A Korean ballad where the singer begs someone not to say they're leaving.
The lyric leans into that helplessness instead of fighting it.
When he sings 'Geunyang na seoisseo', 'I just stood there', the image isn't dramatic.
Lyric guide
Don’t Forget
A Korean ballad where the singer begs someone not to say they're leaving.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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Editor's note
Xiah Junsu's plea to forget a goodbye
A Korean ballad where the singer begs someone not to say they're leaving.
Ijjineun ma ijjineun marayo
The lyric leans into that helplessness instead of fighting it. When he sings 'Geunyang na seoisseo', 'I just stood there', the image isn't dramatic. It's someone frozen, watching someone walk away, unable to form the right words to make them stay.
The repeated 'Ijjineun ma ijjineun marayo', 'Don't go, don't go', isn't just a request. It's someone trying to stop time, to freeze the conversation before it becomes final. There's a childlike desperation in 'Babocheoreom nan ibyeol ape', 'Like a fool, I'm in front of this farewell', that admits how helpless he feels.
It's the simplest, most direct thing he can say. Everything else fails, so he just repeats 'don't go' until maybe the words themselves become a kind of spell.
The way 'Ijjineun ma' gets repeated, almost stumbling over itself, carries more weight than any elaborate metaphor could.
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What to keep in your ear
the pull of "Geunyang na seoisseo"
how "Ijjineun ma ijjineun marayo" turns into a mantra
the pull of "Babocheoreom nan ibyeol ape"
Lyrics
Don’t Forget
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Hanado mipji anhasseo
Ibyeoreul malhaneun
Neoui jakgo yeppeun ipsuri
Amado mitjil anhna bwa
Nae mami neoreul bonaeya handaneun geol
A sarangeul meomchuneun il
Na sasil neomu geobi na
Ijjineun ma ijjineun marayo
Babocheoreom nan ibyeol ape
I malbakke mot hae
Ijeura marayo
Geureon mal marajuseyo
Gyeou chamanaessdeon
Nunmul boigo marasseo
Doraseon neoui dwismoseup
Meonghani barabon chaero
Geunyang na seoisseo
Neol bonaejwoya haneunde
Na amu maldo moshan chae
Ijjineun ma ijjineun marayo
Babocheoreom nan ibyeol ape
I malbakke mot hae
Ijeura marayo
Geureon mal marajuseyo
Gyeou chamanaessdeon
Nunmul boigo marasseo
Sigani heulleodo heuteojiji anheul
Chueok ango seo isseulge
Haengbokhaja haengbokhaja uri
Saranghaessdeon geu gieokmankeum
Seulpeohaji malja
Hoksirado naega geuriwo
Bogopeul ttaemyeon
Amureon maleopsi
Geunyang naege dorawa jwo
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A Korean ballad where the singer begs someone not to say they're leaving. The lyric leans into that helplessness instead of fighting it. When he sings 'Geunyang na seoisseo', 'I just stood there', the image isn't dramatic.
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Xiah Junsu performs "Don’t Forget", and this lyric page sits inside the Xiah Junsu catalog on LyroVerse.
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