All I Need is You
Monday, July 07, 2014
“I met
you after going through several breakups. Maybe that’s why I was more scared to
start with you. But getting to know someone and loving someone, how great would
it be if you were the last person to do so? Like me. Even during my busy day,
when I hear your voice for a moment, I wonder if you feel like you’re here with
me too. If only you were there when I come home every night, then your heart
could rest in my embrace after a long day.” –ECO, Happy Me [translated lyrics]
ECO is a female trio
known as one of the most happening first generation South Korean girl groups.
Trio yang terdiri dari Jiyoung, Jisun, dan Jungae ini melakukan debut mereka
pada tahun 1996. Namun baru pada tahun 1997 mereka mencapai puncak popularitas
dengan lagu hits bertajuk “Happy Me”,
yang hingga kini dikenal sebagai signature
song dari ECO. “Happy Me” termuat dalam album kedua mereka, “Voice of ECO”,
dan menduduki peringkat lima besar sebagai lagu terpopuler pada tahun
perilisannya. “Happy Me” adalah lagu pop R
n’ B dengan medium-slow tempo
yang menonjolkan kemampuan vokal ketiga personel ECO.
“Happy Me” is a song
about a woman who convinces her man that despite all conditions and under any
circumstances, all
that she needs is him. “I met you after going through several breakups. Maybe
that’s why I was more scared to start with you. But getting to know someone and
loving someone, how great would it be if you were the last person to do so?
Like me.” It took so long for her to
finally open her heart for this man. But
this man is different. He’s the only
one who could break through her walls and make her falls in love again, believe in love again. “Even during my
busy day, when I hear your voice for a moment, I wonder if you feel like you’re
here with me too. If only you were there when I come home every night, then
your heart could rest in my embrace after a long day.” He entered her life and her heart, and he became her everything now. And as much as she receives from him, she wants to give for him. “I want to throw away the love that the
world decided upon with many expectations. Like your heart, I want to always
stay at the same place, and be the other half of you, for the precious you.” And as hard he tried to convince her back
then, she tries hard to convince him
that the address of her happiness is him, is they being together, just
like now. “Just love me like you love me now, as long as you don’t change. The
person who could have all of me is you, I won’t be shaken. Sometimes, you feel
sorry about your uncertain future. But don’t forget, I love you, as long as I’m
with you, it’s a happy me.”
Pada
tahun 2013, penyanyi wanita yang merupakan anggota dari grup Two Months, Kim
Yerim, menyanyikan versi remake dari
lagu “Happy Me”. Lagu ini dirilis untuk mengisi bagian dari soundtrack serial
drama populer “Reply 1994”, pada tanggal 29 November 2013 sebagai single “Reply 1994 OST
Part 5”. Lagu ini kemudian menjadi bagian dari album “Reply 1994 Director’s
Edition OST” yang dirilis pada tanggal 27 Desember 2013. Versi yang dibawakan
oleh Kim Yerim mengalami penggubahan aransemen musik dari versi original yang pop R n’ B menjadi pop rock dengan medium tempo
dan band sound yang mendominasi
melodi lagu ini. I love both versions of
“Happy Me”. Indeed, it’s a beautiful song no matter how the
arrangement is.
“I
want to throw away the love that the world decided upon with many expectations.
Like your heart, I want to always stay at the same place, and be the other half
of you, for the precious you. Just love me like you love me now, as long as you
don’t change. The person who could have all of me is you, I won’t be shaken. Are
you feeling sorry about your uncertain future? You’re not alone now. Just don’t
forget that as long as I’m with you, it’s a happy me.” –ECO, Happy Me [translated lyrics]
“Myeot beoninga
ibyeoreul gyeongheom hagoseo neol mannatji
(I
met you after going through several breakups)
Geuraeseo deo shijagi
duryeo wotneunji molla
(Maybe
that’s why I was more scared to start with you)
Hajiman nugun gal algedoego
saranghage doeneun geon
(But
getting to know someone and loving someone)
Niga majimagiramyeon
eolmana joheulkka na cheoreom
(How
great would it be if you were the last person to do so? Like me)
Bappeun haru jungedo
jamshi ne mogsori deureumyeon
(Even
during my busy day, when I hear your voice for a moment)
Hamkke itneun geot
cheoreom neodo neukkyeo jineunji
(I
wonder if you feel like you’re here with me too)
Maeil bam jibeuro
doragal ttae geu gose niga itdamyeon
(If
only you were there when I come home every night)
Himdeun haru jichin ni
maeumi nae pume angyeo shwil tende
(Then
your heart could rest in my embrace after a long day)
Jigeum cheoreom man nal
sarang haejwo nan neoman byeonhaji anhneun damyeon
(Just
love me like you love me now, as long as you don’t change)
Nae modeun geol gajil
sarameun neo ppuniya nan heundeulliji anha
(The
person who could have all of me is you, I won’t be shaken)
Neon gakkeumeun jashini
eobtneun miraereul mianhae
(Sometimes,
you feel sorry about your uncertain future)
Hajiman itji mara jwo
saranghae neowa hamkke ramyeon ijen haengboghan nareul
(But
don’t forget, I love you, as long as I’m with you, it’s a happy me)
Nan manheun gidae
deullo sesangi jeonghae noheun sarangeul beorigo
(I
want to throw away the love that the world decided upon with many expectations)
Ni maeum cheoreom nan
neul gateun jarie
(Like
your heart, I want to always stay at the same place)
Tto hanaui niga doego
shipeo sojunghan neol wihae
(And
be the other half of you, for the precious you)
Jigeum cheoreom man
saranghaejwo hangsang neoman byeon haji anheumyeon
(Just
love me like you love me now, as long as you don’t change)
Nae jeonbul gajin
sarameun neo ppuniya nan heundeulliji anha
(The
person who could have all of me is you, I won’t be shaken)
Jashin eobtneun mirae
neon mianhae hago itni neon ije honjaga aniya
(Are
you feeling sorry about your uncertain future? You’re not alone now)
Ijen itjima neowa
hamkkeramyeon eonjena haengboghan nareul
(Just
don’t forget that as long as I’m with you, it’s a happy me)”
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