Hear MUCKLE's Bopok and recall the footsteps that once walked ahead

Where does Bopok begin?

The first verse starts with a hand on the window of an empty room and closed eyes. The speaker hears the heels of shoes that went out the front door first. Past thirty, the speaker still ties their shoelaces the moment they step into the alley and waits for those footsteps. In the pre-chorus, the speaker pictures sneakers following behind the dress shoes, a videotape to return held tight to the chest.

In the second verse, one last coin is left in a hundred-won arcade machine. Beyond a green-lit screen that blinks as if asking whether to continue, a voice says "Let's go," and the speaker slows by a step for no reason. The next line says someone matched the same stride with steps stretched out on purpose.

How does the stride change in the chorus?

The chorus opens with "A back one step ahead / A little me two steps behind." The person walking ahead and the child following are split into one step and two steps, and between them comes the line "I didn't know then that that stride was a pace waiting for me." With closed eyes, evening light still lingers at the end of the alley. After a request to look back just one more time, the line "This time I'll stand beside you" is placed last.

In the bridge, the phone in a pocket rings and a voice says "Take your time, it's okay." The lyrics go on to say that when the eyes open, someone is waiting at the end of the alley. They never say who made the call.

The lyrics change in the last chorus. "A little me two steps behind" becomes "Now me, walking side by side," and the speaker recalls the step that slowed down to match them when they were small. Past the two lines "Eyes closed, I was a child" and "Eyes open, I'm thirty," the song reaches "You waited for me for such a long time." The first chorus's "This time I'll stand beside you" becomes "Now I'll stand beside you" in the final line.

If a certain alley or the sound of footsteps comes to mind while you listen, you can follow that scene for a moment. The lyrics never decide who was walking ahead.

Where can you watch the full video?

The full lyric video is public on YouTube. The official Suno page and the song's introduction page are collected below. The song runs about 2 minutes 51 seconds.

• Watch the official Bopok lyric video on YouTube
• Listen to Bopok on official Suno
• MICKLE and MUCKLE music page

Made with Suno AI. Lyric video by AI Studio Muckle.

How do the full lyrics unfold?

This is a reading translation of the complete Korean lyrics. It is not a separately recorded English version.

```text I rest my hand on the window of the empty room And close my eyes I hear the heels of shoes That went out the front door first Even though I'm past thirty The moment I step into the alley I tie my shoelaces first And wait for those footsteps

A videotape to return Hugged tight to my chest The sneakers that followed behind the dress shoes Come back to me

A back one step ahead A little me two steps behind I didn't know then that that stride Was a pace waiting for me When I close my eyes, at the end of the alley Evening light still lingers Look back, just one more time This time I'll stand beside you

A hundred-won arcade machine One last coin Blinking, asking if I'll continue Beyond the green-lit screen At that voice saying "Let's go" I slow down by a step for no reason With steps stretched out on purpose You matched the same stride

A back one step ahead A little me two steps behind I didn't know then that that stride Was a pace waiting for me When I close my eyes, at the end of the alley Evening light still lingers Look back, just one more time This time I'll stand beside you

The phone in my pocket rings "Take your time, it's okay" When I open my eyes, at the end of the alley There is someone who will wait

A back one step ahead Now me, walking side by side That step that slowed down To match the little me behind Eyes closed, I was a child Eyes open, I'm thirty You waited for me for such a long time Now I'll stand beside you ```