🌌 Standing on My Own - English lyrics for “초우 (Chowoo)” by Patti Kim

 📝 Intro

“초우 (Chowoo)” is a classic Korean ballad that carries
a deep and lingering sadness —
the kind that arrives quietly and refuses to leave.

Standing on My Own is an English lyric adaptation,
written to be sung with the original melody,
while expressing the same emotional weight and loneliness.

It is a song about a heart that
can’t let go even when love has already gone,
about memories that remain louder than silence,
and about nights that feel endless
because someone is no longer beside us.

Here, every line is shaped for the voice:
breathing spaces where your heart can pause,
soft descents into sorrow,
and a final acceptance that healing may come slowly —
but still, it comes.

Minimalist artwork of a woman standing alone indoors, gazing through a window at bare winter branches. Soft shadows and muted colors create a quiet, reflective atmosphere.

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🌄 How to Enjoy This Song

🎧 Listen to Patti Kim – 초우 (Chowoo) to feel the original emotion
🎤 Try singing these English lyrics gently with the melody
💭 Let the pauses and breathing shape your interpretation

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💫 Standing on My Own

(English lyrics by Kyungsik Song)

When the silence cuts too deep
And the cold, long night forgets my name
All those wandering dreams I held so tightly
Leave me standing on my own

Loved you more than I could bear
Loved you more than I could breathe
Every memory keeps my heart awake
And denies me every chance to sleep

When the darkness fills my chest
And the whole world feels so far from me
Every road I try to follow all alone
Faces before my eyes

Loved you more than I could bear
Loved you more than I could keep
All the pieces of the life we knew
Still weigh heavy on my heart

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🎶 About the Original Song

Originally performed by Patti Kim,
“초우 (Chowoo)” became beloved for its restrained emotion
and powerful resonance.

The song doesn’t scream in heartbreak —
it whispers,
as if sorrow itself is too tired to cry anymore.

Through its slow, expressive melody,
listeners experience a kind of solitude
familiar to anyone who has loved deeply
and then found themselves suddenly alone.

This English version does not attempt to replace that feeling,
but to echo it —
to express what the heart continues to say
long after the voice has fallen quiet.

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🔗 Internal Links

If you enjoy the emotional tone of this piece,
you may also like these English adaptations:

◈ Through This Empty Night — English lyrics for “빈잔 (Empty Glass)”
◈ Never Out of My Heart — English lyrics for “영영”
◈ Your Tender Heart — English lyrics for “사랑의 미로”
◈ Footsteps in the Rain — English lyrics for “비의 나그네”

👉 Discover more reinterpretations on the SingKoreanSongs blog

👉 For original songs created from English lyrics: MySongLab

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🖼️ 기타 정보

이미지: Pixabay 무료 이미지

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💡 About This Project

Sing Korean Songs in English is dedicated to
reintroducing Korean classics to global audiences
through lyrical adaptations that remain faithful
to the spirit of the original songs.

The goal is not translation —
but emotional storytelling
in a language the world can sing and feel.

Written by Kyungsik Song on October 24, 2025

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🏷️ Tags

Standing on My Own, 초우 English Lyrics, Patti Kim, Korean Ballad, Korean Song in English, Classic K-Ballad, Sing Korean Songs, Kyungsik Song, AI Lyrics Project