The Distance Between Us
Friday, January 31, 2014
“Though I reach out my hand,
though I reach it out with all my strength, I can’t reach you. It seemed like I
got closer, so I called you with a fluttering heart. But there’s no answer, I
guess I can never reach you.” –SHINee, Selene 6.23 [translated lyrics]
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| Repackage album cover "The Misconceptions of Us" by SHINee - source: en.wikipedia.org |
One of the most shining Korean boy
groups, SHINee, released the repackage version of their third studio album
called “The Misconceptions of Us: Repackage”. This album featured a title song
called “Selene 6.23”, which is also known as “The Distance Between Us” and “The
Distance Between You and Me”. The repackage album was released on August 8th,
2013. With SHINee’s main vocalist, Kim Jonghyun, as the lyricist, “Selene 6.23”
is a pop ballad that expresses the ache someone experiences when their love
isn’t reciprocated by the one they care for.
“Selene 6.23” is a song that
tells about one-sided love. “Look at my
eyes, I’m whispering alone as I look at you from far away. Just smile for me
once, I can endure it just by seeing your face. If you were standing at the end
of my life, if I could get closer to you, I would throw away everything and run
to you.” Its lyrics express the feeling of someone who holds their
unrequited love. Someone that would do anything for the one they love. Someone
that could give away everything to the one they love. But unfortunately,
whatever they do, that one person never realizes their feeling. “Every day changes so quickly as you’re
warmly and brightly shining. I’ve never seen your back turn around, is curiosity
also part of my greed? Since when did I start being with you? From the moment I
opened my eyes and started to breathe, we were together every night, but I
can’t approach you.” They’re maybe close physically, but it always feels
like that one person is out of reach. No matter what people say, they can’t
stop their feeling. “Even if you tease me
by saying that it’s foolish, I can’t turn this heart around.” They’re maybe
close physically, but it always seems like that one person is unreachable. And
so, no matter what happens, they can’t stop loving. “I guess I can never reach you.”
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| SHINee's 3rd album official photo - source: www.soompi.com |
For the first time in SHINee’s
musical history, they collaborated with the most famous pianist in South Korea ,
Yiruma, through “Selene 6.23”. Moreover, “Selene 6.23” was arranged by the
famous composer and arranger Kim Tae Sung a.k.a Ted Kim and 2Face. Indeed,
Yiruma’s touch is on a different level. Unlike SHINee’s other ballad songs,
“Selene 6.23” somehow has this kind of fatal melancholic feeling, which is the
signature of every Yiruma’s pieces. A beautiful lyric integrated with elements
of modern orchestra makes “Selene 6.23” one of the most beautiful ballad songs
I’ve ever heard. Shawol must be so proud, and I have my four thumbs up for
SHINee for this beautiful song.
“I shout out loud, shout out
loud and call you, I get angry but it’s no use. To you, I’m just one out of the
many people who just pass by. To you, I’m not special.” –SHINee, Selene 6.23 [translated lyrics]
“Nuneul matchwojwo
meolliseo neoreul bomyeo honjatmallo soksagyeo
(Look at my eyes, I’m whispering alone as I look at you from far away)
Geujeo han beon useojwo ne eolgulman bwado nan gyeondil su isseo
Geujeo han beon useojwo ne eolgulman bwado nan gyeondil su isseo
(Just smile for me once, I can endure it just by seeing your face)
Hoksi sarmui kkeute
nega seoitdamyeon jogeum deo gakkawojil su itdamyeon
(If you were standing at the end of my life, if I could get closer to
you)
Nan modeun geol da beorin chaero neoege
dallyeogal tende
(I would throw away everything and run to you)
Soneul deo ppeodeodo
on himeul dahae ppeodeodo neon dachi anha
(Though I reach out my hand, though I reach it out with all my
strength, I can’t reach you)
Gakkawojin deutae seollen mame bulleobwado
Gakkawojin deutae seollen mame bulleobwado
(It seemed like I got closer, so I called you with a fluttering heart)
Daedap eobseo neon jeoldaero daheul su eomnabwa
Daedap eobseo neon jeoldaero daheul su eomnabwa
(But there’s no answer, I guess I can never reach you)
Haruga dalli
byeonhaneun ne moseubeun pogeunhi barkge bitna
(Every day changes so quickly as you’re warmly and brightly shining)
Bonjeok eomneun dwitmoseup hogisimmajeodo nae yoksimilkka
Bonjeok eomneun dwitmoseup hogisimmajeodo nae yoksimilkka
(I’ve never seen your back turn around, is curiosity also part of my
greed?)
Eonjebuteo neowa
hamkke haewasseulkka nuneul tteugo sumeul swin sunganbuteo
(Since when did I start being with you? From the moment I opened my eyes
and started to breathe)
Maeil bameul hamkke haenneunde dagagal su eobseo
Maeil bameul hamkke haenneunde dagagal su eobseo
(We were together every night, but I can’t approach you)
Babogateun sorirago
nal nollyeodo dollil su eobseo i mameun
(Even if you tease me by saying that it’s foolish, I can’t turn this
heart around)
Sorichyeodo sorichyeo
bulleobwado bunhan mame hwanaebwado soyongeobseo
(I shout out loud, shout out loud and call you, I get angry but
it’s no use)
Neoege nan geujeo sumanheun saram jung hana
Neoege nan geujeo sumanheun saram jung hana
(To you, I’m just one out of the many people)
Seuchyeogajanha negen teukbyeolhaji anha
Seuchyeogajanha negen teukbyeolhaji anha
(Who just pass by, to you I’m not special)
Jeoldaero daheul su
eomnabwa
(I guess I can never reach you)”
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