– Bilingual Lyrics Korean/English

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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Ahhh

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Yes

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Most meeting places are predictable.

Geondae, this time, China, Hongdae number 9, Gangnam Station.

Exit 10, or a cafe, a school?

Bus stop 1

Our meeting place is

in front of a neighborhood shop.

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era uh uh

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Ah

the most

life seems like a series of choices

life is also a series of promises.

Sometimes we see it filled with momentum.

It feels like promises will swallow us, huh.

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5 arriving exactly at the promised time

when you see the subway

Uh

you look with strong certainty, right?

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wonder 5

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Ah

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Uh uh

The promises made when we were throwing things away still linger in memory.

They remain, dear wife.

But the promises made as we age

mostly fade quickly, the next...

Please give... I understand, be careful.

Yes, thank you, my...

Perhaps these exhausting promises

because they're continuous

make life feel hectic,

maybe that's it.

Still, the good thing is

there is at least one somewhat romantic promise

that exists.

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Look at that.

Now

Where

Ah, tomorrow morning flight.

Tomorrow right away.

Ah, ah, so suddenly, urgently.

I was going to say it a few days ago.

No, I wanted to say it today, but outside...

who is the person to go see?

Ah, you don't want to go to school alone.

Right.

It's not that this year.

So.

Anyway, still, Mom, the job is in Korea.

Since you're scheming, you'll get 30 points.

So.

At 29 years old.

Ah, your birthday is in autumn, so another birthday day.

Combine here.

No, I mean, but it's not that.

It's not important at all.

If you don't come then, that's fine.

I will.

Ah ah ah

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For ten years, I

wrote a single line of a letter.

In a way,

it was a promise as romantic as a movie,

but the meeting place wasn't like a movie.

It was an old place that wouldn't seem odd if it disappeared,

a preliminary contract.

That uncertain place

shook for ten years.

Uh

Still, I decided to go once.

Maybe the shop could disappear sometime,

but that friend might not have feelings for me,

might not have had feelings, but

the last remaining

romantic promise.

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[Korean]

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아아아

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예

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약속 장소는 대부분 뻔하다

건대 이번 중국 홍대 9번 중 강남역

10번 출구 혹은 카페 아 학교 어

버스 정류장 1

우리의 약속 장소는

동네의 한 가게 앞이었다

[음악]

으

으

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으

era 으 으

[음악]

으

[음악]

으

으

음 으 으

아

가장

인생이 선택의 연속인 것 처럼

인생은 약속의 연적 이기도 하다

가끔 가득찬 탄력을 보고 있으며

약속이나 를 집어 삼킬 것만 같다 으

[음악]

5 약속 시간에 딱 맞춰 들어오는

지하철이 보면

으

강한 확신에 봅니다 거죠

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wonder 5

으

아

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으 으

버릴 때 했던 약속들은 여전히 기억이

난다 아내 거상님

하지만 나이를 먹어가며 했던 약속들은

대부분 금방 잊혀 진다 네 다음 졸일

주시오 두식 내 알겠습니다 조심하셔요

네 감사합니다 내

어쩌면 이렇게 소모적인 약속들이

연속인 탓에

삶이 정신없게 흘러간다고 만 느끼는게

아닐까

그래도 다행인 것은

나름 낭만적인 약속에 1 있다는

것이다

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[음악]

그 보세요

지금

어디

아 내일 아침 비행기 어

내일 바로

아 아 이렇게 갑자기 급하게

며칠 전부터 말하려고 했는데

아니 오늘 말하려고 했는데 그 밖의

가볼 사람이 누군데

아 너 학교 혼자 등교하기 싫어서

그렇죠

올해 그런게 아니라

그러니까

야다 그래도 엄마한테 취직은 한국의

사고 짜고 있으니까 30점이 올 거야

그러니까

29살에

아 너 생일 가을이니까 또 생일날

여기 합성해서

아니 그러니까 근데 그게 아니라

중요한거 아무것도 아니라니까

더 그때 안나면 되신다

한다

아 아 아

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10년 동안 나는

편지 한 줄 모 썼다

어떻게 보면

영화같이 낭만적인 약속 이지만

약속 장소가 영화 같지 않았다

언제 없어져도 이상하지 않은 오래된

가계약

그 불확실한 장소가

10년 동안 단 흔들었다

으

그래도 한번 가보기로 했다

언제면 그 가게가 없어졌을 수도

있지만 그 친구는 나에게 마음이

없었을 수도 있지만

마지막 단 하나 남은

낭만적인 약속 있는데

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
promise /ˈprɒmɪs/ A1	noun - a statement that you will definitely do or not do something verb - to tell someone that you will definitely do or not do something
place /pleɪs/ A1	noun - a position or location
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the period during which someone lives or something exists
time /taɪm/ A1	noun - the relation of seconds, minutes, hours, etc.
memory /ˈmɛməri/ A1	noun - the ability to remember things
age /eɪdʒ/ A1	noun - the period of time a person has lived
school /skuːl/ A1	noun - an institution for educating children
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person you know well who you like
subway /ˈsʌbweɪ/ A1	noun - an underground railway in a city
letter /ˈlɛtər/ A1	noun - a written or printed message sent in an envelope
airplane /ˈɛərpleɪn/ A1	noun - a vehicle with wings and jet engines that flies
birthday /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/ A1	noun - the day in the year that someone was born
romantic /roʊˈmæntɪk/ A2	adjective - expressing feelings of love or imagination
choice /tʃɔɪs/ A2	noun - an action or opportunity of choosing
forgotten /fərˈɡɒtn/ B1	adjective - not remembered or recalled
bounce /baʊns/ B1	noun - the ability or motion of bouncing
devour /dɪˈvaʊər/ B2	verb - to eat something quickly and eagerly

Key Grammar Structures

• 인생이 선택의 연속인 것처럼

  ➔ Expressing similarity using '처럼' (like/how)...

  ➔ '처럼' is used to compare something to another, indicating 'like' or 'as if'.

• 약속 장소는 대부분 뻔하다

  ➔ Use of '는' as topical marker and '뻔하다' to indicate something is obvious or certain.

  ➔ '는' marks the topic of the sentence, and '뻔하다' expresses that something is obvious or almost certain.

• 인생은 약속의 연적 이기도 하다

  ➔ Use of '이기도 하다' to emphasize that something is also... (adding nuance).

  ➔ '이기도 하다' adds a nuance that something is also the case, emphasizing inclusion or addition.

• 그래도 한번 가보기로 했다

  ➔ Use of '기로 했다' to indicate a decision or resolution to do something.

  ➔ '기로 했다' expresses that someone has decided or resolved to do something in the future.

• 언제 없어져도 이상하지 않은 오래된 가계약

  ➔ Use of '도' to indicate 'even if...' and '안 해져도' to mean 'won't disappear/'not go away'.

  ➔ '도' is a particle meaning 'even if' or 'also', emphasizing inclusivity or hypothetical scenarios.

• 그 친구는 나에게 마음이 없었을 수도 있지만

  ➔ Use of '었을 수도 있지만' to indicate possibility or uncertainty in past tense.

  ➔ '었을 수도 있지만' combines past tense with '수도 있다' to express that something might have been the case, but is uncertain.

• 약속 장소가 영화 같지 않았다

  ➔ Use of '같지 않다' to form a negative comparison ('not like...').

  ➔ '같지 않다' is used to say something is not similar or not like something else.