Window Seat by Shanikwa

Music

Shanikwa has contributed to the Duniya Behter project by creating a song called “Window Seat” about her experience during COVID.

She says, “It’s about a time I had to spend in isolation and shows how I felt but, I also know that’s how many people have felt and for some people it’s their everyday life”.

Her voice gently dances with beautiful harmonies over an acoustic guitar and percussion based song in this stunning debut.

MAV · Window Seat by Shanikwa

Window Seat - Lyrics

Lalalalaaaa

I see it in your eyes
Glaring at me
Sometimes I think you should be free
(You should be free)

This world is still moving
Why didn't it stop for me?
Why didn't it stop for me?

Lalalalaaaa

Watching from a window seat
Watching from a window seat
Watching from a window seat
Watching from a window seat

Lalalalaaaa

I don't remember seeing the sun (seeing the sun)
The sun we both need
Ooh I'm trying to remember love (remember love)
These days I ain't been getting enough

But I have you
I have you
I have you
I have you

Watching from a window seat
Watching from a window seat
Watching from a window seat
Watching from a window seat

Window Seat by Shanikwa is presented as a part of Duniya Behter.

Duniya Behter is supported by the Victorian Government through the Priority Response to Multicultural Communities during Coronavirus (PRMC) program.

Duniya Behter

From 11 Aug 2021

Duniya Behter shifts the mainstream narrative about people with migrant and refugee backgrounds, from vulnerable to capable. Women and young people in Bendigo and Shepparton drew from their cultural roots, to build creative businesses and produce new digital creative works. The name, Duniya Behter, emerged from conversations with young Cultural Facilitators employed to work on this project and it speaks to the spirit and intention of MAV’s regional Victoria program. It is a reflection of some of the cultures in Bendigo and Shepparton where the project is based. Duniya means the world in Arabic, Hindi and it’s also found in the languages of Swahili, Hazaragi, Urdu and Persian, where it holds a similar meaning. Behter means better but working together to make better.

Window Seat by Shanikwa

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Duniya Behter