๋ถํ์ค translates to "uncertain" or "unclear". It's a word that captures a feeling of doubt or ambiguity, which is a common human experience.
In "Moonwalkin'", the artist sings, "๋์ ๋๋ต์ ์์ง ๋ถํ์ค" (Your answer is still uncertain). This highlights the emotional tension in the song, as the speaker is waiting for a clear response from someone important. It's a relatable word that adds depth to the song's narrative about navigating relationships and personal feelings.
Moonwalking is the right image for the spot this song is stuck in: the dance slides you across the floor while carrying you backwards, which is exactly where LNGSHOT are. "์๊ฐ์ ๊ณ์ tick-tockin'" (the clock keeps tick-tockin') while "์ฐ๋ฆฐ ์๋ง๋ ๊ณ์ moonwalkin'" (we're probably still moonwalkin'). He is not complaining, or not much. "๋ ์ด๋๋ก๋ ๊ด์ฐฎ์ง๋ง" (I'd be fine just like this, but) is the line that keeps coming back, and the "but" does all the work, because "๋์ ๋๋ต์ ์์ง ๋ถํ์ค" (your answer is still unclear). Halfway through the hook the cool drops and it turns into a plain request: "๋ฌด์จ ๋ง์ด๋ ํด์ค ๋นจ๋ฆฌ" (say something, anything, quickly).
The verses explain why he can afford to wait. He remembers dancing "์๊ด์๋ค๋ ๋ฏํ ๋์ผ๋ก" (with a look that said I couldn't care less) back when the pockets were still light, and he reports his own rise as a shopping joke: "๋ ์ด์ ์ด ๊ฑด ์ด์ ์์ด" (there's nothing left for me to buy now). Roughly half the lines are Korean and half are English, and it switches mid-line as easily as it switches between swagger and the plain question underneath. Michael Jackson gets named outright, twice, which on a debut single is either very sure of itself or a bit funny, and it lands as both.