“Square” Lyrics Interpretation
Here to talk about Baek Yerin’s “Square” since this song and its lyrics hold a very special place in my heart. I really love the lyrics of this song for but i saw a youtube comment saying it was a bit off, so again I’m here to talk about it.
Let’s interpret this song as Yerin being in her own “Square” kind of like her being confined in her own bubble, this will be connected to my own explanation throughout the song and will give a clearer picture to what I’m talking about.
Throughout the verses Yerin explains how she has a very complex personality and the person she’s pertaining to in the song can sometimes hurt her without noticing and not sense right through how she truly was due to her complex personality sometimes being indecipherable.
For the last lines in each verse I’d like to think they are metaphors of how she feels, the last line in verse 1 “I’m so so broke like, someone just robbed me” is a metaphor to how she has no one that can understand her in a deeper level.
For verse 2 the last line is “Was so so strange like, someone never loved me” it is connected to the line before it which is “You are gripping me without noticing was so so strange like someone never loved me”. This is again, a metaphor (this part is a bit confusing to understand even for me) in which the person she pertains to in the song has a hold on her (I think the “grip” she mentioned also has something to do with love) to the point where she feels like no one has ever done this before.
The chorus is what the person is telling her everytimes she’s going through her phases/stages of being “Blue”. This part of the song is actually really cute and sweet for me, especially since the person actually knows what how to comfort Yerin when she’s going through such times.
The Bridge is the part that I truly love. This is the part where she embraces and acknowledges the person, even though the person still truly doesnt understand her it’s clear that they are trying their best. “You’re the only one who saw my yesterday, thr one who knows I’m here alive today” is actually so powerful since even though she’s in her own “Square”, the person is the only one trying to get in and truly know what she feels, therefore the person is the only one who knows what she’s going through and the only one who also always knows that she’s still here. The last lines for this part are also really cute since she even asks for the comfort of the person and to say what she really means to that person.
That’s about it I hope you understood my interpretation, the lyrics of this song is mostly seperated from the other lyrics that it links to so by linking them you can have a better understanding to it. I’ll include the lyrics below for good measure.
[Verse 1]
All the colors and personalities
You can’t see right through what I truly am
You are hurting me, without noticing
I’m so so broke like someone just robbed me
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m no invincible
I have much memories of getting more weaker
Know I’m not lovable
You should know what you have to say
[Chorus]
Come on, let’s go to bed
We gonna rock the night away
Who did that to you babe?
If you’re not in the right mood to sleep, now then
Come on let’s drink and have
Very unmanageable day
Would you want me in babe?
If you’re not in the right mood to sleep, now then
Come take my arms in yours
I’ll be yours for sure
[Verse 2]
All the traces and reminiscenses
You can’t sense right through how I truly was
You were gripping me without noticing
Was so so strange like someone never loved me
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m no invincible
I have much memories of getting more weaker
Know I’m not lovable
You should know what you have to say
[Chorus]
Come on, let’s go to bed
We gonna rock the night away
Who did that to you babe?
If you’re not in the right mood to sleep, now then
Come on let’s drink and have
Very unmanageable day
Would you want me in babe?
If you’re not in the right mood to sleep, now then
Come take my arms in yours
I’ll be yours for sure
[Bridge]
You’re the only one who saw my yesterday
The one who knows I’m here, alive today
Comfort me, say what I mean to you
You should know what you have to say
[Chorus]
Come on, let’s go to bed
We gonna rock the night away
Who did that to you babe?
If you’re not in the right mood to sleep, now then
Come on let’s drink and have
Very unmanageable day
Would you want me in babe?
If you’re not in the right mood to sleep, now then
Come take my arms in yours
I’ll be yours for sure
