《Coagulation》 explores the unsettling process of emotions solidifying and hardening in SUPER JUNIOR‘s evolving sound, capturing the moment when feelings crystallize into something permanent and impossible to dissolve. Released in 2010 as part of their fourth album repackage 미인아 (Bonamana) under SM Entertainment, the song shifts away from fluidity and hope, instead embracing fixation, intensity, and the irreversible transformation that occurs when love or pain becomes too concentrated to escape. Rather than lightness or release, 《Coagulation》 dwells in the weight of emotions turning dense and unmovable, positioning SUPER JUNIOR as artists capable of expressing complex psychological states with depth, intrigue, and haunting sincerity.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
English Translation
cha-ga-un neo-ui geu han ma-di-ga na-ui ma-eu-me da-ge dwaess-eul ttae
When your cold words pierced my heart, it felt like everything inside me shattered.
💡 Note: referring to the eyes where tears of sadness begin to form
싸늘하죠(ssaneulhajyo)
chilly
💡 Note: describing the feeling of a heart growing cold and numb after a breakup
들켜버리고(deulkyeobeorigo)
being caught
💡 Note: expressing the moment when hidden tears are finally seen by others
붙잡을지(butjabeulji)
whether to hold on
💡 Note: contemplating the desperate act of trying to stop someone from leaving
🎵 Song Meaning & Interpretation
the lyrics portray the raw emotional collapse following a breakup, where a single cold remark triggers uncontrollable tears. the imagery of tears forming like condensation reflects how grief silently builds before overflowing. despite attempts to hold back by looking away or upward, the narrator is ultimately overwhelmed by inescapable sorrow and fear of a future without their loved one, ending in quiet resignation rather than dramatic release.
