You said it loud, you said it once

the numbers

bpm

89

key

F minor

energy

0.70

dance

0.95

valence

0.54

vocal at

8.4s

length

2:01

language

Ko

lyrics

Bus from Daegu, gray morning light

Your hand on the rail, my paper tucked tight

No “good job” once, just your hard-set face

But you kept that slip in your coin tray space

At the kitchen table, rice got cold

I watched your thumb press the crease, fold by fold

You never said it, kept it out of sight

Still, you saved my name from the trash that night

I found it in the drawer

Under tape and spare keys

One small white sheet

Hit me harder than please

Not once, not once, not once, not once

You said it loud, you said it once

Not once, not once, not once, not once

But you kept that proof, and that was enough

Noraebang receipt, bent in your coat

Factory dust on the collar of your old blue coat

You pointed at the score, then looked away

Like praise was a coin you wouldn’t spend that day

I was eight years old, shoes by the door

You slipped my medal under the floorboard

No big speech, just a nod in the night

But my report card stayed in your jacket tight

Not once, not once, not once, not once

You said it loud, you said it once

Not once, not once, not once, not once

But you kept that proof, and that was enough

Now I know your way

Was rough and small

One folded slip

Said it all

Not once, not once, not once, not once

You said it loud, you said it once

Not once, not once, not once, not once

But you kept that proof, and that was enough