A Korean lyric about self-deception that turns the mirror into an accusation.
Most songs about self-awareness offer some path forward.
This one stays in the room with the refusal itself.
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People
A Korean lyric about self-deception that turns the mirror into an accusation.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
SURL's 'People' and the mirror you can't face
A Korean lyric about self-deception that turns the mirror into an accusation.
'Cause you can't look at yourself
Most songs about self-awareness offer some path forward. This one stays in the room with the refusal itself. The Korean verses detail the daily avoidance, while the English chorus states the blunt fact that makes the avoidance possible.
The plea 'Please just look at yourself through that mirror' isn't gentle advice. It's what happens when someone has watched another person avoid their own reflection for too long. The frustration builds until the mirror stops being an object and becomes a demand.
It's a simple, declarative reason. The song isn't about why someone won't look; it's about the fact that they literally cannot. That shifts the entire conflict.
The way the English phrases 'You'll never know what you did' and 'bark like doggies' puncture the Korean flow. It doesn't sound like a translation, more like a thought breaking through in a different language.
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the pull of "Please just look at yourself through that mirror"
the pull of "You'll never know what you did"
the pull of "'Cause you can't look at yourself"
Lyrics
People
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uimi eobsneun geuldeul-eul nayeolhaenohgo
geujung-e hanaleul golla byeog-e geol-eo nohgessji
museun tteus-i issnyago mul-eobogo nani neon
jal-eun moleugessjiman meos-issdago haneun meongcheong-iga doeeossji
neon nal jeoldae ihaehaji moshae
'Cause you can't look at yourself
'Cause you don't know yourself
jebal daleun salamdeul-eun boji ma
Please just look at yourself through that mirror
What trying to say
You will never know about the person who just tell about
nega maeil hadeon jisdeul-eul dasi dol-abwa
yeop-eseo bodeon ulin neoleul
bomyeonseo malhaji gyeolgug banboghage doelkka bwa
neohuin banbag-e banbag-e banbog-eul
deo hamyeo nae hanmadie ib damulgo
tto daleun gos-eseodo banbog-e banbog-eul
hada neohuin neulg-eogada juggessji
neon nal jeoldae ihaehaji moshae
'Cause you can't look at yourself
'Cause you don't know yourself
jebal daleun salamdeul-eun boji ma
Please just look at yourself through that mirror
What trying to say
You can't look at yourself
'Cause you don't know yourself
You'll never know what you did
So you can bark like doggies, yeah
mal an tonghaneun neoegen
geunyang ammaldo an halge
You'll never know what you did
So you can bark like doggies, yeah
naman dabdabhaji
You'll never know what you did
So you can bark like doggies, yeah
gyeolgug-e neoneun seuseulo
mog-e mogjul-eul chaeune
You'll never know what you did
So you can bark like doggies, yeah
salam-i andoene
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What is "People" by SURL about?
A Korean lyric about self-deception that turns the mirror into an accusation. Most songs about self-awareness offer some path forward. This one stays in the room with the refusal itself.
Who performs "People"?
SURL performs "People", and this lyric page sits inside the SURL catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "SURL's 'People' and the mirror you can't face", followed by the full lyric and related songs.
Are there related songs to explore after "People"?
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