Release Date
October 22, 2021
Genre
Hip-hop / Ballad
Label
Composers / Lyricists
Wonwoo, Mingyu, WOOZI, BUMZU, Ohway!, Vernon, S.COUPS
Participating Members
About the Song
《I Can’t Run Away (그리워하는 것까지)》 is a restrained and emotionally heavy track by SEVENTEEN, featured on SEVENTEEN 9th Mini Album ‘Attacca’, released in 2021 under PLEDIS Entertainment. Composed by Wonwoo, Mingyu, WOOZI, BUMZU, Ohway!, and Vernon, with lyrics by S.COUPS, Wonwoo, Mingyu, Vernon, WOOZI, and BUMZU, and arranged by BUMZU and Ohway!, the song turns lingering longing into a quiet emotional confession, capturing memory, regret, and SEVENTEEN’s understated depth in a track that feels intimate, mature, and softly devastating.
[FULL LYRICS – ROMANIZATION & ENGLISH ONLY]
i won’t run away
mi-chin deu-si do-mang-chi-da
sum-cha-seo dwi-do-ra-bwat-seul ttae
ha-ya-ke ssa-in gi-eok wi-ro bal-ja-uk
mok-jeok-ji-ga eop-neun bal-geo-reum
I won’t run away
Running like crazy
When I turned back breathless
Footprints on piled-up memories
Steps with no destination
eop-seo jo-geum-do yeo-teun eo-dum
nat-gwa bam gu-bun eop-si neo-reul
tta-ra geot-da hol-lo na-meun i-go-se
u-ri heun-jeo-gi no-ga-nae-ri-myeon
ma-eu-mi pyeon-hal-kka-yo?
No faint darkness at all
Without day and night, following you
Left alone in this place
When our traces melt away
Will my heart be at ease?
ye-go-do eop-si
na-ma-beo-rin u-ri yeo-gi
da no-geul ttae-kka-ji-man
nae mam-dae-ro hal su it-ge hae-jwo
tteo-na-gi-en neo-mu a-reum-da-wo-seo
Without warning
Left behind here
Until it all melts away
Let me do as I please
Too beautiful to leave
neo-ui gi-eok da ji-wo-jil ttae-kka-ji
i won’t run away
the more things change
the more they stay the same
neon kka-ma-deuk-hae nan je-ja-ri-e
Until all your memories are erased
I won’t run away
The more things change
The more they stay the same
You’re far away, I’m in place
cha-ga-un mam gip-su-ki kkeo-ji-ji an-eun bul-ssi
ham-kke dal-lyeo-on kkot-gil
hyang-gi-man ga-deuk nam-gil
nan chan-ran-han bit sok geu-rim-ja
deo-uk bal-ge bit-na-gil
Deep inside, an unextinguished flame
The flower path we ran together
Leaving only the scent
I’m a shadow in brilliant light
May it shine even brighter
a-reum-da-un a-peu-meu-ro nam-gyeo-jyeo
neo-ui ha-yan se-sang-e keo-da-ran jeom
u-ri heun-jeo-gi no-ga-nae-ri-myeon
ma-eu-mi pyeon-hal-kka-yo?
mae-il geu-chi-ji an-ko ssa-yeo
Left as a beautiful pain
A big dot in your white world
When our traces melt away
Will my heart be at ease?
Piling up every day without stopping
na-ma-beo-rin u-ri yeo-gi
da no-geul ttae-kka-ji-man
nae mam-dae-ro hal su it-ge hae-jwo
tteo-na-gi-en neo-mu a-reum-da-wo-seo
i won’t run away run away
Left behind here
Until it all melts away
Let me do as I please
Too beautiful to leave
I won’t run away run away
i won’t run away
u-ri-yeot-gi-e a-reum-da-wot-go
ja-geun mi-um ha-na eop-neun sa-rang-i-ra
ga-kkeum sae-eo na-ol seul-peum-do
sa-rang-i-ra bu-reul su i-sseo
I won’t run away
It was beautiful because it was us
A love with not even a small hatred
Even the occasional sadness
Can be called love
sa-rang-eu-ro a-reum-dap-ge nam-do-rok
ssa-in gi-eo-gi no-ga-seo ba-da-ga doe-eo-do
nal yeo-gi du-go gal-ge
i won’t run away run away
neo-ui gi-eok da ji-wo-jil ttae-kka-ji
To remain beautifully as love
Even if the piled-up memories melt into a sea
I’ll leave myself here
I won’t run away run away
Until all your memories are erased
The song beautifully captures the lingering sorrow of a breakup, where the narrator promises not to flee from the painful memories left behind. It describes an emotional landscape where past traces accumulate like white snow, and even the act of longing is embraced as a bittersweet form of beautiful pain. The narrative expresses a deep devotion, choosing to remain frozen in place until the remnants of this unforgettable love completely melt away.
