) Кого же благодарить, если нет ни кого !

Music expresses the inexpressible like Huxley said. Much more than words can express.

First time I felt so physically moved by a song, indescribable

I can feel your pain .Thank you for being that brave .I will pray for you to heal your heart .And love again .

I literally got emotional goosebumps, and a lump in my throat. It is a beautifully written song. 🖤

This is an absolute masterpiece!! So much beauty in agony

This is not just a Musical Track, it’s peace, it’s love, it’s a feeling. Healer

*Such a beautiful song! And Anoushka made it more gorgeous with her sitar and other Indian instruments.* *Really, 🇮🇳 INDIA SOUNDS, SMELLS, TASTES incredibly 'Amazing'*

Soothing

Im truly waiting for ur Grammy performance and award winning movement All the best 😍

Maam, Finally we see an upload by you and we are blessed to be part of an era to which you belong . Please do not leave us deprived of such magical sitar playing . We all are your die hard fans and respect you the way we respect Shankarjee !

dear Anoushka, I can sense deep pain in this expression. Phenomenal artists like you find solace in music as this gift enables you to reach out to the divine in you. In deep acceptance, the expectations drop and life flows like a perennial river and the romance of it emerges. you truly deserve all the bliss. let your music be the purest bhava of freedom, love, compassion, Our world can do better with glorious musical expressions that emerges from you. I had watched your first performance with Ustad Zakir Hussain Ji. In those gleaming eyes, We all got to see hope, talent, gratitude, compassion, pure beauty. please inspire yourself and come back to your peak glory of expression.

The sitar and the cello oh my gawd, the two most powerful instruments !

The pain in this song moves through me so strong I feel like I went through it, just Amazing .

Anoushka aparte de ser hermosa y bella tu musica tambien lo es!!!!!! disfruto tu musica con mucho corazon. me encanto esta cancion!!! desde mendoza argentina (muy lejos) te escribo mi nombre es Juan Leal. Disfruto tu musica se que sera dificil ver un show algun dia en vivo pero te mando bendiciones con todo mi corazon

Наслаждение смотреть на эту женщину не из нашего времени, как будто из глубокой древности, и слушать её божественную игру

wish I could like this a thousand times over and over again.

The hell with those dislikes? This is just great.

This song is painfully soothing to me.

This is a soulful journey to the heart of a painful experience and back again. I love it all - but am enthralled with the upright bass and the sitar.

This song is pure poetry. ❤

2:20 to 3:00 hits me like anything! Absolutely legendary! ❤️

Esta canción me ha hecho sollozar, me ha calado profundo.

Apart from lyrics showing pain.......its Relaxing......👼

this is a new form of the blues as in Western music; and the fact that it has come from a woman musician in India is just an amazing moment. The musical life of the planet is moving in a way that reflects the fact we are now so very connected to every part of the globe. Also this is so incredibly moving and powerful-just like the early blues singers in the US. Anoushka has revealed an new level of her art.

This is strong, beautiful in so many ways. Pain created to heal pain. Everything gets balance with this. Thank you so much. Liked and shared.

This song needs to be listen in the intire universe!!!!! 🌌

Anyone feel the emotions in this song so strongly it made you nauseated? Maybe that's just me...

Funnily enough, I heard this song the day it went live. I skipped it after a few moments. Things happened and I ended up here again. The striking difference between how I perceived this then and how I perceive this now is amazing. Those little experiences have made each note on the sitar more relatable and the lyrics more pinching than ever.

This is not a weeping sing or a melody of pain. Will a goddess weep or feel sad if a mere, petty man "leaves" her? No one can leave her. This is purest form of art, bigger than anything, specially something as volatile or meaningless as human emotions. Shine on, my goddess!