FAKE LOVE

• By: BTS (방탄소년단)

Lyrics:

[한국어]

[English]

널 위해서라면 난 슬퍼도 기쁜 척 할 수가 있었어

If it's for you, I could pretend to be happy even when I'm sad

널 위해서라면 난 아파도 강한 척 할 수가 있었어

If it's for you, I could pretend to be strong even when I hurt

사랑이 사랑만으로 완벽하길 내 모든 약점들은 다 숨겨지길

I wish love was perfect just with love, I want all my weaknesses to be hidden

이뤄지지 않는 꿈속에서 피울 수 없는 꽃을 키웠어

I grew a flower that can't bloom in a dream that can't come true

I'm so sick of this fake love

I'm so sick of this fake love

Fake love, fake love

Fake love, fake love

I'm so sorry but it's fake love

I'm so sorry, but it's fake love

Fake love, fake love

Fake love, fake love

I wanna be a good man just for you

I want to be a good man just for you

세상을 줬네 just for you

Gave everything for you

전부 바꿨어 just for you

Changed everything for you

Now I don't know me, who are you?

Now I don't recognize myself, who are you?

Hey, 우리만의 숲 너는 없었어

Hey, our forest, you weren't here

내가 왔던 route 잊어버렸어

I forgot the route I took

나도 내가 누구였는지도 잘 모르게 됐어

I don't even know who I am anymore

거울에다 지껄여봐, 너는 대체 누구니?

Speak to the mirror, who are you exactly?

널 위해서라면 난 슬퍼도 기쁜 척 할 수가 있었어

If it's for you, I could pretend to be happy even when I'm sad

널 위해서라면 난 아파도 강한 척 할 수가 있었어

If it's for you, I could pretend to be strong even when I hurt

사랑이 사랑만으로 완벽하길 내 모든 약점들은 다 숨겨지길

I wish love was perfect just with love, all my weaknesses hidden away

이뤄지지 않는 꿈속에서 피울 수 없는 꽃을 키웠어

In a dream that can't come true, I grew a flower that can't bloom

Love you so bad, love you so bad

Love you so bad, love you so bad

널 위해 예쁜 거짓을 빚어내

Fabricated pretty lies for you

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

날 지워 너의 인형이 되려 해

Erase me, try to become your doll

Love you so bad, love you so bad

Love you so bad, love you so bad

널 위해 예쁜 거짓을 빚어내

Fabricated pretty lies for you

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

날 지워 너의 인형이 되려 해

Erase me, try to become your doll

I'm so sick of this fake love

I'm so sick of this fake love

Fake love, fake love

Fake love, fake love

I'm so sorry but it's fake love

I'm so sorry, but it's fake love

Fake love, fake love

Fake love, fake love

Why you sad? I don't know, 난 몰라

Why are you sad? I don’t know, I don’t know

웃어봐 사랑해 말해봐

Smile and say I love you

나를 봐 나조차도 버린 나

Look at me, a version of me that even I abandoned

너조차 이해할 수 없는 나

A me that even you can't understand

낯설다 하네 네가 좋아하던 나로 변한 내가

You say it's unfamiliar, the me who changed into the one you liked

아니라 하네 예전에 네가 잘 알고 있던 내가

No, it’s the same as before, the one you knew well

아니긴 뭐가? 아냐 난 눈 멀었어

No, what do you mean? No, I was blinded

사랑은 뭐가 사랑? It's all fake love

What is love, anyway? It's all fake love

Ooh, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why

Ooh, I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know why

Ooh, 나도 날 나도 날 모르겠어

Ooh, I don’t know myself, I don’t know myself

Ooh, I just know, I just know, I just know why

Ooh, I just know, I just know, I just know why

'Cause it's all fake love, fake love, fake love

'Cause it's all fake love, fake love, fake love

Love you so bad, love you so bad

Love you so bad, love you so bad

널 위해 예쁜 거짓을 빚어내

Fabricated pretty lies for you

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

날 지워 너의 인형이 되려 해

Erase me, try to become your doll

Love you so bad, love you so bad

Love you so bad, love you so bad

널 위해 예쁜 거짓을 빚어내

Fabricated pretty lies for you

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

Love, it's so mad, love, it's so mad

날 지워 너의 인형이 되려 해

Erase me, try to become your doll

I'm so sick of this fake love

I'm so sick of this fake love

Fake love, fake love

Fake love, fake love

I'm so sorry but it's fake love

I'm so sorry, but it's fake love

Fake love, fake love

Fake love, fake love

널 위해서라면 난 슬퍼도 기쁜 척 할 수가 있었어

If it's for you, I could pretend to be happy even when I'm sad

널 위해서라면 난 아파도 강한 척 할 수가 있었어

If it's for you, I could pretend to be strong even when I hurt

사랑이 사랑만으로 완벽하길 내 모든 약점들은 다 숨겨지길

I wish love was perfect just with love, all my weaknesses hidden away

이뤄지지 않는 꿈속에서 피울 수 없는 꽃을 키웠어

In a dream that can't come true, I grew a flower that can't bloom

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - an intense feeling of deep affection verb - to feel deep affection for someone
fake /feɪk/ B1	adjective - not genuine; counterfeit verb - to make something appear to be something it is not
sick /sɪk/ B1	adjective - affected by physical or mental illness
strong /strɔŋ/ B1	adjective - having power or strength
dream /driːm/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience dreams during sleep
flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2	noun - the reproductive structure of a plant
route /ruːt/ B2	noun - a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination
mask /mæsk/ B2	noun - a covering for all or part of the face
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - to be desired or approved of
bad /bæd/ A1	adjective - not good in any manner or degree
hidden /ˈhɪd.ən/ B2	adjective - kept out of sight; concealed
mad /mæd/ B1	adjective - angry or insane

Grammar:

• 널 위해서라면 난 슬퍼도 기쁜 척 할 수가 있었어

  ➔ Expressing 'even if' with '-도' in subordinate clauses

  ➔ '도' indicates 'even if' or 'despite' the condition in the subordinate clause.

• 내가 왔던 route 잊어버렸어

  ➔ Embedding relative clauses in past tense (e.g., '내가 왔던')

  ➔ '내가 왔던' is a relative clause meaning 'that I had come' with past tense.

• 사랑이 사랑만으로 완벽하길

  ➔ Using '길' to express 'wish' or 'hope' in subjunctive mood

  ➔ '길' indicates a wish or hope for something to happen a certain way.

• 날 지워 너의 인형이 되려 해

  ➔ Using '으려 해' to express intention or attempt to do something

  ➔ '으려 해' indicates a person's intention or plan to try to do something.

• 이뤄지지 않는 꿈속에서 피울 수 없는 꽃을 키웠어

  ➔ Using '지 않는' to form a negative relative clause (something that does not happen)

  ➔ '지 않는' indicates a negative passive or descriptive clause, meaning 'that does not happen'.

• 왜 너는 슬퍼하는지 모르겠어

  ➔ Using '-는지' to form indirect questions or 'why' questions

  ➔ '—는지' is used to form questions that inquire about reasons or indirect questions, equivalent to asking 'why'.

• 이 순간들이 지나가기만을 바랄 뿐이야

  ➔ Using '기만을' with '바라다' to express 'hoping only for' a specific action/event

  ➔ '기만을' with '바라다' indicates a desire or hope for only that specific thing to happen.