Stick With You
- Apr 6
- 3 min read
Updated: May 20
Title Track
⋆ Korean Title: Just One More Day Per Day
⋆ Genre: Electro Pop
⋆ Producing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Jondren Hwang
⋆ Writing/Composing Credits: Slow Rabbit, Jondren Hwang, Dev Lemons, Liam Benayon, Tommy Driscoll, "hitman" bang, Jiggy (153/Joombas), Gloria Kaiyi Hui, Jared Fuller Freedman, Rollo, JBACH, Emma Rosen, Grant Averill, Phil Good, January 8th, Yoona Ha (153/Joombas), Kim Nayeon, Kim Chae Ah (153/Joombas), Park Sang Yu (153/Joombas), Stalking Gia, Jackson Hoffman, Ryder Stuart
ABOUT/MEANING: 'Stick With You' sits in that uncomfortable space where something is clearly changing but hasn't broken yet. What makes the song particularly vulnerable is its asymmetry: one person clinging to just one more day, knowing the other is already pulling away, surviving almost entirely on the other's patience and mercy. It's not mutual resistance to an ending - it's one side refusing to be the one to let go, even when they can see the ending coming. For TXT it carries extra weight - continuity isn't guaranteed at seven years, it's something you actively choose. And that's exactly what this song is: a refusal to let go of each other and MOA, even when holding on feels more like clinging than certainty.
LYRICS - ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Stay with me, just one more day, then one more
I can't let you go, I'll just stick with you
I'm not sure since when, but you've been a bit cold
Even your expression - the way you talk feels unfamiliar
What else can I even say? I just bite my lips again
Every night
We're facing each other but I'm not in your eyes
Slightly out of sync, a distance I can’t close
If I let go of your hand, I know it's going to be over
I just can't do it
Stay with me, just one more day, then one more
I can't let you go, I'll just stick with you
Just one more day, then one more till it becomes a lifetime
Stay by my side like you always have
(Is this a dream?)
(Is this a dream?)
(Is this a dream?)
I can't let you go, I'll just stick with you
I know you're too kind, I know you too well
So, “just one more day,” I keep clinging onto you
Even if it’s a day you give me half-heartedly, I’ll take it
One more night
Whether this is love or just lingering feelings
It doesn't matter to me, I can't live without you
Even if I’m just a mayfly, under your mercy
CONTEXT: A mayfly is a short-lived insect that only lives for about a day. Here, it’s used as a metaphor for something fragile and temporary, a kind of short and fading sense of existence.
As long as I have you, I’m fine
Stay with me, just one more day, then one more
I can't let you go, I'll just stick with you
Just one more day, then one more till it becomes a lifetime
Stay by my side like you always have
(Is this a dream?)
(Is this a dream?)
(Is this a dream?)
I can't let you go, I'll just stick with you
Stay with me, just one more day, then one more
I can't let you go, I'll just stick with you
Helpful Context (Album Summary): '7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns' is a quiet but defining moment in TOMORROW X TOGETHER's discography. For the first time, the group steps outside the long-running narrative framework that has shaped their music since debut, turning the focus inward - onto themselves, their bond, and the future they are actively choosing together. At seven years - the length of a standard K-pop contract, and a point where many groups face an uncertain future - the album doesn't treat continuation as something guaranteed. Rather than reaching for reinvention or dramatic resolution, it lingers in the uncertainty, reflection, and emotions that come with deciding to keep going. The "thorns" aren't just symbols of hardship - they're the direct result of choices made on their own terms, inseparable from who they've become. The "moment of stillness" exists within that tension: a pause taken not after the struggle has ended, but while living inside it. Rather than offering peace or certainty, it becomes a brief space for reflection before anything moves forward again. What gives the project an additional layer of meaning is the context surrounding it: all five members renewed their contracts, turning what could have felt like an ending into a continuation shaped by intention rather than obligation. Across six tracks, 7TH YEAR moves through anxiety, release, defiance, and reflection, gradually arriving at something quieter - not certainty, but curiosity about what still lies ahead, and a willingness to keep walking forward together.
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