I was looking for this CD in my stash of goodies and was so happy to have found it. I remember this being one of my favorite albums back in the day. There were two songs in particular that I had on repeat and they were:
시계:
and
Go:
Back then it wasn’t easy to get my hands on proper translations of the song as I don’t speak or understand Korean and Google translate was questionable. But I did really love Korean music, especially the love ballads, as they just spoke directly to my heart even without fully understanding the lyrics. It was something I was introduced to as a teenager and followed me through college. Also, do you know how silly it is to have to wait minutes to just sing that one little phrase in English that I actually understand? LOL! I guess I was practicing patience 😏
I think around the time I listened to this album I was going through a really difficult experience from the loss of a deep and meaningful friendship and these songs somehow helped me understand and process my pain better. I remember one day in painting class my professor said to me, in front of the entire class, that I should probably get some therapy. At the time, I remember thinking, “YOU INSENSITIVE BITCH!” LOL but in hindsight I think he was right. I really needed help getting through that ordeal. Bless his emotionally intelligent soul. So, I did what every emotionally healthy young adult did, I compartmentalized the shit out of this experience and stored it away just so I could live life again. Who knew decades later this box would explode open and wreck me again LMAO. Thankfully I actually learned the tools to process this chapter of my life properly and was able to work through it myself.
Anyway, good times. Unga bunga, out!