Background – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: JIN
• Album: ECHO

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of Jin with 'Background.' This song is a perfect piece for learners to practice emotive Korean expressions and vocabulary related to longing and memory, all while experiencing the polished storytelling of K-pop's silver voice.

[English]

I'm still living in that place

In the season when your whole world was mine

Words left unspoken

If I could go back, what should I say?

Even if I call you, it only echoes like a fading memory

Shout my name

You said even the waiting was a form of love

In this pitch-black night without a single star

Over the stage where the lights have gone out

Remaining like a late afterimage

I'm still wandering

Maybe in another place another time

If I could turn back time

Would I be by your side then?

Me, waiting for you

I'll be here in the background

With different colors, the drawings

A dream that followed as it colored everything

The feeling that it's gradually being forgotten

Sometimes it feels like I'm going crazy

But i still choose you

The traces of mine that have become nothing but my mistakes

Please erase them all

I'm starting to realize that waiting could also be love

In this pitch-black night without a single star

Over the stage where the lights have gone out

Remaining like a late afterimage

I'm still wandering

Maybe in another place another time

If I could turn back time

Would I be by your side then?

Me, waiting for you

I'll be here in the background

Here in the background

On the night when every story came to an end

Over the stage where the lights have gone out

Remaining like a late afterimage

I'm wandering for you again

Maybe in another place another time

If I could turn back time

Would I be by your side then?

Me, waiting for you

I'll be here in the background

...

[Japanese]

Ajig nan geogi sala

Neoui sesangi da nayeossdeon gyejeole

Na hollo doeneun mal

Dasi dolagandamyeon museun maleul halkka

Neol bulleodo dasi mealicheoleom ullyeo

Nal oechyeo

Gidalimdo naegen salangilago haesseo

Byeol hana eobsneun i kkaman bam

Bul kkeojineun mudae wilo

Neujeun jansangcheoleom nama

Ajig hemaego isseo

Maybe in another place another time

Doedollil su issdamyeon

Geuttaen gyeote naega isseulkka

Neol gidalineun na

I'll be here in the background

Daleun saegkkallo geulin

Seolo muldeun chae dwiseokkyeogadeon kkum

Jeomjeom ijhyeojindaneun ge

Ttaelon michil geos gatji

But i still choose you

Naege jeonbu gwageoga dwaebeolin nae heunjeog

Da haejwo

Gidalimdo salangila kkwae halmanhaejyeo

Byeol hana eobsneun i kkaman bam

Bul kkeojineun mudae wilo

Neujeun jansangcheoleom nama

Ajig hemaego isseo

Maybe in another place another time

Doedollil su issdamyeon

Geuttaen gyeote naega isseulkka

Neol gidalineun na

I'll be here in the background

Here in the background

Modeun iyagiga kkeutnan bam

Bul kkeojin mudae wilo

Neujeun jansangcheoleom nama

Tto neol hemaego isseo

Maybe in another place another time

Doedollil su issdamyeon

Geuttaen gyeote naega isseulkka

Neol gidalineun na

I'll be here in the background

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
세상 sesang Level 2	noun - world
계절 gyejeol Level 3	noun - season
사랑 sarang Level 1	noun - love
별 byeol Level 2	noun - star
밤 bam Level 1	noun - night
무대 mudae Level 3	noun - stage
잔상 jansang Level 5	noun - afterimage
헤매다 hemaeda Level 4	verb - to wander / to roam
꿈 kkum Level 2	noun - dream
색깔 saekkkal Level 2	noun - color
과거 gwageo Level 3	noun - past
흔적 heunjeok Level 4	noun - trace / vestige
이야기 iyagi Level 2	noun - story
기다리다 gidarida Level 1	verb - to wait
미치다 michida Level 3	verb - to go crazy