A Korean pop ballad where the singer would rather believe a beautiful lie than face an empty truth.
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A Korean pop ballad where the singer would rather believe a beautiful lie than face an empty truth.
The repeated plea 'Geojitmal irago', 'Tell me it's a lie', isn't just denial.
It's the specific, desperate bargain you make when the truth has nothing left to give you.
Editor's note
NAVI's 'Tell Me a Lie' and the comfort of fiction
A Korean pop ballad where the singer would rather believe a beautiful lie than face an empty truth.
Geojitmal irago Da kkumi.eotdago haejwo
The repeated plea 'Geojitmal irago', 'Tell me it's a lie', isn't just denial. It's the specific, desperate bargain you make when the truth has nothing left to give you. 'Da kkumi.eotdago haejwo' means 'Tell me it was all a dream,' which is the only way to keep the memory from turning into pure loss.
Asking for the lie and the dream in the same breath, it collapses the distance between what was false and what was beautiful. The request feels less like a question and more like a last piece of self-preservation.
The way the phrase 'Geojitmarigil baraesseo' ('I hoped it was a lie') returns each chorus, a little more worn down each time.
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Lyrics
Tell Me a Lie
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Neon nareul barabogo miso jitgo
Du soneul kkok jabgo
Saranghanda soksagin
Du nune bichin
Nal bodeon ne nunbit
Geojitmal irago anirago
Naege mal jom haejwo
Haengbokhaetdeon uri dul
Kkumcheoreom dalkomhaetdeon
Neon eodi gatni
Geojitmarigil baraesseo
Keureohke midgo sipeosseo
Butjabgo sorichyeobwado
Aewonhaebwado
Doedollil su eopseo
Nae gyeote nega eopseoseo
Byeonmyeongdo hal su eopseosseo
Geojitmal irago
Da kkumi.eotdago haejwo
Hana, dul jiuja
Keurae nan gwaenchana
Dajimhaebojiman
Amuri aesseobwado
Heulleonaerin nunmulman
Gaseume nama
Geojitmarigil baraesseo
Keureohke midgo sipeosseo
Butjabgo sorichyeobwado
Aewonhaebwado
Doedollil su eopseo
Nae gyeote nega eopseoseo
Byeonmyeongdo hal su eopseosseo
Geojitmal irago
Da kkumi.eotdago haejwo
Du nuni gaseumi
Neol chatgo itneunde oh
Neol bol suga eopseo
Jabeul sudo eopseo
Jakku nunmulman heulleo
Geojitmarigil baraesseo
Keureohke midgo sipeosseo
Butjabgo sorichyeobwado
Aewonhaebwado
Doedollil su eopseo
Nae gyeote nega eopseoseo
Byeonmyeongdo hal su eopseosseo
Geojitmal irago
Da kkumi.eotdago haejwo
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What is "Tell Me a Lie" by NAVI about?
A Korean pop ballad where the singer would rather believe a beautiful lie than face an empty truth. The repeated plea 'Geojitmal irago', 'Tell me it's a lie', isn't just denial. It's the specific, desperate bargain you make when the truth has nothing left to give you.
Who performs "Tell Me a Lie"?
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