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안녕하세요! Hello again everyone! I have yet another breakdown that was requested! If there’s a song you want to see broken down, let me know and I’ll try to fulfill your request!
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거울 속에 마주친 얼굴이 어색해서 / 습관처럼 조용히 눈을 감아 / 밤이 되면 서둘러 내일로 가고 싶어
The face in the mirror is awkward / So like a habit I quietly close my eyes / When the night comes I want to hurry up and go to tomorrow
- 거울 = Mirror
- 속에 = Inside
- 마주치다 = to meet (usually refers to eyes meeting)
- 얼굴 = face
- -ㄴ/은allows you to describe nouns with that verb in the past tense. So 마주친 얼굴 literally means “the face that I met.”
- -이 is a subject particle – more about particles here!
- 어색하다 = awkward
- -아/어서 means “so” or “because.” 어색해서 means “because it’s awkward” or “it’s awkward, so…”
- 습관 = habit
- [noun] + 처럼 = like [noun]
- 조용하다 = quiet; 조용히 = quietly
- 눈 = eye(s)
- 감다 = to close (when talking about eyes)
- 밤 = night
- 되다 = to become (밤이 되다 literally means “to become night”)
- -(으)면 = if/when
- 서두르다 = to rush; to hurry
- 내일 = tomorrow
- -(으)로in this context means “to” or “towards.”
- 가다 = to go
- [verb stem] + 고 싶다 = I want to [verb]
설렘으로 차오르던 나의 숨소리와 / 머리 위로 선선히 부는 바람 / 파도가 되어 어디로든 / 달려가고 싶어 / 작은 두려움 아래 천천히 두 눈을 뜨면
My breath that rose up with excitement / And the wind that blows coolly above my head / I want to become a wave / And run anywhere / When I slowly open my eyes under the small fears
- 설렘 = excitement; thrill
- Here, -(으)로 means “with”
- 차오르다 = to rise up
- 나의 = my (informal) -> 나 means “I,” while -의 is a possessive marker.
- 숨소리 = breath -> refers to the sound of breath
- [verb stem] + 던is another way to describe a noun with a verb. It is used for actions that you used to do repeatedly in the past or that you did but did not complete.
- -와 = and
- 머리 = head
- 위로 = above; top
- 선선히 = coolly
- 불다 = blow
- 불다’s stem ends in ㄹ, which gets dropped when you want it to describe a noun.
- 바람 = wind
- 파도 = wave
- 어디로든 = anywhere
- 달려가다 = to run
- 작다 = small
- 두려움 = fear -> noun form of the verb 두렵다, meaning “afraid”
- 아래 = below; bottom
- 천천히 = slowly
- 두 = two (this is the word for “two” that you put before a noun)
- 뜨다 = to open (eyes)
휩쓸려 길을 잃어도 자유로와 / 더이상 날 가두는 / 어둠에 눈 감지 않아 / 두 번 다시 날 모른 척 하지 않아
I’m free even when I’m swept away and get lost / I won’t close my eyes / in the darkness that traps me anymore / I won’t pretend to not know who I am again
- 휩쓸리다 = to be swept away
- 길을 잃다 = to get lost
- -아/어도 = even though/even if
- 자유롭다 = to be free
- 더이상 = anymore
- 날 = me (informal)
- 가두다 = to trap; to confine; to lock up
- 어둠 = darkness
- -지 않다 = to not [verb/adjective]
- 두 번 = twice
- 다시 = again
- 모르다 = to not know
- -척 하다 = to pretend to [verb/adjective]
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