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KO/RUIN

Tell me straight

Refuses the industry's older-brother hierarchy and has paid for it in bookings

the numbers

bpm
89
key
F minor
energy
0.71
dance
0.94
valence
0.58
vocal at
17.8s
length
2:32
language
Ko

lyrics

You called me out by the bus stop curb

Rain on your cap, and I bit my words

You said, "Bro, look close, don't play the fool"

My hand on the can, your stare cut through cool

At Seomun Market, noon on the tile

You pointed at me, I looked down awhile

You told me the mirror I kept was cracked

And that kind of truth came wearing no mask

I laughed too loud, then I looked away

You kept it plain, you had more to say

My jaw went tight, my knuckles went white

But you stayed right there in the clinic light

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

I hate it, but I need it

In front of the jjimjilbang shoes lined up

You said my pride was a paper cup

One bad reply, and I blew up hard

Now I see my own mess in your yard

On the second-floor stair, my phone lit blue

You read my text back, every word turned true

You said, "That boy you keep calling fate

Don't show up when your mouth gets loud with hate"

I wanted soft, I wanted a lie

You gave me steel in the middle of dry

No extra shine, no sugar, no grin

Just the bruise of the truth underneath my skin

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

I hate it, but I need it

Back in Daegu, on the last train home

Your voice stayed sharp in the plastic dome

I watched my face in the blacked-out glass

And every excuse I had slipped past

If I walk wrong, you don't walk away

You hit that nerve and you make me stay

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

I hate it, but I need it