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Promise

A Korean ballad where the singer pledges everything to keep someone from disappearing.

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A Korean ballad where the singer pledges everything to keep someone from disappearing.

The song circles the same few phrases like someone pacing a room, checking the locks.

It's not building an argument; it's trying to wear down a fear through sheer repetition.

Editor's note

EXO's Promise holds a fragile vow steady

A Korean ballad where the singer pledges everything to keep someone from disappearing.

ne mami pyeonhaejil su itdamyeon nae modeungeol bachilge

The song circles the same few phrases like someone pacing a room, checking the locks. It's not building an argument; it's trying to wear down a fear through sheer repetition. The promise isn't about the future, it's a spell against the present moment slipping away.

The repeated line 'ne mami pyeonhaejil su itdamyeon nae modeungeol bachilge', if your heart can find peace, I'll give up everything, feels less like generosity and more like a trade. He's offering his whole world as collateral, hoping it's enough to make someone stay. There's a quiet panic in that bargain.

That's the deal laid bare. Peace for a person, everything for a maybe. It's the core transaction of the whole song, stated plainly enough to hurt.

The way the vocal line stretches on 'bachilge', I'll give it, carries the weight of that offer. It doesn't soar; it just hangs there, exposed.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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how "ne mami pyeonhaejil su itdamyeon nae modeungeol bachilge" turns into a mantra
Lyrics

Promise

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gakkeum i muneul datgo nan saenggage ppajyeo

mudae wi nae moseubeul sangsanghagon haesseo

seotureun nae moseupdo

johahae jun neoyeotjiman

gwabunhan geu sarangeul badado doeneunji

eonjena geu jarie gidaryeojun neo

du pallo gamssa anajun gomaun neo

jeoldaero itji anheul geoya

haengbokhage mandeureojul geoya

hanaran geu malcheoreom

sigani jinado malhaji mothago

mamsogeuro samkineun na

mianhadago neol saranghandago

jigeumcheoreom mideodallago

neol anajulge du son jabajulge

ne mami pyeonhaejil su itdamyeon

nae modeungeol bachilge

ne unneun geu moseubeul jikyeojugo sipeo

(jikyeojugo sipeo)

hangsang neol

eonjebuteoinji neon useodo

unneun geotman gatasseo

mam pyeonhi nal saranghaji mothago tto

chueogeul tteoollyeo geuriwohae

jogeumeun nega antakkawo

johajil geora ijhyeojil geora haneun wiro jochado

neoreul dallae jul suga eoptgie

tto naneun buranhae hae

tteonaji malla neol butjapgo sipeo

imi eogin yaksok doedollil suga

eoptdaneun geol ara hajiman na

pyeongsaeng ne gyeoteseo sara sumswigo sipeo

cheoeumcheoreom haengbokhagil bireo

gomawo mianhae saranghae

negen nae modeungeol da jwodo mojara

nae saranga pyeongsaeng jikyeojulge

naman ttaraomyeon dwae

eonjena geu jarie gidaryeojun neo

du pallo gamssa anajun gomaun neo

jeoldaero ijji anheul geoya

haengbokhage mandeureojul geoya

hanaran geu malcheoreom

himdeulgo jichyeodo maeumi dachyeodo

nan tto dasi mudaewiro

dasi hanbeon deo na himeul naebolge

gidaryeojun neoreul wihaeseo

neol anajulge du son jabajulge

ne mami pyeonhaejil su itdamyeon

nae modeungeol bachilge

cham johasseotdeon naldeul

neowa hamkkehaetdeon nae saengilnarui mudae

neoui mal hanmadiga naege himi dwaetdeon ttae

I know

yaksokhalge nega silmang an hage

(neoege yaksokhalge hangsang useul su itge)

yaksokhaejwo geunyang jigeumcheoreomman

(naege yaksokhaejwo neoreul bol su itge)

manhido apahaesseul neoui mameul

naega kkok anajul geoya

sigani jinado malhaji mothago

mamsogeuro samkineun na

mianhadago neol saranghandago

jigeumcheoreom mideodallago

neol anajulge du son jabajulge

yeongwonhi hamkke hal su itdamyeon

nae modeungeol bachilge

ou- Yeah

I promise you

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What is "Promise" by EXO about?

A Korean ballad where the singer pledges everything to keep someone from disappearing. The song circles the same few phrases like someone pacing a room, checking the locks. It's not building an argument; it's trying to wear down a fear through sheer repetition.

Who performs "Promise"?

EXO performs "Promise", and this lyric page sits inside the EXO catalog on LyroVerse.

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