pal pal ka marna, pal pal ka jeena
jeena hai kam kam
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
dukhta hai dil dukhta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
dar hai andar chhupta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai

pal pal ka marna, pal pal ka jeena
jeena hai kam kam
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai

ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
mere ujde ujde se hontho me
badi sehmi sehmi rehti hai zabaan
mere haatho pairo mein khun nahi
mere tan badan me behta hain dhua
sine ke andar aansu jama hain
palke hain nam nam
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai

ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
kyun baar baar lagta hai mujhe
koi door chhupke takta hai mujhe
koi aas paas aaya to nahi
mere sath mera saaya to nahi
chalti hai lekin nabz bhi thodi
sans bhi kam kam
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai

sans bhi kuch kuch rukta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
pal pal kyun dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai
ghutta hai dum dum ghutta hai

Each breath a dying, each breath a life,
Life dwindles, frail and brief.
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
The heart aches deep, aches in grief.
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Fear hides within, concealed from sight.
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight.

Each breath a dying, each breath a life,
Life dwindles, frail and brief.
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Within my parched, forsaken lips,
A trembling fear forever sleeps.

My tongue, no blood in hands and feet,
Smoke flows through flesh, a bitter treat.
Within my chest, tears gather deep,
Eyelids weep, they softly weep.
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight.

Suffocation chokes, chokes tight.
Why does it feel, again and again,
That someone watches, hidden then?
Has someone neared, unseen, unheard,
My shadow close, a whispered word?
The pulse still beats, though faint and slow,
Breaths grow few, they ebb and flow.
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight.

Breaths falter, cease and start,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight.
Why does each breath suffocate?
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight,
Suffocation chokes, chokes tight.