Seoul City – English Lyrics

• By: JENNIE
• Album: Ruby

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

(Ear Drummers)

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Ooh

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(Mike WiLL Made-It)

Give me hug, need your love, touch my thigh

Tell me what puts you in that mind

Frame it up, draw me in, do me right

Don't you dare leave my sight

I could be, be your prize, pick me up

Flying lights, paradise

In Seoul city (ooh-ooh)

I see your soul

Seoul city

I see your soul

Yeah, yeah

Hey, ay, hey

+82, some miracle

Only listen to my general, oh-oh

He says my attitude out of control

Tell me what to do, Mr. General, oh-oh

Would you make me your boss, pretty please?

Pretty please, let me ease your mind

Look at me, can you breathe? (Ah, ah)

I could give you life

Apple of, of my eye, pick me up

Flying lights, paradise

In Seoul city (ooh-ooh)

I see your soul

Seoul city

I see your soul

Yeah, yeah

Hey, ay, hey

+82, some miracle

Only listen to my general, oh-oh

He says my attitude out of control

Tell me what to do, Mr. General, oh-oh

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hug /hʌg/ A1	noun - an embrace verb - to embrace
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - deep affection verb - to feel deep affection
touch /tʌtʃ/ A1	noun - a light contact verb - to make physical contact
mind /maɪnd/ B1	noun - the part of a person that thinks
soul /soʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual part of a person
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - large town
Seoul /soʊl/ B1	proper noun - capital city of South Korea
light /laɪt/ A1	noun - visible illumination
paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/ B2	noun - a place of great happiness; heaven
miracle /ˈmɪrəkəl/ B2	noun - an extraordinary event
general /ˈdʒɛnərəl/ B2	noun - high-ranking military officer
attitude /ˈætɪˌtjud/ B2	noun - a settled way of thinking or feeling
control /kənˈtroʊl/ B1	noun - the power to direct or manage
boss /bɒs/ A2	noun - person in charge
ease /iːz/ B2	verb - to make less difficult
breathe /briːð/ A1	verb - to take air into the lungs
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes living things
apple /ˈæpəl/ A1	noun - fruit of the apple tree
eye /aɪ/ A1	noun - organ of sight
prize /praɪz/ B1	noun - reward for achievement

Key Grammar Structures

• Give me hug, need your love, touch my thigh

  ➔ Imperative verbs (Give, need, touch)

  ➔ Uses the imperative mood to make requests or give commands. The base form of the verb is used without 'to'. It implies direct instruction or desire. For example, "Give" me a hug is a direct request.

• Tell me what puts you in that mind

  ➔ Indirect question using 'what'

  ➔ This sentence is an indirect question. Instead of asking "What puts you in that mind?" (direct question), it's embedded within the statement "Tell me." The word order changes slightly in indirect questions.

• Don't you dare leave my sight

  ➔ Negative imperative with 'dare'

  ➔ 'Don't you dare' emphasizes a strong prohibition. 'Dare' is used to express a challenge or threat when combined with 'don't'. It's a more forceful way of saying 'Do not leave my sight.'

• I could be, be your prize, pick me up

  ➔ Conditional 'could' expressing possibility and imperative 'pick me up'

  ➔ 'Could' suggests a potential or possibility, not a certainty. "Pick me up" is an imperative, a direct request or command.

• Would you make me your boss, pretty please?

  ➔ Polite request using 'would' and 'pretty please'

  ➔ 'Would' softens the request, making it more polite. 'Pretty please' is an idiom used to emphasize the request and make it sound more charming or pleading.

• Pretty please, let me ease your mind

  ➔ Imperative with 'let' to express permission or suggestion

  ➔ 'Let me' is used to suggest or offer to do something. It implies that the speaker wants to perform an action for the listener. The verb following 'let' is in its base form. It can imply granting permission, but here it serves as an offer.

• He says my attitude out of control

  ➔ Reporting speech: simple present in indirect speech

  ➔ This is an example of indirect speech (or reported speech). The original statement, perhaps "Your attitude is out of control," is being reported by someone else. Since the reporting verb "says" is in the present tense, the tense of the reported clause remains the same (simple present).