A Korean ballad about love that stays just out of reach, no matter how close it seems.
Most breakup songs are about what's lost.
This one is about what's perpetually almost there.
Lyric guide
10 Minutes Away
A Korean ballad about love that stays just out of reach, no matter how close it seems.
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Editor's note
Na Yoon Kwon's 10 Minutes Away
A Korean ballad about love that stays just out of reach, no matter how close it seems.
10bun georin geot gateunde
Most breakup songs are about what's lost. This one is about what's perpetually almost there. The lyric fixates on that phantom proximity, '10 minutes', until it becomes a kind of quiet madness.
The phrase '10bun georin geot gateunde', 'it feels like it's 10 minutes away', does all the heavy lifting. It's not about geography; it's about a love that's technically within reach but emotionally impossible to close in on. The singer keeps circling that same short distance, knowing they'll never actually arrive.
That's the entire song right there. Not '10 minutes away,' but 'it feels like 10 minutes away.' The difference between the map and the heart.
The way the melody hangs on 'gateunde', 'but it feels like', gives the whole thing its weary, suspended weight.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "10 minutes"
the pull of "10bun georin geot gateunde"
the pull of "but it feels like"
Lyrics
10 Minutes Away
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na jamkkan galkka neo inneun goseuro
tto dasi an badeul jeonhwareul geolgon hae
ulkeokdaeneun beoseu dwitjarie
nae mameun gal gotdo ijeun chae
gieok sok neol chatgon hae
miwodo
dorawa jul sun eomneunji
yeojeonhi nae sarangeun
10bun georin geot gateunde
geu heunhan ni anbu hana
deureul su eopdan ge
michil geot gateunde
mal jom haebwa
sinhodeung arae jeo gireul geonneomyeon
jageun soneul heundeuldeon ni moseubi boyeo
'wae-ije wasseo' ppichideut hwareul naemyeo
dallyeowa angyeo ul geot gata
eodil bwado neon eopjiman
miwodo
dorawa jul sun eomneunji
yeojeonhi nae sarangeun
10bun georin geot gateunde
dasineun ni son kkeut hana
manjil su eopdan ge
michil geot gateunde
mal jom haebwa
pyeongbeomhan yeonghwa sok geu manteon uyeondo
wae naegeman eomneun geolkka
tukamyeon
nae yeope buteo geotdeon neol
han ppyeomdo mot tteonage
jinjak deo kkwak anajulgeol
ije wa meari gateun
huhoeman namaseo
sarangi neuryeoseo
neomu mianhae
neol saenggakamyeon
10bun georiinde
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A Korean ballad about love that stays just out of reach, no matter how close it seems. Most breakup songs are about what's lost. This one is about what's perpetually almost there.
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Na Yoon Kwon performs "10 Minutes Away", and this lyric page sits inside the Na Yoon Kwon catalog on LyroVerse.
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