Dangakari Lyrics (දඟකාරී) by Centigradz

Why did my heart stay with you, I still don’t understand,
every night my heart is left alone, your memories make it cry,
knowing that you are gone, this heart of mine has come to a stop

You’re like a Sigiriya fresco, my girl,
you struck my heart, didn’t you carve it into stone,
seven flowers struck against her waist,
and I became like a king upon the map of the world

Why so proud, my little gem?
my whole life turned into a game of Candy Crush,
you are my spinning compass,
like the most delicious Italy Pizza

If you would become my mischievous girl,
alone in some seen-and-unseen galaxy,
if you’d cuddle close and give me your heart,
I’d wander lost, searching the whole world over for you //

Why did my heart stay with you, I still don’t understand,
every night my heart is left alone, your memories make it cry,
knowing that you are gone, this heart of mine has come to a stop //

A bright, playful contemporary love song that mixes classic Sinhala imagery with cheeky modern references. Its ache is real enough, though: why did my heart stay with you, the singer wonders, when every night it is left alone crying over your memories, and, knowing you are gone, it has simply come to a stop. Longing set to an upbeat, poppy tune.

The middle is where the song has its fun. He compares his girl to a Sigiriya fresco, the ancient painted beauties, and says she carved his heart into stone; then, in the same breath, declares that his whole life has become a game of Candy Crush, calls her his spinning compass, and, best of all, the most delicious Italy Pizza. The old and the pop-culture new sit happily side by side, half swooning, half winking.

The refrain of longing then widens to cosmic scale. If she would only be his mischievous girl, his dangakari, even alone in some half-seen galaxy, and cuddle close and give him her heart, he would happily wander lost, searching the whole world over for her. Performed by Centigradz to words and music by Thusith Niroshana, it is a fun, lovable modern love song, serious about the feeling underneath and playful about everything on the surface.