Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: k-pop
Song Meaning of “Marginal Man” by Aseul
The lyrics of Marginal Man by Aseul tell a story of struggling to find one’s purpose in life. The narrator expresses their feelings of frustration, loneliness, and vulnerability, as they search for an identity in a world that seems to have excluded them from its structure.
The chorus speaks of feeling like a “marginal man,” unable to find a place in the world around them, while also feeling disdain for their surroundings. The narrator is surrounded by unacceptance and crippling isolation, a feeling of being different from those around them and struggling to fit in.
The singer-songwriter brings hope in the face of despair, singing of freedom and liberation as they accept this marginal man state, but also refusing to settle for simply existing in the world, instead dreaming of finding a place in the world to feel empowered by the identity they define for themselves outside of society’s boundaries.
The song speaks of acutely feeling the need for agency and purpose, but also finding strength in accepting the position of marginal man and being inspired by it to forge a way forward and find liberation.