J. Y. Park
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Someone Else

A breakup song where the freedom feels hollow and the old face won't leave.

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A breakup song where the freedom feels hollow and the old face won't leave.

The song frames freedom as a kind of failure.

"Maeil jayuropge salgoinneunde", I live so freely every day, is immediately undercut by the parenthetical "naneun kkaedarasseo" (I realized).

Editor's note

J. Y. Park's Someone Else and the ghost in the room

A breakup song where the freedom feels hollow and the old face won't leave.

"Neoui eolguri jakku tteoolla wae"

The song frames freedom as a kind of failure. "Maeil jayuropge salgoinneunde", I live so freely every day, is immediately undercut by the parenthetical "naneun kkaedarasseo" (I realized). He's not celebrating his independence; he's reporting on its emptiness, watching himself go through the motions from a distance.

The pressure is in the parentheses. "Dareun saram pume angyeo inneunde (naneun kkaedarasseo)" means "I'm in someone else's arms (I realized)." That quiet admission in brackets is the whole song. It's not a dramatic confession to the new lover; it's the private, shameful thought that arrives mid-embrace, the one you can't say out loud.

It's a question asked to no one, the kind that just hangs in the air of an empty apartment. The face appears without permission, and the singer is left wondering why his own memory won't cooperate, why it insists on this specific, painful haunting.

The way the English plea "Can you take me back again again" cuts through the Korean verses. It's simpler, more desperate, a direct line to the person who's already gone.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "Maeil jayuropge salgoinneunde" the pull of "Dareun saram pume angyeo inneunde (naneun kkaedarasseo)" the pull of "Can you take me back again again"
Lyrics

Someone Else

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Dareun saram pume angyeo inneunde

(naneun kkaedarasseo)

Neoui eolguri jakku tteoolla wae

(geuraeseo ireoke)

Ireoke dorawaseo tto neoege

Nareul badajwo jebal

Can you take me back again again

Neomu saranghaetjiman neomu himdeureosseo

Himdeunikka sarangdo yakhaejyeomangasseo

Gyeolguk sarangi da mallabeoryeosseo

Naneun neoreul tteonatdeongeoya

Dareun saram pume angyeo inneunde

(naneun kkaedarasseo)

Neoui eolguri jakku tteoolla wae

(geuraeseo ireoke)

Ireoke dorawaseo tto neoege

Nareul badajwo jebal

Can you take me back again again

Maeilmaeil saeroun yeojadeulgwa manna

Jeulgeoun sigandeureul bonaemyeo jinaesseo

Nega tteonaseo na

Maeil jeulgimyeonseo sara

Neomuna haengbokhage

Maeil jayuropge salgoinneunde

(naneun kkaedarasseo)

Neoui eolguri jakku tteoolla wae

(geuraeseo ireoke)

Ireoke dorawaseo tto neoege

Nareul badajwo jebal

Can you take me back again again

Naega eolmana neoreul saranghaneunji

Neol tteonabogoya irheobogoya naneun arasseo

Hu nado amuri neoreul

Jiwobeoriryeogo haedo jiul suga eobseosseo

Dareun saram pume angyeo inneunde

(angyeo inneun dongan)

(naneun kkaedarasseo)

Neoui eolguri jakku tteoolla wae

(nega gyesok tteoolla)

(geuraeseo ireoke)

Ireoke dorawaseo tto neoege

Nareul badajwo jebal

Can you take me back again again

Maeil jayuropge salgo inneunde

(nega eobsi salmyeonseo)

(naneun kkaedarasseo)

Neoui eolguri jakku tteoolla wae

(i miss you babe)

(geuraeseo ireoke)

Ireoke dorawaseo tto neoege

Nareul badajwo jebal

Can you take me back again again

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What is "Someone Else" by J. Y. Park about?

A breakup song where the freedom feels hollow and the old face won't leave. The song frames freedom as a kind of failure. "Maeil jayuropge salgoinneunde", I live so freely every day, is immediately undercut by the parenthetical "naneun kkaedarasseo" (I realized).

Who performs "Someone Else"?

J. Y. Park performs "Someone Else", and this lyric page sits inside the J. Y. Park catalog on LyroVerse.

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Are there related songs to explore after "Someone Else"?

Yes. The related section below points to Love Is The Best and No Love No More with a short reason for opening each page next.

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