Selli Selli Lyrics (සෙල්ලි සෙල්ලී) by Centigradz

Baby, will you be my crazy?
Will you give it to me….
I have gotten a little too much lately
Fair lady, why so angry, angry, angry
Let us set out at night and drink plenty..

She who creates and erases, who kills a thousand hearts
She spoke words of love and gave her heart
she gave, and gave torment too…

The sharp one, the clashing one
who snaps back when she is hurt
She spoke words of love and gave her heart
she gave, and gave torment too…

Coming from far away
coming from near
running without minding far or near

Selli selli selli
Selli selli selli

This is a light, flirty party song from the band Centigradz, made for a night out. The singer slips between Sinhala and English, baby, crazy, lately, plenty, the way young Colombo crowds actually talk, teasing a girl he calls his sudu nona, his fair lady, asking why she is cross and coaxing her to head out for the night.

The girl at the centre is all contradictions, and the song enjoys that. She creates and erases, kills a thousand hearts, snaps back when she is hurt, and in the same breath speaks words of love and hands over her heart. The tumbling rhymes, mawanniya, makanniya, maranniya, pile up her many sides, half compliment and half complaint.

There is no deep message here and it never reaches for one. Selli selli is just a teasing, singable hook, the sound of flirtation itself, and the song is about the fun and the push and pull of chasing someone you cannot quite read. It is built to be danced to.