Sijo ( pronounced like "she-Joe"; Korean pronunciation: [ɕidʑo]) is a Korean poetic form.Bucolic, metaphysical and cosmological themes are often explored. The three lines average 14-16 syllables, for a total of 44-46: theme (3, 4,4,4); elaboration (3,4,4,4); counter-theme (3,5) and completion (4,3). Sijo may be narrative or thematic and introduces a situation in line 1, development in line 2, and twist and conclusion in line 3. The first half of the final line employs a “twist”: a surprise of meaning, sound, or other device. Sijo is often more lyrical and personal than other East Asian poetic forms, and the final line can take a profound turn. Yet, “The conclusion of sijo is seldom epigrammatic or witty. A witty close to a sentence would have been foreign to the genius of stylized Korean diction in the great sijo periods. ”
Sijo, unlike some other East Asian poetic forms, frequently employs metaphors, symbols, puns, allusions and similar word play. Most poets follow these guidelines very closely although there are longer examples. An exemplar is this poem by Yun Seondo (1587–1671) :
In two months I'm through the doorway,
Put my guitar on the floor,
And you will sit and tell me,
That you can't take anymore,
And you will sit and wonder,
What I can only speculate,
That time is going to be telling us what we don't want it to say.
So just be with me now,
With your hair wrapped around my fingers,
Where your words turn into whispers,
Where you fall asleep and dream, dream,
That you could be with me now,
As I keep track on my fingers,
Of the cities and the strangers,
Of the pieces of my dreams.
It's been so long since I've seen you,
Almost forgot your face,
And time it brings me full close to,
But it does the opposite for me.
So I've got my hallways and my hotels
And a ticket with my name
It's been too long since I've seen you
And there's so much to say.
But just be with me now,
With your hair wrapped around my fingers,
Where your words turn into whispers,
Where you fall asleep and dream, dream, dream
That you can be with me now.
As I keep track on my fingers
All the cities and the strangers
It's hard for me when I
Think about the things that never been
They keep coming back again
Like they've got something to prove
I love my memories but they have a way
Of controlling me at times
And I'm so lost without you yeah yeah
And I can't get far from it.
And from what went wrong
And I know it's stupid cuz it's been so long.
But father I give away the more I hold on
It's just this feeling I get
It's like I'm not done yet
I'm not done yet
I think about those times
When we were young
And everything was so brand new
And our words were so true and you
Looked into my eyes that one last time
If I had known back then
What I'd be living with today
We might have stayed but
I can't get far from it.
And from what went wrong
And I know it's stupid
Cuz it's been so long.
But father I give away
The more I hold on
It's like I try to forget
Some how I'm not done yet
I'm not done yet
It's hard for me when I
Think about the things that never been
They keep coming back again
Like they've got something to prove
Even asleep, mentality's awake...
Nobody realizes how much we can take...
Let's save the future of the world for our sake...
Crawl forwards ever, backwards never...
We were the students but now we're the ones who teach...
We were the children and your lies we did believe...
But we ain't kids no more and we don't need a speech...
Go forwards ever, backwards never.
And truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how.
We will never do what they have done, under jah's sun.
Truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how.
We will never do what they have... we will never do what they have done.
You're right and we're forever wrong,
Iraq and afghanistan and vietnam...
Bp oil and your hydrogen bomb, you go forwards never, backwards ever...
The planes in the air, look down, animals scarce...
Oil is water now and water's everywhere.
We cry f**k your system cause I'm not with em.
Truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how...
We will never do what they have done, under jah's sun.
Truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how...
We will never do what they have... we will never do what they have done.
Truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how...
We will never do what they have done, under jah's sun.
Truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how...
We will never do what they have done. oh no no.
Truth and right is yours and...
Truth and right is yours and...
Truth and right is yours and...
Truth and right is yours and...
Truth and right is yours to control now, there's no way no how...
We will never do what they have...
We will never do what they have...
It occurred to me as things are slowing down that it's always much better
When you're around, and it's slowly turning me upside down (upside down X2)
You can be who you want to
You can see who you want to
There's nothing I can tell you now except
I'm always thinking of you
Even when I don't want to
In more ways than I can count
Cuz I didn't meant to let you go
Should've been the first one to let you know
Change your mind
And let me slide just one more time
It doesn't have to be this way
We could stop fighting and wake up in your place, or
I could go
Leave it to chance and just let this go on...
And when we're in the future
And now is a million miles away
Will we start to reconsider what now belongs to yesterday
This whole life is moving fast for me, is it for you the same?
And do you dream and when you do, do you wake up saying my name?
You can be who you want to
You can see who you want to
There's nothing I can tell you now except
I'm always thinking of you
Even when I don't want to
In more ways than I can count
Cuz I didn't meant to let you go
Should've been the first one to let you know
Change your mind
And let me slide just one more time
It doesn't have to be this way
We could stop fighting and wake up in your place, or
I could go
Leave it to chance and just let it go, let it go
We were only children still deciding who to be
I remember following you, hoping you'd look back at me
But then a band became my life
And you heard California's nice
And then we go older like people do
When I look to see the sun, I can feel positive and negative at once
Cuz it could be a brand new day or the same old one
So I wait just to see exactly what kind of day it's gonna be
I can feel that either way I, I guess I got lucky
Cuz I could be gone today, tomorrow could be close or it could be so far
Away
And I guess what I'm trying to say, no matter how it goes down now I feel so
Happy
When I look the see the moon, I can feel those before me who've all done it
I can see through all me troubles and somehow they got thru
Cuz were all family even if we don't act like it or just don't see
I guess I'm thankful for who you think we could be
Cuz I could be gone today, tomorrow could be close or it could be so far
Away
And I guess what I'm trying to say, no matter how it goes down now I feel so
Happy, today
There could maybe be something else,
Not something you see or touch but something that you felt
And there could maybe be a road
Like underground sin, it stays in the corners of my soul
Cuz I could be gone today, tomorrow could be close or it could be so far
Away
And I guess what I'm trying to say, no matter how it goes down now I feel so
Happy
Cuz I could be gone today, tomorrow could be close or it could be so far
Away
And I guess what I'm trying to say, no matter how it goes down now I feel so
what do we really need in this life
I look at myself sometimes like its not right
people out there with no food at night
and we say care, but we dont so we all lie
what if theres more to this and one day
we become what we do not what we say
we end up in all the shit that theyre in
and roles are reversed and it was different
and we were the ones with nothing to eat
we were the ones with blood in our streets
we were the ones with only our screams
and they were the ones just watching on tv
and we were the ones broke down and torn
with our life on our back and our wife in our arms
and they were the ones like damn thats so sad
and we were the ones like...
Nothing ever changes
its the only thing i know
that nothing ever changes
im looking down this road
and nothing ever changes...no
no nothing ever changes
Look at your dreams and your intention
selfish it is for you to mention
turning your thousands into millions
marry a model and you have some children
well they got their dreams to i imagine
like what if it wont come back to kill them
sleeping at night without a murder
in some little town you never heard of
now look at your nightmares
and all of your worst fears
your car and your house
and your girl and it stops there
all these things you cant imagine losing
like oh no what if that happened to me
but what you got theyll never have
to be like you ya, to have your chance
to be like you before theyre gone oh no ohh
nothing ever changes
at least thats how we act
like nothing ever changes
like god has got our backs
like nothing ever changes
im looking down this road
and i can see this pain is
its the only kind i know
maybe we need more shoes on our feet
maybe we need more clothes and tv's
maybe we need more cash and jewelry
or maybe we dont know what we need
maybe we need to wana fix it
maybe stop talking
maybe start listening
maybe we need to look at this world
less like a square and more like a circle
maybe just maybe gods not unfair
maybe were all his kids and hes up there
maybe he loves us for all our races
maybe he hates us when were all so racist
maybe he sees us when we dont care
and its heaven right here but its hell over there
and maybe the meek will inherit this earth
cuz it was written before so...
everything changes
and nothing stays the same
no everything changes
and if you feel ashamed
maybe you should change this
before it gets to late
maybe you should change this
my brother were standing at the gate
oh everything changes, changes, changes
maybe you should change it, change it, change it
everything changes, changes, changes
Why do we have to break down to know if it's real?
Why do we have to hurt ourselves to learn how to feel?
Why do we learn the right way by doing the wrong?
And why does it start to make sense when it's in a song?
I know that you told me once, but would you please tell me again,
When do I kiss goodbye my troubles? the struggle never seems to end?
Why is the truth always so painful?
Why are the lies so easy to take?
But don't worry, cause I can wait
I know there's somebody out there who knows what I mean:
Silent on the outside, but inside you scream
Trying to let it out, but it's just too much,
And then it all comes out when we're so drunk
I know that you told me once, but would you please tell me again,
When do I kiss goodbye my troubles? the struggle never seems to end?
Why is the truth always so painful?
Why are the lies so easy to take?
But don't worry, I can wait
Truth always so painful, and lies so easy to take
But don't worry, cause I can wait
Why is the truth always so painful?
Why are the lies so easy to take?
But don't worry, cause I can wait, I can wait
Truth always so painful, and lies so easy to take
But don't worry, cause I can wait
Why is the truth always so painful?
Why are the lies so easy to take?
But don't worry, cause I can wait, I can wait
Truth always so painful, and lies so easy to take
But don't worry, cause I can wait
Why is the truth always so painful?
Why are the lies so easy to take?
I never really got why we're here
Just look at all we build in our lives
And we all disappear
A few of us are born with so much
While most of us just chasing down a dream that we just can't touch
So why we try so hard in this place?
When pain and suffering is a guarantee
And happiness is a phase
I wonder if one day we're at peace
Or will this whole world just become like the middle east?
(Chorus)
But when I (we) was (were) younger, when I (we) was (were) younger
I had the answers, I've got to say
But all of my answers, now that I'm older
Turned into questions, in front of me
I wonder where we go when we die
If there is anything past our lost sun and our sky?
Cuz airports only take us so high
Is it hidden in the stars?
What's the answer to your soul lying?
I wonder do we get to come back
I wonder if I will remember these questions I've asked
Or will I just star over again?
I hope it's not too hard to find all of my old friends.
(Chorus)
I wonder if we get one true love
Or maybe there's a few out there
Or maybe not even one
I wonder if it's made up by man
I wonder if love is what we make with our own two hands
I wonder why I write all these songs
I wonder if you know what you're saying when you sing along
And will you know my name when I'm gone?
Or are you just too sick of these love songs?
You can search the world for signs of life and realize the truth is in your
Heart you can try to become who you want and never get away from who you
Are you can trust another like no other watch them fall and then you fall
Apart it there's you apart always see myself alone but in my darkest hours
There you are
Chorus:
So I Can Say Oh Now Oh Now Oh Now Now Now Now Now (2x)
Oh Now You Gotta Slow Down
Oh now all I have Is Now
Oh Now oh Now now now now
I've been all around the world to find it travel east and west like
Everyday I've been high and low since I have lost it how do I get back to
Yesterday it feels like a game I have seen the look in peoples eyes
Sometimes and all I do is chase then away cause I have been all around the
World just to find it every time I do I don't let is stay I chase it away
From the very first
Time I saw you
I feel my old life
And it was all new
I felt my knees get weak
My heart went crazy
I felt some yes & no,
I even felt some maybes
I'd climb a mountain top,
I'd swim the ocean, too
Get down o my knees,
But only if it was for you
I think that I would do
I'm amazed in the way that we've got this far
At the pace we're going and the things we've done
Amazed in the way that we're all still here
Just looking at our last fifty years
And I'll task, in the west in the years to come
Does the dollar really matter when our whole world is gone?
Worry about yourself, while the world stills turns
Waiting until we watch it burn
Stuck in a revolving door
Caught in our race for sure
Just look into your eyes
Now do we have the strength to survive
Stuck in a revolving door
Caught in our race for sure
Just look into your eyes
Now do we have the strength to survive if I live here
It's not like cigarettes, not like your tv's,
Bigger and brighter than any other thing,
Just consum less, and giving back more
And live our old ways at the door
And I'll wait, if we don't
We can kiss it goodbye
Our sun, our moon, our earth and our sky
Our world we will recover in a billion years
But if we're not living here
When we are..
Stuck in a revolving door
Caught in our race for sure
Just look into your eyes
Now do we have the strength to survive
When we are..
Stuck in a revolving door
Caught in our race for sure
Just look into your eyes
Now do we have the strength to survive
C'mon do we have strength to survive [x2]
C'mon do we have strength to the [x2]
Do we have strength to survive
When we are..
Stuck in a revolving door
Caught in our pace for sure
Just look into your eyes
Darren McKinty
Copyright 2000
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Fast cars
High speed
Bright lights
Big city
Hard drugs
Quick succession
High dive
Fast descent
Slow burn
Higher the climb, the further to fall
The brighter the flame, the quicker it burns
Rapid fire
Snap decisions
Fast cash
Hard deals
High stakes
Huge loss
Big talk
Small mind
Slow burn
Higher the climb, the further to fall
Written and composed by Darren McKinty
Copyright Control 1999
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I like the way you walk
Just like a cat so smooth
You like to stalk me like your prey
Before you make your move
Your hair flies back with your tail in the air
I see that look in your eyes, yeah
I love the way you purr
When I stroke your skin
You roll on the floor on your back
When the playing begins
Your hair flies back with your tail in the air
And that look in your eyes I'd recognise anywhere
Kitten
Let me play with you
Kitten. Ohhhhhhh
Like a kitten, kitten
Come on let me play with you. Ohhhhhh
Take me to your lair
Drop me down on the floor
You tease me with your tongue
Leave me begging for more
You're wanting my attention
When you've nothing else to do
Keep me up through the night
Just so that I'll play with you
You make me feel high, my feet float on air
I try to run away but I'm going nowhere
Your hair flies back with your tail in the air
And that look in your eyes I'd recognise anywhere
Kitten
Let me play with you
Kitten. Ohhhhhhh
Like a kitten, kitten
Written and composed by Darren McKinty
Copyright Control 1995
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What's been wrong with you lately?
You hover 'round like the ghost of a child
Hiding some unspoken pain
All these demons inside you
And in this life it can seem so confused
So much ventured nothing gained
Don't you say that it's over
Don't say you can't carry on
Take another step closer
I'll help you find where you belong
And your days will seem brighter
Brighter than neon which burns through the night
Burn these shadows from your mind
Let me lay down beside you
I'll hold you close in these hours of need
Help your passion to unwind
As the sunlight draws nearer
Here comes a brand new day
Cast your fears on the ocean
Let the tide take them away
And when you've let down your defences
Written and composed by Darren McKinty
Copyright Control 1996
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A cloak of evil shrouds you
Has been worn by you for years
Your happiness is misery
Your peals of joy are tears
You stalk the streets on blackest nights
Wake children from their sleep
Their dreaming ends in fright and fear
Their souls you hope to keep
But can you hear the suffering?
The pain which you unfurled?
Is this what you intended
When you were brought into the world?
Stand within the darkness
And look towards the light
And you will hear the innocents
Crying in the night
[Sungmin]
Hambo nanen narel ij jobon jo kobso
Ojik gede manel seng gak kenen gol
[Hankyung]
Ge ron nanen moya nal jit ton goya
[Heechul]
Jigem ne no neson nomul heloh basing ga
[Shindong]
Nol ca ja gal ga senggak kesoh
Nan nan jal more gesoh
E sesangi dol goin nen jigem
Nan nuh bak ke ubji
[Eunhyuk]
Hal mare obso gal sodo obso
Non moldo obso nuk kimdo obso
Ne ape suh inen nal bara bwa
[Shindong & Eunhyuk]
Noh wihe sara inen nal
[Donghae]
Yok sok dwen sigani wasoyo gede ape
Isoyo duryo wome wolgo ijiman
[Siwon]
Non morel dak kajo woso yo gede ne
Son jaba jyo iru nal goya
[Eeteuk]
Hamke hejon gede ege heng bogel
[Sungmin]
Nun gam go gedel geryo yo mamsok
Gedel caja jyo narel bal kyo junen
Bici boyo yong wonan
[Kangin]
Heng bogel no cil son ob jyo
Gede nabo ina yo norel bulo joyo gede yokte
[Ryeowook]
Isel goya norel saranghe hamke heyo gedewa yong woni
[Heechul]
Hambo nanen narel ij jobon jo kobso
Ojik gede manel seng gak kenen gol
[Kibum]
Ge ron nanen moya nal jit ton goya
[Yesung]
Ne non nesun non mul heloh basing ga
[Sungmin]
Yok sok dwen sigani wasoyo gede ape
Isoyo duryo wome wolgo ijiman
[Kangin]
Non morel dak kajo woso yo gede ne
Son jaba jyo iru nal goya
[Eunhyuk]
Hamke hejon gede ege heng bogel
[Donghae]
Nun gam go gedel geryo yo mamsok
Gedel caja jyo narel bal kyo junen
Bici boyo yong wonan
[Eeteuk]
Heng bogel no cil son ob jyo
Gede nabo ina yo norel bulo joyo gede yokte
[Yesung]
Isel goya norel saranghe hamke heyo gedewa yong woni
[Heechul]
Jo parang sederi jon hajo nen
Heng bogi ran nen goh
[Ryeowook]
Nel wori gyot te gak kai inen go jyo
[All]
Nun gam go gedel geryo yo mamsok
Gedel caja jyo narel bal kyo junen
Bici boyo yong wonan
Heng bogel no cil son ob jyo
Gede nabo ina yo norel bulo joyo onjerado
Gede mamel el yoro boayo
Apen nega iso yo
Narel bolo joyo gede yokte
[Ryeowook]
Isel goya norel saranghe
[All]
Every single day I try
jeongmal geoui da wass-eo
We get closer to a good time
silyeondeul-e Say goodbye
Sexy, Free & Single
ijen junbineun wanryo
Sexy, Free & Single
i’m ready too, Bingo
Hei nuguna swibsali gajneun geon
jaemieobsjanh-a~ jom deo nopge sege lalalalalala
Wieseo bwa gyeondyeonaen jaga kkaedadge
doeneun geos jom deo beotyeo beotyeo lalalalalala
Nae saram-a saram-a nal deo mid-eojwo
Nan deudieo Wake up sumyeon-wilo
Gin silyeon-e deo gip-eojyeo nadawojyeo
Ijen Upgrade da-eum dangyelo naga o
Sum-i chage dallyeowa meosjige kkeutnaen
geudae Have a good time, oneulmankeum Party time
Gaseum-i yodongchineun seungrireul mas bwa
ijeneun Have a good time, nuga geudael maggessna o
Sexy, Free & Single
i’m ready too, Bingo
Sexy, Free & Single
i’m ready too, Bingo
Yeogsi bullihan hwagryul-e majseo
geobnaeji malgo
Malgo yeogsi bullihan hwagryul-eun
kkeutdo an bwado Bingo
Mugeobdago museobdago pogihajineun ma
Ijebuteoga jinjja nananananana
Nuguna hanbeonjjeum da gyeokk-eo boneun geosppun
We fail, We lose, To win
Dulyeowohaji mal-a
Nae saram-a saram-a nan deo
ganghaejyeoss-eo Yeah! deudieo uri, Time for romance
Deo meosjin kkum-eul hyanghae tto nal-agagess-eo]
dasi Upgrade jikyeobwa, matgyeobwa
Nan jeomjeom daedamhae jineungeol
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
I geochin sesang-eul maju han chae, Too hot
Junbidoen jaman aneungeol
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
Yeogin kkeutdo eobsneun byeonsumankeum
Have fun 3. 2. 1 Go
Sum-i chage dallyeowa meosjige kkeutnaen
geudae Have a good time, oneulmankeum Party time
Gaseum-i yodongchineun seungrireul mas bwa
ijeneun Have a good time, nuga geudael maggessna o
Sexy, Free & Single
nan jom gwaenchanh-eun namja
Sexy, Free & Single
neon jom daedanhan namja
Yeogsi bullihan hwaglyul-e majseo
geobnaeji malgo
Yeogsi bullihan hwagryul-eun
kkeutdo an bwado Bingo
I sesang kkeut-eseo
tto han beon sum-eul dolligo
Nal jikyeojun saram sojunghan mid-eum-eul
ganjighae gidaehaedo joh-a
Let’s go
Sexy, Free & Single
i’m ready too, Bingo
Sexy, Free & Single
i’m ready too, Bingo
Sum-i chage dallyeowa meosjige kkeutnaen
geudae Have a good time, oneulmankeum Party time
Gaseum-i yodongchineun seunglireul mas bwa
ijeneun Have a good time, nuga geudael maggessna o
Sexy, Free & Single