Endangered Love – English Lyrics

• By: LEE CHANHYUK
• Album: EROS

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

왔다네 정말로

아무도 안 믿었던

사랑의 종말론

It's over tonight

God mercy (God mercy on this ground)

Where the hell (where the hell is EROS going)

Did you hear that

You heard that

What's it sound

Back in the day

한 사람당 하나의

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

Back in the day

불이 만들어지는

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

왔다네 정말로

아무도 안 믿었던

사랑의 종말론

It's over tonight

Stop people

Stop letting this world depraved

Where the hell (where the hell is EROS going)

Did you hear that

You heard that

What's it sound

Back in the day

한 사람당 하나의

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

사랑

News is announcing 'bout its ending

사랑

Who's still gonna sing for the love

People

Revive it somehow

Revive it somehow

Back in the day

한 사람당 하나의

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

Back in the day

불이 만들어지는

사랑이 있었대

내일이면

인류가 잃어버릴

멸종위기사랑

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - A deep feeling of affection or fondness for someone or something. verb - To feel a deep romantic or sexual attachment to (someone).
mercy /ˈmɜːrsi/ B1	noun - Compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.
hell /hel/ B1	noun - A place of torment and punishment for the wicked after death; a state of extreme suffering or difficulty.
depraved /dɪˈpreɪvd/ C1	adjective - Morally corrupt; wicked.
revive /rɪˈvaɪv/ B2	verb - To restore to life or consciousness; to bring back into use, existence, or activity.
ending /ˈɛndɪŋ/ A2	noun - The final part of something; a conclusion.
announcing /əˈnaʊnsɪŋ/ B1	verb - Making a public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention.
sound /saʊnd/ A2	noun - Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear. verb - To emit or cause to emit sound.
world /wɜːrld/ A1	noun - The Earth, together with all of its countries, peoples, and natural features.
people /ˈpiːpl/ A1	noun - Human beings in general or considered collectively.
tonight /təˈnaɪt/ A1	noun - The evening or night of the present day.
God /ɡɒd/ A2	noun - (In monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes.
news /njuːz/ A2	noun - Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.
sing /sɪŋ/ A1	verb - To make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune.
ground /ɡraʊnd/ A2	noun - The solid surface of the earth.
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - To perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something).
day /deɪ/ A1	noun - A period of twenty-four hours, especially from midnight to midnight.

Key Grammar Structures

• 왔다네 정말로

  ➔ Korean exclamatory ending -네

  ➔ The ending "-네" is used to express a mild exclamation or discovery about a fact that the speaker has just realized or confirmed. It often conveys a feeling of surprise or confirmation. "왔다네"

• 아무도 안 믿었던

  ➔ Korean indefinite negative pronoun 아무도 ~ 안 ~ and past retrospective descriptive modifier -던

  ➔ "아무도 ~ 안 ~" means "nobody" or "no one", indicating a complete negation. "-던" is attached to a verb stem to modify a noun, describing an action or state that occurred habitually, continuously, or was recalled from the past. "아무도 안 믿었던"

• 사랑의 종말론

  ➔ Korean genitive particle -의

  ➔ The particle "-의" (read 'e' or 'ui') indicates possession or modifies a noun by specifying its relationship to another noun, similar to 'of' or 's in English. "사랑의"

• 한 사람당 하나의 사랑이 있었대

  ➔ Korean particle -당 (per/each) and indirect quotation ending -았/었대

  ➔ "-(으)당" is a particle meaning "per" or "each". "-았/었대" is a contracted form of "-았/었다고 해(요)", used to relay a past fact or event that the speaker heard or learned from someone else or a general source. "한 사람당", "있었대"

• 내일이면 인류가 잃어버릴

  ➔ Korean conditional connective -면 and future descriptive modifier -ㄹ/을

  ➔ "-(으)면" connects two clauses, indicating a condition ("if") or a time ("when"). "-ㄹ/을" is attached to a verb stem to modify a noun, describing an action that will happen in the future or a possibility. "내일이면", "잃어버릴"

• 불이 만들어지는

  ➔ Korean passive verb 만들어지다 and present descriptive modifier -는

  ➔ "만들어지다" is the passive form of "만들다" (to make), meaning "to be made" or "to be created." "-는" is attached to a verb stem to modify a noun, describing an action that is currently ongoing or generally true. "만들어지는"

• 인류가 잃어버릴 멸종위기사랑

  ➔ Korean auxiliary verb -아/어버리다 (completion/regret)

  ➔ The auxiliary verb "-아/어버리다" is attached to a verb stem to emphasize the completion of an action, often implying that the action is done completely, definitively, or sometimes with a nuance of regret or relief. Here, it's combined with a future modifier. "잃어버릴"

• Who's still gonna sing for the love

  ➔ English "be going to" future tense (informal gonna)

  ➔ The structure "be going to" is used to express future plans, intentions, or predictions based on current evidence. In informal conversation, "going to" is often contracted to "gonna." "gonna sing"