For Life – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: EXO
• Album: Winter Special Album, 2016

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of the Korean language through EXO's "For Life." This touching ballad offers a chance to learn poetic expressions of love and lifelong commitment. The song is special for its sincere and narrative-driven lyrics, making it an excellent and moving way to connect with the emotional side of the language.

[English]

With an angel's face

The mystery that came to me

Your warmth

Staying by your side

The one person who will love you

That's me

Even on cold winter mornings

And lonely evenings

We are here together

The darkness turns into your light

Tonight

An unbelievable miracle

Today, I will hold you tight

Giving you my heart and soul

You are my everything, for life

Even if I am reborn

There’s no reason for me to be without you

A thousand words

Would seem insufficient, for life

...

When I’m tired and struggling

I’ll try to be the big person you can lean on

Like the Christmas tree

Full of gifts I dreamed of as a child

That’s the kind of person I want to be

Life is a long harmony

We melt within it

To become even more beautiful

Silence is you

Silence is you

Transformed into a song tonight

A song tonight

I want to listen to it for a lifetime

Today, I will hold you tight

Giving you my heart and soul

You are my everything, for life

Oh, even if I am reborn

There’s no reason for me to be without you

I want to look only at you for a lifetime

Not everything will be easy

I will protect you, for life

This love, this love

Will never end

Oh, never gonna let you go

Giving you my heart and soul

You are my everything, for life

Oh, even if I am reborn

There’s no reason for me to be without you

I want to look only at you for a lifetime

I want to look only at you for a lifetime

For life

...

[Korean]

천사의 얼굴로

내게로 왔던 미스터리

너란 온기

네 곁에 머물며

널 사랑할 그 한 사람

나라니

추운 겨울 아침도

조금 외로운 저녁도

우린 여기 함께라

어둠은 너란 빛으로 바뀌어

Tonight

믿을 수 없는 기적

오늘 너를 꼭 안고

Giving you my heart and soul

넌 삶의 전부야 For life

다시 태어난대도

난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

천 개의 말도

부족할 듯해 For life

지치고 힘들 때

기대고 싶은 큰 사람 돼 볼게

어릴 적 꿈꾸던

선물 가득한 크리스마스 트리

같은 사람이

삶이란 긴 하모니

그 안에 녹은 우리가

더 아름다워지게

침묵은 너란

침묵은 너란

노래로 바뀌어 Tonight

노래로 Tonight

난 평생 듣고 싶어

오늘 너를 꼭 안고

Giving you my heart and soul

넌 삶의 전부야 For life

Oh 다시 태어난대도

난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

평생을 너만 바라보고파

모든 게 쉽진 않겠지

지켜줄 거야 For life

This love this love

영원히 끝나지 않아

Oh Never gonna let you go

Giving you my heart and soul

넌 삶의 전부야 For life

Oh 다시 태어난대도

난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

평생을 너만 바라보고파

나 평생 너만 바라보고파

For life

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
사랑 /sa-rang/ A1	noun - love
기적 /gi-jeok/ B1	noun - miracle
빛 /bit/ A2	noun - light
전부 /jeon-bu/ B1	noun - everything
꿈 /kkum/ A1	noun - dream
아름답다 /a-reum-dap-da/ B2	adjective - beautiful
침묵 /chim-muk/ B2	noun - silence
영원히 /yeong-won-hi/ B1	adverb - forever
기대다 /gi-dae-da/ B1	verb - to lean
바라보다 /ba-ra-bo-da/ B2	verb - to look at
힘들다 /him-deul-da/ B1	adjective - difficult
노래 /no-rae/ A1	noun - song
마음 /ma-eum/ A2	noun - heart/mind
겨울 /gyeo-ul/ A1	noun - winter
저녁 /jeo-nyeok/ A1	noun - evening
사람 /sa-ram/ A1	noun - person

Key Grammar Structures

• 내게로 왔던 미스터리

  ➔ The use of '에게로' indicates direction towards someone or something.

  ➔ '에게로' is a particle used to show direction or movement towards a person or place.

• 난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

  ➔ Use of '면' to express 'if' or 'unless', indicating condition.

  ➔ '면' is a conditional marker meaning 'if' or 'unless'.

• 나 평생 너만 바라보고파

  ➔ Use of '만' to express 'only' or 'just', emphasizing exclusivity.

  ➔ '만' is a particle meaning 'only', used to highlight exclusivity.

• 이 사랑은 영원히 끝나지 않아

  ➔ Use of '지 않다' to negate a verb, meaning 'does not'.

  ➔ '지 않다' is a verb ending used to make a sentence negative, meaning 'not'.

• 영원히 끝나지 않아

  ➔ Use of '지 않다' (again) to express negation, combined with '영원히' meaning 'forever'.

  ➔ '지 않다' is used here to negate the verb, emphasizing the idea that the love 'never ends'.

• 목적격 조사 '을/를'을 생략하는 것

  ➔ The song often omits object markers like '을/를' for stylistic or poetic reasons.

  ➔ Omission of object markers like '을/를' is common in Korean poetry and lyrics for stylistic purposes.