Free – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Arden Cho, CHA EUN-WOO

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Arden Cho and Cha Eun-woo's cover of "Free" offers a beautiful opportunity to connect with both English and Korean. The song's emotional depth and clear, heartfelt vocals make it easy to follow along and learn new vocabulary related to feelings and relationships. What makes this song special is the genuine friendship between the two artists, which shines through in their performance and adds an extra layer of sincerity to this beautiful ballad.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
breathe /briːð/ A2	verb - to take air into and out of the lungs
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to make or become different noun - the act or process of becoming different
feel /fiːl/ A2	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ B2	verb - to get away from confinement or control noun - the act of getting away
hope /hoʊp/ B1	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen and believe that it is possible
damage /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ B2	noun - physical harm caused to something verb - to cause harm to something
fight /faɪt/ B1	verb - to take part in a physical fight verb - to struggle against something
lost /lɒst/ A2	adjective - unable to find one's way
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into pieces
side /saɪd/ A2	noun - a lateral surface of an object
face /feɪs/ B1	verb - to deal with a problem or difficult situation noun - the front part of the head
dark /dɑːrk/ A2	adjective - with little or no light
voice /vɔɪs/ A2	noun - the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth
free /friː/ A2	adjective - not under the control or power of another
perspective /pərˈspektɪv/ B2	noun - a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something
monster /ˈmɒnstər/ B1	noun - a frightening or hideous creature

Key Grammar Structures

• I tried to hide but something broke

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ Used to describe completed actions in the past: 'tried' and 'broke'.

• You say You're no good but you're good for me

  ➔ Contractions and 'be' verb usage

  ➔ 'You're' is a contraction of 'you are'. The 'be' verb is used to describe state and qualities: 'are no good' and 'are good'.

• I've been hoping to change, now I know we can change

  ➔ Present Perfect Continuous Tense

  ➔ Indicates an action that started in the past and continues up to the present: 'have been hoping'.

• What I won't if you're not by my side

  ➔ Modal Verb 'will' (negated) in conditional context

  ➔ Implies a future inability or refusal to do something without the other person's presence: 'won't' (will not).

• Why does it feel right every time I let you in

  ➔ Present Simple for habits/general truths and Gerund as object

  ➔ 'Does' is used for questions in the Present Simple. 'Letting you in' (implied from 'let you in') functions as the object of the preposition 'to' (implied in 'feel right').

• All the secrets that keep me in chains

  ➔ Relative Clause (defining)

  ➔ A clause that describes or identifies a noun: 'that keep me in chains' describes 'secrets'.

• What if we both try fighting what we're running from

  ➔ Conditional 'What if' and Present Continuous in a hypothetical context

  ➔ 'What if' introduces a hypothetical situation. 'We're running' (we are running) describes an ongoing action in this hypothetical scenario.

• We can't fix it if we never face it

  ➔ Conditional Sentence Type 1 (with modal 'can')

  ➔ Expresses a real possibility in the present or future: If condition ('never face it') is met, the result ('can't fix it) is possible.

• You're waking up all these parts of me that I thought were buried for good

  ➔ Present Continuous for ongoing change and Relative Clause (non-defining)

  ➔ 'You're waking up' indicates an ongoing process. 'that I thought were buried for good' is a non-defining relative clause providing extra information about 'parts'.