It begins in between and ends at a prologue
Lee Inkyu's full-length live session is up. Four songs in a row.
In three lines
- Lee Inkyu's full-length live session is up.
- The four songs are '우리사이에', '나만 알고 있는', 'Take' and 'Prologue'.
- The last title is 'Prologue'.
The order of four
| Order | Song |
|---|---|
| 1 | 우리사이에 (Between Us) |
| 2 | 나만 알고 있는 (Known Only to Me) |
| 3 | Take |
| 4 | Prologue |
A beginning placed at the end
The last title is 'Prologue' — the part that comes at the very front of a story.
A title meaning beginning sits at the end of the set. The order is out of joint.
That reads two ways: the real story begins after the first three songs end, or time simply doesn't run the way we assume. Either way, the fact of its placement makes meaning.
What's in the first two
The first is '우리사이에' — 'us' means at least two people.
The second is '나만 알고 있는' — 'only I' narrows it to one.
An order shrinking from two to one. And both titles are cut short: what lies between us, and what only I know, aren't written.
One word meaning to take
The third song is 'Take' — the only single-word title of the four.
To take is to receive or seize rather than give. Where the first two songs named a relationship, here an action appears.
'Take' also names a single filmed shot. Read that way it connects to 'Prologue' — both are terms from the process of making a story.
Today, like this
Play the four in order. Whether the narrowing from two to one registers in sound is the first thing to check.
Then fill in the cut-off halves of the first two titles and see how the songs fill those gaps.
The last song being a prologue also reads as an instruction to start the set again. After one lap, go back to the first track.
A new song has arrived at the playground today.
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