If You, If It's Not Too Late
Monday, September 28, 2015 |
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Big Bang is back, and they’ve taken us in a roller-coaster of emotions with the self-contemplation “Loser”, the sensual flirt “Bae Bae”, and the happy-go-lucky “We Like 2 Party”. Now, brace yourself, for all broken-hearted people, this next track is so far the saddest one that Big Bang has ever released in their entire career. Well, life is indeed going up sometimes and going down on another time. Sadly, people always say that we never know what we have until we lose it. But, is it really working that way? Because, if it really is, then life would feel so lonely, isn’t it? However, sometimes universe works in a funny way, because apparently, in the midst of loneliness, most people realize what they really need for life. So here it is, the fourth selected Big Bang’s hit for Male Special Part 1: Band of Brothers.
“If you, if it’s not too late,
can’t we get back together? If you, if you’re struggling like I am, can’t we
make things a little easier? I should’ve treated you better when I had you.”
–Big Bang, If You
“If You” got me since the
first time I heard it. This pop ballad track was released on July 1st 2015 as
the first single from “D” single album (the fifth single in total from the
“MADE” series). For the song is the saddest Big Bang has ever released since
their debut back in 2006, the group decided not to make a music video out of
it, in order to make its listeners focus on the music and lyrics. The lyrics
were single-handedly penned by the group’s leader G-Dragon, who also composed
the music along with P.K and Dee.P.
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| "If You" single cover - source: en.wikipedia.org |
Lyrically, “If You” is
heartbreakingly melancholic. It speaks about the mixed feelings of a painful
break-up: hurt, loneliness, regret, sadness, and all of those emotions we never
known existed until we know how a true broken heart really feels. “She is leaving, and I can’t do anything
about that. Love is leaving, like a fool, I’m only blankly standing here. I’m
looking at her, getting farther away, she becomes a small dot and then
disappears. Will this go away after time passes? I remember the old times, I
remember you.” When a love is leaving, sometimes we just can do nothing in
the state of shock. When a love has gone, most of the time we just can’t help
but reminisce all those memories shared. Because when a heart breaks, it
doesn’t break evenly. “How about you? Are
you really fine? Guess our break up is setting, I should forget you but it’s
not easy. I’m looking at her, getting farther away, she becomes a small dot and
then disappears. Will I feel better if I meet someone else? I remember the old
times, I remember you.”
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| "D" single album cover - source: en.wikipedia.org |
A broken heart will lead us
to a wonder that, whether we’ll be okay as time passes by, whether we should
try to meet someone else. But I personally think that it’s better if we try to
mend the broken heart alone, no matter how long it will take, before we meet
someone new. Because, like people say, never knew what we had until we lost it.
So it’s better to contemplate first before moving on. “On days where thin rain falls like today, I remember your shadow. Our
memories that I secretly put in my drawer, I take them out and reminisce again
by myself. Why didn’t I know, about the weight of sadness that comes along with
breaking up?” And when it gets too hard, when the lingering feeling gets
too much unbearable, when you feel like it’s killing you inside, but when it’s
possible, try to negotiate. I personally believe that anything can be
negotiated, even love. “If you, if it’s
not too late, can’t we get back together? If you, if you’re struggling like I
am, can’t we make things a little easier? I should’ve treated you better when I
had you.”
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| Daesung during "If You" live performance in Bangkok "MADE Series World Tour" |
Having touched everyone’s
heart, “If You” gained critical acclaim, particularly for G-Dragon’s writing
for its lyrics. Billboard stated that
it was the group’s most instantly striking pieces in years. For me personally,
“If You” is a breathtaking masterpiece, in which even T.O.P is literally singing in this song, instead of
rapping. This song is going down in history. On September 19th 2015, female singer IU sang a cover version of “If
You”, which went viral on YouTube and
received positive reviews for her mesmerizing rendition.
“On days where thin rain falls
like today, I remember your shadow. Our memories that I secretly put in my
drawer, I take them out and reminisce again by myself. Why didn’t I know, about
the weight of sadness that comes along with breaking up?” –Big Bang, If You
“Geunyeoga tteonagayo naneun amugeotdo hal su eopseoyo
(She is leaving, and I can’t
do anything about that)
Sarangi tteonagayo naneun babocheoreom meonghani
seoitneyo
(Love is leaving, like a
fool, I’m only blankly standing here)
Meoreojineun geu dwitmoseupmaneul baraboda jageun
jeomi doeeo sarajinda
(I’m looking at her, getting
farther away, she becomes a small dot and then disappears)
Sigani jinamyeon tto mudyeojilkka yet saenggagi na ni
saenggagi na
(Will this go away after
time passes? I remember the old times, I remember you)
If you, if you, ajik neomu neujji anhatdamyeon uri
dasi doragal suneun eopseulkka
(If you, if you, if it’s not
too late, can’t we get back together?)
If you, if you, neodo nawa gatji himdeuldamyeon uri
jogeum swipge gal suneun eopseulkka
(If you, if you, if you’re
struggling like I am, can’t we make things a little easier?)
Isseul ttae jalhal geol geuraesseo
(I should’ve treated you
better when I had you)
Geudaeneun eotteongayo jeongmal amureohji anheun
geongayo
(How about you? Are you
really fine?)
Ibyeori jinabwayo geudael ijeoya hajiman swipjiga
anhneyo
(Guess our break up is
setting, I should forget you but it’s not easy)
Meoreojineun geu dwismoseupmaneul baraboda jageun
jeomi doeeo sarajinda
(I’m looking at her, getting
farther away, she becomes a small dot and then disappears)
Nugungal mannamyeon wiroga doelkka yet saenggagi na ni
saenggagi na
(Will I feel better if I
meet someone else? I remember the old times, I remember you)
Oneulgatji ganyeorin biga naerineun narimyeon neoui
geurimjaga tteooreugo
(On days where thin rain
falls like today, I remember your shadow)
Seorap soge mollae neoheodun uriui chueogeul dasi
kkeonae hollo hoesanghago
(Our memories that I
secretly put in my drawer, I take them out and reminisce again by myself)
Heeojimiran seulpeumui mugereul nan wae mollasseulkka
(Why didn’t I know, about
the weight of sadness that comes along with breaking up?)”
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