Long Way Long Ride
Updated: 4 days ago
⋆ Genre: Lo-fi R&B
⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, PXPILLON
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Misha, Yeonjun, PXPILLON
ABOUT/MEANING: “Long Way Long Ride” closes NO LABELS: PART 02 by turning Yeonjun’s attention fully towards himself. Written during a period of deep burnout following PART 01, the song emerged from an intensely personal place; Yeonjun has shared that writing it brought him to tears. Rather than hiding that exhaustion, he gives himself permission to acknowledge the sadness, uncertainty and difficulty he had been carrying.
What follows is less a solution than an act of self-compassion. Instead of waiting for someone else to reassure him, Yeonjun becomes a source of comfort for himself - allowing himself to rest, cry and continue at a pace he can actually sustain. Moving forward does not require pretending that the journey has been easy or that every difficult feeling has already passed.
Its placement after “Fxxking Star” makes that vulnerability especially meaningful. The fearless, ambitious performer Yeonjun hopes to become and the person who can feel exhausted, uncertain and overwhelmed are not competing versions of him. Both are Yeonjun, and accepting one does not require hiding the other.
That makes “Long Way Long Ride” a fitting conclusion to PART 02. After an album spent discovering different sides of himself through connection, desire, vulnerability and ambition, Yeonjun ends by extending that same openness towards the parts of himself that need care. The road ahead may still be long, but he does not have to become anyone other than himself to keep travelling it.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS (translations by @translatingTXT)
(I could take that)
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to lean on me
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to do that
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to take break
Long way, long ride with you
I'm always by your side
How have you been
Northing much going on
Even when you try to act tough, I know you
(I know you)
You've been chasing highs in all different cities
Wasn't that road rough for you?
You'll probably stay up all night,
Thinking over and over, "Who am I?"
I'll be right there beside you
I'll tell you
Wherever this goes
Let's go together
For the next long ride
(I could take that)
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to lean on me
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to do that
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to take break
Long way, long ride with you
I'm always by your side
Lately, we've been different
It's okay to let yourself out from your prison
Let's just cry it out and let it hurt for now
That's how we face ourselves
You've been chasing highs in different cities
The tear-soaked ground turns into a flower path
You still shine
Jun, the morning always comes
Don't be afraid
We'll be okay
Where this goes
Let's go together
For the next long ride
(What you wanna do, it's fine, you choose)
(By your side, you and I, for the next long ride)
(What you wanna do, it's fine you choose)
(By your side, you and I, for the uh, uh)
(I could take the)
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to lean on me
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to do that
Long way, long ride with you
It's okay to take break
Long way, long ride with you
I'm always by your side
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