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Red Road-U

From Jil Jung Juk · 2016

Lyricist
Deeraj Vaidy
Singers
Santhosh Narayanan, Sean Roldan, Vishal Chandrashekhar
Music director
Vishal Chandrasekhar
Movie name
Jil Jung Juk
Movie release year
2016
Lyrics added on
28 Aug 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Indha sarakku peru
Last day
Adhaavudhu
Kadasi naal
Naalae roundu
Non stop soundu
…………………………………..
{Red road-u
Rendu lorry
Onnu right odichu
Nera poi
Vetta veliyila nikkura
White house gate-ula
Naduvula modhidichu } (2)
Hey motta veyilila
Patta pagalil idha
Vedikka paakka vandhaan
Namma vella kodi
Vendhan
Pattinathu boodham
Thee pudippadha
Patthi erivadha
Ayyayyoo
Patthi erivadha
Pothi dhooram ninnu
Paapadha vittu puttaan
Andha parakka
Vetti payyan
Pakkam ninnu
Kaiyya katti
Vaetti thee pattu
Karugi kazhati uttu odinaan
Nan nan naan nan na naa naa naa
Nan nan nan nan naa
Nan nan naan nan na naa naa naa
Nan nan nan nan naa
Ye…pattaa patti
Mattum mattinu
Sittaa parandhaan da
Avan right hand kaatti
Left lorry yeri
History aanaan da
Pattaa patti
Mattum mattinu
Sittaa parandhaan da
Avan right hand kaatti
Left lorry yeri
History aanaan da
……………………………..
Ba ba ba
Bottle la thaan
Paattonnu
Paduthorangudhu
Thatti thadavi
Thuruvi nee
Kottum aruvi
Ra ra ra
Rum-ula thaan
Raakozhi rap paadudhu
Kokkarakkoo koovu nee
Kottum kolavi..ye ye ye
Ada paattu urangattum
adha thalli vittu
Light-ah oram
Kattuvom
Route-ah maatthumaa
Ada next word
Vaathu maa
Vaathennum
Vaarthaikku thaan
Neththonnu yosichen.
Chorus :Ahaan
Male :Kaikippo mike-ettinaa
Haikoo kavidhai..
Nan nan naan nan na naa
Thanaa naa nana nan nan nan naa
{Ye vella vaathu
Theppa kolathula
Thoppul kuliyalumaa
Andam kaakkaa
Kandu kavundhuchu
Underwater maa} (2)
Hey..hey hey…
{Red road-u
Rendu lorry
Onnu right odichu
Nera poi
Vetta veliyila nikkura
White house gate-ula
Naduvula modhidichu } (2)
Ya ya yoo ya ya yoo ya ya yooo
Ya ya yoo..oohhh…
Thann naa na na na than naa na na na ..ooo…
The name of this drink is
"Last Day",
Which means
the final day!
Just four rounds,
non-stop sound!
...
On the red road,
two lorries—
one swerved to the right,
went straight ahead,
and into the White House standing out in the open,
right at its gate,
smashed smack into the middle!
Hey, in the scorching sun,
in broad daylight,
he came to watch the show—
our white-flag
king!
The city ghost
catching fire,
blazing in flames,
oh no!
blazing in flames—
instead of staying safe and watching
from far away,
that flighty,
good-for-nothing guy
stood right beside it,
with his arms folded;
his dhoti caught fire,
charred, he ripped it off and ran!
Nan nan naan nan na naa naa naa
Nan nan nan nan naa
Nan nan naan nan na naa naa naa
Nan nan nan nan naa
Hey, in his striped boxers,
with nothing else on,
he darted away!
Signaling right with his hand,
he hopped onto the lorry on the left,
and went down in history, man!
In his striped boxers,
with nothing else on,
he darted away!
Signaling right with his hand,
he hopped onto the lorry on the left,
and went down in history, man!
...
Pa pa pa
Inside the bottle,
a song
lies fast asleep.
Tap it, stroke it,
dig it out, you
gushing waterfall!
Ra ra ra
In the rum,
the night rooster is rapping.
Cock-a-doodle-doo, crow away,
you stinging hornet... yeah yeah yeah!
Ah, let the song sleep,
push it aside,
let's steer
gently to the side,
change the route, man!
Hey, the next word
is duck, man!
For the word
"Duck",
I thought of something yesterday.
Chorus: Aha!
Male: If the mic reaches my hand now,
it's a haiku poem...
Nan nan naan nan na naa
Thanaa naa nana nan nan nan naa
Hey, a white duck
in the temple pond,
taking a bath up to its belly!
The big black crow
saw it and fell head over heels,
underwater, man!
Hey... hey hey...
On the red road,
two lorries—
one swerved to the right,
went straight ahead,
and into the White House standing out in the open,
right at its gate,
smashed smack into the middle!
Yaa yaa yoo yaa yaa yoo yaa yaa yoooo
Yaa yaa yoo... oooh...
Than naa na na na than naa na na na ..oooh...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song from 'Jil Jung Juk' is an absurd, quirky, and psychedelic track filled with dark comedy and surreal imagery. The lyrics narrate nonsensical yet vivid mini-stories, such as two lorries crashing in front of a white house gate, a king whose dhoti catches fire while watching a disaster, and a man flying away in boxer shorts after signalling right and boarding a left-moving lorry.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Imagery / Surrealism

“Ye vella vaathu Theppa kolathula Thoppul kuliyalumaa”

Paints bizarre visual pictures, such as a white duck taking a bath in a temple pond causing a raven to flip underwater.

Metaphor

“Bottle la thaan Paattonnu Paduthorangudhu”

Compares alcohol in a bottle to a sleeping song that cascades like a waterfall once opened.

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

“Pattaa patti / Mattum mattinu”

Matching second consonants in consecutive phrases to create a catchy Tamil rhythm.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

“Avan right hand kaatti Left lorry yeri History aanaan da”

Rhyming ends of lines in Tanglish style ('kaatti', 'yeri', 'aanaan da').

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Trivia

'Jil Jung Juk' (2016) is a cult dark-comedy film directed by Deeraj Vaidy and starring Siddharth. The soundtrack was composed by Vishal Chandrashekhar, featuring eccentric lyrics written by Deeraj Vaidy himself, blending Tamil colloquial slang, absurdity, and catchy gibberish soundscapes.

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A wildly playful jolly song where drunk ularalgal somehow turns into a tiny story about a lorry, a burning veshti, a disappearing man and, somehow, a philosophical duck. Beneath all the kulappangal, Red Road-u is packed with clever wordplay, rhythmic Tamil-English vilayaadalgal and sprinkled musical details.

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