Album
Release Date
November 7, 2016
Genre
Ballad / Jazz
Label
RBW
Composers / Lyricists
Kim Do-hoon, Solar, Moonbyul
Participating Members
About the Song
《Memory》 is a track by MAMAMOO from the album MEMORY. Composed by Kim Do Hoon, with lyrics by Kim Do Hoon, Solar, and Moonbyul, and arranged by Shin Min, the song carries a warm and sentimental tone, turning memories into something that can be drawn, remembered, and held onto again through emotion, nostalgia, and MAMAMOO’s soft vocal expression.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
neo-ui eol-gul neo-wa geot-deon geu geo-ri
mo-deun ge dal-la bo-yeo-sseo
Your face, the street we walked
Everything looked different
bo-meul ji-na yeo-reum ga-eul tto gyeo-ul
geu so-ge u-ri dul han pog-ui geu-rim-ui
Spring passes, summer, autumn, and winter
In it, the two of us, a painting
cheot-man-nam tteol-lim
seol-le-yeot-deon sun-gan geu-ri-go geu-ryeo
ham-kke-haet-deon keu-ri-seu-ma-se geu-got
mo-du da dam-eul geo-ya
u-ri-ran geu-rim so-ge
First meeting, the thrill
The exciting moment, and then imagine
The place we spent Christmas together
I will capture it all
In the picture of us
every day every night
geon-neo-pyeon beo-seu-jeong-ryu-jang
han-jjok-ssik na-nwo deut-deon i-eo-pon
neon nae meo-ril sseu-da-deum-ne tto
you mean everything to me
Every day Every night
The bus stop across
Sharing earphones
You stroke my hair again
You mean everything to me
neo-ra-neun do-hwa-ji wi
seu-myeo-deu-neun na-ui mul-gam
my memory
On the canvas of you
My paint seeps in
My memory
ha-ru-ha-ru na-reul chae-wo gwit-ga-e
po-geun-han ne mok-so-ri-ro
Day by day, filling me
With your warm voice in my ear
nun-i o-deon ja-geun geo-ri u-ri dul
mo-deun ge ha-ya-ke chil-hae-jin geu-go-se
The small street where snow fell, us two
Everything painted white there
cheot-man-nam tteol-lim
seol-le-yeot-deon sun-gan geu-ri-go geu-ryeo
ham-kke-haet-deon keu-ri-seu-ma-se geu-got
mo-du da dam-eul geo-ya
u-ri-ran geu-rim so-ge
First meeting, the thrill
The exciting moment, and then imagine
The place we spent Christmas together
I will capture it all
In the picture of us
chu-eo-gi man-a geu-ri-go tto geu-ryeo
gi-eok-deul jo-gak ha-na dul kkeo-nae-seo
geu-ri-go geu-ryeo
du-ri-ra-seo tta-tteu-tan sun-gan-deul
mo-du da dam-eul geo-ya
So many memories, and then imagine
Taking out pieces of memories one by one
And then imagine
Warm moments because we’re together
I will capture it all
my memory
My memory
The lyrics beautifully portray the emotional process of reminiscing about a past love, using the metaphor of drawing a picture on a blank canvas. The narrator recalls cherished memories shared throughout the seasons, such as listening to music together at a bus stop and spending a warm Christmas. By reflecting on these beautiful moments, they express a deep desire to eternally preserve these memories within a portrait of love that remains unforgettable.
