A Korean ballad where every repetition feels like someone bargaining with time itself.
Most breakup songs try to explain or justify.
This one just keeps asking for more seconds, more days, more chances, the math of regret laid bare.
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One More Second
A Korean ballad where every repetition feels like someone bargaining with time itself.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
2AM's desperate plea for one more second
A Korean ballad where every repetition feels like someone bargaining with time itself.
1 choman dasi nareul boyeojuge
Most breakup songs try to explain or justify. This one just keeps asking for more seconds, more days, more chances, the math of regret laid bare. The desperation isn't in dramatic gestures, but in that quiet 'jebal' at the end, the please that knows it won't be answered.
The phrase '1 choman deo jwo 10 choman deo jwo' repeats like someone counting seconds they can't get back. It's not asking for forgiveness or understanding, just raw, simple time. The singer knows exactly what they'd do with it: 'turn back just one day for me,' as if rewinding could fix everything.
It translates to 'show me one more time', not even asking to be together again, just to be seen once more. That's the specific ache here: wanting to exist in someone's sight again, even briefly.
The way 'jebal' hangs at the end of lines, that soft please after each impossible request.
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What to keep in your ear
how "1 choman deo jwo 10 choman deo jwo" turns into a mantra
the pull of "turn back just one day for me,"
the pull of "show me one more time"
Lyrics
One More Second
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1 choman deo jwo 10 choman deo jwo
Ttag haruman naege dollyeojwo
Gwichanke an hae yogsimdo an nae
Seumulne siganman billyeojwo
Guchahadaedo gwaenchana yuchihaedo gwaenchana
Neon hagetdamyeon mwodeun haneun
Saramin geol ara
Geureonikka geoji gateun
Nae mam hanbeon sallyeojura
1 choman dasi nareul boyeojuge
10 choman dasi nae mam
Allyeojuge jebal
Nunchiman bwasseo nae mameul nulleosseo
Hogsi nareul jillyeo halkka bwa
Doraoran mal an harge
Yuchihan mal an harge
Neon hagetdamyeon mwodeun haneun
Saramin geol ara
Geureonikka geoji gateun
Nae mam hanbeon sallyeojura
1 choman dasi nareul boyeojuge
10 choman dasi nae mam allyeojuge
Sarangeul naega jarmot baewosseo
Neoege hangsang igiryeo haesseo
Deo saranghamyeon mwonga
Jineun geon jurman araseo
Seumurne sigan jeonbu da
Na jarmotaetda birgo
Ttag 1 choman na mureup kkureul su itge
Dowajura
Ireokena geoji gateun naya
Hanbeon sallyeojura
Haruman dasi naege billyeojura
10 choman dasi naege billyeojura
Jebal
1 choman dasi naege dollyeojura
Jebal
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What is "One More Second" by 2AM about?
A Korean ballad where every repetition feels like someone bargaining with time itself. Most breakup songs try to explain or justify. This one just keeps asking for more seconds, more days, more chances, the math of regret laid bare.
Who performs "One More Second"?
2AM performs "One More Second", and this lyric page sits inside the 2AM catalog on LyroVerse.
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