සික්ස්ත් ලේන්
12 songs performed
6th Lane (also written Sixth Lane) is a Sri Lankan pop band that rose to popularity during the late 1990s and 2000s boy-band era, best known for melodic singles such as “Amma” and “Nirwanaye”. The group built a following with soft, radio-friendly Sinhala pop and remains a fixture on Sri Lankan music nostalgia playlists.
6th Lane took shape as a vocal-and-instrumental group led by Hiran Thenuwara, who handled much of the composition and songwriting. Other members associated with the band include Tharaka Karunanayake and Chamath Perera (later known as Fill T). The act sat alongside other Sri Lankan pop and boy bands of its time, trading in tuneful, sentimental songs rather than rock aggression.
The band’s catalogue centres on emotional pop ballads. Its signature track “Amma,” a tribute to mothers also titled “Mandaram Wehi Wetena,” became one of the group’s most enduring recordings. The single “Nirwanaye,” also known by its opening line “Wassanaye Kadulu Wiyali Yaawi,” and the title “Soldier” (“Helu Rudhiraya Uththamai”) are among the songs that defined 6th Lane’s sound. After a long quiet stretch, the band returned to recording with the single “Samada” around 2018.
For listeners searching under either spelling, Sixth Lane and 6th Lane refer to the same group. Lyrics-lk hosts the band’s songs with the Sinhala lyrics, transliteration in English (Singlish), and English translation, so the meaning of tracks like “Amma” and “Nirwanaye” is accessible to bilingual readers.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Sixth Lane (6th Lane).