A Korean pop ballad about standing still while hoping someone returns.
Most breakup songs are about leaving or being left.
This one is about refusing to let the geography change.
Lyric guide
On The Road
A Korean pop ballad about standing still while hoping someone returns.
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Editor's note
NAVI's 'On The Road' and the wait
A Korean pop ballad about standing still while hoping someone returns.
I gireseo neol mannal su itdamyeon
Most breakup songs are about leaving or being left. This one is about refusing to let the geography change. The road isn't a metaphor for a journey; it's just the literal spot where things ended, now treated like a shrine.
The phrase 'I gireseo neol mannal su itdamyeon', 'if I could meet you on this road', does all the work. It's not about searching or moving on. It's about the stubborn belief that the right place is exactly where you're standing, that the past might repeat itself if you just don't leave. The whole song hangs on that conditional 'if'.
It's a plain statement of location and possibility, but in the song's context, it becomes a prayer. The road is the only place the meeting could possibly happen, so leaving it would mean giving up entirely.
The way the vocal line lingers on 'ajikdo', 'still', each time it comes around. It never quite resolves.
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the pull of "I gireseo neol mannal su itdamyeon"
Lyrics
On The Road
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Haru jongil biga waseo ni eolguri tto saenggangna nunmuri nasseo
Han georeum deo georeogamyeon ichyeojilkkabwa bireul majeumyeo seo isseosseo
Chagapge jeojeobeorin nae gaseum aneseo
Ajikdo ajikdo neol bureujanha
I gireseo neol mannal su itdamyeon
Geu nal cheoreom neol bonaeji anheulgeoya
Nunmuri meomchundaedo neoreul jiul suneun eobseul geot gata
Oh neo olkkabwa
Eoneu sae geuchin bitjulgie ni moseupdo sarajyeosseo boiji anha
Han beonman deo han beonman deo bogo sipeoseo mareun haneure neol geuryeosseo
Chagapge sigeobeorin nae moksorimajeo
Ajikdo ireoke neol bureujanha
I gireseo neol mannal su itdamyeon
Geu nal cheoreom neol bonaeji anheulgeoya
Nunmuri meomchundaedo neoreul jiul suneun eobseul geot gata
Oh niga dasi olkkabwa
Gidarilge na yeogi seo isseulge
Neutgi jeone jigeum naege dorawajwo
I gireseo neol mannal su itdamyeon
Geu nal cheoreom neol bonaeji anheulgeoya
Nunmuri meomchundaedo neoreul jiul suneun eobseul geot gata
Kkok dorawa nal anajwo
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What is "On The Road" by NAVI about?
A Korean pop ballad about standing still while hoping someone returns. Most breakup songs are about leaving or being left. This one is about refusing to let the geography change.
Who performs "On The Road"?
NAVI performs "On The Road", and this lyric page sits inside the NAVI catalog on LyroVerse.
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