ZE:A
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Aftermath

A ballad about the stubborn, daily pain that lingers after someone leaves.

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A ballad about the stubborn, daily pain that lingers after someone leaves.

The lyric leans on that wish to 'turn back time,' but the power is in how ordinary the suffering feels.

It's in the daily routines, the empty nights where sleep won't come, making the grand wish feel small and desperate against the grain of normal life.

Editor's note

ZE:A's Aftermath and the ache of memory

A ballad about the stubborn, daily pain that lingers after someone leaves.

Nega tteonagan dwi maeil, na honja namgyeojin apeumi sirheo.

The lyric leans on that wish to 'turn back time,' but the power is in how ordinary the suffering feels. It's in the daily routines, the empty nights where sleep won't come, making the grand wish feel small and desperate against the grain of normal life.

The phrase 'jakku hayeomeobsi nunmuri na', these tears that keep coming without reason, gets at the helplessness. It's not a dramatic cry, just a leak you can't stop, a physical proof that the mind hasn't caught up to the loss yet. The song circles that same spot, asking 'wae naman jakku apeungeot gata,' why does it seem to hurt only me, as if the pain itself is a private, isolating truth.

It translates roughly to 'After you left, every day, I hate the pain left alone with me.' That 'left alone' does double work, it's the pain abandoned in you, and you abandoned with it.

The way the phrase 'I wish i could turn back time' breaks into the Korean flow, like a raw, unguarded thought escaping in a second language.

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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the pull of "turn back time," the pull of "jakku hayeomeobsi nunmuri na" the pull of "wae naman jakku apeungeot gata,"
Lyrics

Aftermath

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I jidokhan huyujeung..

Meokjido motaneun sureul jakku masigo,

Gwansimdo eomneun aedeulhante jakku yeollakhage dwae.

Oerowoseo geureongabwa saenggakhaenneunde

Amureochi anke jinaedagado, nega sseudeon hyangsu naemsaeman mateumyeon,

Nado mollae ne sajineul kkeonae bogo sipeojineunde

Nega tteonan dwi meomchwobeorin nae sarangiran page,

Naemame teongbin neoran jarin tto nunmulman goiji.

Eojjeomyeon joheulkka, eojjeom neon iri moreulkka.

Bamsae tto honjatmal i wish i could, turn back time uh.

Geunyang hayeomeobsi nunmuri na, geunyang hayeomeobsi seogeulpeojyeo.

Nega tteonagan dwi maeil, na honja namgyeojin apeumi sirheo.

Jakku hayeomeobsi nunmuri na, jakku hayeomeobsi seogeulpeojyeo.

Neoreul saranghan dwi maeil, jami ojianha. I jidokhan huyujeung ttaemune nan.

Bappeuge ilmanhago, chingudeul mannago, ttan saenggakhal gyeoreuldo eopgekkeum.

Eotteoke doen iriya, sigangamyeon gwaenchanheulgeoran geumari geojitmaringeot gata.

Wae naman jakku apeungeot gata.

Nawa gatjin anheulkka? Hoksi neodo anilkka?

Ajik naebeonhoreul geunyeodo jiuji motaesseulkka?

Jakku na babogachi waeirae, ijeul georamyeo tto irae.

Wae ireon nareul dugo geunyeoneun tteonasseulkka.

Geunyang hayeomeobsi nunmuri na, geunyang hayeomeobsi seogeulpeojyeo.

Nega tteonagan dwi maeil, na honja namgyeojin apeumi sirheo.

Jakku hayeomeobsi nunmuri na, jakku hayeomeobsi seogeulpeojyeo.

Neoreul saranghan dwi maeil, jami ojianha. I jidokhan huyujeung ttaemune nan.

I wish i could turn back time, i wish i could turn back time.

Siganeul dollilsuman itdamyeon, neol nochiji anheultende.

Bi naerideon geunalbam neoreul butjabatdamyeon,

Naeyeopen ajikdo nega isseotgetji. Jebal dorawajwo, neomu himdeureo.

Geunyang hayeomeobsi nunmuri na, geunyang hayeomeobsi seogeulpeojyeo.

Nega tteonagan dwi maeil, na honja namgyeojin apeumi sirheo.

Jakku hayeomeobsi nunmuri na, jakku hayeomeobsi seogeulpeojyeo.

Neoreul saranghan dwi maeil, jami ojianha. I jidokhan huyujeung ttaemune nan

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What is "Aftermath" by ZE:A about?

A ballad about the stubborn, daily pain that lingers after someone leaves. The lyric leans on that wish to 'turn back time,' but the power is in how ordinary the suffering feels. It's in the daily routines, the empty nights where sleep won't come, making the grand wish feel small and desperate against the grain of normal life.

Who performs "Aftermath"?

ZE:A performs "Aftermath", and this lyric page sits inside the ZE:A catalog on LyroVerse.

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Yes. The related section below points to Be Alright Lyrics (Si Wan Misaeng Ost) and Love Coach with a short reason for opening each page next.

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