Lyric

A silver bowl, cold to the touch

Our quiet love began on summer’s breath

Your frozen gaze, with no words at all

My heart clenched tight, like fire on lips

You’re tall and silent, like sliced cucumber

A gentle sweetness, like cherry tomato skin

You speak in heat instead of words

Like gochugaru, you pierce right through me

너는 냉면이야 — with that calm expression

Like a crystal-clear soup I cannot read

I never knew what you really felt

Don’t say goodbye — please, don’t do that

Just leave me something just a little sweeter

My feelings stretched like tangled noodles do

So I closed my eyes, then bit them through

Each stir of thought, a deeper taste unfolds

The more I mix, the more I understand

You held me softly, like a boiled egg might

But hid behind the heat of bold kimchi

Even if this love won’t become real

I just want to stay nearby, quietly with you

너는 냉면이야 — so cold, so quiet

In place of all the words we never said

Just one more bite of this, if I may

This love won’t go down easy tonight

The final ice begins to melt away

너는 냉면이야 — with that calm expression

Like a crystal-clear soup I cannot read

I never knew what you really felt

Don’t say goodbye — please, don’t do that

Just leave me something just a little sweeter

너는 냉면이야 — so cold, so quiet

In place of all the words we never said

Just one more bite of this, if I may

This love won’t go down easy tonight

The final ice begins to melt away