A ballad about seeing someone else's face in the person you love.
Most breakup songs are about an absence.
This one is about a presence, a wrong one, that won't leave the new relationship alone.
Lyric guide
What Do I Do
A ballad about seeing someone else's face in the person you love.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
2AM's 'What Do I Do' and the ghost in the room
A ballad about seeing someone else's face in the person you love.
geudaeui eolgureseo nan geu saramui eolguri boyeoyo
Most breakup songs are about an absence. This one is about a presence, a wrong one, that won't leave the new relationship alone. The lyric circles the same helpless realization because there's nowhere else for it to go.
The phrase 'geudaeui eolgureseo nan geu saramui eolguri boyeoyo', 'in your face, I see that person's face', is the whole problem. It's not a memory you visit; it's a vision that replaces the person standing there. The singer is asking 'what do I do' because the answer is nothing; you just have to watch it happen.
It pins down the entire song's dread: the person you're with becomes a window to someone else. There's no metaphor, just a flat, terrible fact.
The way the plea 'eotteokajyo', 'what do I do', keeps returning, like a breath you can't catch.
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the pull of "geudaeui eolgureseo nan geu saramui eolguri boyeoyo"
the pull of "what do I do"
Lyrics
What Do I Do
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dugeungeoryeotjjyo hajiman geudaega anin
geusaram ttaemuniraneun ge neomuna apatjjyo
yojeum geudaega nal barabwajulttaemada
nan geu saram i tteo ollayo
jeongmal mianhaeyo na geudaereul mannan geon
nae insaengeseo gajang keun haenguni manneunde
nan babonga bwayo eojjeol suga eomneyo
gyesok geu sarami tteo ollayo
o nan myeochil dongan ijeuryeo haebwado jal andwaeyo
eotteokajyo gyesok geudaeui eolgureseo
nan geu saramui eolguri boyeoyo
ireomyeon an dwendago dageucheobwado geuge jal andwaeyo nan
eotteokajyo na geudaeui mokssorieseo
geu saramui mokssoriga deullyeoyo
imi nae maeumeun geudael tteona geu sarameul saranghana bwayo
geudael mannaseo gachi inneun shiganedo
geugose geu sarami isseulkka nunchireul bwatjjyo
geudaewa hamkke gireul georeogal ttae edo
geu sarami bolkka duryeowotjjyo
ireomyeon andoejyo na andoeneungeo aneunde
geudae ege saranghandan mari eosaekaejeoyo
geudaeneun naege choeseoneul dahaejuneunde
jigeum nan geureol su ga eopsseoyo
o nan geudael dashi sarangharyeo haebwado andwaeyo
eotteokajyo gyesok geudaeui eolgureseo
nan geu saramui eolguri boyeoyo
ireomyeon an dwendago dageucheobwado geuge jal andwaeyo nan
eotteokajyo na geudaeui mokssorieseo
geu saramui mokssoriga deullyeoyo
imi nae maeumeun geudael tteona geu sarameul saranghana bwayo
na yeongwonhi geudae gyeoteseo geudael jikigo shipeonneunde
nae maeumi jakku geudaega anin geu sarameul chajayo
eotteokajyo gyesok geudaeui eolgureseo
nan geu saramui eolguri boyeoyo
ireomyeon an dwendago dageucheobwado geuge jal andwaeyo nan
eotteokajyo na geudaeui mokssorieseo
geu saramui mokssoriga deullyeoyo
imi nae maeumeun geudael tteona geu sarameul saranghana bwayo
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What is "What Do I Do" by 2AM about?
A ballad about seeing someone else's face in the person you love. Most breakup songs are about an absence. This one is about a presence, a wrong one, that won't leave the new relationship alone.
Who performs "What Do I Do"?
2AM performs "What Do I Do", 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 'What Do I Do' and the ghost in the room", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
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