Crow – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: (G)I-DLE
• Album: I SWAY

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the mysterious world of (G)I-DLE's 'Crow.' This song is a fantastic way to learn poetic and metaphorical Korean expressions related to identity and strength, all while experiencing the group's unique ability to blend dark aesthetics with powerful pop music.

[English]

A young crow’s bluffing

No, a grown bird’s proving

That misfortune is originally meant to be

A test to find out who really deserves the luck

Even when I’m drained, I act like I’m noble

Sweet-smelling money, no doubt

God blessed me, yeah, with a prison

Licking the bile for the entire duration of my sentence

I can’t forget it

Where I was born

Even on an incomplete nest, I never gave in

A body that grew up without a parent’s help

From the start, trials were my friends, not my enemies

Applause is just a trick to make you leave

If you enjoy it too recklessly, you’ll be playing around forever

Keep your head straight and smile

Come on, omen, do what you do best

We are born in the nest of the Crow

We the omen, do what we do best

Keep chasing the glow

Until it cuts my tongue

Pay the paper, not the people

Always sharpening, always learning

In the end, connections mean nothing

Nothing is ever free, never ever

The moment greed for the essence stops, you fall behind

Drifting out of the spotlight, cultivating vanity

I don’t talk too much, my ads are right there

I don’t talk too much, my fans are right there

I don’t seek the

I don’t need the

I don’t trust luck, I don’t deal with it anymore

We want the boss, we still want more

We want the crown, born as the hungry Crow

We want the boss, we still want more

We want the crown, born as the hungry Crow

Come on, omen, do what you do best

We are born in the nest of the Crow

We the omen, do what we do best

Keep chasing the glow

Until it cuts my tongue

Yeah baby, once we were too deep in our own haze

Lost in the fog we made, forgetting our way,

no way umm umm

We spilled the water again and messed up the order we established

We try to fly ahead of ourselves, even higher

We’re locked in for real, so what you wanna do

Out of the flock, as an underdog, even giving the ranker a TKO

No stardom, no money

We aim for the belt

Learning and learning, and the end

Isn't success, but even giving up

Keep coming back, omen

You can’t take me down with just this

Come on, omen, do what you do best

We are born in the nest of the Crow

We the omen, do what we do best

[Korean]

어린 까마귀의 Bluffin

No 어른이 된 새의 Proving

저 불운은 본디 행운의 주인을

가려내려는 시험인 듯이

피가 말라도 마치 고고한 척

향이 좋은 돈은 No doubt

God blessed me yeah with a 감옥

형기 내내 쓸개를 핥아

I can’t forget it

나 어디서 태어난 지

못 갖춘 둥지 위에도 굴하지

않고 부모덕 없이 큰 몸뚱어리

때부터 시련은 적 아닌 우

박수는 떠나보내려는 수법

함부로 즐기단 평생 놀 테니

정신들 똑바로 차리고 웃어

Come on omen do what you do best

We are born in the nest of the Crow

We the omen do what we do best

Keep chasing the glow

Until it cuts my tongue

Pay the paper not the people

늘 갈고닦고 배워

엔딩엔 인맥은 개뿔

공짜로는 Never ever

본질에 대한 탐욕은 멈추는 순간 도태되어

관심 밖을 맴돌다 헛된 걸 가꿔

I don’t talk too much my ad’s right there

I don’t talk too much my fans are right there

I don’t seek the

I don’t need the

I don’t trust 운 난 더 취급 안 해

We want the boss, we still want more

We want the crown, born as the hungry Crow

We want the boss, we still want more

We want the crown, born as the hungry Crow

Come on omen do what you do best

We are born in the nest of the Crow

We the omen do what we do best

Keep chasing the glow

Until it cuts my tongue

Yeah baby once we were too deep in our own haze

Lost in the fog we made, forgetting our way,

no way umm umm

우린 다시 물을 엎질러 맞춘 질서를 어질렀고

우린 우릴 앞질러 날아가려고 더 위로

We’re locked in for real, so what you wanna do

Out the flock, underdog으로 랭커도 TKO

No stardom no money

우린 벨트를 목표로

배우고 배워 그 끝은

성공 아닌 포기까지

Keep coming back omen

겨우 이 정도론 못 당하지

Come on omen do what you do best

We are born in the nest of the Crow

We the omen do what we do best

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
까마귀 kkamagwi Level 1	noun - crow
어른 eoreun Level 1	noun - adult
불운 burun Level 3	noun - misfortune
시험 siheom Level 1	noun - test / exam
고고하다 gogohada Level 5	adjective - high-minded / aloof
감옥 gamok Level 2	noun - prison
시련 siryeon Level 4	noun - ordeal / trial
수법 subeop Level 4	noun - method / trick
정신 jeongsin Level 2	noun - spirit / mind
본질 bonjil Level 5	noun - essence
탐욕 tamyok Level 5	noun - greed
도태되다 dotaedoeda Level 6	verb - to be left behind / weeded out
질서 jilseo Level 3	noun - order
성공 seonggong Level 1	noun - success
포기 pogi Level 2	noun - giving up

Key Grammar Structures

• 저 불운은 본디 행운의 주인을 가려내려는 시험인 듯이

  ➔ Noun + (이)ㄴ 듯이 (As if / Like)

  ➔ Using "듯이" with a noun ("시험인 듯이") expresses a simile, comparing misfortune to a "test" that identifies the owner of luck.

• 못 갖춘 둥지 위에도 굴하지 않고

  ➔ Concessive clause: -고 (And/Even though)

  ➔ The structure "-고" here functions to connect two states, "굴하지 않고" (without yielding) despite the "못 갖춘 둥지" (incomplete nest).

• 함부로 즐기단 평생 놀 테니

  ➔ -다가는 / -단 (If you continue to/by doing)

  ➔ The contraction "-단" (from -다가는) implies a warning: if you keep "즐기다" (enjoying) carelessly, you will end up "평생 놀 테니" (playing forever/being jobless).

• 본질에 대한 탐욕은 멈추는 순간 도태되어

  ➔ -는 순간 (The moment [something] happens)

  ➔ Used as a temporal marker, "멈추는 순간" indicates the exact point in time when the "도태" (obsolescence/selection out) happens.

• 우린 다시 물을 엎질러 맞춘 질서를 어질렀고

  ➔ Causative/Adnominal use: -은 (Past participle/modifier)

  ➔ The modifier "맞춘" describes the noun "질서" (order), emphasizing the "pre-arranged" state that they disrupted.

• 우린 우릴 앞질러 날아가려고 더 위로

  ➔ -려고 (In order to / Intention)

  ➔ The ending "-려고" indicates the purpose behind their action: to fly higher, surpassing their current selves.

• 겨우 이 정도론 못 당하지

  ➔ Noun + -(으)론 (As for / With [only] this)

  ➔ The particle "-론" (contraction of -로는) limits the scope, suggesting that "only this amount" is insufficient to defeat them.