The door opens
the light splits
One line of a sentence
one beat of the pulse
Me without a crown
me, seen for the first time
Run
Running barefoot through an unfamiliar alley
not knowing who is calling
nothing on my head
only a light wind follows
No fixed hours
no closed doors
no room waiting for me
A road I see for the first time
but my feet know it first
Left
right
run again
This life isn't mine
so why is it so easy to breathe
I have never once lived it
so why do I feel like myself only now
The life I never lived
the me I never knew
With no crown and no name
I cut through the night and run
The life I never lived
me on a road that doesn't exist
Even if it isn't a memory
this moment is real
Run
Run
following the broken light
Run
Run
passing through a season that never was
A small shop
a wet umbrella
two cups set by the window
Someone laughs
I laugh
we don't even need a reason
No record
no approval
no assigned role needed
Today's me
doesn't have to explain
yesterday's me
A road split like a circuit
a different me switches on with every beat
One two three
the pulse spreads
Current flows over the jangdan rhythm
memory sparks all the way to the fingertips
Don't ask which one is real
they could both be me
A life I never lived
is not a lie
Even the road I didn't choose
stays inside me
The life I never lived
the me I never knew
With no crown and no name
I cut through the night and run
The life I never lived
me on a road that doesn't exist
Even if it isn't a memory
this moment is real
The light cuts out
the scene changes
Hanok eaves
walls of glass
The drum sounds
the circuit lights up
One jangdan
one signal
One jangdan
one signal
I run between the two
Suddenly everything stops
That person looks at me
The face is still blurred
but this time I speak first
"Don't wait"
I am not staying here
Run again
The life I never lived
the me I could have been
Not throwing it away
not choosing it either
I carry it all and go back
The life I never lived
the me that isn't finished
If there is no set road
I will write the next season
Run
Run
past the end of the circuit
Run
Run
toward the blank page
The crown is back on my head
But
it is not the same weight as before