A Korean indie track where everything feels perfect enough to kill you.
Most love songs talk about how wonderful something feels.
This one talks about how wonderful something feels and how that wonderful feeling might actually kill you.
Lyric guide
죽겠네
A Korean indie track where everything feels perfect enough to kill you.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
10cm's 'I'm Going to Die' and the So Nice Paradox
A Korean indie track where everything feels perfect enough to kill you.
geudaeui nungae nunkkobi naegeneun it so nice
Most love songs talk about how wonderful something feels. This one talks about how wonderful something feels and how that wonderful feeling might actually kill you. It's devotion turned into a kind of quiet panic.
The phrase 'so nice' gets repeated like a mantra throughout the song, attached to everything from someone's gaze to their cold hands. It's not describing actual niceness, it's describing something so overwhelming in its perfection that it becomes unbearable. The singer keeps saying 'jukgenne' ('I'm going to die') right after each 'so nice,' like the beauty itself is what's lethal.
Calling someone's gaze 'so nice' while saying it's going to make you die flips a compliment into a confession of helplessness. It's not about the eyes being beautiful; it's about being unable to handle being seen that way.
The way 'so nice' gets delivered three times in a row, each time a little flatter, like someone trying to convince themselves of something they know isn't true.
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how "so nice" turns into a mantra
the pull of "I'm going to die"
the pull of "so nice"
Lyrics
죽겠네
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eotteoke haeya ~ haljimolla
utjil anhado ~ areumdawa
baraman bwado ~ neomujoha
jukgenne
koreul gorado ~ deutgijoha
naemsaega nado ~ hyanggirowa
ssitjianhado neomu bichinaseo
jukgenne
ireoda jeongmal michyeo dora beorimyeon eojjeona..
ireoda jinjja sumi deolkeok meojeumyeon eojjeona..
geudaeui nungae nunkkobi naegeneun
it so nice ~ so nice ~ so nice
geudaeui seutaking tteudeojin gumeongdo
it so nice ~ so nice ~ so nice
ilbunilchoga boseokgatda
ssaulsigani najiranheo
sarangman haedo sigani mojillaseo
jukgenne he he
ireoda jeongmal michyeo dora beorimyeon eojjeona..
ireoda jinjja sumi deolkeok meojeumyeon eojjeona..
geudaeui itmome gimgaru naegeneun
it so nice ~ so nice ~ so nice
geudaeui gaseumi chungbunchi anhado
it so nice ~ so nice ~ so nice
eotteoke haeya haljimolla
utjiranhado areumdawa
baraman bwado neomujoha
jukgenne~
jukgenne~
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A Korean indie track where everything feels perfect enough to kill you. Most love songs talk about how wonderful something feels. This one talks about how wonderful something feels and how that wonderful feeling might actually kill you.
Who performs "죽겠네"?
10cm performs "죽겠네", and this lyric page sits inside the 10cm catalog on LyroVerse.
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Are there related songs to explore after "죽겠네"?
Yes. The related section below points to Healing and Give Me A Hug with a short reason for opening each page next.
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