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Lyrics & meaning

Dont Funk Me Up

From Graghanam · 2017

Lyricist
Elan
Singer
Niveditha Giri
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Graghanam
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
26 May 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Nilavondru mella
Unnai vellumae
Iravondru mella
Unnai kollumae
Nilavondru mella
Unnai vellumae
Iravondru mella
Unnai kollumae
Dont funk me up
Dont funk me up
Dont funk me up
Dont funk me up
Dont funk me up
Up up up up up
Dont funk me up
Up up up up up
Dont funk me up
Up up up up up
Dont funk me up
Up up up up up
A moon, slowly,
Will conquer you.
A night, slowly,
Will kill you.
A moon, slowly,
Will conquer you.
A night, slowly,
Will kill you.
Don't funk me up
Don't funk me up
Don't funk me up
Don't funk me up
Don't funk me up
Up, up, up, up, up
Don't funk me up
Up, up, up, up, up
Don't funk me up
Up, up, up, up, up
Don't funk me up
Up, up, up, up, up
Female
Female
Female
Female

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

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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