2PM
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The Cafe

A song about lingering near someone's house, imagining a simple coffee that feels impossible to ask for.

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A song about lingering near someone's house, imagining a simple coffee that feels impossible to ask for.

What's sharp here is how the cafe isn't a romantic destination, it's a stationary observation post.

'Uri jip ap kape' means 'the cafe in front of our house,' which makes the setting painfully close and ordinary.

Editor's note

2PM's 'The Cafe' and the coffee date that never happens

A song about lingering near someone's house, imagining a simple coffee that feels impossible to ask for.

keopi hanjanhallae

What's sharp here is how the cafe isn't a romantic destination, it's a stationary observation post. 'Uri jip ap kape' means 'the cafe in front of our house,' which makes the setting painfully close and ordinary. The lyric finds its tension in proximity, not grand gestures.

The phrase 'keopi hanjanhallae', 'shall we have a cup of coffee?', hangs there unspoken through most of the song. It's not really about coffee. It's about needing a reason to be near someone, a tiny, safe ritual to bridge the distance. The whole song lives in that space before the ask, where hope and hesitation weigh the same.

It's the simplest invitation in the world, and he can't get it out. That's the whole song.

The way the melody circles back to 'keopi hanjanhallae' each chorus, like the thought restarting, never progressing.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "Uri jip ap kape" the pull of "keopi hanjanhallae"
Lyrics

The Cafe

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ittaga naje neon mwohae

narang uri jip ap kape

geogiseo keopi hanjanhallae

hal ireun manchi jinjja

geunde sone japijil anchi

neol cheoeum mannatdeon geu nal geu dwiro

neoman tteoolla maeil

useumi meomchujil ana

saenggagi gyesok na

neoui eolgulman

munjareul gyesok bwa

neowa nanun mal

eotteokamyeon na joeulkka

ireokena joeulkka

ppajyeo deuna bwa ppajyeo inna bwa

oneureun mwohae jumarinde swineun narinde

manyak yaksok eopdamyeon neoman joeumyeon

naje neon eottae haega joeul ttae

uri jip baro ape

narang jip ap kape

hanjeokan gosira ttaginde

yeppeun kape

neoga joahaneun keopi hanjane

maju anjaseo yaegil nanumyeon

eotteolkka mutgo sipeo

neorang jip ap kape

harujongildo nan joeunde

yeppeun kape

neoga mame deuneun keopi hanjane

uril jogeum deo araganeun geon

eotteolkka gunggeumhaejyeo

jip ap kape

Girl nan nega haetdeon mal geuge waenji singyeong sseuyeosseo

gakkeumeun joyonghan gose gago sipda haeseo

eodiga joeulji gominhaesseo

aju gakkaie isseonne

ibeon ju ilman han neo jinjjaro meotjyeo gosaenghaesseo

jinagan geon ijeobeoryeo

amu saenggak malgo geunyang summan swieo

neoege pillyohae boineun ttatteuthan gonggan

neol wihae miri junbidoen nan neomanui sigan

oneureun mwohae jumarinde swineun narinde

manyak yaksok eopdamyeon neoman joeumyeon

animyeon bame uri jibeun eottae

eonjedeun nan gwaenchaneunde

narang jip ap kape

hanjeokan gosira ttaginde

yeppeun kape

neoga joahaneun keopi hanjane

maju anjaseo yaegil nanumyeon

eotteolkka mutgo sipeo

neorang jip ap kape

harujongildo nan joeunde

yeppeun kape

neoga mame deuneun keopi hanjane

uril jogeum deo araganeun geon

eotteolkka gunggeumhaejyeo

jip ap kape

waenji oneul na

neoege modu malhal geot gata

gachi hago sipeun ge mana

da neorangman

eottae

narang jip ap kape

eottae neon

eottae

narang jip ap kape

eottae

narang jip ap kape

hanjeokan gosira ttaginde

yeppeun kape

neoga joahaneun keopi hanjane

maju anjaseo yaegil nanumyeon

eotteolkka mutgo sipeo

neorang jip ap kape

harujongildo nan joeunde

yeppeun kape

neoga mame deuneun keopi hanjane

uril jogeum deo araganeun geon

eotteolkka gunggeumhaejyeo

jip ap kape

ittaga naje neon mwohae

narang uri jip ap kape

geogiseo keopi hanjanhallae

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What is "The Cafe" by 2PM about?

A song about lingering near someone's house, imagining a simple coffee that feels impossible to ask for. What's sharp here is how the cafe isn't a romantic destination, it's a stationary observation post. 'Uri jip ap kape' means 'the cafe in front of our house,' which makes the setting painfully close and ordinary.

Who performs "The Cafe"?

2PM performs "The Cafe", and this lyric page sits inside the 2PM catalog on LyroVerse.

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