FICTION – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: BEAST
• Album: Fiction and Fact

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the evocative world of BEAST's "FICTION," a powerful K-pop ballad that intricately weaves a narrative of heartbreak and denial. Learning Korean through this song offers a unique opportunity to grasp emotional vocabulary and complex storytelling common in Korean lyrics. Its melancholic melody, compelling rap verses, and deep lyrical content make it a truly special and enduring track that captures the universal feeling of longing and the human desire to rewrite painful realities. Pay attention to the recurring phrase "Fiction in Fiction" to understand the song's central theme and enhance your Korean comprehension.

[English]

I still can't forget you

I can't believe everything

I can't let you go like this

Even today

I'll try again so our story never ends

Deep within my long, aching skin, a sense of loss that seeps in — I'll just hide it for now

Starting anew, with happiness as we smile together

I can’t make you leave, in this narrow room with no escape behind us

Casually, I kiss you

I can't leave your sweet side

There’s no such thing as an ending for us

Again, I’m caught in this (fiction in fiction in fiction)

Unable to forget (fiction in fiction in fiction)

I'm writing a never-ending story inside my heart

I’ll cling to you (fiction in fiction in fiction)

I won’t let go, whoa, whoa (fiction in fiction in fiction)

In the story of you and me that never ends

Today too, in fiction

Right now, all I have are happy stories

Our special story, so happy, unlike reality (different from real life)

Is being written and slowly filling up

You run towards me and hug me

I can never let go of you, wrapped in my arms

There’s no such thing as an ending for us

Again, I’m caught in this (fiction in fiction in fiction)

Unable to stop (fiction in fiction in fiction)

Writing a story inside my heart that never ends

I’ll hold you tight (fiction in fiction in fiction)

Won’t let go, whoa, whoa (fiction in fiction in fiction)

In the story of you and me that never ends

Today too, in fiction

Once again, I say

I believe you’re right beside me now

(But in fiction) I’m a writer who’s lost purpose in this novel

How should I end this? (My own fiction)

I love you, I love you, I love you—all in just these three words (My own fiction)

Writing down on an old, tear-stained paper with my dull pen (My own fiction)

This story can’t be happy or sad

Right now, I write because I’m thinking so happily

Yet, I still believe everything is just a passing breeze

I am happy (fiction in fiction in fiction)

That we are together, whoa, whoa (fiction in fiction in fiction)

This is just the beginning (fiction in fiction in fiction)

There’s no end, whoa, oh (fiction in fiction in fiction)

...

[Korean]

아직 난 널 잊지 못하고

모든 걸 다 믿지 못하고

이렇게 널 보내지 못하고

오늘도

다시 만들어볼 게 우리 이야기 끝나지 않게

아주 기나긴 살갗을 파고 스며드는 상실감은 잠시 묻어둘 게

새로써 내려가 시작은 행복하게 웃고 있는 너와 나

네가 날 떠나지 못하게 배경은 출구가 없는 좁은 방 안

아무렇지 않게 네게 키스하고

달콤한 너의 곁을 떠나가질 못해

우린 끝이라는 건 없어

이렇게 난 또 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

잊지 못하고 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

내 가슴 속에 끝나지 않을 이야길 쓰고 있어

널 붙잡을게 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

놓지 않을게, whoa, whoa (fiction in fiction in fiction)

끝나지 않은 너와 나의 이야기 속에서

오늘도 in fiction

지금 여긴 행복한 이야기들밖에 없어

너무 행복한 우리 둘만의 이야기가 이렇게 (현실과는 다르게)

써 있어 점점 채워지고 있어

너는 나에게로 달려와서 안기고

품 안에 안긴 너를 나는 절대 놓지 못해

우린 끝이라는 건 없어

이렇게 난 또 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

끊지 못하고 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

내 가슴 속에 끝나지 않을 이야길 쓰고 있어

널 붙잡을게 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

놓지 않을게, whoa, whoa (fiction in fiction in fiction)

끝나지 않은 너와 나의 이야기 속에서

오늘도 in fiction

다시 한 번 더 말하지만

지금 너는 내 옆에 있다고 그렇게 믿고 있어 난

(하지만 fiction) 난 목적을 잃어버린 작가 이 소설의

끝은 어떻게 마무리 지어야 해? (나만의 fiction)

사랑해, 사랑해, 사랑해, 사랑해, 사랑해, 이 세 글자만 (나만의 fiction)

써 내려가 무뎌진 펜 눈물로 얼룩진 낡은 종이 위로 (나만의 fiction)

행복할 수도 슬플 수도 없어 이 이야기는

지금 난 너무나도 행복한 생각에 이야기를 쓰지만

모든 게 바람일 뿐이라고 여전히

난 행복한걸 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

우리 함께인걸, whoa, whoa (fiction in fiction in fiction)

이제 시작인걸 (fiction in fiction in fiction)

끝은 없는걸, whoa, oh (fiction in fiction in fiction)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑 /saɾaŋ/ A1	noun - love
이야기 /ijagi/ A2	noun - story, tale
가슴 /kasɯm/ A2	noun - chest, breast; heart (figuratively)
끝 /k͈ɯt/ A2	noun - end, finish
오늘 /onɯl/ A1	noun - today
행복 /hɛŋbok/ B1	noun - happiness adjective - happy
생각 /sɛŋgak/ B1	noun - thought, idea verb - to think, to consider
작가 /t͡ɕakka/ B2	noun - writer, author
눈물 /nunmul/ B1	noun - tear
마무리 /mamuɾi/ B2	noun - conclusion, finish verb - to conclude, to finish
목적 /mokt͡ɕʌk/ B2	noun - purpose, aim, objective
펜 /pʰen/ A2	noun - pen
종이 /t͡ɕoŋi/ A1	noun - paper
현실 /hjʌnɕil/ B1	noun - reality
바람 /paɾam/ B1	noun - wind, wish