A Korean lyric about the weight of silence between people who should speak.
Most songs about communication breakdowns are loud.
This one is quiet in its failure, which is harder to pull off.
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Mom
A Korean lyric about the weight of silence between people who should speak.
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Editor's note
Hoppipolla's Mom and the words left unsaid
A Korean lyric about the weight of silence between people who should speak.
hal mari neomu manheun bamijyo
Most songs about communication breakdowns are loud. This one is quiet in its failure, which is harder to pull off. The lyric trusts that the absence of explanation is its own kind of truth.
The repeated 'I do I do I do' feels less like a wedding vow and more like someone trying to convince themselves of something they're not sure about. It answers the pressure of a moment where you're supposed to have the right words, but all you have is this hollow agreement. 'Hal mari neomu manheun bamijyo', a night with too many things to say, captures that exact paralysis.
It's a plain description of a specific kind of exhaustion. Not a dramatic fight, just the heavy silence of a night where every possible conversation feels too big to start.
The way 'Don't tell me now it's over' hangs in the air after all that Korean uncertainty.
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What to keep in your ear
how "I do I do I do" turns into a mantra
the pull of "Hal mari neomu manheun bamijyo"
the pull of "Don't tell me now it's over"
Lyrics
Mom
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neul eotteon mareul haeya haneunji
nan amugeosdo alji moshaessjyo
baraman bodeon dwismoseubeseon
neomuna manheun jimi boyeoseo
I do I do I do nan neul geuriwohagessjyo
I do I do I do meomun maldeureul samkyeoyo
Don’t tell me now it’s over
Oh won’t you tell me now
It’s not over
hearil suna isseulkkayo
hal mari neomu manheun bamijyo
ijeya jogeum al geot gatayo
neomu neujji anhgireul barajyo
I do I do I do eolmana saranghaneunji
I do I do I do samkyeossdeon mareul kkeonaeyo
Don’t tell me now it’s over
Oh won’t you tell me now
It’s not over
hearil suna isseulkkayo
hal mari neomu manheun bamijyo
uriga hamkke haneun
sumanheun naldeureun da
haengbokhan yeohaengieossgil barajyo
uriga hamkke haneun
sumanheun naldeureun da
haengbokhan yeohaengieossgil barajyo
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What is "Mom" by Hoppipolla about?
A Korean lyric about the weight of silence between people who should speak. Most songs about communication breakdowns are loud. This one is quiet in its failure, which is harder to pull off.
Who performs "Mom"?
Hoppipolla performs "Mom", and this lyric page sits inside the Hoppipolla catalog on LyroVerse.
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