Acacia – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: THORNAPPLE
• Album: My Century

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Thornapple through 'Acacia.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners to explore nuanced Korean vocabulary and emotive expressions, offering a unique look at how metaphor and rhythm can convey complex human feelings.

[English]

You know, even if you were to die tomorrow

I'm sure I wouldn't feel a thing

Even if you stabbed me hard in the back

I wouldn't even have anything to shed

This place is probably a diorama of hell

Where no one can feel anything or anything can be felt

So today, I wait for the pitch-black sleep to overtake me

I'll just cover my eyes

I'll cover my ears with both hands

I'll gag my sewn-up mouth

I won't do anything at all

That's the only thing I can do

This life is so long

The acacia that once bloomed profusely within me

The way it's festering is so naked and raw

What if the pitch-black sun rises again tomorrow?

I'll just cover my eyes

I'll cover my ears with both hands

I'll gag my sewn-up mouth

I won't do anything at all

That's the only thing I can do

This life is so long

The pain that keeps following me again and again

From one to ten

Will you teach me and join me in it?

Don't trim your long fingernails

Just scratch me

Save me

I'll just cover my eyes

I'll cover my ears with both hands

I'll gag my sewn-up mouth

I won't do anything at all

That's the only thing I can do

This life is so long

Don't stop just yet

Can you just keep going like that?

Show me a landscape that needs no words

Let me bloom

...

[Korean]

난 있잖아 내일 네가 죽어버려도

분명 아무렇지 않을 거야

등 뒤에서 나를 힘껏 찌른다 해도

흘려 버릴 것도 없을 거야

이곳은 아마도 지옥의 디오라마

누구도 무엇도 느낄 수가 없어서

오늘도 시커먼 잠이 덮치길 기다려

나는 그냥 눈을 가릴래

두 손으로 귀를 닫을래

꿰매어져 있는 입을 틀어막을래

아무것도 하지 않을래

그게 내가 할 수 있는 것

이 삶은 길기도 하구나

흐드러졌었던 내 안의 아카시아

짓물러 버리는 모양새는 적나라

내일도 시커먼 해가 뜨면은 어쩌나

나는 그냥 눈을 가릴래

두 손으로 귀를 닫을래

꿰매어져 있는 입을 틀어막을래

아무것도 하지 않을래

그게 내가 할 수 있는 것

이 삶은 길기도 하구나

다시금 잇따르는 아픔을

내게 하나부터 열까지

알려주며 섞여줄래

기다란 손톱을 다듬지 말고

나를 할퀴어줘

나를 구해줘

나는 그냥 눈을 가릴래

두 손으로 귀를 닫을래

꿰매어져 있는 입을 틀어막을래

아무것도 하지 않을래

그게 내가 할 수 있는 것

이 삶은 길기도 하구나

아직은 멈추지 마

그대로 계속해줄래

언어가 필요 없는 풍경을 내게 보여줘

피어나게 해줘

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
죽어버리다 jugeobeorida Level 2	verb - to die completely (regretful or finalized action)
아무렇지 않다 amureochi anta Level 3	adjective - to be unaffected, to be fine
지옥 jiok Level 3	noun - hell
시커멓다 sikeomeota Level 4	adjective - jet-black, pitch-black
꿰매다 kkwemada Level 4	verb - to sew, to stitch
틀어막다 teureomakda Level 4	verb - to block up, to stop up
흐드러지다 heudeureojida Level 5	verb - to be in full bloom, to be scattered about
아카시아 akasia Level 5	noun - acacia
짓무르다 jinmureuda Level 5	verb - to fester, to become sore
적나라 jeongnara Level 6	adjective - naked, bare, explicit
잇따르다 ittareuda Level 5	verb - to follow in succession
다듬다 dadeumda Level 3	verb - to trim, to refine
할퀴다 halkwida Level 5	verb - to scratch
구하다 guhada Level 3	verb - to save, to rescue
피어나다 pieonada Level 3	verb - to bloom, to blossom

Key Grammar Structures

• 내일 네가 죽어버려도

  ➔ -어/아 버리다

  ➔ Indicates the completion of an action, often implying a sense of regret, relief, or finality. Here, "죽어버려도" emphasizes the finality of the event.

• 흘려 버릴 것도 없을 거야

  ➔ -ㄹ/을 것

  ➔ Noun-modifying form used to indicate future tense or speculation. "없을 거야" expresses the speaker's speculation that there will be nothing left.

• 누구도 무엇도 느낄 수가 없어서

  ➔ -ㄹ 수 있다/없다

  ➔ Indicates ability or possibility. Here, "느낄 수가 없어서" emphasizes the impossibility of feeling anything, caused by the state of the "hellish diorama."

• 시커먼 잠이 덮치길 기다려

  ➔ -길 (기(를))

  ➔ A colloquial contraction of -기를, used as an object marker for the verb "기다리다". It marks the wish or action being waited for.

• 꿰매어져 있는 입을 틀어막을래

  ➔ -어/아 있다

  ➔ Indicates the maintenance of a state resulting from a previous action. "꿰매어져 있는" describes the ongoing state of the mouth being sewn shut.

• 흐드러졌었던 내 안의 아카시아

  ➔ -었었- (Double Past Tense)

  ➔ Used to emphasize that a situation occurred in the past and is now distant or disconnected from the present. Highlights the "faded" nature of the acacia.

• 내일도 시커먼 해가 뜨면은 어쩌나

  ➔ -면

  ➔ Conditional particle meaning "if". Here, it sets the hypothetical, grim scenario of the sun rising again, causing anxiety ("어쩌나").

• 알려주며 섞여줄래

  ➔ -며

  ➔ Connective ending representing simultaneous actions (doing A while doing B). It suggests the mixture of teaching the pain and blending with the speaker.