eight – English Lyrics

• By: IU

Lyrics & Translation

“Eight” is a poignant pop-rock track by IU featuring Suga, offering a deep dive into themes of memory, loss, and the bittersweet nature of growing up. Its heartfelt lyrics and emotional delivery provide a rich context for understanding nuanced expressions in Korean, making it an excellent song for language learners to connect with powerful emotions and poetic metaphors.

[English]

So are you happy now

Finally happy now are you

Well, i’m just the same

I feel like i lost everything

Everything comes and goes as they wish, even without a goodbye

If this is how things are, I don’t want to love anyone again.

I’m just going to take a trip down my old memory lane.

Under the orange sun

We dance together Where there’re no shadows

There is no promised breakup there

See you in my memory that is beautiful

Forever young

Woo woo woo Woo woo woo woo

Woo woo woo Woo woo woo woo

Forever we young

Woo woo woo Woo woo woo woo

It is a nightmare, I don’t want to wake up forever

Island yes this is an island a small island made by you and me

Yeah um forever young forever is like a sandcastle

Goodbye is like an emergency alert

Wake up in the morning, longing for you

I’ll pass through the infinite eternity

To see you on the island again

As someone once said to comfort me

It’s not easy to forget even a handful of memories

A long time has passed, but the island still holds on to me

Under the orange sun

We dance together Where there’re no shadows

There is no promised goodbye there

See you in my memory that is beautiful

We pillow our heads on each other

And talk about things that are not sad

There is no gloomy ending there

I’ll see you in the memory forever

Forever young

Woo woo woo Woo woo woo woo

Woo woo woo Woo woo woo woo

Forever we young

Woo woo woo Woo woo woo woo

It is a nightmare, I don’t want to wake up forever

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
happy /ˈhæp.i/ A2	adjective - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to become unable to find or keep something
memory /ˈmɛm.əri/ B1	noun - the ability to remember things from the past
sun /sʌn/ A1	noun - the star at the center of the solar system that provides light and heat
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move the body rhythmically to music
shadow /ˈʃæd.oʊ/ B1	noun - a dark shape made by a body blocking light
breakup /ˈbreɪ.kʌp/ B2	noun - the ending of a romantic relationship
promise /ˈprɒm.ɪs/ B2	noun / verb - a commitment that someone will do or not do something / to make a pledge or vow
pass /pæs/ B1	verb - to move past someone or something
beautiful /ˈbjuː.tɪ.fəl/ A2	adjective - pleasing to look at or to the mind
dream /driːm/ A2	noun / verb - a series of thoughts during sleep / to see visions or imagine something while asleep or awake
eternity /ɪˈtɜː.nɪ.ti/ B2	noun - a state of infinite time

Key Grammar Structures

• Finally happy now are you

  ➔ Inversion for emphasis

  ➔ The sentence uses **inversion** by placing the auxiliary **are** before the **you** to emphasize the question.

• Everything comes and goes as they wish

  ➔ Simple present tense with 'comes and goes'

  ➔ The phrase describes **habitual actions** using the **present simple tense** with **comes and goes**.

• I feel like i lost everything

  ➔ Conjunction **like** to compare feelings

  ➔ The word **like** is used as a **conjunction** to **compare** or indicate similarity in feelings.

• Where there’re no shadows

  ➔ Contraction of 'there are'

  ➔ The phrase uses the **contraction** **there’re** to denote **existence** of shadows in that place.

• It is a nightmare, I don’t want to wake up forever

  ➔ Use of **modal verb** **don’t want to** for expressing desire

  ➔ The phrase **don’t want to wake up forever** uses **modal verb** **want to** with **don’t** to express **desire** to avoid waking up.