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Jongno Water Market (종로 물장수)

KIMMUSEUM's 'Jongno Water Market' holds onto a childhood grip that never quite lets go.

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KIMMUSEUM's 'Jongno Water Market' holds onto a childhood grip that never quite lets go.

The lyric treats memory like a physical object you can almost hold, then lose your grip on.

It's less about nostalgia and more about the sheer, stubborn fact of a sensation that outlasts the person who caused it.

Editor's note

A grown man remembers his father's hand

KIMMUSEUM's 'Jongno Water Market' holds onto a childhood grip that never quite lets go.

neuljapgo itdeon appa son ondoreul gieokae

The lyric treats memory like a physical object you can almost hold, then lose your grip on. It's less about nostalgia and more about the sheer, stubborn fact of a sensation that outlasts the person who caused it.

The phrase 'neuljapgo itdeon appa son ondoreul gieokae', 'I remember the warmth of my father's hand that was always holding mine', does the heavy lifting. It's not just a memory; it's the warmth itself, the specific heat of a hand that was always there. The song keeps trying to hold that warmth again, to see if it can still feel the same shape in a grown man's palm.

It's the warmth he remembers, not just the hand. That specific, bodily detail turns a generic memory into something you can almost feel in your own palm.

The way 'gieokae', 'remember', gets repeated at the end, almost like a command to oneself, sticks with you.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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Lyrics

Jongno Water Market (종로 물장수)

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Grown man on

i maeumi jaraseo

neuljapgo itdeon appa son

ondoreul gieokae nan

piwo namgyeonoeun narui

yeongi gateun sarang

chueogiran hyangeul urin

jeoleumira bulleo

pumeul tteona saraonji

8nyeoni jinado

yeotae gareuchimeul batgo

urin geureoke saraga

eorin nare bodeon baekgwasajeon gateun saram

sinmun dwie jeokin appa maeumeul ijen ara

monan mareun dwirohae

saranghaneun mameul jeonhagoseo

appa geotdeon gireul ttaragagi bappa

neul gutge japdeon

gulgeun songarageul

jababwatjiman

nae keojin sone

eosaekagiman han

maeumeul gamchunda

saranghamui geurimja sok

chueogiran geuriumdo sarangieoseo

gajogiran mare

ulgo unneun nari doegireul

gajogiran mare

uimi inneun maeil salgireul

Never come down

i maeure tteoinneun

geu byeoreul ganjikandamyeon

chueok jogagi manneun

geu chokgami tteoolla

Grown man on

i maeumi jaraseo

neuljapgo itdeon appa son

ondoreul gieokae

Grown man on

i maeumi jaraseo

neuljapgo itdeon appa son

ondoreul gieokae

gieokae nan geu ondoreul du sone kkwak

ije nae moksorineun TV uri anbang

yejeoneneun naui noraetsorie

appaneun TV sorireul kiwosseotjiman

eomma seolgeoji sori deureogan nae cheot

aelbeomeun sold out ijen nado cheol

deureoya hal ttaeya ijen jibe

jaju naeryeogalge

gakkeum naeryeogamyeon eosaekae nae bangi

eomma appado nal ireoke neukkilkka

museowo buri da kkeojyeoinneun bangi

eommaui nokeu sorie naneun kkaenda

geunyang deureowado dwae

georigam neukkige wae

geureoneun geoya daeche

geureoneun geoya daeche wae

neul geuraewatdeut

uriga geuryeodun sesange

geu eotteon gamjeongjochado

sojunghi ganjikal su

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What is "Jongno Water Market (종로 물장수)" by KIMMUSEUM about?

KIMMUSEUM's 'Jongno Water Market' holds onto a childhood grip that never quite lets go. The lyric treats memory like a physical object you can almost hold, then lose your grip on. It's less about nostalgia and more about the sheer, stubborn fact of a sensation that outlasts the person who caused it.

Who performs "Jongno Water Market (종로 물장수)"?

KIMMUSEUM performs "Jongno Water Market (종로 물장수)", and this lyric page sits inside the KIMMUSEUM catalog on LyroVerse.

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