CINEMA – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Stray Kids, Lee Know, Seungmin
• Album: Mixtape : dominATE

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be a cinematic journey, and "CINEMA" by Stray Kids' Lee Know and Seungmin is the perfect soundtrack. Through its heartfelt lyrics comparing life to a movie, you can learn beautiful Korean expressions of friendship and memory. The song's clear and emotional vocals make it a special and enjoyable way to connect with the Korean language and the heart of Stray Kids' music.

[English]

When there's nothing beside me

Through the cracks of faint light

You came and sat next to me, and at that moment

The lights went out, and the door opened

When this light goes down, story starts to rise up

Through fleeting fate, the curtain rises on today

Never stop writing down, until we capture every masterpiece

I won't let go

This is our cinema

Let me be your cinema

This is our cinema

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

In this film tape, our figures are captured

So it doesn't fade, I'll remember

I'll cherish it for a long time

For every moment, I will sing with you

When this light goes down, story starts to rise up

Through fleeting fate, the curtain rises on today

Never stop writing down

Forever, I

(Woah-oh-oh) Everyone's shouting

(Woah-oh-oh) Everyone's clapping

(Woah-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh)

In this radiance, cinema (Oh, woah)

(Woah-oh-oh) 'Til the end of the show

(Woah-oh-oh) Never let it go

(Woah-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh) Yeah, I need you, yeah, you need me

Stay

Here the light shines again

Ending credits going up

You and my name

Together on it with the final curtain call

And now, night after night

When you cannot find your way

I'll be waiting

Welcome to our cinema

...

[Korean]

내 곁에 아무것도 없을 때

희미한 불빛 틈 사이로

넌 다가와 내 옆에 앉았고 그 순간

암전과 함께 문이 열렸네

When this light goes down, story starts to rise up

스쳐가는 운명 사이로 오늘의 막이 열려

Never stop writing down, 명장면을 담을 때까지

I won't let go

This is our cinema

Let me be your cinema

This is our cinema

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

In this film tape, 담겨진 우리 모습

바래지 않게, I'll remember

오래도록 간직할게

For every moment, I will sing with you

When this light goes down, story starts to rise up

스쳐가는 운명 사이로 오늘의 막이 열려

Never stop writing down

언제까지라도 난

(Woah-oh-oh) Everyone's shouting

(Woah-oh-oh) Everyone's clapping

(Woah-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh)

In this radiance, cinema (Oh, woah)

(Woah-oh-oh) 'Til the end of the show

(Woah-oh-oh) Never let it go

(Woah-oh-oh, oh, oh-oh) Yeah, I need you, yeah, you need me

Stay

Here the light shines again

Ending credits going up

You and my name

Together on it with the final curtain call

And now, night after night

When you cannot find your way

I'll be waiting

Welcome to our cinema

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
곁 /kjʌt/ B2	noun - side; vicinity; beside
불빛 /pulbit/ B1	noun - light
순간 /sunɡan/ A2	noun - moment
암전 /amːdʑʌn/ C1	noun - blackout
문 /mun/ A1	noun - door
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
story /ˈstɔːri/ A2	noun - an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.
운명 /unmjʌŋ/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
막 /mak/ B2	noun - curtain; act (of a play)
명장면 /mjʌŋdʑaŋmjʌn/ C1	noun - master scene, highlight
cinema /ˈsɪnəmə/ A2	noun - a movie theater
film /fɪlm/ A2	noun - a movie
모습 /mosɯp/ A2	noun - appearance, figure
radiance /ˈreɪdiəns/ C1	noun - light or heat as emitted or reflected by something.
end /ɛnd/ A1	noun - a final part or section
name /neɪm/ A1	noun - a word or words by which someone or something is known
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period from sunset to sunrise in each twenty-four hours

Key Grammar Structures

• 내 곁에 아무것도 없을 때

  ➔ Adjective + -(으)ㄹ 때 (when/at the time of)

  ➔ This grammar expresses the time or situation when a certain adjective is true. Here, "없을" is the adjective (derived from "없다" - to not exist) in the future/presumptive tense modifying "때" (time).

• When this light goes down, story starts to rise up

  ➔ Time Clause - When + Present Simple, Main Clause - Future Simple/Present Simple

  ➔ This uses the typical structure for expressing future events dependent on a condition. "When this light goes down" is the time clause indicating *when* something will happen. "Story starts to rise up" expresses the consequence that will occur.

• 담겨진 우리 모습

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective

  ➔ "담겨진" (damgyeojin) is the past participle of the verb "담기다" (damgida - to be contained/held) and it modifies the noun "우리 모습" (uri moseup - our appearance/form). This indicates that our appearance is the thing being contained.

• 바래지 않게, I'll remember

  ➔ Negative imperative with -(지) 않게 (in order not to)

  ➔ "-지 않게" is attached to the verb stem to express the purpose of preventing something from happening. Here, "바래다" (baraeda - to fade) becomes "바래지 않게" (baraeji anhge) - so that it doesn't fade.

• 언제까지라도 난

  ➔ -(이)라도: Even, at least

  ➔ "-라도" indicates a concession or a lower limit. "언제까지라도" (eonjekkajirado) means "even until when" or "at least until when".

• Here the light shines again

  ➔ Adverb of place at the beginning of the sentence, followed by inversion

  ➔ When starting a sentence with an adverb of place like "Here," the subject and verb are inverted. So instead of "The light shines here," it becomes "Here the light shines."