A ballad about the stubborn, exhausting loop of missing someone who's already gone.
What's sharp here is how the lyric frames longing as a daily chore.
It's 'maeil bam', every night, and 'subaek beon', a hundred times.
Lyric guide
Crying, Calling
A ballad about the stubborn, exhausting loop of missing someone who's already gone.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
4Men's Crying, Calling and the weight of waiting
A ballad about the stubborn, exhausting loop of missing someone who's already gone.
"Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil"
What's sharp here is how the lyric frames longing as a daily chore. It's not a dramatic, one-time collapse. It's 'maeil bam', every night, and 'subaek beon', a hundred times. The exhaustion is in the repetition, the way the heartbreak has been bureaucratized into a schedule of crying and calling that leads nowhere.
The phrase 'Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil', 'Because of you, I cry and call all day long', isn't just a description. It's the entire engine of the song. Every verse circles back to this exhausting, self-aware routine. The singer knows it's foolish, calling it 'baboya', 'foolish' or 'stupid', but can't stop the daily ritual of waiting and dialing a number that won't be answered. It's less about grand sorrow and more about being stuck in a habit that's become your whole day.
It's the title's mission statement, but delivered like a tired report. The 'all day long' turns the feeling from an episode into a condition, something that fills the hours until it's time to do it again.
The way the phrase 'honjaya', 'alone', lands at the end of those refrains, after all that crying and calling. It just hangs there, the inevitable result.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "maeil bam"
the pull of "Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil"
the pull of "all day long"
Lyrics
Crying, Calling
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Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil neol oechyeobwado
Soyongi eomna bwa maeil bam neul gidaryeo
Subaek beon ulgo bireodo ireoke naneun honjaya
Baboya mwoga joha itjireul mot hae
Baboya neoe bihae nan neomu mot dwae
Deoreoun nae pum ane gadueo dugien
Kkaekkeutan ne sarangman ttae mudeulkka geobi na
Heeojyeo mareul hago doraseo tteona gago
Kkeutnae geuraedo gidarimen iyu eopdae
Seoro dareun duri saragada
Seoro darmeun uri saranghada
Jageun ohaedeullo datudaga
Gyeolgugeneun dasi nami doen nal
Geu nal da ijeullae
Geu nal an ijeullae
Cheoeumbuteo ppigeok ppigeok matji anteon uri dul
Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil neol oechyeobwado
Soyongi eomna bwa maeil bam neul gidaryeo
Subaek beon ulgo bireodo ireoke naneun honjaya
Gaseumi teojin deusi maeumi teong bin deusi
Chamji mot hago maeil maeil ulgiman hae
[ lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/0-9/4men/crying_calling.html ]
Nae pum ane angyeo swideon nega
Ne pum ane angyeo swideon naega
Na eobsido haengbok haesseumyeon hae
Neo eobsineun haengbok haji mot hae
Modu da ijeullae
Modu an ijeullae
Cheoeumbuteo ppigeok ppigeok matji anteon uri dul
Jeonhwareul georeodo batji anheul geol aljiman
Ne beonho da jiwosseo sul chwihan bame
Neocheoreom jeonhwa georeo himdeulda hal geot gatae
Nado wae ireonji molla
Geureomyeon geureol surok neoman deo himdeureojyeo
Wae moreuni
Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil neol oechyeobwado
Soyongi eomna bwa maeil bam neul gidaryeo
Subaek beon ulgo bireodo ireoke naneun honjaya
To eokjiro hahaha geureodaga nae nunmuri ttukttukttuk
Nal ttara neon geureoji mara
Deo joheun namja mannara nal geuman tteonagara
Nunmul heullyeodo dakkajul su eobseunikka uljima
Neo ttaeme ulgo bulgo on jongil neol oechyeobwado
Soyongi eomna bwa maeil bam neul gidaryeo (nal jiwo jwo)
Subaek beon ulgo bireodo (gidariji ma)
Ireoke naneun honjaya
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What is "Crying, Calling" by 4Men about?
A ballad about the stubborn, exhausting loop of missing someone who's already gone. What's sharp here is how the lyric frames longing as a daily chore. It's 'maeil bam', every night, and 'subaek beon', a hundred times.
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