Daylight – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Kim So Yeon
• Album: Daylight

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The tomorrow that held our love,

Has it all become yesterday?

Where has it gone?

Since when has it been like this?

I can't pretend to be okay as I look at you.

I just want to stop here and kneel.

Why do you want to put me to sleep tonight?

If you're going to leave me, what's the point?

You're trying to save face at the end.

A pleasant scent lingers on me.

I wish you'd feel you can't forget me.

In that moment, please hold me tight, please hold me tight.

So I can say just one more word.

When I'm not myself,

When you look at me,

Even half of half of the heart inside me,

Which I usually reveal,

I couldn't even wait to show that.

Should I have known?

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

It's me who ends up saying those words.

I want to stop and kneel.

Why do you want to put me to sleep tonight?

If you're going to leave me, what's the point?

You're trying to save face at the end.

A pleasant scent lingers on me.

I wish you'd feel you can't forget me.

In that moment, please hold me tight, please hold me tight.

So I can say just one more word.

No, I just,

Looking at the tears pooling in my eyes,

I wonder if my heart still aches.

No, I just,

That it turns into yesterday like this,

I want to ask if you're okay with it.

Nothing is ever a given.

[Korean]

우리 사랑이 담긴 내일이

다 어제가 됐는지

어디로 갔는지

언제부터였는지

아무렇지 않은 척 못하고 널 바라보네

나 그냥 여기서 멈춰 꿇고 싶어

왜 오늘 밤엔 날 재워주고 싶어

날 떠날 거면 무슨 소용있어

마지막에 체면 차리고 있어

내게 좋은 향이 잔뜩 배어있어

날 잊을 수 없다고 느끼면 좋겠어

그런 순간에 날 꼭 안아줘 날 꼭 안아줘

한마디라도 더 할 수 있게

내가 나답지 않을 때

네가 날 바라볼 때

내 안에 마음의 절반의 절반을

대개 꺼내놓는 것마저

가다릴 수 없다는 거

알아야 했었는지

미안해 미안해

그 말을 하는 건 결국 나네

난 멈춰 꿇고 싶어

왜 오늘 밤엔 날 재워주고 싶어

날 떠날 거면 무슨 소용있어

마지막에 체면 차리고 있어

내게 좋은 향이 잔뜩 배어있어

날 잊을 수 없다고 느끼면 좋겠어

그런 순간에 날 꼭 안아줘 날 꼭 안아줘

한마디라도 더 할 수 있게

아니야 난 그냥

내 눈에 고인 눈물을 보며

아직 마음이 시린 지 궁금해

아니야 난 그냥

이렇게 어제가 되는 게

아무렇지 않은지 묻고 싶어

당연한 게 어디 있어

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑 /sa.ɾaŋ/ A1	noun - love
내일 /nɛ.iɭ/ A1	noun - tomorrow
어제 /ʌ.d͡ʑe̞/ A1	noun - yesterday
바라보다 /pa.ɾa.bo.da/ B1	verb - to look at; to gaze at; to stare at (often with longing or expectation)
멈추다 /mʌm.t͡ɕʰu.da/ A2	verb - to stop; to halt
꿇다 /kkuɭ.t͡ɕʰa/ B2	verb - to kneel; to genuflect
떠나다 /t͈ʌ.na.da/ A2	verb - to leave; to depart
소용 /so.joŋ/ A2	noun - use; purpose; utility (often used in negative contexts like 'what's the use?')
체면 /t͡ɕʰe̞.mjʌn/ B2	noun - face; dignity; honor (especially in public or social contexts)
향 /hyɐŋ/ B1	noun - scent; fragrance; aroma
배다 /pɛ.da/ B2	verb - to be soaked in; to be permeated with; to absorb
잊다 /it͡ɕda/ A2	verb - to forget
느끼다 /nɯk.k͈i.da/ A2	verb - to feel; to sense
안다 /an.da/ A2	verb - to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms
마음 /ma.ɯm/ A1	noun - heart; mind; feeling; spirit
절반 /t͡ɕʌl.ban/ B1	noun - half
미안하다 /mi.an.ha.da/ A1	adjective - to be sorry; to feel apologetic
눈물 /nun.muɭ/ B1	noun - tear(s)
시리다 /ɕi.ɾi.da/ B2	adjective - to be painfully cold; to be numb with cold (often used for teeth, bones, or a chilling emotional sensation)
궁금하다 /kuŋ.kɯm.ha.da/ B1	adjective - to be curious; to wonder

Key Grammar Structures

• 우리 사랑이 담긴 내일이

  ➔ V + -(으)ㄴ (Passive Participle/Adjective form)

  ➔ The passive participle ending "-(으)ㄴ" is used to describe a noun ("내일" - "tomorrow") with a verb ("담기다" - "to be contained") that has already happened, meaning "tomorrow that is "contained" with our love."

• 다 어제가 됐는지

  ➔ V/Adj + -는지 (Expressing uncertainty/indirect question)

  ➔ The ending "-는지" is used to express uncertainty or to form an indirect question about a fact or state, questioning if "everything "became yesterday"".

• 아무렇지 않은 척 못하고 널 바라보네

  ➔ V + -는 척하다 + 못하다 (Pretend not to be able to do something)

  ➔ The structure "V + -는 척하다" means "to pretend to do V." When combined with negation ("-지 않다") and "못하다" (cannot), it means "cannot "pretend not to be fine"".

• 날 떠날 거면 무슨 소용있어

  ➔ V + -(으)ㄹ 거면 (Conditional based on future intention/plan)

  ➔ The structure "V + -(으)ㄹ 거면" forms a conditional clause based on a future intention or assumption, implying "if you "are going to leave" me, what's the point?"

• 내게 좋은 향이 잔뜩 배어있어

  ➔ V + -아/어 있다 (State resulting from an action)

  ➔ The auxiliary verb structure "V + -아/어 있다" describes a state that has resulted from a previous action and continues to exist, meaning the good scent has "soaked in and remains".

• 한마디라도 더 할 수 있게

  ➔ V + -게 (Purpose/Result)

  ➔ The ending "-게" is used to indicate the purpose or result of an action, meaning "so that," "in order to," or "to the extent that." Here, ""so that I can say" at least one more word."

• 내가 나답지 않을 때

  ➔ N + -답다 (To be like N, to be characteristic of N)

  ➔ The adjective "-답다" is used to indicate that something possesses the qualities or characteristics typical of a noun. "나답지 않다" means "not being "like myself"".

• 내 안에 마음의 절반의 절반을 대개 꺼내놓는 것마저

  ➔ N + -마저 (Even, to the extreme, the last thing)

  ➔ The particle "-마저" is used to emphasize that even a particular thing, especially an extreme or unexpected one, is included or affected. Here, "even "the act of revealing" a quarter of my heart."

• 알아야 했었는지

  ➔ V + -았/었어야 하다 + -는지 (Should have done something, with uncertainty)

  ➔ The structure "-았/었어야 하다" indicates a past obligation or regret ("should have done"). Adding "-는지" expresses uncertainty about whether that obligation applied, meaning "I wonder if I "should have known"".

• 당연한 게 어디 있어

  ➔ N + -는 게 어디 있어? (Rhetorical question: There's no such thing as N / How could there be N?)

  ➔ A rhetorical expression "N + -는 게 어디 있어?" used to emphatically state that something (N) is not as obvious or guaranteed as one might think. "There's no such thing as "something obvious"".