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Empty House

A K-pop ballad about a love that haunts the rooms it once filled.

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A K-pop ballad about a love that haunts the rooms it once filled.

The lyric treats absence as a physical object, a 'teong kkeojin bure', a broken frame, that the singer's heart has been stuffed into.

It's a stubborn, almost childish refusal to accept that a space can be neutral again once it's been charged with someone else's presence.

Editor's note

UP10TION's Empty House and the phantom left behind

A K-pop ballad about a love that haunts the rooms it once filled.

neo eopsneun bin jip nan chaeul suga eopsji

The lyric treats absence as a physical object, a 'teong kkeojin bure', a broken frame, that the singer's heart has been stuffed into. It's a stubborn, almost childish refusal to accept that a space can be neutral again once it's been charged with someone else's presence.

"neo eopsneun bin jip nan chaeul suga eopsji" , 'I can't fill this empty house without you', does the heavy lifting. It's less about missing a person and more about the sheer impossibility of occupying a space they defined. The house isn't just empty; it's a container for a phantom, and trying to live there feels like a violation of the memory.

It's a plain statement of incapacity. The singer isn't choosing to mourn; the house itself rejects any attempt at refilling it, making the emptiness feel permanent and absolute.

The way 'phantom' gets whispered and stretched in the early verses, like it's a word the singer is afraid to say out loud.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 16
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the silence around "teong kkeojin bure" the pull of "neo eopsneun bin jip nan chaeul suga eopsji"
Lyrics

Empty House

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gijeok gateun geon

nae nune damgin neo

i gijeok i gijeok i gijeogi nal

tteonabeorin geot gata

nareul maemdoneun

neoui sumanheun phantom

Phantom, phantom

Fantasye

nan mudyeojyeo gal su eopseo

neo eopsneun i bin jibeun

teong

kkeojin bure garyeodun sarajyeo beorin nae mam

swipge jeogeunghal su eopsneun naui bang

neo eopsneun bin jip

nan chaeul suga eopsji

neoui mame matadun isangjeogin nae salm

jeoldae jeogeungdoel su eopsneun i gonggan

neo eopsneun bin jip

nan chaeul suga eopsji

Nobody home

Nobody knows

bomi gago gyeouri wasseo

gyeoul gago gyeouri waseo

chagapgo chagawo

bangawo naui sangsangi

naega hal su issneun yuilhan i baragi

museopgodo museowoseo

chuwojigo chuwojyeosseo

neol daesinhae nae bangeul chaeuneun chan gonggi

eoneusaenga deouk baraejin saek

dasi doedolligien neomuna too late

‘naega jalhalge’raneun mare

‘heeojyeo’ran jjalpeun dapbyeonhae

nae gaseum jjijeonohgo eojesbam kkumen

tto yeojeonhi neomunado balkge useum jisneun

neoga cham miwo

kkeojin bure garyeodun sarajyeo beorin nae mam

swipge jeogeunghal su eopsneun naui bang

neo eopsneun bin jip

nan chaeul suga eopsji

neoui mame matadun isangjeogin nae salm

jeoldae jeogeungdoel su eopsneun i gonggan

neo eopsneun bin jip

nan chaeul suga eopsji

gamjeongui kkeuteseo nan mwollodo

chaeul suga eopseo nan tto

naui mam bin gonggan geurae modeun sungan

da neoreul gajge haejwo

kkeojin bure garyeodun sarajyeo beorin nae mam

swipge jeogeunghal su eopsneun naui bang

neo eopsneun bin jip

nan chaeul suga eopsji

neoui mame matadun isangjeogin nae salm

jeoldae jeogeungdoel su eopsneun i gonggan

neo eopsneun bin jip

nan chaeul suga eopsji

teong

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What is "Empty House" by UP10TION about?

A K-pop ballad about a love that haunts the rooms it once filled. The lyric treats absence as a physical object, a 'teong kkeojin bure', a broken frame, that the singer's heart has been stuffed into. It's a stubborn, almost childish refusal to accept that a space can be neutral again once it's been charged with someone else's presence.

Who performs "Empty House"?

UP10TION performs "Empty House", and this lyric page sits inside the UP10TION catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Empty House"?

Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "UP10TION's Empty House and the phantom left behind", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

Are there related songs to explore after "Empty House"?

Yes. The related section below points to Everything and Cherish with a short reason for opening each page next.

Where can I find more songs by UP10TION?

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