- Lyricist
- Madhan Karky
- Singer
- Aalap Raju
- Music director
- Sean Roldan
- Movie name
- Vaayai Moodi Pesavum
- Movie release year
- 2014
- Lyrics added on
- 1 Jan 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song powerfully expresses the deep existential crisis, solitude, and emotional suffering of a person trapped within their own mind. The protagonist feels shattered inside, describing silence not as peace, but as a deafening noise that tears them apart. They feel lost without an identity or direction in a world devoid of warmth and love. The internal struggle deepens as unexpressed feelings and unspoken words transform into sharp thorns, causing agonizing heartaches.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Oxymoron
“Kizhigiraen kizhigiraen mounaththin iraichalil”
The phrase combines two contradictory concepts: silence (mounam) and noise/din (iraichal) to describe deafening emotional distress.
Metaphor
“Manam ennum sagadhiyil”
Compares the human mind to a muddy quagmire (sagadhi) in which one gets trapped and buried.
Metaphor
“Paesaa sorkkal ellaamae / Nenjil mutkal endrae kizhigiraen”
Compares unexpressed words (paesaa sorkkal) to sharp thorns (mutkal) that tear the heart.
Repetition (Epanalepsis)
“Udaigiraen udaigiraen idhathayaththin virisalil”
Repetition of words like 'Udaigiraen', 'Kizhigiraen', and 'Alaigiraen' intensifies the emotional impact of suffering.
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Trivia
Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014), directed by Balaji Mohan, revolves around a fictional 'Dumb Flu' epidemic that causes a town to go completely mute. Lyricist Madhan Karky penned these lines to capture the psychological toll of enforced silence and the agony of unspoken thoughts, aligning perfectly with the film's core theme.
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