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Taking a Walk On Ice

A Korean rock ballad about the delicate balance between holding on and letting go.

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A Korean rock ballad about the delicate balance between holding on and letting go.

The lyric doesn't build toward resolution; it circles the same few emotional coordinates, each repetition wearing the ground a little thinner.

It's the sound of someone thinking the same thought until the thought loses its shape, which is exactly how anxiety works.

Editor's note

NELL's fragile walk across thin ice

A Korean rock ballad about the delicate balance between holding on and letting go.

Hogshirado keudaeramyeon

The lyric doesn't build toward resolution; it circles the same few emotional coordinates, each repetition wearing the ground a little thinner. It's the sound of someone thinking the same thought until the thought loses its shape, which is exactly how anxiety works.

The phrase "hogshirado keudaeramyeon", "if I call out to you", gets repeated like a mantra that might break the spell. It's not a declaration, it's a conditional, a fragile hypothesis about what might happen if the speaker actually made contact. That "if" holds all the fear of the answer, the possibility that reaching out might just confirm the distance.

Those three words frame the entire song, everything hangs on that "if." Without it, the whole delicate structure collapses into either certainty or silence.

The way the vocal line stretches over "nal tteonage hae", "makes me leave", has this exhausted, almost resigned quality, like the effort itself is part of the problem.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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how "hogshirado keudaeramyeon" turns into a mantra the pull of "nal tteonage hae"
Lyrics

Taking a Walk On Ice

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Hogshirado keudaeramyeon ih kibuneul Ihaehal su itji anheulgga

Hogshirago keudaeramyeon ih kibuneul Anajul su utji anheulgga

Hogshirado keudaeramyeon neureoganeun Nae mom-e sangcheobodan

Keuboda teo kipge phaein nae maeume Sangcheoreul pol su itji anheurgga

Hogshirado keudaeramyeon jogeumeun teo Noryeoghae chuji anheurgga

Hogshirado hogshirado keudaeramyeom Keudae naramyeon

Saeggamahge thadeureogan nae shimjangeul Tashi saerpge hago

Haruharu na-e pogeul chuyeo oneun Cheorbagham sarajige

Hajiman kkyeorgugen ireon na-e igishimi Nal tteonage hae

Nal meoreojige hae

Kyeordugen neol ddeonagage hae

Hogshirado keudaeramyeon chugeumeun deoNoryeoghae chuji anheulgga

Hogshirado hogshirado keudaeramyeon Keudae neoramyeon

Tadhyeoberin na-e mameul na-e muneul Tashi yeolige hag

Mamchweobeorin nae shimjangi taeshi han beon Sara narsu itge

Hajiman kkyeorgugen ireon na-e igishimi Nal tteonage hae

Nal meoreojige hae

Kyeordugen neol ddeonagage hae

Cheongmal han shimhajyo nan keu eoddeon nugudo

Shimjieo nae chishinjochado saranghal suga eoptgunyo

KKwaena eogurhaegedo keu eoddeon seonthaeg-e yeoshido

Kajji mothan chae Ireohge twaebeoryeosseo

Hogshirado keudaeramyeon chogeumeun teo Noreyoghae chushi anheurgga

Niga anin nareul wihae

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What is "Taking a Walk On Ice" by NELL about?

A Korean rock ballad about the delicate balance between holding on and letting go. The lyric doesn't build toward resolution; it circles the same few emotional coordinates, each repetition wearing the ground a little thinner. It's the sound of someone thinking the same thought until the thought loses its shape, which is exactly how anxiety works.

Who performs "Taking a Walk On Ice"?

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