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STAY (feat. Tablo)

A Korean ballad and English rap collide in this raw duet about holding on when everything's already broken.

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A Korean ballad and English rap collide in this raw duet about holding on when everything's already broken.

Tablo's verse turns the plea inside out by listing the mundane debris left behind, a comb, a toothbrush, scented candles.

The specificity of those objects makes the absence physical, not just emotional.

Editor's note

B.I pleads through the wreckage in STAY

A Korean ballad and English rap collide in this raw duet about holding on when everything's already broken.

Leave your comb, leave your toothbrush, leave your bathrobe

Tablo's verse turns the plea inside out by listing the mundane debris left behind, a comb, a toothbrush, scented candles. The specificity of those objects makes the absence physical, not just emotional. He's not asking her to stay; he's asking her pain to stay, which is a much darker and more interesting kind of devotion.

The Korean line "mami meoreojin geo ara", I know my heart has drifted, admits a distance that's already happened. It's not about fighting to close a gap, but naming the quiet space that opened while nobody was looking. The plea to "honja duji mara", don't leave me alone, feels less like a request and more like someone realizing they're already standing in an empty room.

Tablo catalogues the domestic clutter of a shared life, making the emptiness feel rented, not owned. Those ordinary items hold the ghost of the routine, and asking them to stay is a way of freezing time in the wreckage.

The way B.I's voice tightens around "nae yeope stay", stay by my side, right before Tablo's verse cuts in. It hangs there, unanswered.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "mami meoreojin geo ara" the pull of "honja duji mara" the pull of "nae yeope stay"
Lyrics

STAY (feat. Tablo)

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ije naui balgeoreumeun eodiro

gaya halji moreugesseo meoriga eojireowo

tuk chimyeon sseureojil geo gata machi domino

oeroumeul hosohada bomyeon nari jeomureo

jeongi tteoreojin geo ara mami meoreojin geo ara

teumi beoreojin geo ara

geuraedo honja duji mara nareul honja duji mara

jageun baramedo heundeulligo inneun

chotbul hana gateun mamiya

ajigeun gyeondigiga himdeun bamiya

eojjeomyeon oneuri nega bon majimak

nae moseubil sudo isseunikka

I want you to stay, want you to stay

Want you to stay

I want you to stay, want you to stay

Want you to stay

oneul ttak haruman dangjang naeil naega

sarajiljido moreunikka

nae yeope stay

eojilleojin bang aneneun chimmugeuro gadeukae

ipkkorireul ollyeo bon ge eonjeinji adeukae

al su eomneun geuriumgwa algi swiun godokami

gongjonhaneun nae simjang saekkkareun jiteun borasaek

jaju gunggeumhaeseo dabeul galguhae uulhame daehae

mwoga ireokekkaji nareul gungjiro moraneonneunji

jichige hane jinannareul beolhaneun deusi

nan wollae nunmuri mana

geugeol tohal deusi chama

nae sogen geuneuri mana

salmyeosi nuneul gama

I want you to stay, want you to stay

Want you to stay

I want you to stay, want you to stay

Want you to stay

oneul ttak haruman dangjang naeil naega

sarajiljido moreunikka

nae yeope stay

Yeah, you've had enough, it keeps adding up

Guess our connection was bad, we keep breakin' up

Now you're cryin' in my arms 'cause you're so done with it

Poundin' on my chest 'cause my heart's not in it

I know, ain't no love infinite

Don't mean to whine, i'll put a cork in it

But let me pour my heart out for the last time

If you gotta go, leave it all behind

Leave your comb, leave your toothbrush, leave your bathrobe

Leave your books, leave the Polaroids, scented candles

Leave your pain, worries, and your regrets

Baby, let 'em stay

Like you never went away

I'm already missin' you, missin' us

And in here somewhere

I'll go missin' too straight disappear into thin air

So can't you just?

I want you to stay, want you to stay

Want you to stay

I want you to stay, want you to stay

Want you to stay

oneul ttak haruman dangjang naeil naega

sarajiljido moreunikka

nae yeope stay

kkaman bami nal samkiljido moreunikka

haruman pyeongsaengcheoreom gachi itja

useuun eorigwangcheoreom deullijiman

jigeum nae gyeote stay

kkaman bami nal samkiljido moreunikka

haruman pyeongsaengcheoreom gachi itja

useuun eorigwangcheoreom deullijiman

jigeum nae gyeote stay

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What is "STAY (feat. Tablo)" by B.I about?

A Korean ballad and English rap collide in this raw duet about holding on when everything's already broken. Tablo's verse turns the plea inside out by listing the mundane debris left behind, a comb, a toothbrush, scented candles. The specificity of those objects makes the absence physical, not just emotional.

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