♫ Tanglish lyrics	↻ English translation
Female
Hey.. look up around you	Hey.. look up around you
Nee paarppathu vidiyal thaan	What you are seeing is indeed the dawn
If you beat up	If you get beaten up
Then you gotta get up	Then you gotta get up
Don’t let yourself be	Don't let yourself be
Just another damn fool	Just another damn fool
Female
Now drink up	Now drink up
All your sorrow	All your sorrow
But don’t make it	But don't make it
Your motto	Your motto
Don’t you go	Don't you go
Running away from the pain	Running away from the pain
Valiyethum nirantharamillai	No pain is permanent
Female
Kaadhal oru	Love is a
Kattukkathai dhaan	Mere fable
Kaalil vizha nee.. thevaiyillai	There is no need for you to fall at anyone's feet
Vaazhvae kaadu yendraanaal	If life is a jungle
Vettaiyaadu vendriduvaai	Hunt and emerge victorious
Female
Hey.. look up around you	Hey.. look up around you
Nee paarppathu vidiyal thaan	What you are seeing is indeed the dawn
If you beat up	If you get beaten up
Then you gotta get up	Then you gotta get up
Don’t let yourself be	Don't let yourself be
Just another damn fool	Just another damn fool
Female
Now drink up	Now drink up
All your sorrow	All your sorrow
But don’t make it	But don't make it
Your motto	Your motto
Don’t you go	Don't you go
Running away from the pain	Running away from the pain
Valiyethum nirantharamillai	No pain is permanent
Female
Oh you wanna show the world	Oh you want to show the world
You’re through	You're through
So you bottoms up the	So you drink down the
Feelings true	True feelings
All saints get you	All saints get you
And you think its cool	And you think it's cool
But the only reason	But the only reason
we will be breezing	We will be breezing
Chorus
Is if you believe	Is if you believe
There will be revelation	There will be revelation
Is if you believe	Is if you believe
You can never be broken	You can never be broken
Is if you believe	Is if you believe
There will never be another you	There will never be another you
Hey..	Hey..
Female
Aanum oru mirugam	Man is also an animal
Idhu yaarukku theriyum	Who knows this?
Pennum oru mirugam	Woman is also an animal
Idhu yaarukku puriyum	Who understands this?
Female
Idhil nee yenna	What are you in this?
Idhil aval yenna	What is she in this?
Yellaam sathai thaanae	Everything is just flesh, after all
Sathai thinnum kadhai thaan	It is just a story of flesh consuming flesh
Female
Anbum aranum poi thaanae	Love and virtue are lies, after all
Valluvan vaakkum poithaanae	Even Thiruvalluvar's words are a lie, after all
Veedum vaasalum poithaanae	Home and doorstep are lies, after all
Indha kottai thaandi odippo	Run away beyond this fort
Chorus
You… people going crazy	You… people going crazy
Ain’t nobody happy in this day and night	Ain't nobody happy in this day and night
Everybody is just another weekend	Everybody is just another weekend
To spend your time getting little wasted	To spend your time getting a little wasted
Chorus
If that’s the way you fake it	If that's the way you fake it
Then you really gotta get it straightened	Then you really gotta get it straightened
Before they come and put you	Before they come and put you
Through the rehab	Through the rehab
Coz come on baby.. this ain’t a game	Because come on baby.. this ain't a game
Chorus
You make a name	You make a name
You move ahead	You move ahead
Gotta get yourself another playmate	Gotta get yourself another playmate
Or somebody elso gonna take your place	Or somebody else is gonna take your place
It’s just the truth	It's just the truth
Chorus
Just don’t ever let that happen	Just don't ever let that happen
Live your life to the fullest	Live your life to the fullest
It’s a quest	It's a quest
To stay blessed	To stay blessed
Yeah…..	Yeah…..

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