BEYOND THE....DISTRACTIONS

BEYOND THE....DISTRACTIONS

It should NOT be taking me this long to read this book. The QR codes make me get out my phone and then I'm distracted by one thing or another.

QUICK COMBO: FALLING | EUPHORIA | SEVEN

My Thoughts on this QC:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY J-KAAAAAYYYY!

This combo is my favorite JK Cover, favorite solo, and favorite Seven version.

(Speaking of Falling, JKs cover was the first time I heard this song and I realize I'm literally biased but I MUCH prefer it to the original).

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LIKE CRAZY LYRIC DIFFERENCES

English version | English Translation on Original version

I'm sure someone else has done this but i need to write it out myself to get it out of my brain. Did my best with placing the lines in the right spots but there may be some inaccuracies with that.

(I think we could last forever

I'm afraid that everything will disappear

Just trust me)

She's saying

Baby, come and follow me | Baby, don't think about it

There's not a bad thing here tonight

Save your reasons all for later | Baby, it's fine if you leave

Stay with me a little while | Stay with me, just for today

Watch me go

Now, I sink down, all alone away | Keep me drenched all night (away)

Where am I? | So that morning

A dark haze clouding up my eyes | Gets drunk and never comes

I can hear the voices listening | As the loud music plays

Don't know who they are | I'm fading away

Trying to take the pressure off

Been reaching for the stars | A cliché story like a drama

Tell me, will I find myself again?

When I go too far? | Did I come too far to find the me you used to know?

Yeah, I know

You know, I know (Ooh)

I'd rather be

Lost in the lights, lost in the lights

I'm outta my mind

Can you help me numb the pain? | Please hold onto the end of this night

Each night, you spin me up high

Emotions on ice | The moon embraces you

Let me have a taste

Give me a good ride (Oh, I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin')

Oh, it's gon' be a good night (Oh, I'm fallin')

Forever, you and I

Mmm-hmm

Yeah, hey

Mmm-hmm

Ooh-woah

Mmm-hmm

Mmm-hmm

(Forever, you and I)

All my reflections, I | My reflection within the mirror

Can't even recognize | I'm going endlessly crazy

I'm feelin' so alive, wasting time

I'd rather be

Lost in the lights

Lost in the lights

I'm outta my mind

Can you help me numb the pain? | Please hold onto the end of this night

Each night

You spin me up high

Emotions on ice | The moon embraces you

Let me have a taste

Give me a good ride (Oh, I'm fallin', I'm fallin', I'm fallin')

It's gon' be a good night (Oh, I'm fallin')

Forever, you and I

This will break me

This is gonna break me (Break me)

No, don't you wake me (Wake me)

I wanna stay in this dream, don't save me

Don't you try to save me (Save me)

I need a way we (Way we)

I need a way we can dream on (On, on, on)

(Alone again

What's the point?)

I'd love to think this is intentionally different to allow us more glimpses into the meanings. I'm pleased that they didn't just paste the english version lyrics up for the cc.

QUICK COMBO:

EUPHORIA | FACE-OFF | FAKE LOVE

What's a Quick Combo? My personal recommendation of just a few songs for easy insertion into a playlist. This mini-combination makes an interesting transition or story when played in this order.

My thoughts on this QC:

I stumbled on this because I keep my big BTS playlist in alphabetical order by title and the progression here tells an interesting love story from the puppy love phase through some rough times and finally terminating. I adore a well-told story that doesn't end stereotypically happy so maybe that's why I enjoyed this QC so much...

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QUICK COMBO:

PROMISE | LETTER | TAKE TWO

(Technically I've recommended this order before but now I have custom gifs!)

My thoughts on this QC:

Promise was always my ultimate favorite song and it killed me having to navigate to SoundCloud and not just have it in my spotify playlist (to help with the stats at least). I had a few weeks of joyful ignorance once it was made available on Spotify before FACE and Letter...

I don't think words exist to describe how much Letter speaks to my soul. I have never been a huge 'on repeat' person but i can NEVER listen to Letter just once. Each time it ends, i think that i didn't appreciate it properly and have to listen again...usually for quite a few iterations.

Take Two is a nice little cap to this combo. I just want to melt in a puddle of joy and love when listening to these songs.

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(I cannot wait until the album version of Letter is on spotify. It's my only hope that one day it will be. For now, here's Jimin's live version.)