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Broke Boy

From Love Oh Love · 2026

Lyricist
Pradeep PJ
Singer
Pradeep PJ
Music director
Foxn
Movie name
Love Oh Love
Movie release year
2026
Lyrics added on
19 Aug 2026

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Oru broke boy naan
But unakena maara paarthen
Thanaa …
Seriyaana luxury life-ah
Unakku kodukka paathen
Thanaa…
Unna poal oruthiya
Thedi thedi paaka
Yaarumae sariayana
Broke boy naan
But unakena maara paarthen
Thanaa …
Nee panra hype-ukellaam
Konjam swipe pananen
Un kooda serndhu
Konjam vibe pannen
En bank account ellaam
Zero balance la
Nee edhaiyum
Paakalaiye ketkalaiye
Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye
Dhinamum …..laiye saethulaiye
Seruppadi vaangiyum
Naan thirunthalaiye
Edhaiyum
Paakalaiye ketkalaiye
Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye
Seruppadi vaangiyum
Naan thirunthalaiye
Manasu ketkalaiye
Oru dark aana joke onnu
Unkitta solli paathen
Unakku sirippu varala
Oru paragraph-il
Feelings ah kotti paathen
Athukku …..
Nee panra hype-ukellaam
Konjam swipe pananen
Ippo kannu kalangi
Konjam cry pannen
Indha situation kku
Enna dhaan vida solla
Nee thirumbhi
Paakalaiye ketkalaiye
Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye
Dhinamum saathulaiye saethulaiye
Seruppadi vaangiyum
Naan thirunthalaiye
Edhaiyum
Paakalaiye ketkalaiye
Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye
Seruppadi vaangiyum
Naan thirunthalaiye
Manasu ketkalaiye
Aval kangalai naan
Meendum eppo paarpeno
Aval kaigalai naan
Meendum eppo korppaeno
Aval kangalai naan
Meendum eppo paarpeno
Aval kaigalai naan
Meendum eppo korppaeno
Edhaiyum
Paakalaiye ketkalaiye
Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye
Dhinamum saathulaiye saethulaiye
Seruppadi vaangiyum
Naan thirunthalaiye
Edhaiyum
Paakalaiye ketkalaiye
Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye
Seruppadi vaangiyum
Naan thirunthalaiye
Manasu ketkalaiye
Oru broke boy naan
But unakena maara paarthen
I am just a broke boy
But I tried to change for you
All on my own...
A truly luxurious life
I tried to give you
All on my own...
For someone just like you
As I searched and searched
No one else seemed right...
I am just a broke boy
But I tried to change for you
All on my own...
For all the things you hyped up
I swiped my cards
Along with you
I vibed for a while
Now all my bank accounts
Are down to zero balance
You never
Looked at me or listened to me
You didn't even include me in your conversations
Every day dragged through the mud...
Even after being insulted repeatedly
I still haven't learned my lesson
Anything...
You didn't look, you didn't listen
You didn't even include me in your conversations
Even after being insulted repeatedly
I still haven't learned my lesson
My heart just won't listen
A dark joke
I tried telling you
You didn't find it funny
In a whole paragraph
I tried pouring out my feelings
And for that...
For all the things you hyped up
I swiped my cards
Now with teary eyes
I cried a little
For this messy situation
What answer can there really be?
You didn't turn back to
Look or listen
You didn't even include me in your conversations
Every day stuck in the mud
Even after being insulted repeatedly
I still haven't learned my lesson
Anything...
You didn't look, you didn't listen
You didn't even include me in your conversations
Even after being insulted repeatedly
I still haven't learned my lesson
My heart just won't listen
Her eyes...
When will I ever see them again?
Her hands...
When will I ever hold them again?
Her eyes...
When will I ever see them again?
Her hands...
When will I ever hold them again?
Anything...
You didn't look, you didn't listen
You didn't even include me in your conversations
Every day stuck in the mud
Even after being insulted repeatedly
I still haven't learned my lesson
Anything...
You didn't look, you didn't listen
You didn't even include me in your conversations
Even after being insulted repeatedly
I still haven't learned my lesson
My heart just won't listen
I am just a broke boy
But I tried to change for you
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

The song portrays an honest, self-deprecating confession of an impoverished young man who falls for someone living a lifestyle beyond his financial reach. In an effort to keep up with her expectations and online-era aesthetic, he spends all his money, drains his bank balance to zero, and tries to match her energy through digital gestures, dark humor, and lengthy emotional messages. Despite his desperate attempts to win her affection, she remains emotionally unavailable, indifferent, and unresponsive, neither including him in her conversations nor reciprocating his feelings. Though hurt, humiliated, and fully aware that his efforts are fruitless, the protagonist remains unable to quell his longing. He is left grappling with heartache and financial ruin, continually yearning for another chance to look into her eyes and hold her hand.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor / Idiom

Seruppadi vaangiyum

Uses the colloquial idiom of receiving a slap with footwear to denote severe social or emotional humiliation.

Rhyme / Assonance

Paakalaiye ketkalaiye / Konjam pechulaiye sekkalaiye

End rhymes using rhythmic verbal negations in '-alaiye' build a catchy and emphatic chorus.

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Trivia

The track employs contemporary Gen-Z slang and digital dating jargon (swipe, hype, vibe, dark joke, paragraph of feelings) blended with conversational Tamil to depict the modern socio-economic disconnect in young romance.

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