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Help

A Korean indie ballad about lying awake with your own thoughts when the world has gone quiet.

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A Korean indie ballad about lying awake with your own thoughts when the world has gone quiet.

This one is quiet, almost embarrassed, 'I don't want to talk about the problems weighing on me.' The power is in that hesitation, the gap between knowing you're sinking and being able to say it out loud.

There's a line about 'the words that feel like lies, piled up like a fool all day.' It's not just about being tired.

Editor's note

10cm's 'Help' and the quiet panic before sleep

A Korean indie ballad about lying awake with your own thoughts when the world has gone quiet.

haru jongil haessdeon geojigateun malgwa jugeul mankeum babo gateun jisdeure gathyeo issneun nareul

Most pleas for help are loud. This one is quiet, almost embarrassed, 'I don't want to talk about the problems weighing on me.' The power is in that hesitation, the gap between knowing you're sinking and being able to say it out loud.

There's a line about 'the words that feel like lies, piled up like a fool all day.' It's not just about being tired. It's about the inventory you take at night, all the performances and half-truths from the daylight hours coming back to you in the dark. The song asks what you're supposed to eat, how you're supposed to sleep, when you're carrying that weight.

That image of the day's lies piling up 'like a fool' gets at the specific shame of it. You're not just tired; you feel stupid for having played along.

The way the vocal delivery stays measured and weary, even as the 'help me' refrain starts stacking up, makes the whole thing feel more urgent.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "I don't want to talk about the problems weighing on me." the pull of "the words that feel like lies, piled up like a fool all day." how "help me" turns into a mantra
Lyrics

Help

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eotteon yageul meokgo nuwoya

jami deul su isseulkka

sasil algo issjiman jom buranhae

naege eongkyeoissneun munjedeureul

malhagi silhjiman

naneun neomudo jichyeo issji

nareul goerophigil johahaneun

manheun saramdeuri

sarajin sesangi issji anheulkka

gakkeumeun domangchijiman

geu soge sumgido haessjiman

naneun gyeolmareul algo issji

haru jongil haessdeon geojigateun malgwa

jugeul mankeum babo gateun jisdeure

gathyeo issneun nareul nuga daesin

kkeonael su eopseulkka

oneulbami gagi jeone

help somebody help

somebody help

somebody help me please tonight

somebody help

somebody help

somebody help me please tonight

dadeul nawa gateun moseubinde

chamgo issneun geolkka

animyeon naman mosdoen saramin geolkka

gakkeumeun kkumeul kkujiman

geu sogeul nalgido haessjiman

naneun gyeolmareul algo issji

haru jongil haessdeon geojigateun malgwa

jugeul mankeum babo gateun jisdeure

gathyeo issneun nareul nuga daesin

kkeonael su eopseulkka

oneulbami gagi jeone

help somebody help

somebody help

somebody help me please tonight

somebody help

somebody help

somebody help me please tonight

ije dasi achimi omyeon

nan ireonal su isseulkka

somebody help

byeonhagil baran modeun geosdeuri

yeojeonhi geudaero ilkka

somebody help

ije dasi achimi omyeon

nan ireonal su isseulkka

somebody help

byeonhagil baran modeun geosdeuri

yeojeonhi geudaero ilkka

somebody help

ije dasi achimi omyeon

nan ireonaya haneunde

somebody help

byeonhaji anheul modeun geosdeuri

naneun jasini eopsneunde

somebody help

somebody help

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A Korean indie ballad about lying awake with your own thoughts when the world has gone quiet. This one is quiet, almost embarrassed, 'I don't want to talk about the problems weighing on me.' The power is in that hesitation, the gap between knowing you're sinking and being able to say it out loud. There's a line about 'the words that feel like lies, piled up like a fool all day.' It's not just about being tired.

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