Release Date
August 29, 2014
Genre
Label
Composers / Lyricists
Misfit, Teddy Riley, DOM, Lee Hyun-seung, Mage, Victoria Richard
Participating Members
About the Song
《Evanesce》 drifts through the hazy space between waking and dreaming, capturing moments that feel real but dissolve the second you try to hold them. Released in 2014 as part of SUPER JUNIOR‘s seventh album MAMACITA under SM Entertainment, the track is ethereal and fleeting, built on the idea that some things exist only in imagination. It’s tender without being heavy, nostalgic without dwelling, like trying to remember a dream that’s already fading. There’s beauty in the impermanence, a recognition that not everything is meant to last. 《Evanesce》 shows SUPER JUNIOR can create something delicate and transient, letting go feel like its own kind of grace.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
ha-ya-ke sso-da-ji-deon u-seum kko-cheun
beol-sseo si-deun-ji o-raen-geol eo-tteok-hae
bul-ta-deon gyeok-jeong-eun jae-ga doe-go
wae jo-a-sseo-tteon mo-deun geon kkok i-reo-ke
(don’t know why)
tell me why
(tell me why)
sa-ra-jil (sa-ra-jil)
mo-deun geon (mo-deun geon)
wae i-ri a-reum-da-un geon-ji
sa-rang-eun han-nat kku-neun kkum
geom-ge mo-deun geol da ji-wo-nae
a-mu-geot-do mot bo-ge oh hon-ja
nae meot-dae-ro yeong-won-hal mi-rae-reul kkum-kku-ge hae
pa-do-neun eon-jen-gan bu-seo-ji-go
wae jo-a-sseo-tteon mo-deun geon kkok i-reo-ke
(don’t know why)
tell me why
(tell me why)
sa-ra-jil (sa-ra-jil)
mo-deun geon (mo-deun geon)
wae i-ri a-reum-da-un geon-ji
sa-rang-eun han-nat kku-neun kkum
da-si tae-yang-eun tteo-ol-la bal-ga-on-dae-do
ja-beul su-do eop-seul
i sun-gan-i beol-sseo neo-mu geu-ri-wo
(i don’t know)
wan-na know
(wan-na know)
sa-ram-do (sa-ram-do)
sa-rang-do (sa-rang-do)
na-neun wae kkael su eop-neun geon-ji
sa-rang-eun jam-si ppun-in geol
seu-chyeo-gal kkum-il ppun-in geol
a-jik-eun kkae-gi silh-eun geol
han-nat jjal-beun kkum han-nat kku-neun kkum
the song reflects on love as a fleeting dream—beautiful in the moment, yet destined to fade. through imagery of wilting petals and passion turning to ashes, it questions why love feels most beautiful precisely because it cannot last. caught between knowing the dream is over and refusing to wake up, the narrator lingers in sorrow, longing to stay inside a moment already slipping away.
