지워지는, 손 편지(An Fading Handwritten Letter)
Minimal ambient lo-fi ballad with fragile female vocals (N Dal persona). Very slow tempo, near silence at times. Vocals sound breath-first, choked, restrained, almost breaking. Let some lines fade without full pronunciation, as if words cannot come out. Use audible breathing, slight pauses, and swallowed sounds. No belting, no power. Emotion comes from absence of voice. Theme: crying too deeply to make a sound, breath caught in the chest, words failing. Intimate, raw, uncomfortable quiet.
지워지는, 손 편지(An Fading Handwritten Letter)
Minimal ambient lo-fi ballad with fragile female vocals (N Dal persona). Very slow tempo, near silence at times. Vocals sound breath-first, choked, restrained, almost breaking. Let some lines fade without full pronunciation, as if words cannot come out. Use audible breathing, slight pauses, and swallowed sounds. No belting, no power. Emotion comes from absence of voice. Theme: crying too deeply to make a sound, breath caught in the chest, words failing. Intimate, raw, uncomfortable quiet.
Lyrics
떠난 사람이 남긴 손 편지.
지워질까 봐 눈물을 닦지 못한 채,
한 줄 한 줄을 읽고 있는 순간을 담은 곡입니다.
A song that captures the moment
of reading a handwritten letter left behind by someone who has gone,
unable to wipe away the tears for fear that it might fade.
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너가 남겨준 편지,
읽고 있어, 읽고 있어.
한 줄, 한 줄,
너를 떠올리며, 읽고 있어.
계속 곁에 있을 줄 알았어
내 곁에 계속 있을 것 같았어
너무 당연하게, 여겼어
지금에서야, 이제서야
너가 떠나, 알았어
너가 남겨준 손 편지,
읽고 있어, 읽고 있어.
한 줄, 한 줄,
너를 떠올리며, 읽고 있어.
시야가 조금씩 습기를 머금고,
볼을 따라 물이 흘러...
편지에 떨어져, 글이 흐려져..
이러면 안되는데..
지워지면 안되는데...
너의 편지가 물을 머금어,
지워지고, 흩어지려 해
이러면, 안되는데...
안되는데...
눈가를 가려 시야가 흐려
시야가 흐려질 수록
너가 선명해져...
너가 남겨준 손 편지,
읽고 있어, 잃고 있어.
한 줄, 한 줄,
너를 떠올리며, 읽고 있어.
눈물을 닦고, 일어나야 하는데
눈물을 닦으면,
너도 같이 사라질 것 같아...
하지만...
이제는, 닦아야지...
널, 보내줘야지...
더 눈물이 떨어지면,
너의, 이 편지까지 사라져..
너가 남겨준 손 편지,
읽고 있어, 다시...
한 줄, 한 줄,
너를 떠올리며, 읽고 있어.
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The letter you left behind,
I’m reading it, I’m reading it.
Line by line,
thinking of you, I keep reading.
I thought you’d stay by my side,
that you’d always be there with me.
I took it all for granted.
Only now, just now,
do I realize
that you’re gone.
The handwritten letter you left,
I’m reading it, I’m reading it.
Line by line,
thinking of you, I keep reading.
My vision slowly gathers moisture,
tears trace down my cheeks…
they fall onto the letter, the words begin to blur.
This shouldn’t happen…
It can’t be erased…
Your letter soaks up the tears,
starting to fade, to scatter.
This can’t happen…
it can’t…
As my eyes grow clouded,
the more they blur,
the clearer you become…
The handwritten letter you left,
I’m reading it, I’m losing it.
Line by line,
thinking of you, I keep reading.
I should wipe my tears and stand up,
but if I wipe them away,
it feels like you’ll disappear too…
But…
now, I have to wipe them away…
I have to let you go…
If more tears fall,
even this letter of yours will vanish…
The handwritten letter you left,
I’m reading it again…
line by line,
thinking of you, I keep reading.