A Korean ballad about hindsight and the things you only realize after someone's gone.
What sticks is how the regret isn't grand or dramatic.
It's the quiet inventory of small failures: not knowing, not seeing, not holding on properly.
Lyric guide
Should've Known
A Korean ballad about hindsight and the things you only realize after someone's gone.
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Editor's note
2AM's Should've Known and the regret that follows
A Korean ballad about hindsight and the things you only realize after someone's gone.
sojunghan ge mwonji ana bwa
What sticks is how the regret isn't grand or dramatic. It's the quiet inventory of small failures: not knowing, not seeing, not holding on properly. The lyric finds its power in that plain, exhausted admission, 'I guess I didn't know', which is somehow heavier than any shouted accusation.
The phrase 'sojunghan ge mwonji ana bwa', I guess I didn't know what was precious, carries the whole ache. It's not just admitting a mistake; it's the slow, sickening dawning that you were holding something vital and treated it like nothing. The repetition of 'naseoya ireoke ulgo isseo', only now am I crying like this, feels less like a choice and more like a physical reaction, something the body does once the mind finally catches up.
It's the core of the song's regret, phrased not as a question but as a resigned statement. You can hear the shrug in it, the awful simplicity of realizing something too late.
The way the phrase 'babocheoreom', like a fool, returns each chorus, a little more worn down each time.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "I guess I didn't know"
the pull of "sojunghan ge mwonji ana bwa"
the pull of "naseoya ireoke ulgo isseo"
Lyrics
Should've Known
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gakkai isseoseo mollasseo
cheori eopseoseo mollasseo geuttaen
sarangi mwonjido mollaseo
sojunghan geonjido mollaseo geuttaen
bujokan bubunman boigo
teujimman japgo sipeonna bwa geuttaen
babocheoreom geureokedo joeun saram
naman saenggakae jun saram
jabayaman haetdeon geu sarameul nan
bonaego naseoya
ireoke ulgo isseo
ureo bogoseoya
sojunghan ge mwonji ana bwa
ije waseoya
huhoehaneun naega babo gatjiman
ibeon han beonman dollil sun eopseulkka?
ureodo ureodo neujeosseo
huhoedo wonmangdo neujeosseo ijen
isseul ttae jalhal geol geuraesseo
nae gyeote gakkai isseul ttae geuttaen
mwoga geureoke jallatdago
gajin geot hana eopseumyeonseo geuttaen
babocheoreom geureokedo joeun saram
naman saenggakae jun saram
jabayaman haetdeon geu sarameul nan
bonaego naseoya
ireoke ulgo isseo
ureo bogoseoya
sojunghan ge mwonji ana bwa
ije waseoya
huhoehaneun naega babo gatjiman
ibeon han beonman dollil sun eopseulkka?
neol saranghae neol saranghae
ireoke gaseum jeomige neol bureuneun na
geuttaen babocheoreom wae mal mot han geonji
bonaego naseoya
ireoke ulgo isseo
ureo bogoseoya
sojunghan ge mwonji ana bwa
ije waseoya
huhoehaneun naega babo gatjiman
ibeon han beonman dollil sun eopseulkka?
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What is "Should've Known" by 2AM about?
A Korean ballad about hindsight and the things you only realize after someone's gone. What sticks is how the regret isn't grand or dramatic. It's the quiet inventory of small failures: not knowing, not seeing, not holding on properly.
Who performs "Should've Known"?
2AM performs "Should've Known", and this lyric page sits inside the 2AM catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "2AM's Should've Known and the regret that follows", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "Should've Known"?
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