Padi

Released: May 9, 2005

Songwriter: Andi Fadly Arifuddin

Producer: Jan Djuhana

Now I'm sitting here in the corner of my room
Staring through the window watching the sun goes down
And the shadows starts to creep across the floor
In this loneliness I'm crying in my bed
And the rain begins to fall down on me
As the sadness grows deep in inside of me
And I feel a little insecure right now
I am crawling looking for a place to hide
So where have all my lights gone?
For I need to find a way out of here
In my every breath I am chanting Your name
Give me strength so I can save my soul...
My mind keeps telling me to hold on
And it says I have to be a real man
I'm still wondering if I'll ever find my way
That leads me to Your light, into Your grace
So where have all my lights gone?
For I need to find a way out of here
In my every breath I am chanting your name
With my every breath I'm hoping
I can find the way to save my soul...

Formed at Airlangga University in Indonesia, Padi (then known as Soda) performed their first show in 1996. The name change occurred a year later – it was meant to symbolize the band’s humility, as the word means rice, which is a symbol of modesty – and by 1999, the band had a deal and an album in stores. The deal, which was signed after a rep from Sony caught a performance at a pub, led to a successful appearance on a various-artists compilation.

The debut, Lain Dunia, was followed by Sesuatu Yang Tertunda in 2001. Selling nearly 500,000 copies, the band solidified its standing with the mega-hit single “Kasih Tak Sampai.” Their next album, Save My Soul, would be even bigger, hitting the half-a-million sales mark its first week after release. Padi released their fourth, self-titled, album in 2005.

There have also been a handful of compilation appearances for the group, including a 2002 World Cup album contribution, “Work of Heaven.”

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