I'm LIZRO, and this is a live performance of my song 'Dark Moon' (그믐달). I wrote its lyrics around the fear of losing shared memories, and the hope that love can remain even when those memories fade.
The image at the heart of the song is a full moon growing smaller night by night. The lyrics move between wanting to hold someone close and imagining that person gently telling you it is all right to let go.
I've included an English translation of the lyrics below so you can follow the story. I hope the song offers a little comfort to anyone holding someone dear in their heart.
Dark Moon | English lyric translation
Just for today, please don't go out
Close the door you opened
It may be bright now, but they say it will grow dark
That's what everyone said
You loved winter, didn't you?
The wind blows cold as ice
When snow falls, cold as the shadow of that moon
Will spring come again before we know it?
I think it's time to go back now
Say goodbye to the day that has passed
If you call for me, even in a dream
Please don't let go of this sorrowful hand of mine
Please don't feel sorry
Love does not fade
Do memories slip away even when we want to remember?
I feel the tears coming again
I think it's time to fall asleep now
It's all right to stop
Perhaps this is as far as we go; if I let you go
Today, too, will become a memory
If I cannot stop you
From drifting one step farther away each day
What am I to do now?
Everything seems to flow
Backwards, and try to return
To the way it was
The image at the heart of the song is a full moon growing smaller night by night. The lyrics move between wanting to hold someone close and imagining that person gently telling you it is all right to let go.
I've included an English translation of the lyrics below so you can follow the story. I hope the song offers a little comfort to anyone holding someone dear in their heart.
Dark Moon | English lyric translation
Just for today, please don't go out
Close the door you opened
It may be bright now, but they say it will grow dark
That's what everyone said
You loved winter, didn't you?
The wind blows cold as ice
When snow falls, cold as the shadow of that moon
Will spring come again before we know it?
I think it's time to go back now
Say goodbye to the day that has passed
If you call for me, even in a dream
Please don't let go of this sorrowful hand of mine
Please don't feel sorry
Love does not fade
Do memories slip away even when we want to remember?
I feel the tears coming again
I think it's time to fall asleep now
It's all right to stop
Perhaps this is as far as we go; if I let you go
Today, too, will become a memory
If I cannot stop you
From drifting one step farther away each day
What am I to do now?
Everything seems to flow
Backwards, and try to return
To the way it was