The opening track, Close Your Eyes, offers good listening advice: Close your eyes, open your ears and settle into this sonic feast without distraction. Stunning, textural guitars create an inviting gateway into a prepossessing musical landscape, extending all the way to album's end.
Donawhale's songs are complex and vibrant, multi-faceted and melodically driven. Instruments weave hypnotic tapestries in which one could easily lose oneself. Throughout the album, vocalist Yu Jeon Young shines. She sings with confidence and strength, while the music frames the perfect backdrop for her voice – the common thread that runs through each of the album's thirteen song tapestries. Following this thread, listeners will find themselves being led by the hand through a mellifluous forest of magic and wonder.
Echo
Donawhale Lyrics
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가까운 그대는 느낄 수 없나요
설명하지 못할 아련한 향기가
천천히 숲을 감싸죠
다시 그대 안에 날아오를 나의 숨결
대답 없는 그대를 여전히 맴도는
바람과 공기와 나무의 속삭임
따뜻한 손을 잡았네
다시 그대 안에 날아오를 나의 숨결
다시 그대 손에
날아오를
The lyrics to Donawhale's song "Echo" describe the lingering feelings of an unrequited love. The opening line, "The echo of transparent teardrops" sets the tone for the rest of the song, as the singer wonders if the person they are thinking of can feel the same sense of sadness and loss. The second verse continues this theme with the line, "My breath will fly back into you again," indicating the cyclical nature of the singer's emotions.
The chorus, "Echo, echo, echo," emphasizes the idea that the feelings being described are not unique to this particular person and that many others have felt the same way. The use of the metaphor of an echo suggests that the singer's pain is reverberating through time and space, and that it will continue to be felt even after they are gone.
The third verse introduces a more positive image with the line, "I held your warm hand," indicating that despite the unrequited love, there are still moments of connection and warmth between the singer and the person they are thinking of. Overall, "Echo" is a hauntingly beautiful and bittersweet song that captures the emotions of unrequited love in a poignant way.
Line by Line Meaning
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The faint echoes of transparent tears
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Can you not feel it, my dear, who is so close by?
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An indescribable, poignant fragrance
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Slowly envelops the woods
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My breath will fly into you again
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I still think of you, who doesn't answer me
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My pathetic heart is like a gray lake
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Whispers of wind, air, and trees
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I held onto a warm hand
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My breath will fly into you again
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Into your hands once more
Contributed by Oliver O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@seoheeseo5542
이슬처럼 투명한 눈물의 메아리
가까운 그대는 느낄 수 없나요
설명하지 못할 아련한 향기가
천천히 숲을 감싸죠
다시 그대 안에 날아오를 나의 숨결
대답 없는 그대를 여전히 맴도는
가엾은 마음은 회색빛 호수로
바람과 공기와 나무의 속삭임
따뜻한 손을 잡았네
다시 그대 안에 날아오를 나의 숨결
다시 그대 손에
날아오를
@hannahkoo4616
10대 내내 들었던 내 감수성 충전곡이었는데 한 몇년 잊고있다가 제목까먹어서 한참 찾았네요 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ whale 치는데 계속 안나오고.... 뭔가 캐스커노래였나..? 했는데 아니고... 오늘 컨디션이 좋다했더니 무의식적으로 donawhale이 손끝에서 나왔어요 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 눙물
@bobisstilllost8959
This masterpiece is just eternal. My favourite song in the entire Korean music discography - if only people had an idea of how out of the world this is! Donawhale come back and make more music please :'(
@juanpabloemilioamelcoherna1097
First time listening, and ... daaayum.❤
@uwazaya
THIS SONG IS SO GOOD
@seoheeseo5542
이슬처럼 투명한 눈물의 메아리
가까운 그대는 느낄 수 없나요
설명하지 못할 아련한 향기가
천천히 숲을 감싸죠
다시 그대 안에 날아오를 나의 숨결
대답 없는 그대를 여전히 맴도는
가엾은 마음은 회색빛 호수로
바람과 공기와 나무의 속삭임
따뜻한 손을 잡았네
다시 그대 안에 날아오를 나의 숨결
다시 그대 손에
날아오를
@DEATHWISHVQ
there’s always a place and time for this song I can’t compare this song to another god it’s so beautiful.
@dansesoleil3189
Wait, this song is beautiful
@dkstamberose
WHERE THE HELL WAS I WHEN THIS CAME OUT??? ah~ so relaxing >.<
@solkai7575
This is such a beautiful song. I love listening to this on a beautiful day on a bus
@MsForsaken09
OMG I NEED MORE SONG LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE!