Reader's Blog; EXO's "Baby Don't Cry"

"Baby don’t cry, tonight
When the dark night lit up
Baby don’t cry, tonight
Just treat it as if nothing happened
You will never be like foam
Don’t you know that
So baby don’t cry, cry
My love will protect you and never let go"

- This song always somehow manages to make me cry whenever I hear it. When I finally learned what EXO was saying in their lyrics, I couldn't help but be overcome with all these emotions. First of all,  this song is about the original Little Mermaid story, you know, the one where the mermaid and the prince didn't have a happily ever after. The mermaid was told by the sea witch to kill the prince in order to remain human forever, or else she'd turn into foam by sundown. The mermaid went, but was unable to kill the man she loved, so she turned into foam and died. In this song, EXO sings it from the perspective of the prince, telling the mermaid that he'll protect her by dying, so she wont turn into foam and die herself. It's the unfortunate tale of star crossed lovers who are unable to be with one another.