Haunting chorus and bittersweet verses convey the tragedy of young love destroyed by terrorism in Mumbai India.
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Story behind the song
This fictionalized historical ballad features the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks on Mumbai.
Lyrics
She was just a sweet young girl from northtown
And he a builder's son from the countryside
They met one day in a senior class at Windermere
And dated for the remainder of the year
After graduation they divided
And followed their careers away from there
But they kept in touch and grew much fonder
And met no others who could compare
Ships in the night
He was now in research, she a writer
She dreamed of reporting the foreign press
They met up for the marriage of a good friend
Who looked so lovely in her wedding dress
They talked and planned their future life together
And spent a week in love far from the crowds
They planned to meet again and then departed
With their hearts afire flying above the clouds
Ships in the night
Suddenly the dream was sadly over
Her mother phoned the news and began to cry
On a fateful autumn day she was taken
In a hail of bloody gunfire in Mumbai
Ships in the night...