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Lyrics & meaning

Dont Funk Me Up

From Graghanam · 2017

Lyricist
Elan
Singer
Niveditha Giri
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Details
Graghanam2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics↻ English translation
Female
Nilavondru mellaA moon slowly
Unnai vellumaeWill conquer you
Iravondru mellaA night slowly
Unnai kollumaeWill kill you
Female
Nilavondru mellaA moon slowly
Unnai vellumaeWill conquer you
Iravondru mellaA night slowly
Unnai kollumaeWill kill you
Female
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Female
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Up up up up upUp up up up up
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Up up up up upUp up up up up
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Up up up up upUp up up up up
Dont funk me upDon't funk me up
Up up up up upUp up up up up

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The lyrics evoke a hypnotic, eerie atmosphere that matches the eclipse-themed thriller premise of the movie Graghanam. It poetically describes how the moon slowly conquers an individual and how the night gradually consumes or 'kills' them. The repetitive English funk refrain adds a stylish, modern rhythmic drive to the dark metaphor.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Unnai vellumae / Unnai kollumae”

The lines end with rhyming verbs 'vellumae' (conquer) and 'kollumae' (kill) to create a lyrical cadence.

Personification

“Iravondru mella unnai kollumae”

The moon and the night are given active, dangerous human-like intentions of conquering and killing.

Repetition / Refrain

“Dont funk me up”

The rhythmic repetition of 'Dont funk me up' creates a trance-like repetition typical of modern electro-thriller soundtracks.

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Trivia

Graghanam is a delayed Tamil supernatural thriller film directed by Elan, with music composed by K. S. Sundaramurthy.

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