- Lyricist
- Sameer
- Singer
- Sachin Gupta
- Music director
- Sachin Gupta
- Movie name
- Prince – Its Show Time
- Movie release year
- 2023
- Lyrics added on
- 5 Feb 2023
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This melancholy track delves into identity crisis, existential confusion, and emotional solitude. The narrator describes himself as fragile and transient—like words written on water—wandering aimlessly without a clear destination or sense of self. Walking along a thorny road with only his shadow, he feels entirely alone in his suffering, with no one in the world to understand his pain. The lyrics extend this feeling of impermanence by comparing human life to clouds in the sky, easily scattered and erased by the winds of time. Embracing quiet solitude, the narrator continuously questions who he is, capturing a poignant search for meaning amidst loneliness.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Thanneer melae ezhuthi vaitha kavithai pola aanen”
Compares human existence/identity to a poem written on water ('Thanneer melae ezhuthi vaitha kavithai'), symbolizing complete transience, fragility, and impermanence.
Analogy
“Vaazhkkai kooda megam thaanae, kalam kaatraai veesiduthae”
Compares life to clouds drifting and dispersing in the sky, and time to the blowing wind that shapes destiny.
Adukkuthodar (Repetition)
“Kalainthu kalainthu pogirathae”
The words 'Engo engo' and 'Kalainthu kalainthu' are repeated for rhythmic emphasis, highlighting the continuous drifting and scattering nature.
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Trivia
The track captures an introspective tone within the soundtrack, composed and sung by Sachin Gupta. The metaphor of writing on water ('Thanneer melae ezhuthi vaitha') is a classic literary trope in Tamil poetry used to represent short-lived moments and fading memories.
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