A song that quietly dismantles the polite fiction of being fine after someone leaves.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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A song that quietly dismantles the polite fiction of being fine after someone leaves.
The lyric works by admitting the small, specific lie.
Thanking someone for saying you'll be okay isn't gratitude; it's a record of the moment you agreed to perform a recovery you don't feel.
Editor's note
TAEYEON's 'Farewell' and the lie of moving on
A song that quietly dismantles the polite fiction of being fine after someone leaves.
Jal jinaeran geu mal gomawossdaneun mal
The lyric works by admitting the small, specific lie. Thanking someone for saying you'll be okay isn't gratitude; it's a record of the moment you agreed to perform a recovery you don't feel. The song holds that contradiction without smoothing it over.
The plea 'Meonjeo malhaejwo', 'tell me first', repeats like a quiet alarm. She's asking for a warning before the loneliness sets in, before she has to pretend she's walking alone just like everyone else. It's less about the goodbye and more about the unpreparedness for the empty space that follows.
Thanking someone for telling you you'll be fine is its own kind of heartbreak. It pins down the polite, useless thing people say when there's nothing left to say.
The way her voice tightens slightly on 'amugeosdo mollayo', 'I don't know anything', feels like the exact point where composure starts to thin.
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how "Meonjeo malhaejwo" turns into a mantrathe pull of "amugeosdo mollayo"the pull of "Jal jinaeran geu mal gomawossdaneun mal"
Lyrics
Farewell
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Geu noraega joheun ge
Geu georiga joheun ge anya anya
Gati deutdeon noraega
Hamkke geotdeon georiga joha jeongmariya
Cheombuteo ireon mosnan moseubeul
Chorahan nal meonjeo boyeojulgeol
Meonjeo malhaejwo
Aemaehage malgo jom deo hwaksilhage
Babocheoreom nan
Jal jinaeran geu mal gomawossdaneun mal
Na eotteokhaeyo amugeosdo mollayo
Eotteon iyudo eopsi
Honja geotneun saramdeul nawa gateulkka?
Oneureun jeoldae angiji anha
Ne eolgulman bogo doraseolge
Meonjeo malhaejwo
Aemaehage malgo jom deo hwaksilhage
Babocheoreom nan
Jal jinaeran geu mal gomawossdaneun mal
Waenji oneulttara
Manhi naccseolgeman boyeo nega
Jebal na al su issge
Ihaehal su issge haejwo
Maja sasil na
Oneul neo moreuge jikyeoman bodaga o
Need u nan jal jinaeran geu mal
Gomawossdaneun mal
Na eotteokhaeyo amugeosdo mollayo
Ijen gyeondilmanhande
Kkeutinsaga aswiwo jeongmal goodbye
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What is "Farewell" by TAEYEON about?
A song that quietly dismantles the polite fiction of being fine after someone leaves. The lyric works by admitting the small, specific lie. Thanking someone for saying you'll be okay isn't gratitude; it's a record of the moment you agreed to perform a recovery you don't feel.
Who performs "Farewell"?
TAEYEON performs "Farewell", and this lyric page sits inside the TAEYEON catalog on LyroVerse.
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