The King: Eternal Monarch: List of OSTs

Here we go.

1.  “I Just Want to Stay with You” by Zion.T

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I just want to stay with you
In this time when there’s no one
The cold wind is trying to break us apart
We’ll have a long night again
If we can see it in our dreams
It would be a good moment to fall asleep
Even if we can’t last forever
Even though we’ve become one another that we can’t remember,
We’ll meet like destiny
Even if we say goodbye,
The hearts that touched each other
Keep it and remember it I just want to stay with you

You hugged me when I was tired
Your warm touch like spring
Maybe I’m worried,
Maybe I’m scared I think I’m waiting for you again
Even if we can’t last forever
Even though we’ve become one another that we can’t remember,
We’ll meet like destiny
Even if we say goodbye,
The hearts that touched each other
Keep it and remember it
I just want to stay with you

Um, many hard nights
I erased the words that I wrote in it one by one,
And the last word that were left
I just want to stay with you
I don’t want to miss you
Even if we can’t last forever
Even though we’ve become one another that we can’t remember,
We’ll meet like destiny
Even if we say goodbye,
The hearts that touched each other
Keep it and remember it I just want to stay with you…

source: lyricskpop.net

2. “Orbit” by Hwasa

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I will stay by your side even when the dark night falls
When I reach your dream I feel a sense of disappearance

I’m standing somewhere of the dawn with a fleeting day
I’ve got a cold heart for you.
It’s not painful anymore.

You’ll be fine like a rising star
Do you see that starlight, too?

Same day same time, I’ll be there.
So why don’t you stay
Please don’t go away

I will stay by your side even when the dark night falls
When I reach your dream I feel a sense of disappearance

You found love, You’ve got love

I’ll walk endlessly.
around you
I will be back

Promise forever
I don’t need to probe it

It’s tilting
Please turn back the time
Just drop it

No loneliness, no longing.
It’s hard to avoid.
I’m here. Don’t be afraid.

You won’t lie
You will shine bright
I can see the ending.

Same day same time, I’ll be there.
So why don’t you stay please don’t go away

I will stay by your side even when the dark night falls
When I reach your dream, I feel a sense of disappearance

You found love
You’ve got love

I’ll walk endlessly.
around you
I will be back

source: lyricstranslate.com

3.  “Gravity” by Kim Jong Wan (NELL)

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The silent screams
Help me to breathe
In this place where no one answers

Your touch leads me
Above the waters
And I follow you as if I’m bewitched

In your eyes
We’re facing our destiny
A big pull that can’t be denied
Gravity

Dark nights
Filled with long sighs
In my mixed up time

Your voice wraps around my dry heart
So I chase after you as if I’m drunk

In your eyes
We’re facing our destiny
A big pull that can’t be denied
Gravity

Can you feel me?
I’m spreading into you
Thickly colored by you

In your eyes
We’re facing our destiny
A big pull that can’t be denied

We’ve come close to the tip of the universe
A big pull that can’t be denied
Gravity

source:  ilyricsbuzz.com

4. “Maze” by Yong Zoo

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Lonely wind blue rain falls
standing alone
Light that I chased is you

Faraway blurring
longing to belong
Sailing through surging billows

Wondering how can I
touch your time
On my way to destiny

When I am facing reality
Don’t to be walking alone
I want to know how long
it will takes get there
Anyone can’t make me fall

Though I am go astray
in deepest maze
I’m the one who make it real
Ah how can I touch your time
On my way to destiny
Ah where are you in the end
Will this maze guide me to you

Though I am go astray
in deepest maze
I’m the one who make it real
Lonely wind blue rain falls
waiting someone
Light that I chased is you

source: metrolyrics.com

5. “I Fall in Love” by Ha Sung Woon

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Love like a miracle has come to me
Because of this love that I’ve waited for
I can’t fall asleep

When I open my eyes in the morning
where the sunlight shines on me
I think of you

Part my trembling lips and call you
Again, my heart starts beating without me knowing
I’ll approach slowly because I want to see you every day

But just in case it becomes overbearing
Since the moment I saw you for the first time
I’m dreaming of tomorrow that we will love

Love like a miracle has come to me
Because of this love that I’ve waited for
I can’t fall asleep

Every day, every time
My love is you
You are my core
I’ve fallen in love with you
Before I know it, my day
My day is spent thinking about you

I want to be by your side forever
I take one step closer to you and just look at you
Again, my heart starts beating without me knowing

I’ll become your umbrella because I want to protect you
But just in case it becomes overbearing
Since the moment I saw you for the first time
I’m dreaming of tomorrow that we will love

Love like a miracle has come to me
Because of this love that I’ve waited for
I can’t fall asleep

Every day, every time
My love is you
You are my core
I fall in love with you

Today, definitely to you
I will confess
One and only
My love

Love like a miracle has come to me
Because of this love that I’ve waited for I can’t fall asleep
Every day, every time
My love is you
You are my core I fall in love with you

Credits to: KosmoSub@ZF

source: http://lyricskpop.net

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6. “Please Don’t Cry” by Davichi

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Even when my heart feels as if it’s empty
And it aches from the cold wind
Somewhere not far away
I am there speaking of love without a sound
So don’t be too sad

Please don’t cry
Don’t collapse even if the darkness finds you
Your tears hurt me

Please don’t cry
After time passes
When the right moment comes, I’ll go back to you Please don’t cry

My time after leaving you
Just flowed away meaninglessly
If I could go back to you even a day sooner
I would do anything

Please don’t cry
Don’t collapse even if the darkness finds you
Your tears hurt me
Please don’t cry

After time passes
When the right moment comes, I’ll go back to you

It’s just for a while

It will be hard just for a while little bit, please wait for, just a little bit
Whenever I think about you who’s more precious than me
I wanna see you so bad, it drives me crazy

Please don’t cry
Don’t cry my love
I will not leave you alone ever again
Please don’t cry get in my embrace

The one and only in this world
My love
Please don’t cry now

Credits to: KosmoSub@ZF

Source: lyricskpop.net/lyrics/davichi-please-dont-cry-english

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7. “You Can’t Stop It From Blooming” by Sunwoo Jung A

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Who knows what I feel?
Flowers bloom on their own

Even if without no sunlight
The wild flowers bloom through the cold bricks
How can I you stop my mind?
Is it my fault that I bloomed without anything going wrong?

If you wait, I wouldn’t hurt at all
I’d be happy to come with you for a moment
Your heart which doesn’t say anything
Are you a wild flower like me?

The heart that bloomed without a master
There’s nowhere to put it
Even with the tears of the night
Green sprouts are growing today

How can I you stop my mind?
Is it my fault that I bloomed without anything going wrong?
If you wait, I wouldn’t hurt at all
I’d be happy to come with you for a moment

Your heart that doesn’t say anything
Are you a wild flower like me?
At night when I count you
You can cross the sea far away

But I ended up in a cold wall
It’ll wither in vain
Your heart which doesn’t say anything
Are you a wild flower like me?

Who knows what I feel?
Flowers bloom on their own

source: genius.com

 

8. “Dream” by Paul Kim

 

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You are my dream
You are my love
Because you’re the one who told me about love
Follow your time
Follow my heart
On a blinding day
You’re still here
I love you
I love you
Meeting you
It’s all you after that time
My heart is full
A flying you
You are my dream
You are my love
Your warmth
May I be there to stay
’til the end
You are my dream
You are my life
My days in black and white
I’m gonna paint your color

source: https://kgasa.com/paul-kim-dream/

 

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11. “My Love” by Gummy

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It doesn’t go as I wish
My heart is just watching my love
Who is far away
It’s not a fate that will just pass by for a while
I promise I will stay by your side like this
My love colored by you, who were dreamlike
I place it deep in my heart and remember you.

The precious wait that fell soundlessly
I will remain in you and stand by you.

Desperate wishes,
Our memories,
Engraving them deep in my heart
I love you.

The precious wait that fell soundlessly
I will remain in you and stand by you.
I will protect you.

So that just like you and my destiny
Our deep love can last forever

My love colored by you, who were dreamlike,
I place it deep in my heart and remember you.

The precious wait that fell soundlessly I’ll stand by you,
we’ll be together forever

Credits to: KosmoSub@ZF…
source: http://lyricskpop.net

30 Comments On “The King: Eternal Monarch: List of OSTs”

  1. @packmule3 Thank you so much for this post🙏🙏🙏 There’s some3very nostalgic about the OSTs that I really like.
    I’m kind of having this sad premonition creeping into my bones again hearing the lyrics of that OST 1:
    “Even if we can’t last forever…
    Even if we say goodbye”…

    Noooo..please😭😭
    **where are those tissue emoticons when I want them**😢😢

  2. **there’s something very nostalgic

    I especially like that Maze song. I found it was there like a background music in some episodes too…lurical in a sad kind of way..

  3. Thank you for this post. I cannot speak Korean , so your every post is really helping me to understand not only the drama , but the culture which I am really interested in now.I enjoy your blog very much.

    Every song here is sad. They made me start to worry the reason that LG is eternal is because he got himself stuck in his time travel.

  4. Just so you know, I’m not Korean. My perspective is very much that of an obnoxious, loud-mouth/foul-mouth, sarcastic, ignoramus American. So please take what I say with a grain of salt.

    As for songs, yes I agree. I didn’t analyze the songs here, like I do with the other drama in watching, Hospital Playlist, but yes, the OSTs do seem like he’s STUCK in time where he’s constantly repeating history. As I said in my First Impressions, that’s the reason he’s the ETERNAL king. He’s not immortal but he’s STUCK in a time loop.

    I don’t know if you’re old enough to know what a phonograph is. It came before iPods and even Walkmans.

    When the vinyl record is scratched or damaged, then the phonograph needle gets stuck at the same place and repeats the track over and over again. It skips back to its original place and plays back the line of the song again and again.

    You just have to manually pick up the needle and place it on the vinyl record again PAST the damaged track for the music to continue.

    And THAT is what I think LG has to do. Since he’s stuck, he’ll have to “unstuck” his metaphorical needle in order to continue a life with TaeEul. He needs to JUMP over that break in the track that makes him repeat history. And TaeEul is his key.

  5. Growing Beautifully (GB)

    Thanks @pkml3 for taking the trouble to find and copy over the lyrics. I may put them on my thumbdrive to listen to as I drive when I finally get to go out on my own again.

  6. Maze is my favorite. Thank you for the lyrics.

  7. I am Taiwanese in my 50s. So, yes, I know what a phonograph is and I am enlightened by your description and the solution which could be.

    I also found out that TaeEul can be written as 太乙 in Hanja. Again I do not speak Korean, but 太乙 has several meanings both in Japanese and Mandarin. It could be pole star, Taiji, or the beginning of the world.

    I love the idea that TaeEul is his key. You made my day.

  8. Hwasa song is the best of the lot. I liked it once I heard.
    I think they should have used it better in the earlier episodes to create some style and cool vibes.
    Some of the others are quite boring choices

  9. so far Davichi’s song is the best OSTs among 5 others for me. I’m a ballad trash yay!! and the lyrics didn’t help me to escape from my sorrow hopes for the ending of this drama. only my Great Lady KES who can help me tbh.

  10. I am loving Davichi’s Please Don’t Cry especially because of that last scene in episode 6.

    The lyrics itself is a total reflection of how LG and TE feels whenever they are in their own world. 😢

  11. How do you know I updated it?

  12. I didn’t know you updated it. I haven’t read this post totally till now. 🙂 Besides, you know me and my OST. I HAVE to comment on it. LOL! Also, I only heard of the song after watching episode 6 fully again yesterday, so lucky me. 🙂

  13. I thought you get news whenever I update things. lol.
    I already purchased it on Itunes.

    Yes, I think it matched them…and the good news is, it talks about a “temporary” separation.

    So…hey, I think we’re going to have a happy ending.

  14. “So…hey, I think we’re going to have a happy ending.”

    🙌🏻 Yey to happy ending! ☺️

    Yeah, it said it’s just for a while. The music itself gives you hope and encouragement that they will get together one day so don’t be too sad and don’t cry. 😍

    I don’t get any email when you update a post on the blog. But maybe it’s only me? I’m not sure.

  15. Growing Beautifully (GB)

    Hi @agdr03 Glad to read that the OST gives us hope. I can take a sad ending, but of course I prefer a happy one!!! Yes, as it’s a kdrama of lovers in different worlds, there’s bound to be a separation (or 2!)

    No, I don’t believe we get any notice when the blog is updated. Only when one of us comments, as long as we checked the boxes on “Notify me …” below.

    I’ve now got to pay attention to the OSTs and the lyrics. Have been rushing through without giving them due attention! Seems there are clues in EVERYthing. 😝 LOL.

  16. Hi @GB 😘

    My love for OST only comes when the song hits me 😉 it’s the music first then the lyrics. But I feel most of the time a drama always gives you that one song that will always stick with you. ☺️

    I know right? Not only do we pay attention to the drama but the music has bearing too. Though sometimes it can be a hit or miss too. 😂 So true! Everything has clues. 😆

  17. Yaayyyy to happy ending!!!🙌🙌
    Hope is always welcome😊😊
    Even if there’s a 50% chance, I’ll keep watching🤞🤞🤞

  18. I’m with you @Phoenix all the way! 🙌🏻🙌🏻😉

  19. High five, girlfriend!🙌🙌👭👭
    It’s so much fun collectively watching this drama and sharing experiences and theories here😁😁
    I hope it continues to interest @packmule3 too..then we will all be in this journey together till the end!!🤝🤝🤝

  20. Definitely much better with everyone’s interpretations and different views. 😊

    Yes, I do hope that @pm3 will stay with us all the way to the end. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 What can we bribe her if ever though? 🤔

  21. With Min-grin Martinis..lol🍸🍸🍸🍸..and lots of choco chip cookies🍪🍪🍪🍪

  22. I guess people who rave about the drama will also be raving about the songs. The funny part is that if they were to listen to these songs with no other context than their musical interest, they would not pay attention to them.

    To summarize what the songs are about, I’ve set up two musical sequences, a short passage of about 10 seconds:
    – OST 1 The King Eternal Monarch.
    https://youtu.be/rQX3CzUyu58?t=14
    – OST Hotel Del Luna.
    https://youtu.be/hD78j-AliGM?t=27

    We can notice on this passage the same harmonic grid and a very close melody.
    I sincerely love this song by Hotel Del Luna. I find it good even disconnected from the drama, just listen to it on my mp3 player. This is not the case for TKEM’s OST.

    Another example. Covering the intro and the first verse.
    – OST 4 The King Eternal Monarch.
    https://youtu.be/jSE9TObi4rk?t=5
    – OST Dong Yi.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMSmn4CinA
    Almost identical harmonic grid (once transposed). The final chord on Dong Yi is different and helps to make the song more pleasant, with the little piano riff. Again, the musical quality of this song is good enough for me to enjoy listening to it for itself, whereas the TKEM song doesn’t do anything for me.

    – OST 2 The King Eternal Monarch.
    The intro is good. 4 chords with an interesting sound and rhythm. Too bad the rest of the song is this noisy mess.

    – OST 3 The King Eternal Monarch.
    Quite a similar intro, with a very good guitar sound. With a harmonic grid with potential, unfortunately spoiled by a melody with a completely unspecified vocal.

    – OST 6 The King Eternal Monarch.
    By forcing myself a bit, it’s my favourite, because of the chorus. It goes very well in the drama to reinforce a scene.

    – OST 5 The King Eternal Monarch.
    What I classify as “optimistic songs” (good feeling). Songs of this type also tend to be copied on top of each other. Nevertheless, they are my favorites because composers often manage to wedge in a few freshly original passages. Listening to this kind of song in the morning is just the right thing to start the day.
    Here, the verse of “I Fall in Love” is nice. Too bad the chorus is disappointing. So this will be my second favorite song of this OST, hopefully other songs will appear.

    A few examples of this kind of song, successful on almost every level (intro, verse, bridge, chorus). It’s a bit off topic, but it can be very good for your mood. 😉
    – Stay By My Side (Hello Miss OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv8RaE2l_Z8
    – Because Of You (Introverted Boss OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqjQQzeAdls
    – Do You Know Me (I Am Not a Robot OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S97Qryt1kfY
    – I’ll Tell You (While You Were Sleeping OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zgTSe7EldA
    – Appear (Secret Garden OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDPfdXGL-k
    – Why Did You Come Now (I Hear Your Voice OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v0rQ0A3Ukk
    – Happy Ending (Rooftop Prince OST)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNq57P68ZrA
    – Pit A Pat (Strong Woman Do Bong Soon OST)

  23. Growing Beautifully (GB)

    What a wonderful bribe @Phoenix! and do not forget the Manly Mojitos 🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹 and I’ll even add more snacks and sweets! 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩 🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭 🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨🍨

  24. @Phoenix and @GB, Wow! She’ll be sweet drunk after those drinks with the sweets. 😂

    I might give her some hangover 🍲 🍲 🍲 and coffee ☕️ ☕️☕️ so she’ll be able to come back with us. 😂

    What a mixture! 😜

  25. Growing Beautifully (GB)

    Thank you for expounding on the OSTs @Wenchanteur. I felt that there was something too similar in a couple of them, so that I could not tell them apart. I prefer music that is distinctive with a riff that I can easily remember.

    Some of the OSTs 🎼 you mention are also ones that I used to listen to over and over again.

  26. Growing Beautifully (GB)

    Great thinking @agdr03! We rely on you to keep our trusty truth whisperer on an even keel. We need those brains to keep coming up with huge deductive leaps that totally make sense. 😁 😂

  27. “We need those brains to keep coming up with huge deductive leaps that totally make sense.”

    Hear! Hear! 🙌🏻 😉 She’s probably reading this now. 😂

  28. Thanks to @packmule3, I’m now able to listen to my other favorite “Gravity” now. “Please don’t cry” is kind of okay, though I like “Maze” and “Gravity” better. Listening to “Gravity” on a loop now while working 😛

  29. The record of the background music has not yet been released, but on youtube, pianists do a remarkable job in replicating and playing the music.

    So, here is this fabulous piano piece Main Theme/Only You/If Only :
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb44aX4ZDHc
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9me8tMCgo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQZnIUkhjRY

    I post several versions because the pianist’s interpretation changes a lot from one version to another.
    This theme is played at the beginning of certain sentimental scenes.

    It is also played in symphonic version during some cliffhangers.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71KCLUm264M

    Sorry to be pessimistic, but I’m 90% sure this theme will make you cry a lot by the time the drama ends. ^^

  30. does anyone know the song that played when Tae Eul was sitting in the coffee shop waiting for SinJae? I think it was aroung 16:50…

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