Oohyo
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SWIMMING

A Korean indie track where the singer tells herself to stop crying while her body trembles with old feelings.

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A Korean indie track where the singer tells herself to stop crying while her body trembles with old feelings.

The song leans on that Korean word 'gieokdeuri', 'memories', piling up at the end like waves.

It's less about what the memories contain and more about their sheer, repetitive weight, the way they just keep coming back to the surface.

Editor's note

Oohyo's Swimming and the memory that won't sink

A Korean indie track where the singer tells herself to stop crying while her body trembles with old feelings.

gamchul su eomneun dugeungeorim

The song leans on that Korean word 'gieokdeuri', 'memories', piling up at the end like waves. It's less about what the memories contain and more about their sheer, repetitive weight, the way they just keep coming back to the surface.

The phrase 'gamchul su eomneun dugeungeorim', 'a trembling I can't hide', does the real work. It's not about analyzing the past, it's about a physical reaction that arrives unbidden, the kind of shake that happens before you even know you're upset. The lyric answers the pressure to appear fine with the plain fact of a body betraying you.

It's the admission that some feelings live in the muscles, not the mind. You can tell yourself not to cry all day, but the shudder happens anyway.

The way 'ulji marara' gets whispered, almost swallowed, right after describing a trembling body. It sounds less like a command and more like a fragile hope.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "gamchul su eomneun dugeungeorim" the pull of "ulji marara"
Lyrics

SWIMMING

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naui maeuma

eojekkajiman haedo

gwaenchanasseotjana

naui maeuma

gaman jom isseora

nuga bolkka duryeowo

ni mangseorim

heundeullim

i seolleim

umjigim

gamchul su eomneun

dugeungeorim

ppajil deut maldeuthan

nae momburim

ulji marara (ulji marara)

kopulji marara

eojekkajiman haedo

gwaenchanasseotjana

neulgeun pyojeonga

eorin aiya

nuga bolkka duryeowo

ni heuneukkim

dwiteullim

deodeumgeorim

biteulgeorim

ganul su eomneun

ni kkumdeuri

bupureo oreune

(gieokdeuri)

bupureo oreune

gieokdeuri

i mangseorim

i seolleim

i mangseorim

i seolleim

i mangseorim

i seolleim

i mangseorim

i seolleim

i mangseorim

i seolleim

i mangseorim

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What is "SWIMMING" by Oohyo about?

A Korean indie track where the singer tells herself to stop crying while her body trembles with old feelings. The song leans on that Korean word 'gieokdeuri', 'memories', piling up at the end like waves. It's less about what the memories contain and more about their sheer, repetitive weight, the way they just keep coming back to the surface.

Who performs "SWIMMING"?

Oohyo performs "SWIMMING", and this lyric page sits inside the Oohyo catalog on LyroVerse.

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Are there related songs to explore after "SWIMMING"?

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