[Intro — female, Hindi] ठहरो ज़रा Thehro zara Wait a moment नाम मत दो Naam mat do Don’t name it yet अभी नहीं Abhi nahin Not yet [Beat enters] [Verse 1 — male] A word leaves your mouth And changes in the air By the time it reaches me I’ve already put something there A memory A warning A shape I recognize You gave me half a sentence I supplied the other side [Female refrain] जो सुना Jo suna What I heard जो कहा Jo kaha What you said एक नहीं Ek nahin Not the same [Hook] Before the meaning lands Before I call it true ठहरो ज़रा Thehro zara There is what you said There is what I heard And something moving Between the words Before the meaning lands Leave it open in your hands [Verse 2 — female / male] चेहरा बदला Chehra badla Your face changed मैंने कारण चुन लिया Maine kaaran chun liya I chose the reason तुम चुप रहे Tum chup rahe You stayed quiet मैंने उत्तर सुन लिया Maine uttar sun liya I heard an answer Male: Maybe you were thinking Maybe you were tired Maybe all the smoke I saw Came from my own fire The first story comes quickly The second takes its time The thing I feared the most Became the thing I called mine [Hook] Before the meaning lands Before I call it true अभी नहीं Abhi nahin There is what you said There is what I heard And something moving Between the words Before the meaning lands Leave it open in your hands [Short instrumental — sitar / sarod over trip-hop beat] नाम मत दो Naam mat do अभी नहीं Abhi nahin [Bridge] Male: I don’t have to doubt everything To question what I know Female: हर उत्तर गलत नहीं Har uttar galat nahin Not every answer is wrong Male: Just leave a little distance Between the signal and the story Female: देखो फिर Dekho phir Look again पूछो फिर Poochho phir Ask again Together: Let the meaning move Before you make it stay [Final Hook] Before the meaning lands Before I call it true ठहरो ज़रा Thehro zara There is what you said There is what I heard There is what I brought To every single word Before the meaning lands Before the story closes अभी नहीं Abhi nahin Maybe what I know Is only where it started [Outro] नाम मत दो Naam mat do ठहरो ज़रा Thehro zara [Male, distant] Before the meaning lands
