A song about the words we can't bring ourselves to say when someone leaves.
A song about the words we can't bring ourselves to say when someone leaves.
Park often writes about departure and memory, like in "Don't Leave Me" or "Sad Story." Here, the lyric fixates on the act of not-speaking as its own kind of communication, a refusal to make the break official in words.
The phrase "Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin", "instead of saying goodbye", holds the whole tension.
A song about the words we can't bring ourselves to say when someone leaves.
Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin
Park often writes about departure and memory, like in "Don't Leave Me" or "Sad Story." Here, the lyric fixates on the act of not-speaking as its own kind of communication, a refusal to make the break official in words.
The phrase "Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin", "instead of saying goodbye", holds the whole tension. Someone is trying to replace that heavy, formal ending with something lighter, maybe just a small smile. It's the sound of someone bargaining with an ending, hoping a different exit might hurt less.
It's the title sitting right in the lyric, the central swap. Everything hangs on choosing a different, softer phrase to fill the silence where the real goodbye won't go.
The repeated, almost stuttering phrases like "ka myon ka myon" and "ta myon ta myon" give the feeling of someone talking themselves in circles, avoiding the direct hit.
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Moo seun mal reul ha ryo go keu reo ko it ni
Doh dae che moo seun mal ee gil rae mal eul mot ha ni
Mal eul hamyeon hok shi nae ga keu man
Ool reo peo ril gga pwa mot ha neun mal ee ra myon
Keu geh sa shil ee ra myon keu rae cha
Ra ri mal reul ha ji ma keu reo myeon
Nae ga al ra seo al ra deul reul teh ni
Sal jak oo seu myo dol ah seo jool teh ni (ga)
Neh ga na eui kyod teul ddeo na
Ta reun saram eh geh roh gan ta myon
(ka myon ka myon ni ga deo nan ta myon)
Nae gyod eh it neun keot poh da
Da reun saram eui poom ee choh ta myeon
(ta myon ta myon ni ga ni ga choh ta myon)
Eon jeh ra doh cho eu ni (weo weo weo)
Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin
Chak eun mi soh ha na man joo myon dwae
(keu rae keu reom dwae neo neun neo neunkeu
Nyang keu reom dwae)
Neo eui keu yeh peun ip eh seo (mweo)
Cheol tae roh ded ki sil reun mal ee myot kae it seo
Chal ka haeng bok hae mi ahn hae ta reun
Saram ee saeng kyot seo ee hae hae
Keu rae keu reom mal deul eun cheol tae deud ki sil reo
Ka seum ee neo moo ah pa deul reul soo ga eop seo
Neo reul neo moo sarang ha na pwa
Ee pyol eun gwei eo neom ko sip na pwa
Ee pyol jang myon ee eop neun ee pyol el ha go ship eo
Ee pyol eui mal doh noon mool roh nan neo moo ah peo
Eo cha pi neo doh mal reul ha gi swip ji ahn eul
Ko go na doh deul eu myon doh poon myong hi ool ko go
Poh na ma na ni ga deo na neun deh moon jeh man ah
Keu ri go doh kwe chan ah keu reo ni che pal
Deo na ah moo mal doh mal ah nan kwaen chan ah
Keu reoh keh oo seu myon seo doh na
Neh ga na eui kyod teul ddeo na
Ta reun saram eh geh roh gan ta myon
(ka myon ka myon ni ga deo nan ta myon)
Nae gyod eh it neun keot poh da
Da reun saram eui poom ee choh ta myeon
(ta myon ta myon ni ga ni ga choh ta myon)
Eon jeh ra doh cho eu ni (weo weo weo)
Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin
Chak eun mi soh ha na man joo myon dwae
(keu rae keu reom dwae neo neun neo neunkeu
Nyang keu reom dwae)
(ma moo ri) nan ni ga nal deo nal keol al ah
Kwaen chan ah ahn nyong ee ran mal dae shin (weo weo weo)
Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin
Jak eun mi soh ha na man joo myon dwae
Chak eun mi soh ha na man joo myon dwa
A song about the words we can't bring ourselves to say when someone leaves. Park often writes about departure and memory, like in "Don't Leave Me" or "Sad Story." Here, the lyric fixates on the act of not-speaking as its own kind of communication, a refusal to make the break official in words. The phrase "Ahn nyong ee ran mal tae shin", "instead of saying goodbye", holds the whole tension.
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