A Korean pop ballad about marking time while holding onto belief in someone who's gone.
A Korean pop ballad about marking time while holding onto belief in someone who's gone.
Most breakup songs are about the moment it ends or the anger that follows.
This one is about the mundane endurance of the calendar, the way 'already one year' can sound like both an accusation and a plea.
A Korean pop ballad about marking time while holding onto belief in someone who's gone.
neul ki da ryu
Most breakup songs are about the moment it ends or the anger that follows. This one is about the mundane endurance of the calendar, the way 'already one year' can sound like both an accusation and a plea. The belief they chant isn't triumphant, it's the engine that keeps the waiting going.
The phrase 'neul ki da ryu', 'always waiting', does the real work here. It's not about moving on or getting over it; it's about the suspended state of checking the calendar while nothing changes. The belief they keep repeating feels less like confidence and more like the one thing you can't let go of, because if you do, the waiting was for nothing.
It's just two words in Korean, 'always waiting,' but they hold the whole song in place. Everything else, the memories, the loneliness, the hope, orbits that unchanging center.
The way the phrase 'I believe in your mind' gets repeated, almost like a mantra you're trying to convince yourself is true.
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Cha eum ee ra geu rae myu chil dwi aen dwaen chan ha jyo
Keu saeng gak man oo roo buhl ssuh il nyun ee
Nuh wah man deun ki nyum eel mah da seul peum eun na reul cha ja wah
Cha eum sa rang go paek ha myu seul raen soo chub eun gwa
Oo ri chuh eum man nan nal chi na ga goh
Nuh yeh saeng ee reh noon moo reh kae eek chot bool kyu go soh chok ha hae
I believe in you
I believe in your mind
Buhl ssuh il nyun ee chi naet chi man
Il nyun dwi ee go keu eel nyun dwi ee doh neul ki da ryu
Noo moo poh goo ship oo deu rah wah jwa mal moot haet sso
Neul poo noon dda ttot han geu yeh noon beet gwa
Ni win soon ee kkyu jin pan chi po tah beet nan ni ahn geul ddae moon ee
I believe in you
I believe in your mind
Da shi shi jak han neul ahn myun soh
Ee jaen noh op shi chuh ook eul man deu noon noh rah noon gol, ooh
Nae ga ki ook ha noon choo ook eun uhn jae nah
Chi nan oot eum gwa yae gi wah pa raem deul
Ddo sae rah man deul choo ook eun ha na bbon nae ki da rim gwa noon mool sok noh il bbon
I believe in you
I believe in your mind
Da shi shi jak han neul ahn myun soh
Ee jaen noh op shi chuh ook eul man deu noon noh rah noon gol
I believe in you
I believe in your mind
Buhl ssuh il nyun ee chi naet chi man
Il nyun dwi ee go keu eel nyun dwi ee doh neul ki da ryu
A Korean pop ballad about marking time while holding onto belief in someone who's gone. Most breakup songs are about the moment it ends or the anger that follows. This one is about the mundane endurance of the calendar, the way 'already one year' can sound like both an accusation and a plea.
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