“Close” (2021), AB6IX. One recurring English phrase in this stylish and propulsive song threatens to gum everything up. Well, no, it’s not that big a problem. But it is a really bad line.
It shows up in the chorus:
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It shows up in the chorus:
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#KpopEnglishProject #AB6IX #Close #ABNEW #kpop #lyrics
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“And close your eyes
눈을 감아 그냥 내게 맡겨 널 [Close your eyes, just leave it to me]
Like a blind
불빛 하나 없는 [No light at all]”
And it shows up here (and in a similar context):
“Close your eyes
그냥 날 믿고 [Just trust me] like a blind”
“And close your eyes
눈을 감아 그냥 내게 맡겨 널 [Close your eyes, just leave it to me]
Like a blind
불빛 하나 없는 [No light at all]”
And it shows up here (and in a similar context):
“Close your eyes
그냥 날 믿고 [Just trust me] like a blind”
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“Like a blind” doesn’t work at all. “A blind” doesn’t mean “a blind person.” And even if it did, would the line work? Don’t know. But I do know that, as written, it’s a no-go. It’s the kind of not-quite-there English lyric that English-speaking K-pop fans learn to ignore.
“Like a blind” doesn’t work at all. “A blind” doesn’t mean “a blind person.” And even if it did, would the line work? Don’t know. But I do know that, as written, it’s a no-go. It’s the kind of not-quite-there English lyric that English-speaking K-pop fans learn to ignore.
(4/7)
So what’s the solution? I think there are a few directions we can go. We can keep “blind” but make it… not as bad:
> Like you’re blind
or
> Like the blind
No, those are pretty terrible, I think. It’s just not a good simile for a sincere, urgent song like this.
So what’s the solution? I think there are a few directions we can go. We can keep “blind” but make it… not as bad:
> Like you’re blind
or
> Like the blind
No, those are pretty terrible, I think. It’s just not a good simile for a sincere, urgent song like this.
(5/7)
Do they really want to be imagining their love as blind, playing that scenario out in their minds?
Let’s try it like this instead:
> In this long night
(They can shoehorn that extra syllable in there.) This sounds suitably dreamy and… I guess… vague?
Do they really want to be imagining their love as blind, playing that scenario out in their minds?
Let’s try it like this instead:
> In this long night
(They can shoehorn that extra syllable in there.) This sounds suitably dreamy and… I guess… vague?
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Or maybe this tweak bumps up the romance quotient?
> In our long night
I like it. It retains some of the sound of “blind,” and it fits the song. Yes. Let’s do it.
There’s another quick fix I want to make. I want to change this:
“Just two of us”
to this:
Or maybe this tweak bumps up the romance quotient?
> In our long night
I like it. It retains some of the sound of “blind,” and it fits the song. Yes. Let’s do it.
There’s another quick fix I want to make. I want to change this:
“Just two of us”
to this:
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> Just the two of us
Because that’s the phrase we use when we are talking about that feeling of thrilling or cozy isolation
Enjoy the striking MV:
> Just the two of us
Because that’s the phrase we use when we are talking about that feeling of thrilling or cozy isolation
Enjoy the striking MV:
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