For Life – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

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

Lyrics & Translation

[Korean]

[English]

천사의 얼굴로

With an angel's face

내게로 왔던 미스터리

The mystery that came to me

너란 온기

Your warmth

네 곁에 머물며

Staying by your side

널 사랑할 그 한 사람

The one person who will love you

나라니

That's me

추운 겨울 아침도

Even on cold winter mornings

조금 외로운 저녁도

And lonely evenings

우린 여기 함께라

We are here together

어둠은 너란 빛으로 바뀌어

The darkness turns into your light

Tonight

Tonight

믿을 수 없는 기적

An unbelievable miracle

오늘 너를 꼭 안고

Today, I will hold you tight

Giving you my heart and soul

Giving you my heart and soul

넌 삶의 전부야 For life

You are my everything, for life

다시 태어난대도

Even if I am reborn

난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

There’s no reason for me to be without you

천 개의 말도

A thousand words

부족할 듯해 For life

Would seem insufficient, for life

...

...

지치고 힘들 때

When I’m tired and struggling

기대고 싶은 큰 사람 돼 볼게

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

어릴 적 꿈꾸던

Like the Christmas tree

선물 가득한 크리스마스 트리

Full of gifts I dreamed of as a child

같은 사람이

That’s the kind of person I want to be

삶이란 긴 하모니

Life is a long harmony

그 안에 녹은 우리가

We melt within it

더 아름다워지게

To become even more beautiful

침묵은 너란

Silence is you

침묵은 너란

Silence is you

노래로 바뀌어 Tonight

Transformed into a song tonight

노래로 Tonight

A song tonight

난 평생 듣고 싶어

I want to listen to it for a lifetime

오늘 너를 꼭 안고

Today, I will hold you tight

Giving you my heart and soul

Giving you my heart and soul

넌 삶의 전부야 For life

You are my everything, for life

Oh 다시 태어난대도

Oh, even if I am reborn

난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

There’s no reason for me to be without you

평생을 너만 바라보고파

I want to look only at you for a lifetime

모든 게 쉽진 않겠지

Not everything will be easy

지켜줄 거야 For life

I will protect you, for life

This love this love

This love, this love

영원히 끝나지 않아

Will never end

Oh Never gonna let you go

Oh, never gonna let you go

Giving you my heart and soul

Giving you my heart and soul

넌 삶의 전부야 For life

You are my everything, for life

Oh 다시 태어난대도

Oh, even if I am reborn

난 너 아니면 안 될 이유

There’s no reason for me to be without you

평생을 너만 바라보고파

I want to look only at you for a lifetime

나 평생 너만 바라보고파

I want to look only at you for a lifetime

For life

For life

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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.