Disclaimer: These are just my personal thoughts and opinions. I do not claim in any way that my analysis aligns with or equates to T.O.P’s intentions and thought processes…having said that, as an ardent GTOP truther who will absolutely sink with this ship, it is impossible for me to deconstruct or comment on the track without using a GTOP lens. If that ain’t your cup of tea, simply do not click and be on your merry way. Are you ready/ready/ready for another extremely long one? As "BE SOLID" is the final track on Another Dimension, I do comment on literally all the things and then some. I briefly alluded to “BE SOLID” in my ADHD song analysis and will be including the exact commentary here, just extended and more fully developed.
"BE SOLID" Analysis I swear, his beauty.
[Preface] Please allow me to present the “BE SOLID” mood board I created while working on this analysis. When I tell you that this track has become my absolute favorite on this album…there’s so much to say, and yet so much that words alone cannot capture. As someone who experiences visual imagery heavily when listening to music, I felt so compelled to gather the following like puzzle pieces as I listened.
[All images found on Pinterest and credited to the original creators]
[Intro Dissection]
Boo-boo-boo Boo-boo-boo-boo Boo-boo-boo (I swear, my beauty) Boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boo
Aurally, there is a LOT going on in this intro (actually, this entire song…you MUST pay attention to the tiniest of details)…so bear with me, as I attempt to put the pieces together. The track opens up with a recurring three-beat pattern…which honestly puzzled me at first. It isn’t quite the tick-tock of a clock or a metronome, but it also isn’t the ba-dum of a heartbeat. It was only after streaming the song pretty much nonstop for a whole week that I had that eureka moment and now I think I do understand what it’s meant to be.
This three-beat pattern employs a stressed-unstressed-unstressed dactyl pattern…when hearing it repeatedly, you cannot unhear the distinct ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three ¾ time signature…in other words, a waltz! Why is this important? I’ll give you ttthree reasons (yes, I will beat the number 3 into your head throughout this breakdown, like our beloved T.O.P):
As an intertextual reader/listener, I can’t analyze the song in isolation because to experience Another Dimension is to know that Choi Seunghyun is an extremely well-read artist who deeply appreciates storytelling through every possible visual medium. We know that Stanley Kubrick is a huge influence on T.O.P’s work (recall "ADHD" and the “Studio 54” m/v)...and so when it finally clicked that the track is essentially a waltz, I immediately thought of this iconic scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey set to the iconic “The Blue Danube” waltz by Johann Strauss II. Considering the album’s use of epic conventions and the water motif that flows through this particular track (there’s water, water everywhere here, but the Rime of the Ancient Mariner is woven throughout AD), I believe T.O.P is hoping that we make the thematic connection here to set the stage for the rest of the song.
The three-beat pattern also stresses the significance of the number 3, which symbolizes perfection, completion, and harmony…all of which T.O.P yearns for desperately and can only be realized through his own “death” and resurrection. I mentioned the number symbolism briefly in my "ADHD" analysis, but we see this number being emphasized again heavily in this intro, beginning with this waltz beat. On a side note, I think it’s interesting that the track runs for 3 minutes and 30 seconds…why not 3:33? (This is true for all the tracks on AD) This seems intentional, and perhaps T.O.P, a self-proclaimed perfectionist, is recognizing that we can never truly reach perfection but can only continuously strive for it...an indication that his story/dance of life is still in motion.
Finally, if the waltz is a romantic dance literally known for its sensual “rise and fall” wave-like (water!) motion, this strongly suggests that the song is meant to spotlight two intimate partners who share a strong attraction for each other and have experienced the “rise and fall” nature of a complex relationship that brims with tension. In my opinion then, “BE SOLID” at its core is a deeply poetic love letter (think Beethoven and his Immortal Beloved) to two individuals who take on the role of said dance partner: 1) Choi Seunghyun and 2) Kwon Jiyong…but we’ll come back to this vital point later.
Okay, that was just the first 3 seconds of the song…but every choice made here is so intentional and points to T.O.P’s painstaking love and care for his music.
At the 4-second mark, the heavy tolling of what sounds like church bells layer in somberly, again in a 3-strike pattern. This emphasis on 3 is further underscored by a singular piano note that echoes this 3-strike pattern, but much brighter in tone.
If we consider all that we experienced in the Odyssey-esque narrative that is Another Dimension, it only feels fitting that he begins the last track on the album, with a final nod to another common epic convention: the funeral and burial of a most worthy, larger-than-life (a giant if you will) hero figure. The ringing bells we hear in the intro, then, are a death knell, solidifying his goodbye to the old T.O.P.
But if there is death, there is also life as the two are inextricable and exist simultaneously (which is exactly why he stacks the bells and piano notes on top of each other). And, to me, the repeating notes here in the intro sound like the sprinkle of light rainfall...in other words, these soothing notes are resounding T.O.P’s healing, cleansing, metamorphosis, and rebirth. It is the first depiction of the water motif that he spreads all over this track and it continues in the “boo-boo-boo” lines.
So what to make of the “boo-boo-boo” lines…??? Even after a thousand+ listens, I’m not sure that I quite nailed the interpretation, but here’s my take on them.
I mentioned earlier that I think of “BE SOLID” as a love letter, first and foremost to himself: Choi Seunghyun. And while this track is technically “the end” of AD (oh, we’ll come back to this phrase later), it actually feels more like a scene intentionally extracted from the album’s narrative timeline, as if it exists somewhere parallel to "ADHD" (landing back home) and before "STENDHAL SYNDROME" (re-entry into domestic life). It is a moment of quiet desperation and deep introspection. In my mind’s eye, our Desperado/Moon Man, who had been frozen in the “still life” of exile for so long, is peering out the window of his spaceship not only taking in the sublime beauty and grandeur of space and the comfort this has brought him but also navigating every inundating thought/emotion that is coming to light under the bright sun (loneliness, anticipation, his own mortality, and a renewed sense of self) as he is pulled closer to home.
The hyphenated “boo-boo-boo” when spoken in rapid succession sounds sort of like “boop boop boop” or the retro spacey beeps you might hear on a spaceship control panel…sounds that signal his journey home. But I’m going to bring back the water motif here and argue that the onomatopoeic “boo-boo-boo”s should actually be heard as the sound of water droplets hitting T.O.P’s spaceship as he re-enters the earth’s rainy atmosphere and/or the sound of his own free-falling tears hitting the solid earth, pointing to the force of gravity that once again exists in his life. Upon hearing this intro over and over again while analyzing the lyrics, I could not help but think of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14, better known to the world as “Moonlight Sonata." The 1st movement of this piece features the instantly recognizable ostinato triplets (DA-da-da/DA-da-da/DA-da-da...again that stressed-unstressed-unstressed pattern) that flow continuously like rain droplets (but we will be exploring this at length when we get to the verse).
These water droplets represent cathartic cleansing and renewal, and this being reflective water, like a mirror (“Purely surreal, froze in front of the mirror”), he is finally again recognizing his self-worth and beauty in another poignant fit of Stendhal Syndrome: “I swear, my beauty.” In this first interpretation, I hear the “I swear” not as an oath or promise but more like an interjection of pure disbelief. He is at last clean from the suffocating shit that was covering and stifling him and it’s like he can’t believe just how beautiful he is. This is him meeting himself face to face, literally romancing his purest, truest form, and thus begins his waltz of self-love and self-acceptance.
🚨 GTOP SIGNAL: But here’s my GTOP read of the “boo-boo-boo” lines. It feels silly to share these considering the gravity of the song (or maybe not…because it’s a “gravity you can't resist”) but here are the 3 places my brain went to first when listening to these lines:
Boo…as in beau…as in his special someone, his babygirl “lady” Jiyong…I mean…
Boo…as in boo boo…as in the continuation of the sick/healing, disease/cure motif that we see featured notably later in this song…but this still feels slightly out of place?
Boo…as in 부부…the korean word “부부” is read aloud exactly like “boo boo” and translates to “married couple” in English…(so then…can we also read the opening bells as wedding bells?)
The third interpretation isn’t that absurd. In fact, if the upbeat "STENDHAL SYNDROME" (previous track) illustrates the blissfully explosive, domestic aftermath of his homecoming (“Turn around, turn around, back home”; "Knock, knock, pow, pow, pow, ah/Ya, Good morning lady, you woke up with my killer taste /The coffee's pretty deep, truffle over egg benedict”) then the quieter, melodic “BE SOLID” is Seunghyun’s vow to wholly and solidly reciprocate the love and affection that Jiyong has shown and continues to show him as his life partner. So to that end, it makes absolute sense to play on the word “boo boo” (“married couple”)...right?
But yeah, all of the above didn’t feel 100% quite right and after playing the track for the umpteenth time, I came to the conclusion that “boo-boo-boo” in this context is still meant to be read phonetically as “boop boop boop” …as in the most affectionate love taps between two lovebirds. As I was drinking my morning coffee one day with this track playing on repeat, my brain decided to render a full-on domestic scene inspired by this very line (and the previous track).
Allow me for a moment to indulge you in word-vomit-disguised-as-a-drabble titled “STILL LIFE (2026)”:
Most mornings, even Seunghyun’s playful yet tender “boo-boo-boo” love taps can’t stir Jiyong from dead sleep. But on rare occasions, in the wee still hours just before daybreak, the mundane "boo-boo-boo" drip of freshly brewed fuel will echo from the kitchen, a percolating signal demanding his love's arousal. Today is one of those days, and the irresistible sensation of familiar sounds and scents overwhelms Jiyong, drawing him into fluttery wakefulness. He shuffles to a dimly lit balcony. When his eyes finally open: coffee and truffled eggs for two. They sit in sacred silence, hands clasped together, as the sun rises.
Okay, it’s been years since I’ve attempted any form of fiction, so…let’s just move on lmao. But my goal was to illustrate the overall essence I think T.O.P was trying to capture with this overtly sweet and gentle “boo-boo-boo” line. And in this interpretation, “I swear, my beauty” is absolutely a wedding vow to the love of his life: he plans on being someone that Jiyong can lean and rely on…someone who is now unafraid to shout out their love from the TOPSPOT of this metaphorical mountain he’s finally reached.
Back to the three-beat pattern for a moment before finally moving onto the chorus. I do believe this three-beat pattern is meant to mimic or at least evoke the rhythmic sound of a clock. The intro of this song is so reminiscent of “Time” by Pink Floyd and T.O.P (who is a huge fan of Pink Floyd) echoes its famous clock intro to mark the resuming of time. If T.O.P was once frozen in time and space, stuck in a time capsule so to speak, here is his clock of life ticking once more, again stressing the never-ending waltz between life and death.
[Chorus Dissection]
Become a wasteland after the storm, I scream until my throat chokes Why, take away the darkness even just a little, my mental sometimes errors, goddamn I want to become someone warm and comforting I want to write poems for you every day I'm just sad, rain flows from my eyes I want to become a better person I want to become someone warm and comforting I want to write poems for you every day I'm just sad, rain flows from my eyes I want to become, I wanna be more solid, solid, solid More warm and cozy, solid, solid, solid Wanna be more solid, wanna be more solid (Yeah)
The voice of a dampened and distorted T.O.P drifts in (“Become a wasteland after the storm…”), which becomes clearer and more solidified by the end of the second line (“...goddamn”). The audio here is so intentionally engineered to depict the journey of healing metamorphosis found in the lines themselves, which allude to (imo) both T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land,” and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. See below for a couple of absolutely relevant snippets from both texts for your consideration:
“The Wasteland” begins with this epigraph (translation below):
"For I myself once saw with my own eyes the Sibyl hanging in a cage [or jar] at Cumae, and when the boys said to her, ‘Sibyl, what do you want?’ she answered, ‘I want to die.’" It then continues immediately with the following lines: I. The Burial of the Dead April is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.
Excerpts from The Tempest:
We all were sea-swallow'd, though some cast again, And by that destiny to perform an act Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come In yours and my discharge.
Those are pearls that were his eyes:Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong. Hark! now I hear them,—ding-dong, bell.
The way he weaves in Eliot (“wasteland”) and Shakespeare (“storm”) and alludes to “Still Life” (“April is the cruellest month”) all in the first two lines??? I won’t go into breaking down the excerpts above, BUT there’s a couple things worth mentioning here.
T.O.P’s extended metaphor of a transformative voyage is fully realized here and reflected through the water imagery that overflows in this chorus in 3(!!!) distinct ways:
1) T.O.P’s tempestuous journey of death and rebirth throughout the album is heavily metaphorized as the space voyage of an exiled Desperado, but here in “BE SOLID,” he aptly and deliberately helms a ship at sea, as his means of returning to solid earth. The sound engineering of the first two lines depict T.O.P’s ship navigating through post-storm mist and fog, finally materializing as its approaches the shore. This has to be a direct reference back to the “Still Life” music video, which begins with a freaking big ass ship that literally cues T.O.P’s final creative endeavor with BIGBANG…but if you look at T.O.P’s verse in “Still Life,” you’ll see that this ship was always meant to return to home, sweet home:
Boy looking over at the sky Doing well throughout the four seasons (Good-bye) Those who left and those who came The world above our head I'm leaving inspiration's Amazon Burying all the trauma from past nights A round-trip ship running, risking its life to start anew I'm going to change more than before A good person more and more A better person more and more With the morning dew, burying my anger in the past (I miss you, I miss you) For life, do it away, away, away(I miss you, I miss you)
The “For life, do it away, away, away” particularly gets me, because he’s saying “in order to live” (for life), he must let go and bury his former self (do it away, away, away ← again note that the word “away” is repeated 3x, similar to how he repeats “This planet / “Forget” 3x in ADHD). But “morning dew” will restore and heal him and complete his transformation.
2) Furthermore, he uses water to illustrate the physical transformation from a state of matter that has no fixed shape (liquid) to a solid and whole state of matter. The recurring idea of an incomplete, ghostly, or fragmented self shows itself again here…but water, symbolizing both life and purity, is the final element (of the four classical elements: fire, earth, air, and water…all of which feature in AD) to solidify T.O.P’s transformation and rebirth. He also cleverly plays on the Korean word “비” which translates to “rain” in english…but is pronounced like the word “be.” So he is literally verbalizing the transformation into a solid shape that must come from liquid form. I could honestly go on as to why the word “solid” in particular has so much weight in this album, but that commentary feels more fitting for a “FOR FANS” deep dive…
3) Finally, T.O.P alludes to Shakespeare’s “sea change” in The Tempest, which again signifies his own profound transformation, both physical and supernatural. He was once a ghost, a shadow of his former self…but he’s become whole again and has reached a giant new superman/Übermensch divine level. With these higher powers, he’s taking on a Prospero-esque spellcaster role (protagonist of the play), where the very words or incantations that he utters become powerful manifestations. Words are literally magic, right? This article by Medium actually puts perfectly into words all that I want to say about the 8 lines in the chorus that begin with “I” or “I’m”:
"Consider that words are of the supernatural sort, other-worldly, yet not; gifted to us by some divine spirit, maybe; ever-changing, not ours, simply floating in us and around us, shaping our world and each other, but still shaped by our own innate, internal passions and energy...
...Our acceptance and understanding are not bound by logic, but by emotion. We believe in words, we breathe life into them, we cast them into the world and they thrive.
In fact, the word ‘spell’ — to spell a word — actually influenced the idea of casting a spell — to use magic to influence others...The root ‘spellam’ originally meant ‘story, saying, tale, history, narrative, fable’ and then the term ‘spell’ started to take on the meaning of a charm or magical incantation in the Middle Ages.”
I want to become someone warm and comforting I want to write poems for you every day I'm just sad, rain flows from my eyes I want to become a better person I want to become someone warm and comforting I want to write poems for you every day I'm just sad, rain flows from my eyes I want to become, I wanna be more solid, solid, solid
These consecutive 8 lines in the chorus (here, “8” doubles as an obvious reference to his 2nd waltz partner, Jiyong, and also as a symbol of infinite flow, balance, and regeneration) read like manifestation spells…Considering how the track so intentionally and ritualistically draws on numerology, it’s like Tabi-commanding each line powerfully with the 1st-person "I"-is conjuring the purest/most human form of himself but that 8-line spell-even as he repeats the word "solid" 3 times-is ineffectual without the healing element of water ("rain flows from my eyes").
The last two lines of the chorus ("More warm and cozy, solid, solid, solid/Wanna be more solid, wanna be more solid") continue to reveal heat taking form and suggest the need for physical embrace...which brings us to the...
[Verse Dissection]
Unknown confidence, I shout again into the empty air Writing a new scene again (All over) Matching with you Now instead of pain There's shining moonlight, moonlight My stable path, you are my vaccine, vaccine, vaccine Wherever you want to go Na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na, I will go with you, "Be solid"
🚨 GTOP SIGNAL: OKAY, THIS FUCKING STUNNER OF A VERSE. There is so much to unpack here, but I’m going to spotlight 3(!!!) distinct GTOP trails:
1) A literal MOONY WALTZ between lovers: Though he plants the idea of the waltz in the intro and continuously builds on this leitmotif, it is in this verse that T.O.P directs his own romantic scene of two intimate partners who desperately yearn to be reunited. This anticipated homecoming to each other is expressed through a fantasy waltz. We see lines that suggest movement ("stable path"; "wherever you want to go...I will go with you"), which is further underscored by an undulating bassline and the ever-present three-beat pattern. I specifically use the word “fantasy” above for two reasons:
Earlier, I mentioned that I personally think that the storytelling in “BE SOLID” runs parallel to "ADHD" and occurs before “STENDHAL SYNDROME” in AD’s narrative timeline. This means that while T.O.P, moving into the solid form that is Choi Seunghyun, can hear his lover/partner gesture to him, he is not yet able to have a free-flowing conversation; he returns his lover's call but it echoes only in "empty air." So this entire waltz scene is replaying (ebbing/flowing) in Seunghyun's own head.
To build on the above, I 1000% think that the verse is referencing the 1st movement in Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," which was originally titled "Sonata quasi una fantasia" -> "Sonata in the manner of a fantasy." In 1824, music critic Ludwig Rellstab wrote the following in an illustration of the 1st movement:
Honestly, isn't this a perfect visual imagery of T.O.P's verse? In fact, Rellstab's comparison of the piece to shimmering moonlight popularized the unofficial title "Moonlight Sonata" and the rest is history...still, not everyone was happy with this nickname. See below:
To bring this tangent back to my take on this "fantasy waltz"...I want to point out that the critique above importantly underscores the duality of T.O.P's "moonlight" reference. The overall tone and mood of "BE SOLID" remains quite melancholic throughout (because as made clear in the intro, this track = old T.O.P's funeral/burial), like "Moonlight Sonata," but the very fact that T.O.P repeats the word exactly twice in line 5 ("shining moonlight, moonlight" -> mirror effect) reveals that the track is still meant to be read romantically...a beautiful, inspiring moment of mental reverie/escapism in the midst of anxious gloom. This leads us directly to G-Dragon's "DRAMA" m/v in which we glimpse intimate moments between Kwon Jiyong and an intimate dance partner whose face is veiled (and on this very related note, did you know that the waltz was originally called the "forbidden dance" because of its "close, revolving embrace"???):
Here is the flipped mirrored dance of "BE SOLID," showing "the end" of a once-tumultuous relationship...I will not be dissecting the GTOP treasure trove that is "DRAMA"...for a full breakdown, I beg you to please read @boptothetttop's analysis...it's absolute perfection.
But here in "BE SOLID," the ending waltz that Choi Seunghyun presents is in reality the beginning of a solid new chapter in their relationship. This is why I feel like "STENDHAL SYNDROME" is the actual final track/scene in the narrative of AD and "BE SOLID" is more like an epilogue track...or a post-credits scene if you will. 2) A sensual SERENADE of (forbidden) love: Speaking of "DRAMA"... so much more to say here in this 2nd GTOP thread. Our lover boys are practically begging us to take note that this verse is Seunghyun's direct response to GD's first verse in "DRAMA" in the form of a love letter. I mean, yeah we have eyes...
GD's 1st verse in "DRAMA":
When every scene's rolling in good Why you acting like it's so bad? There is nothing left to see right So I'd paint all over this pain full of black Seems like you like to start an argument Win or lose, just for the hell of it
T.O.P's verse in "BE SOLID":
Unknown confidence, I shout again into the empty air Writing a new scene again (All over) Matching with you Now instead of pain There's shining moonlight, moonlight My stable path, you are my vaccine, vaccine, vaccine Wherever you want to go Na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na, I will go with you, "Be solid"
Seunghyun illustrates the timeless trope of forbidden love that haunts/veils his relationship with Jiyong...in which music (their /"our"/ music) becomes the only safe, comforting, and cathartic language between them. As creative partners of this beautiful mirroring music, they can continue to paint/write "new scenes" with which to serenade each other and affirm their love. The 8-line verse begins with Jiyong (again T.O.P's voice deliberately manipulated and the two lines themselves deliberately italicized to suggest another individual) singing to his other half in the first two lines...the first of these lines ending notably with a most tender moan. This explicit vocalization of arousal and our lovers' callback lyrics tell us that GTOP is indeed alive and well and that all the past "pain-full of black" has now been painted "all over" in bright colors of renewed love.
Also, I don't know if I'm reaching here, but the way that line two of this verse is delivered...almost feels like Nurse Jiyong (explained below) is bending the phrase "all over" to also sound like "a lover" or "I love her"...y'all, thoughts? We will to come back to this core phrase "all over" later but...yeah, am I crazy here???
Okay, pause: I do note at the very beginning of this brain dump that this song is a love letter to both himself and to Jiyong...so on the Seunghyun end, I think the moan is still meant to signal arousal...his own personal awakening as an artist.
Anyway, we move into the 3rd line-"matching with you"-and the two voices now most beautifully stack on TOP of each other. Their voices, now singing in unison, symbolize the consummation of these vows to each other...and they engage in the waltz of love-yes, we're absolutely talking about freaky-freaky fucking here-in the calm and peace of "empty air" as they journey to a higher destination ("wherever you want to go...I will go with you") in T.O.P's hot-air balloon.
Okay, did you catch the number of NAs yet? Again, 8. Here I just want to reiterate that the onomatopoeic word "Na" is also the Korean word for the subjective "I." It's not just T.O.P singing here (although the line was deliberately delivered in this sing-songy way because again, he's serenading his matching half!) and it's most definitely not a reference to T.O.P's alien partner-in-crime Nana (yes, we love her!). Essentially, he's addressing Jiyong in this line without naming him directly.
But again, when reading the NAs literally, it's also reborn T.O.P telling himself- using the 1st-person subjective "I"-to trust in his own creative process.
Finally, I want to note that T.O.P makes it a point to use quotation marks around the last two words in this verse-"Be solid." We don't see these punctuation marks around this core repeated phrase anywhere else...so why? I think it suggests that the definition of the phrase has changed here. Instead of it having to do with his own wholeness, reliability, or quality of self...it's the idea of being firmly united...the idea of 2 becoming 1. Consider how the one verse is sandwiched between an opening and closing chorus, an illustration of how these lovers are finally meeting each other in the middle...covered and protected in this sacred space by the vows of the chorus.
And again, in my personal interpretation, this fever-dream of a scene is all occurring in T.O.P's mind as his ship approaches warm earth. In this verse, heat is taking form and he's painting a moving picture of everything he vows to actualize once home.
3) Love as the ANTIDOTE ❤️+💙=💟: Speaking of fever dreams...this brings us to the final GTOP path(ology).
In my "Another Dimension Holy Dude!!!!!!!!!!" analysis, I mentioned how Kwon Jiyong assumes the nurse role in this album...and I supported said theory by referencing the infamous Millionaire Nurse painting by Richard Prince.
The sick/healing, disease/cure motif that runs throughout the album culminates on this track. Let's look at the verse one more time:
Unknown confidence, I shout again into the empty air Writing a new scene again (All over) Matching with you Now instead of pain There's shining moonlight, moonlight My stable path, you are my vaccine, vaccine, vaccine Wherever you want to go Na, na-na-na-na, na-na-na, I will go with you, "Be solid"
The healing that they've experienced as a couple shines brightly here in these lines. Society might label them "diseased" but Seunghyun brazenly confirms that he and Ji are indeed sick: LOVESICK! The lyrics are so tender here...the only "vaccine" for this ailment, of course, is each other. Love is indeed the most powerful antidote.
The only new comment I want to add here is to bring us back to that phrase "all over." As it is whispered by Nurse Jiyong himself in line 2, I see it as him reassuring Seunghyun that the wounds that have been giving him so much pain have closed...that the process of healing is all done. He's all good now.
[Pre-Chorus]
Boo-boo-boo (Yeah) Boo-boo-boo (Be solid) Boo-boo-boo-boo Boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boo
I don't really have anything to add to the pre-chorus here...so we're going straight to the final...
[Chorus + Outro Dissection]
Become a wasteland after the storm, I scream until my throat chokes Why, take away the tiny darkness, my mental sometimes errors, goddamn (Boo-boo-boo-boo) I want to become someone warm and comforting I want to write poems for you every day (Boo-boo-boo-boo) I'm just sad, rain flows from my eyes I want to become a better person (Boo-boo-boo-boo) I want to become someone warm and comforting I want to write poems for you every day I'm just sad, rain flows from my eyes I want to become, I wanna be more solid, solid, solid More warm and cozy, solid, solid, solid Wanna be more solid (Wanna be more solid)
Boo-boo-boo-boo (Spread it all over) Boo-boo-boo-boo Boo-boo-boo-boo Boo-boo-boo-boo-boo-boo
As we listen to the chorus a final time and allow the outro to wash over us, we can see how exquisitely T.O.P uses a circular narrative structure to solidify the thematic topics of healing and rebirth.
If the first track "Self-Crucifixion" kicked off with the noisy and nauseating stacks of others talking shit about him...here's Choi Seunghyun, Master T.O.P, resurrecting and stacking his own quietly powerful and healing self-manifestion spells.
And as the outro suggests, he swears to spread the beauty-of himself, his art, his love for Ji-all over going forward.
[Final Thoughts] “BE SOLID” is such a beautiful place to close out Another Dimension. The layers of yearning and mourning that encompass this track…sigh.
I'm so sorry if this was a total mess of a brain dump. My head and heart were being pulled in all directions, but I did my best to convey the thoughts that were floating around everywhere. If you made it all the way here, thanks for reading! (And please drop any insights you have on this song!!! I am beyond obsessed with this track.)
