A song about trying to erase someone who's already gone.
Most breakup songs are about the moment of leaving or the ache of memory.
This one is about the mundane labor that comes after, the daily performance of being okay.
Lyric guide
A Day Without You
A song about trying to erase someone who's already gone.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
S.M. The Ballad's Korean ballad of absence
A song about trying to erase someone who's already gone.
Beoseonaryeo halsurok
Most breakup songs are about the moment of leaving or the ache of memory. This one is about the mundane labor that comes after, the daily performance of being okay. The lyric treats 'a day without you' not as freedom but as a chore list written in disappearing ink.
The phrase 'Beoseonaryeo halsurok', 'the more I try to erase you', holds the whole contradiction. You can hear the effort in those syllables, the way trying to forget someone just carves their absence deeper into the routine. It's not about moving on; it's about the exhausting work of pretending you have.
That phrase turns the whole song. It admits the trying is the problem, not the solution. The harder you scrub at a memory, the more it stains.
The way the Korean phrases stack up, especially 'neomu oraetdongan iksukhan songil no' about a long, familiar ordinary day, makes the emptiness feel heavy and specific.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "a day without you"
the pull of "Beoseonaryeo halsurok"
the pull of "neomu oraetdongan iksukhan songil no"
Lyrics
A Day Without You
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Ppalli georeodo joha
Nege matchul pillyo eobsi
Nal wihan oseul sareo gago
Neoui sajin daesine geoul sogui nareul bwa
Tto neowa bandaein saram
Geuge nae jogeoni doego
Nan nega sirheohaetdeon nae seupgwandeureul
Tto dasi kkeonaeji nega sirheohadorok
Munjen nega tteonagago
Geu modeun iyuga neoran geol
I can’t believe, yes it’s true
Nega gyeote eobseoseo
Modeun ge neoro kkeutnabeoryeo
Beoseonaryeo halsurok
Neoege jibaedoen haru
Chingureul mannado
Yeojadeureul mannal ttaedo
Iyuneun nae meori sok
Neoreul biwonaeryeogo ttan saenggageul hago
Geunde munjeneun jakkuman
Nega moksoriga deutgo sipeo
I can’t believe, yes it’s true
Nega gyeote eobseoseo
Modeun ge neoro kkeutnabeoryeo
Beoseonaryeo halsurok
Neoege jibaedoen haru
Neomu oraetdongan iksukhan songil no
Nae sonkkeute gipi bein ne hyanggi
Soneul ssitgo hyangsureul ppuryeo
Beoseonaryeogo momburimchigo
Ijen neon dareun neo rago hae
I can’t believe, yes it’s true
Nega gyeote eobseoseo
Modeun ge neoro kkeutnabeoryeo
Beoseonaryeo halsurok
Neoege jibaedoen haru
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What is "A Day Without You" by S.M. The Ballad about?
A song about trying to erase someone who's already gone. Most breakup songs are about the moment of leaving or the ache of memory. This one is about the mundane labor that comes after, the daily performance of being okay.
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