A Korean ballad about the stubborn ache of a love that refuses to fade.
A Korean ballad about the stubborn ache of a love that refuses to fade.
The lyric leans on that conditional 'if' structure to avoid a direct confession.
It lets the singer point to the tears, or to seeing another person, as the reason he's still stuck, rather than having to say the hard thing outright.
A Korean ballad about the stubborn ache of a love that refuses to fade.
Mot ijeun geojyo Nan ajik geudael saranghaneun geojyo
The lyric leans on that conditional 'if' structure to avoid a direct confession. It lets the singer point to the tears, or to seeing another person, as the reason he's still stuck, rather than having to say the hard thing outright. A neat bit of emotional deflection that makes the ache feel more real.
"Jakku nunmuri heureumyeon / Ajik mot ijeottan yaegijyo" , 'If tears keep flowing / It's a story that I still haven't forgotten.' It's less about explaining the sadness and more about the body betraying the mind. The tears are the proof, the physical answer to the question the singer keeps asking himself.
'It's not that I've forgotten / It's that I still love you.' After all the 'if' clauses, the song finally lands here. No more conditions, just the plain, difficult fact.
The way the phrase 'Geuge anijyo', 'That's not it', cuts in after 'Ijeotta malhago shipeotjiman', 'I want to say I've forgotten.' It's a quiet correction, almost to himself.
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Oneuldo ni soshige nunmuri heulleosseo
Neomu gunggeumhaetjiman deutgoseon huhwehaesseo
Haengyeo ni soshik deureodo ijen malhaji mallago
Naneun deureul jashini eoptago
Jakku nunmuri heureumyeon
Ajik mot ijeottan yaegijyo
Dareun sarami shirheumyeon
Geudael mot ijeottan yaegijyo
Kkwae oraen shigani heulleo
Ijeotta malhago shipeotjiman
Geuge anijyo
Hamkke geotdeon georireul umyeonhi jinasseo
Hamkke geotdeon moseubi tto nun apeseo beonjyeosseo
Dashin igoseul jinaji marayaji saenggakhaesseo
Apeumeul gamdanghal jashini eopseo
Jakku nunmuri heureumyeon
Ajik mot ijeottan yaegijyo
Dareun sarami shirheumyeon
Geudael mot ijeottan yaegijyo
Kkwae oraen shigani heulleo
Ijeotta malhago shipeotjiman
Geuge anijyo
Mot ijeun geojyo
Nan ajik geudael saranghaneun geojyo
Geu eotteon sarangdo gyeolguk shigani jinamyeon modu
Itjyeojindaneun mareun mweojyo~
Jakku nunmuri heureumyeon
Ajik mot ijeottan yaegijyo ooh
Dareun sarami shirheumyeon
Geudael mot ijeottan yaegijyo no
Kkwae oraen shigani heulleo
Ijeotta malhago shipeotjiman
Geuge anijyo
No oh wow...
Mot ijeun geojyo
A Korean ballad about the stubborn ache of a love that refuses to fade. The lyric leans on that conditional 'if' structure to avoid a direct confession. It lets the singer point to the tears, or to seeing another person, as the reason he's still stuck, rather than having to say the hard thing outright.
J. Y. Park performs "If", and this lyric page sits inside the J. Y. Park catalog on LyroVerse.
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