The trio's 2002 track questions a fading connection with raw, repeated pleas.
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The trio's 2002 track questions a fading connection with raw, repeated pleas.
There's a quiet stubbornness in lines like "Nah reul oh hae hahl pil yo doh up jjah ni oh baby." The lyric insists love shouldn't require explanation at all, which makes its absence cut deeper.
The phrase "I want to know what love is I want to feel what love is" isn't a gentle curiosity.
Editor's note
S.E.S. asks why love slips away
The trio's 2002 track questions a fading connection with raw, repeated pleas.
"Why do you play with my heart? Why do you play with my mind?"
There's a quiet stubbornness in lines like "Nah reul oh hae hahl pil yo doh up jjah ni oh baby." The lyric insists love shouldn't require explanation at all, which makes its absence cut deeper.
The phrase "I want to know what love is I want to feel what love is" isn't a gentle curiosity. It's a demand born from confusion, from hearing "yae gi reul deut go", stories or excuses, instead of clarity. The speaker needs the real thing before it's completely gone.
Those two questions frame the whole ache. They're not accusations yet; they're bewildered, almost childlike in their directness, which makes the drift that follows feel even more inevitable.
The way "Uh dduh kae wae nah reul ee hae hahl soo up ddah neun guhyha" tumbles out stays with you, it's the sound of frustration trying to form a coherent question.
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the silence around "Nah reul oh hae hahl pil yo doh up jjah ni oh baby."the pull of "I want to know what love is I want to feel what love is"the pull of "yae gi reul deut go"
Lyrics
Slip Away
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Why do you play with my heart? Why do you play with my mind? Iwant to know what love is I want to feel what love is
Uh di suh moo seun yae gi reul deut go ee ruh neun guh yah Jigeum kkah ji nuh mahn eul pyo jung up shi sarang hae wah sseulppoon Uh dduh kae wae nah reul ee hae hahl soo up ddah neun guhyha Geu ruh kae bah kkae yuh gin nuh neun oh~ mwuh ni
Nah reul dah reun saram ae gae soh gae hahl ddah mah dah Nuh yahmahl lo nah reul wae bi mil chuh rum soom gyuh wah ssuht neun jiEe jaen nuh ae mah eum moh doo reul nahn hae ah ryuh jool kkaeNah reul oh hae hahl pil yo doh up jjah ni oh baby
Take it away nuh mahn up ssuht ddah myun Nah neun duh joh eunsarang eul hah go ee ssuh sseul kkuh yah
** Ee jaen dah shi neun oh ji mah nah reul dah shi neun chaht jjimah Nuhl boh nae joo gi ro hae ssuh oh neul ee bahm ee dah gah gijuhn ae Ee jaen nae gae roh oh ji mah nah reul dah shi neun chahtjji mah Ee guh shi nae mah ji mahk sarang ee rah goh seng gahkhae
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Uh dduhn ee yoo reul nae gae jah kkoo won hah neun guh yah Ah mooee yoo up shi doh nahl boh nael soo gah eet neun nuhn dae Duh eesang eun nuh roh in hae ool goh ship jji ah nah Nuh moo nah dohgahn ddahn hahn ee ri yah (oo ri hae uh juh)
Suh roh gah jin shim eul mollah ssuh Ji geum kkuht geu juh saranghah neun chuk mahn haet dduhn guh yah
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<rap (featuring Annie) We began driftin apart so separately Nevaquite da same from da way we used to be You set free love andjealousy, Gave it all up and now you're blaming me?
Lies, alibis, do you deny? I see the trust in us runnin on a dryKnow da reason why when I see it in your eyes Gone is gone now Ihave to say goodbye, Bye>
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What is "Slip Away" by S.E.S. about?
The trio's 2002 track questions a fading connection with raw, repeated pleas. There's a quiet stubbornness in lines like "Nah reul oh hae hahl pil yo doh up jjah ni oh baby." The lyric insists love shouldn't require explanation at all, which makes its absence cut deeper. The phrase "I want to know what love is I want to feel what love is" isn't a gentle curiosity.
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