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Good-Bye

A 2002 farewell from the Korean trio, where the ache of parting is already a memory.

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A 2002 farewell from the Korean trio, where the ache of parting is already a memory.

This one treats the goodbye as a fact that arrived early, and the lyric spends its time sifting through the quiet wreckage of that acceptance.

It's less about the drama of leaving and more about the hollow peace that comes after you stop hoping.

Editor's note

S.E.S. says goodbye in a ballad of quiet regret.

A 2002 farewell from the Korean trio, where the ache of parting is already a memory.

Oh- nuhn ji geum kkut

Most breakup songs fight the ending. This one treats the goodbye as a fact that arrived early, and the lyric spends its time sifting through the quiet wreckage of that acceptance. It's less about the drama of leaving and more about the hollow peace that comes after you stop hoping.

The phrase "Oh- nuhn ji geum kkut", "you are now the end", doesn't sound angry. It's more like a quiet admission that the story is over, and there's no use pretending otherwise. The singer is already looking back, saying "Ah mah oo ri neun Chuh eum boo tuh hae mae ee goh ee ssut nah bwah," which roughly means "but we already started to forget from the beginning." It's a strange, honest kind of grief where the missing starts before the person has even left.

It's a plain statement, not a shout. Calling someone "the end" right now cuts off any argument or future, which in a goodbye song feels more final than any dramatic fight.

The way the Korean phrases "Ah pah hah myuh" (while hurting) and "seul peu gae mahn" (only sadly) hang in the air gives the melody its weight.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the pull of "Oh- nuhn ji geum kkut" the pull of "Ah pah hah myuh" the pull of "the end"
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Good-Bye

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deun guhl sarang hahl kkuh rah goh

Soo up shi mahl hae waht jji mahn

Nah ddoh hahn nuhl sarang hahn boo johk hahn guhl kkah

Duh neun gyun dil soo up neun dae

Oh- nuhn ji geum kkut

Nah reul sarang hahn gae ah ni yah

Ah mah oo ri neun

Chuh eum boo tuh hae mae ee goh ee ssut nah bwah

Ee jaen dah shi nuh reul bohl soo up neun shi gahn sohk ae

Ah pah hah myuh ee chuh jyuh gahl oo ri ji nahn nahl deul

Mah eum sohk eu roh nuh reul chah jah hae mae gaet jji

Dah reun goh seul hyang hae gah goh eet neun nuh reul

Oo rin suh roh mah neun nahl eul hae mae ssut jji

Geu ruh kae heul luh gah gi mahn haet ddun shi gahn deul

Hah ji mahn oo ri ah pae dah gah ohn hyun shil eun

Wae jah kkoo mahn seul peu gae mahn hah neun guh yah

Ah joo oh rae juhn nuh ae noon mool boh myun suh

Nah doh mah ni ah pah haet neun dae

Ee jaen moh deun guhl up ddun il loh hae yah gaet jji

Choh rah hae jin nah ae sarang eul

Geu rae ee ruh kae nae gah dduh nah yah mahn

Nuh ae sarang eul chaht kkaet jji

Nuh ae uhl gool boh myun suh nae mahm ae ssuh soom gi myuh

Ahn nyoung ee rah mahl hah ryuh hae

Oh- nuhn ji geum kkut

Nah reul sarang hahn gae ah ni yah

Ah mah oo ri neun

Chuh eum boo tuh hae mae ee goh ee ssut nah bwah

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What is "Good-Bye" by S.E.S. about?

A 2002 farewell from the Korean trio, where the ache of parting is already a memory. This one treats the goodbye as a fact that arrived early, and the lyric spends its time sifting through the quiet wreckage of that acceptance. It's less about the drama of leaving and more about the hollow peace that comes after you stop hoping.

Who performs "Good-Bye"?

S.E.S. performs "Good-Bye", and this lyric page sits inside the S.E.S. catalog on LyroVerse.

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