Tag Archives: lyrics
Iruvar – Kanmaniye…
Vairamuthu’s gem from Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar. Voice Over by Aravind Swamy.
Unnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
90 nimidangaL thottaNaitha kaalamdhaan
800 aaNdugaLaai idhayathil ganakkudhadi
paarvayile sila nimidam bayathoadu sila nimidam
katti aNaithapadi kaNNeeril sila nimidam
ilakkaName paaraamal ella idangaLilum muththangaL vidaiththa mogathiL sila nimidam
Unnoadu naan irundha ovvoru maNi thuLiyum
maraNa padukkayilum maRakkaadhu kaNmaNiyae
edhu nyayam edhu paavam iruvarukkum thoandravillai
adhu [...]
Nobody knows but me
There are two kinds of people, there’s those who like Johnny Cash, and those that will.
10 years ago on a cold dark night
Someone was killed neath the town hall lights
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
She walks these hills in a long black [...]
State of Delusion
Funny, the war in Iraq is half a decade old!
For effect, its ongoing for one twentieth of a century!
Coincidence, it correlates exactly with my work experience!
Dubya estimated a 6 billion dollars budget for the Iraq war!
Now they’ve spend close to 600 billion, and the costs are rising!
Some estimates peg the final cost at 2000 billion!
Wish [...]
Chora veena mannil…
Anil Pachoooran’s poem from Arabikatha. Anil is the lyricist and the singer. Couldn’t resist posting since I’ve been searching for some time
(Thanks Whoever for the malayalam version)
ചോര വീണ മണ്ണില്നിന്നുയര്ന്നു വന്ന പൂമരം
ചേതനയില് നൂറു നൂറു പൂക്കളായ് പൊലിക്കവെ
നോക്കുവിന് സഘാക്കളെ നമ്മള് വന്ന വീതിയില്
ആയിരങള് ചൊര കൊന്ടെഴുതി വച്ച വാക്കുകള്
chora veena mannilninnuyarnnu vanna poomaram
chethanayil nooru nooru pookkalaay polikkave
nokkuvin saghaakkale nammal [...]
this bird had flown
Reporter: I’d like to direct this question to messrs. Lennon and McCartney. In a recent article, Time magazine put down pop music. And they referred to “Day Tripper” as being about a prostitute… Paul: Oh yeah. Reporter: …and “Norwegian Wood” as being about a lesbian. [...]
Thus spake..