Marionette – Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

• By: Young K
• Album: YOUNGEST

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of Young K with 'Marionette.' This song is a perfect tool for learners to study expressive English vocabulary related to emotions, metaphors, and complex human relationships, offering a deep dive into how storytelling is woven into modern pop-rock melodies.

[English]

Hanging by a thread

A dancing marionette

Cryin' inside

But I still put on a smile

I go where you tell me to go

Otherwise, I can't do a thing

You lift me up, put me down

You just do whatever you want

No more, this is the end

Now I'ma cut all the strings off

Ooh, so this is my cue now

Finally, I am free, I feel good

Ooh, I'm something brand new now

Come to me, sweet liberation

My life is mine

...

Watch me dancing on my own

Feel the rhythm in my bones (Mm)

Hear the voice of my soul (Oh)

Yeah I'm goin' with the flow

I'm taking control

Even if I stumble, I'm happy (Oh)

Even falling down is fun (Hey)

This awkwardness

Feels like a stroke of luck to me

This is wild

I just can't describe how I'm feeling so alive

Ooh, so this is my cue now

Finally, I am free, I feel good

Ooh, I'm something brand new now

Come to me, sweet liberation

My life is mine

...

Watch me dancing on my own

...

[Korean]

실에 매달린 채

춤추는 marionette

Cryin' inside

But I still put on a smile

네가 가라면 가고

아님 뭣도 못하고

You lift me up, put me down

전부 다 멋대로지

더는 안돼 여기까지

Now I'ma cut all the strings off

Ooh, so this is my cue now

드디어 이 몸은 자유다, I feel good

Ooh, I'm something brand new now

달콤한 해방이여 오라

My life is mine

Watch me dancing on my own

Feel the rhythm in my bones (Mm)

Hear the voice of my soul (Oh)

Yeah I'm goin' with the flow

I'm taking control

비틀거려도 난 기뻐 (Oh)

넘어지는 게 재밌어 (Hey)

어색함이 내겐

행운처럼 느껴져

This is wild

I just can't describe how I'm feeling so alive

Ooh, so this is my cue now

드디어 이 몸은 자유다, I feel good

Ooh, I'm something brand new now

달콤한 해방이여 오라

My life is mine

Watch me dancing on my own

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
매달린 maedallin TOPIK Level 3	adjective - hanging / suspended
춤추는 chumchuneun TOPIK Level 2	verb - dancing
가라면 garamyeon TOPIK Level 2	verb - if (one) tells to go
멋대로 meotdaero TOPIK Level 4	adverb - at will / as one pleases
드디어 deudieo TOPIK Level 3	adverb - finally / at last
자유 jayu TOPIK Level 3	noun - freedom / liberty
달콤한 dalkomhan TOPIK Level 3	adjective - sweet
해방 haebang TOPIK Level 5	noun - liberation / emancipation
비틀거려도 biteulgeoryeodo TOPIK Level 5	verb - even if stumbling / staggering
넘어지는 neomeojineun TOPIK Level 3	verb - falling down
어색함 eosaekham TOPIK Level 4	noun - awkwardness
행운 haengun TOPIK Level 3	noun - luck / good fortune

Key Grammar Structures

• 실에 매달린 채 춤추는 marionette

  ➔ Noun Modifier + -ㄴ/은 채

  ➔ "-ㄴ/은 채" indicates a state of continuing an action while maintaining the previous status.

• 네가 가라면 가고

  ➔ -라면 (Abbreviation of -라고 하면)

  ➔ Used to express a conditional "if you say/tell me to...", reflecting the puppet-like control.

• Now I'ma cut all the strings off

  ➔ Be going to (Contraction: I'ma)

  ➔ "I'ma" is a colloquial contraction of "I am going to", indicating a firm future intention.

• 드디어 이 몸은 자유다

  ➔ Noun + Copula (-이다)

  ➔ The ending "-다" creates a declarative, definitive tone, emphasizing the speaker's new state of freedom.

• Feel the rhythm in my bones

  ➔ Imperative (implied) / Present Simple

  ➔ The phrase invites the listener or asserts an internal experience, using "feel" to convey a visceral connection.

• I'm taking control

  ➔ Present Continuous (for change/future)

  ➔ "Taking" implies an ongoing process of seizing back authority.

• 넘어지는 게 재밌어

  ➔ Verb + -는 게 (Noun clause)

  ➔ "-는 게" (short for -는 것이) turns the action of falling into a noun, allowing it to be the subject of the sentence.

• I just can't describe how I'm feeling so alive

  ➔ Embedded Question (how I'm feeling)

  ➔ The clause "how I'm feeling" functions as the object of the verb "describe".