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.
Running
Donawhale Lyrics
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Neoege dalryeogago isseo
Neol hyanghan nai hoheub neoreul wihan nai momjit
Neoege hyanghan haneureul nara beogcha oreun sum an gadeughan neoreul
Pureun gureum wiro chahaon achimeul
Geu achim gateun neoreul neuggim suman ittdamyeon
Seuchineun baram geundeulrineun geori gireojin bulbit
Neoege dalryeodago isseo
This is song for you... Neoi geu misoga
This is song for you ijen... Dahji anhneun nege
The lyrics to Donawhale's song Running describe a person who is running towards their loved one. They are walking down a windy and shaky street with flickering street lamps. The singer addresses their loved one and tells them that they are walking towards them. The singer is carrying a bouquet of flowers, which they have picked for the other person. The scent of the flowers is filling up their nostrils, and they are feeling the warmth of their loved one's embrace even before they have reached them.
The lyrics also talk about the sky, which is clear and blue. The singer is looking up at the sky, and it reminds them of a morning that they had wanted to experience, but only through their memories. The morning was filled with fresh air, and the sky looked blue and picturesque, just like the one above them. They wish they could relive that moment again and this time, with their loved one by their side.
As the song progresses, they mention that they will always sing a song for their loved one, expressing what they feel for them. The person who is singing is conveying that every time they remember their loved one, they will sing a song. They might be away from them, but their sweet memories of them keep them united forever. This song is dedicated to their beloved, whom they are running to meet.
Line by Line Meaning
Seuchineun baram heundeulrineun geori gireojin bulbit
The wind is blowing and the lights on the swaying street are flickering
Neoege dalryeogago isseo
I'm running towards you
Neol hyanghan nai hoheub neoreul wihan nai momjit
My heart's fluttering for you, the excitement for you that's burning in me
Neoege hyanghan haneureul nara beogcha oreun sum an gadeughan neoreul
I'm chasing the sky for you, the you that's not easily caught by even a fast breath
Pureun gureum wiro chahaon achimeul
The morning that I long for, that's above the blue sky
Geu achim gateun neoreul neuggim suman ittdamyeon
If I could just hold you like that morning
Eonjena neoreul hyanghan neoreul wihan norae hari
Always a song for you, for the you that I'm always chasing after
Seuchineun baram geundeulrineun geori gireojin bulbit
The wind is blowing and the lights on the swaying street are flickering
Neoege dalryeodago isseo
I'm running towards you
This is song for you... Neoi geu misoga
This is a song for you... The you that has that smile
This is song for you ijen... Dahji anhneun nege
This is a song for you now... To the you that I cannot let go
Contributed by Josiah V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.