MAMA – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: EXO-K, EXO-M
• Album: MAMA (First Mini Album)

Lyrics & Translation

[Korean]

[English]

Careless, careless

Careless, careless

Shoot anonymous, anonymous

Shoot anonymously, anonymously

Heartless, mindless

Heartless, mindless

No one, who care about me?

No one, who cares about me?

잃어버린 채 외면하는 것 같아

It feels like I’m just ignoring what I’ve lost

참을 수밖에 없어, 눈을 감지만

I have no choice but to endure, closing my eyes

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마마, 이젠 내게 대답해줘

Mama, now answer me

왜 사람들이 달라졌는지?

Why did people change?

아름다운 시절이라는 게 존재하긴 했는지

Did the beautiful days even exist?

이제 더는 사랑하는 법도 잊었고

Now I’ve forgotten how to love

배려하는 맘도 잃었고

And I've lost the caring heart

등을 돌린 채로 살아가기 바쁜걸

Living with my back turned away, busy just surviving

익명의 가면에 감췄던 살의 가득한 질시

Hatred behind a mask of anonymity, full of jealousy

끝을 봐도 배고픈 듯한, 이젠 만족해?

Is it satisfied, even after seeing the end, feeling still hungry?

우린 더 이상 눈을 마주하지 않을까?

Won’t we stop making eye contact?

소통하지 않을까? 사랑하지 않을까?

Won’t we communicate? Won’t we love?

아픈 현실에 다시 눈물이 흘러

Tears flow again in this painful reality

바꿀 수 있다고 바꾸면 된다고 말해요, 마마, 마마

Tell me we can change, that it’s okay to change, Mama, Mama

언젠가부터 우린 스마트한 감옥에 자발적으로 갇혀

Somewhere along the way, we voluntarily got trapped in a smart prison

용과 일로 만든 디지털에 내 인격을 맡겨

Entrusting our identity to digital worlds built on dragons and wars

거긴 생명도, 감정도, 따듯함도, 없고 언어

There’s no life, no emotion, no warmth, only language

쓰레기만, 나뒹구는 삭막한 벌판

Only trash, scattered across a dull, barren field

날이 갈수록, 외로움만 더해져

Day by day, loneliness only grows

우리가 인간일 수밖에 없는 건 상처 받는 것, yeah

Our need to be human is because we get hurt, yeah

만나고, 손을 잡고, 느끼며 함께, 울고, 웃고

Meeting, holding hands, feeling, crying, laughing together

닮아가고 서로 연결돼, 돌이키고 싶다면

Growing closer, connecting, if you want to turn back

우린 더 이상 눈을 마주하지 않을까?

Won’t we stop making eye contact?

소통하지 않을까? 사랑하지 않을까?

Won’t we communicate? Won’t we love?

아픈 현실에 다시 눈물이 흘러

Tears flow again in this painful reality

바꿀 수 있다고 바꾸면 된다고 말해요, 마마, 마마

Tell me we can change, that it’s okay to change, Mama, Mama

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Turn back

Turn back

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죽고, 죽이고, 싸우고, 외치고, 이건 전쟁이 아니야

Kill, fight, shout, this isn’t a war

도와줘요, 마마, 마마, 마마, 마마, turn back

Help us, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, turn back

깨닫게, 마마, 마마, 마마, 마마, rolling back

Realize, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, rolling back

박고 치고 편을 나누고 싸우고, 이건 게임도 아니야

Punch, kick, divide into sides, fight—this isn’t a game

도와줘요, 마마, 마마, 마마, 마마, turn back

Help us, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, turn back

Yeah

Yeah

Careless, careless (마마)

Careless, careless (Mama)

Shoot anonymous, anonymous (마마)

Shoot anonymously, anonymously (Mama)

Heartless, mindless. (마마)

Heartless, mindless. (Mama)

No one, who care about me? (마마)

No one, who cares about me? (Mama)

삶에 허락된 축복받은 날들에 감사하고

Be thankful for the blessed days granted in life

매일 새로운 인연들을 만들고

Create new bonds every day

깨져버린 마음에 보다, 기쁜 사랑을 모두 함께

In hearts that have shattered, let’s share joyful love

웃을 수 있다면

If we can smile

우린 더 이상 눈을 마주하지 않을까?

Won’t we stop making eye contact?

소통하지 않을까? 사랑하지 않을까?

Won’t we communicate? Won’t we love?

아픈 현실에 다시 눈물이 흘러

Tears flow again in this painful reality

바꿀 수 있다고 바꾸면 된다고 말해요, 마마, 마마

Tell me we can change, that it’s okay to change, Mama, Mama

Careless, careless

Careless, careless

Shoot anonymous, anonymous

Shoot anonymously, anonymously

Heartless, mindless

Heartless, mindless

No one, who care about me?

No one, who cares about me?

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
careless /ˈkɛr.ləs/ B2	adjective - not giving enough attention to what one does
heartless /ˈhɑːrt.ləs/ B2	adjective - lacking compassion or kindness
mindless /ˈmaɪnd.ləs/ B2	adjective - acting without thought or consideration
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection verb - to have a deep affection for someone
pain /peɪn/ A2	noun - physical suffering or discomfort
tears /tɪrz/ A2	noun - drops of clear salty liquid produced by the eyes
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A2	verb - to make something different noun - the act of making something different
war /wɔːr/ B1	noun - a state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country
help /hɛlp/ A1	verb - to assist someone
digital /ˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.təl/ B1	adjective - relating to or using signals or information represented by discrete values
blessing /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ B2	noun - a beneficial thing for which one is grateful
connection /kəˈnɛk.ʃən/ B1	noun - a relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else
reality /riˈæl.ɪ.ti/ B1	noun - the state of things as they actually exist
suffering /ˈsʌf.ər.ɪŋ/ B2	noun - the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship

Key Grammar Structures

• Why people have changed?

  ➔ Present Perfect Tense (have/has + past participle)

  ➔ Indicates actions or states that started in the past and continue to the present.

• Living in a digital prison

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense (am/is/are + verb + ing)

  ➔ Describes an action ongoing at the moment of speaking or in the current period.

• Can't help but cry

  ➔ Expression with 'help + verb-ing' indicating inability to prevent an action

  ➔ Expresses an uncontrollable emotional response or habitual reaction.

• If only I could change

  ➔ Second conditional (if + past simple, would + base verb)

  ➔ Expresses a hypothetical situation contrary to reality and a wish.

• Living with a blessed day

  ➔ Gerund phrase indicating an ongoing action or state

  ➔ Uses a gerund to describe an ongoing or habitual action or state.

• If only I could love again

  ➔ Second conditional (if + past simple, could + base verb)

  ➔ Expresses a wish or regret about a hypothetical ability or situation.